Q 01/05

Which 1967 Van Morrison hit, heard in Born on the Fourth of July, has he said never paid him any royalties?

A) Wild Night

B) Brown Eyed Girl

C) Crazy Love

D) Jackie Wilson Said

Answer · why

B) Brown Eyed Girl

Brown Eyed Girl began life as Brown-Skinned Girl, and a contract Morrison signed without legal advice means, he says, that it has never earned him roy...

Q 02/05

Which Van Morrison song plays during a love scene in the 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf in London?

A) Moonshine Whiskey

B) Wild Night

C) Full Force Gale

D) Moondance

Answer · why

D) Moondance

Moondance fits director John Landis's scheme for the film, in which every song on the soundtrack refers to the moon, from Blue Moon to Bad Moon Rising...

Q 03/05

In which Martin Scorsese concert film does Van Morrison high-kick his way through Caravan with The Band?

A) The Last Waltz

B) Shine a Light

C) Stop Making Sense

D) Gimme Shelter

Answer · why

A) The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz captured The Band's farewell show on Thanksgiving Day 1976, and as Morrison strode off Robbie Robertson called out his nickname, Van th...

Q 04/05

Which British singer's 1993 cover of Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately reached number five in Britain and America?

A) Elton John

B) Joe Cocker

C) Rod Stewart

D) Phil Collins

Answer · why

C) Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart helped turn it into a wedding favourite, though Morrison originally wrote the song as a prayer.

Q 05/05

Which director filled his 2021 film Belfast with Van Morrison songs, earning the singer a first Oscar nomination?

A) Martin McDonagh

B) Neil Jordan

C) Lenny Abrahamson

D) Kenneth Branagh

Answer · why

D) Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh has called the film his most personal, and Morrison's new song for it, Down to Joy, was nominated for Best Original Song.