
BONUS: Test Your Irish Music Knowledge With This Incredible Quiz
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Carrie & Tommy — BONUS: Test Your Irish Music Knowledge With This Incredible Quiz. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Carryin' Tommy's bonus puck, yikes! I love that little jingle. Does it make you want to use your ears for the music quiz? Are you ready? I'm ready. Carry your theme for today is Saint Patty's Day. I don't know anything about some Patty's Day. That is a quiz attitude. I will tell you again. Carry your theme. We're doing a lot of St Patrick's Day for something that neither of us really get into. Excuse me, but by my Irish Rooter offended Patrick and Australia earlier on.
We've got a whole lot of music coming up. We've really Saint Patty this show. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Isn't that wonderful? I think. Is that what the people want? Yeah. Have you not seen them out today drinking their green beers? Do you actually drink green beer? Oh yeah. It's a flavored beer. Greeners. Yes. It's a Guinness Off Shoot. It's called Greeners. And you've been smoking a bit of a mooch to celebrate to get in the spirit of the green. Carry. Give me the first question. Greened out, Carry. Give me the first question. That was the first question as red off the sheet. Have you ever greened out, see bit more? I don't mind getting into my garden every now and then, but no. I'm a bit of a green thumb. I've never greened out. From all the. Question number two. I Irishman Nile Horan rose to fame. What is it? Just all of it.
It hasn't been the first time I've been told that won't be the last. Off our ducks back. Quiet, quiet. Here we go. Nile Horan rose to fame as a member of one direction before launching his solo career. What TV talent show did you audition for in 2010 where the band was then formed? Britain's Got Talent. Incorrect. We'll do like another go. America's Got Talent. Incorrect. We'll do like another go. Britain's the voice. Incorrect. We'll do like another go. Britain's the extractor. Oh, that was correct. Sorry. You used it. Question number three. Which Irish band has won more Grammy Awards than any other band? Not just. You two. Do you want a hint? You two? No. I'm not in the quiz. Would you like a hint? Yes. You two. You two. You didn't need the hint.
You should have backed yourself in memory. You'd add a bit more confidence in your answer. We know we knew the guy that named it. No, it was my friend's friend that named for them. And then we knew a guy from work that named for them. Nope. That was Sting. No, so it must be my friend's friend named for you two. Your friend's friend? Yes, because my friend is obsessed with Bono. And so she kept trying to use her friend to meet him. Hmm. Any other cool story before we go on to the next question? Do you remember though the friend of ours? Sorry. I keep calling him a friend. But the friend, he's more a friend of yours that was Sting's Nanny. Do you remember he told Sting that he could play the piano? Yes. This is a true story. He told Sting he could play the piano when he tried to get the job. Hmm. But he couldn't play the piano. And then one night Sting was playing the piano and said to the Nanny guy, come join me. And he didn't know what to do because he couldn't play the piano. Do you remember when you found out he was Sting's Nanny? And you came into the radio show and you're like, I've got Sting's Nanny and he's going to give us all these Sting stories. And then I kind of had alarm bells in my head because he's always been very private.
Because he had deep affection for Sting and the way that Sting looked after him over the years that he was with him. And then he cornered me in the office sweating profusely. And he said, Brian, I can't tell any Sting stories. And I went, I don't think it's going to happen. And then you came in the next day and you went, we're getting Sting stories today. But was that story that I just said true? Absolutely. Hmm. You read for question number four. Yeah. Irish singer. Sanito Connor has a global. Yes, I know. With nothing compares. Don't be disrespectful. Is it disrespectful? Is it disrespectful? To call us a need. Oh, I think it was me. It passed away. Yeah. And that all the more reason you can say, anyway, I'm actually a big fan. I love to reactivism. Nothing compares to you. Let's see how that goes. Nothing compares. Okay, probing nothing does compare to the actual voice. Nothing compares to you. I used to sing that song so much. We should do that. The song was originally written by which artist?
Sorry, we're going to need some kind of noise. Not even an answer. I was singing the rest of the song. Oh, I was ready. I've no idea. Wasn't queen. Yeah. Mother royalty though. Yeah. Not a king. Princess. Yeah. Oh, it's high-pitched. Prince. There you go. Oh. Oh. Oh, no. Sorry, Prince. Sorry, just back on this neat thing. Are you never tempted when you meet someone called Chuvon? In your head, you go to a side band? In my head, but not to them. I don't go, hey, side band. I didn't do it to Shenato Conor. I know, but she's dead. What's that mean? Do the last question. The last question. I know the last one. The next one. This one is a stretch, if I've ever heard one. Legendary Irish band, The Cranberries, released one of the most powerful protest songs of the 90s with Zombie.
Zombie. Zombie. Zombie. Hey. Hey. Hey. Oh. Oh. I think it's actually a bit disrespectful when you sing it, and it sounds a bit off. Harry. These are all songs for my childhood. Well, other bands that are named after foods include meatloaf, salt and pepper, and the red hot chili peppers. So, finish these chili peppers lyrics. Over to you. I don't know. Choose not a live of imitation. Over to you. I don't know. It's not their most popular. I like it, but it's not like I knew all the lyrics to that. Can't stop wood. I reckon I was out of my chili peppers era, but it would be one of their biggest songs. I would have thought it'd be their biggest, like a guitar. No. It's just because all people like us go under the bridge and stuff like that. And I reckon it would be one of their biggest songs of all time. OK. Well, I don't know the lyrics. Hi.
Happy St. Patrick's Day. Everybody.
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