The Greatest Hits Quiz!

Is 9 The Sopranos?

LDS is correct. The Sopranos it is.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home)
4. Red Right Hand - ? - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand
6. Trouble Town
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me
9. Woke Up This Morning - ? - The Sopranos
10. You're Wondering Now

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 3
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 1
LDS - 1

Points remaining - 13

I think the Sopranos theme was by Alabama 3.

Alabama 3 is correct.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home)
4. Red Right Hand - ? - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand
6. Trouble Town
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 - The Sopranos
10. You're Wondering Now

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 3
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 1
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1

Points remaining - 12

We may need some clues please

If there's no more correct guesses by Monday I'll stick the genres of the programmes on.

I'm not sure how this quiz works but Red Right Hand is a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song.

Holden is quite right.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home)
4. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Holden Chinaski) - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand
6. Trouble Town
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 (KrazeeEyezKilla) - The Sopranos (LDS)
10. You're Wondering Now

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 3
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 1
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1
Holden Chinaski - 1

Points remaining - 11

Holden Chinaski wrote:I'm not sure how this quiz works but Red Right Hand is a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song.

people list songs and you guess the artist what did the songs.

Time for some genre clues. The genres are in red after each listing.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns (HappyCamper) - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Foreign language spy drama
4. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Holden Chinaski) - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand - British Comedy
6. Trouble Town - British police drama
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me - American Sci-Fi
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 (KrazeeEyezKilla) - The Sopranos (LDS)
10. You're Wondering Now - British police procedural

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 3
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 1
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1
Holden Chinaski - 1

Points remaining - 11

HappyCamper wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:I'm not sure how this quiz works but Red Right Hand is a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song.

people list songs and you guess the artist what did the songs.

And also the film/show it was in?

Holden Chinaski wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:I'm not sure how this quiz works but Red Right Hand is a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song.

people list songs and you guess the artist what did the songs.

And also the film/show it was in?

that's just mcmanus fan going off-piste.

he's a rebel,
and he'll never ever be any good.

Holden Chinaski wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:I'm not sure how this quiz works but Red Right Hand is a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song.

people list songs and you guess the artist what did the songs.

And also the film/show it was in?

As HC says, I'm a wrong 'un, and have deviated from the usual format. For this one you get 1 point for naming the artist of the track, and/or a completely separate 1 point for naming the programme it's the title tune for.

You may notice The Wire is one of them. For the avoidance of doubt I'll accept any of the five people/groups that were featured on The Wire's opening credits.

Time for some guesses:

6) Line of Duty
8) The Expanse
10) The Bill

Iranu wrote:Time for some guesses:

6) Line of Duty
8) The Expanse
10) The Bill

Afraid not.

6) Much better than Line of Duty (which had a theme written by Carly Paradis for the programme)
8) Much worse than The Expanse (which had a theme written by Clinton Shorter for the programme)
10) Maybe a bit better than The Bill (which had the theme 'Overkill' by Andy Pask
and Charlie Morgan, specifically for the programme)

All the songs on the list are ones which exists independently from the TV programme.

Never watched the show but the original theme for The Bill is brilliant.

6) Luther
8) Orphan Black
10) Death in Paradise

is eight star trek: enterprise? recognise the lyric

Another point for Iranu and HappyCamper with the excellent Death in Paradise, and the not so excellent Star Trek: Enterprise.

We're over the half way mark now, but it could still all change.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns (HappyCamper) - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Foreign language spy drama
4. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Holden Chinaski) - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand - British Comedy
6. Trouble Town - British police drama
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me -? - Star Trek Enterprise (HappyCamper)
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 (KrazeeEyezKilla) - The Sopranos (LDS)
10. You're Wondering Now - ? - Death in Paradise (Iranu) ]

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 4
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 2
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1
Holden Chinaski - 1

Points remaining - 9

5 This Country
6 Peaky Blinders

Iranu wrote:5 This Country
6 Peaky Blinders

5. Not This Country, which I don't think has an opening theme. Isn't it just ambient country sounds?
6. Not Peaky Blinders, which was number 4 and has already been answered in full.

Anyone want to take a punt on The Wire? There are five acts to choose from.

Jesus Christ I should read it’s not even a police drama, I was thinking crime drama

I’ve never seen This Country, was a Juddersesque guess

I guess it’s not really foreign language but 3) The Americans?

Iranu wrote:I guess it’s not really foreign language but 3) The Americans?

Afraid not. Number 3 will be really hard to guess unless you know the song.

McManusFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:I guess it’s not really foreign language but 3) The Americans?

Afraid not. Number 3 will be really hard to guess unless you know the song.

I feel I’ve got a much better chance of stumbling on the right TV show than knowing the song

5. Toast of London?

Excellent work from Judders there. Toast it is!


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns (HappyCamper) - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Foreign language spy drama
4. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Holden Chinaski) - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand - ? - Toast of London
6. Trouble Town - British police drama
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me -? - Star Trek Enterprise (HappyCamper)
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 (KrazeeEyezKilla) - The Sopranos (LDS)
10. You're Wondering Now - ? - Death in Paradise (Iranu) ]

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 4
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 2
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1
Holden Chinaski - 1
Juddernaut88 - 1

Points remaining - 8

Move to hangman for the rest?

To keep the hangman at bay for a while longer, I'll add some extra clues.


1. Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns (HappyCamper) - Jonathan Creek (Iranu)
2. Life on Mars - David Bowie (Iranu) - Life on Mars (Iranu)
3. Major Tom (Coming Home) - German cold war drama with a time-jump between each series
4. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Holden Chinaski) - Peaky Blinders (ChengduFan)
5. Take My Hand - ? - Toast of London
6. Trouble Town - Highly acclaimed British police drama, the third and final series aired earlier this year
7. Way Down in the Hole - ? - The Wire (ChengduFan)
8. Where My Heart Will Take Me -? - Star Trek Enterprise (HappyCamper)
9. Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 (KrazeeEyezKilla) - The Sopranos (LDS)
10. You're Wondering Now - ? - Death in Paradise (Iranu)

Leaderboard:
Iranu - 4
ChengduFan - 2
Happy Camper - 2
LDS - 1
KrazeeEyezKilla - 1
Holden Chinaski - 1
Juddernaut88 - 1

Points remaining - 8