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Quiz: How well do you know these summer-themed songs?

In the summertime, when the weather is…

THIS WEEKEND, IT’S going to be very warm, indeed.

It means many of us can enjoy a (socially-distanced) chat or walk with friends.

At home, it’s certainly barbecue weather and a chance to dig out some of those old summer tunes.

Let’s see how you fare with this quiz on summer-themed songs. 

Finish this Mungo Jerry line. "In the summertime, when the weather is..."
Mungo Jerry/Youtube
Fine
Hot
Good
High
When did Don Henley release his classic hit Boys of Summer?
Holger Hollermann/PA Images
1978
1982
1984
1987
The candle of pop group LFO burned briefly in the late 90s. They had a hit with the song Summer Girls. But what did LFO stand for?
Luke Frank Owen
Lyte Funkie Ones
Losers Fight On
Light Fingered Oafs
Which British band was singing about lazing on a Sunny Afternoon in the summertime back in the 1960s?
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The Animals
The Zombies
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
Which of these lyrics from Summer Nights is incorrect?
Grease/Youtube
Tell Me More / Like Does He Have A Car
Tell Me More / Could She Get Me A Friend
Tell Me More / Did She Put Up A Fight
Tell Me More / Did He Show You His Scar
When did Alice Cooper release the song School's Out?
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1968
1972
1975
1979
Finish this lyric from a largely forgotten banger of a tune from The Corrs. "In the heat of summer sunshine... "
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I'll Come To You
I Kiss You
I Miss You
I Wear Appropriate Sun Screen
Which band is behind 1999 hit Steal My Sunshine?
Vevo/Youtube
Ben
Ken
Len
Sen
Which of these summer-themed songs starts with the line: "I got my red dress on tonight"?
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey
Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban
Who quit and then who got married in the Bryan Adams song Summer of '69?
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Jimmy quit, Jason got married
Johnny quit, Taylor got married
Nicky quit, Stevie got married
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Top Dog
Full marks, well done
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Clever cat
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic
A good effort
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaaaad
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Turtely awful
A shell of a bad effort
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    Jul 9th 2015, 4:41 PM

    It has to be those brown trouts floating about.

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    Jul 9th 2015, 5:05 PM

    In this day and age how is ecoli ( human sewerage? ) getting into the bay in sufficient volumes to impact these beaches?

    Any ideas?

    Is raw sewerage getting into the rivers or is it the ringsend plant?

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    Jul 9th 2015, 8:06 PM

    faecal hand of faith I’d say.

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    Jul 9th 2015, 5:34 PM

    I worked on a trawler out of Howth in the past.After witnessing the muck , filth and human waste we hawled up in our nets , I wouldn’t stick my little toe in any waters off Dublin. I apply the same rules to eating fish and shellfish from the same waters.

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    Jul 9th 2015, 5:46 PM

    Did a microbiology project many moons ago testing for pathogens in the waters around Sandymount Strand. Suffice to say 20 years later I still wouldn’t even paddle in thyself waters. The Irish Sea is filthy which is highly regrettable.

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    Jul 9th 2015, 5:47 PM

    ‘Those’ rather

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    Jul 10th 2015, 3:35 AM

    Fitz I grow up not 5 mins from the strand and never did we or anyone I know swim in it .You walked on it that was about it .

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    Jul 9th 2015, 6:54 PM

    “Dublin city council have banned swimming from merrion strand” Is that so difficult rather than these stupid click bait headlines!

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    Jul 9th 2015, 9:38 PM

    The outfall from Ringsend plant goes out 3km so imagine with dilution the amount of raw sewage that must go out for Ecoli to arrive back on shore. We will not be told but obviously the Ringsend plant is not functioning as it should.

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    Jul 10th 2015, 12:35 AM

    The same people giving out , would also give out about sewerage treatment plants being built near them . Or paying for taxes to help upgrade existing plants .

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    Jul 9th 2015, 10:01 PM

    They will bring in a White tax now.

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    Jul 9th 2015, 10:02 PM

    Shite……

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    Jul 9th 2015, 11:51 PM

    Folks this is not on. Please serioous answers , ideas. I will act on them.
    1 ringsend plant
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    3 other rivers dodder, tolka?
    Something needs to be done…any ideas?

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    Jul 10th 2015, 12:03 AM

    it’s all the people bring there dogs for walks and not having any consideration for anyone by not cleaning up after the pets if your not willing to clean after there pets don’t have a pet

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    Jul 10th 2015, 7:33 AM

    Hmmm no it’s not. The occasional dog crap left on the sand is not responsible for the high numbers of E. Coli and staph coliforms in the water. That’s our crap that’s causing that. Inconsiderate it may be it’s not the cause, you might look to complain also to whomever owns those washed up sanitary towels I see whilst walking my dogs. (Poo bags at hand at all times naturally)

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    Jul 10th 2015, 4:36 AM

    Salthill beaches in Galway have been closed as well.

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