Q 01/05

Which 1989 Billy Joel album, produced by Foreigner's Mick Jones, carries We Didn't Start the Fire?

A) The Nylon Curtain

B) Storm Front

C) An Innocent Man

D) Glass Houses

Answer · why

B) Storm Front

Storm Front became Billy Joel's third US No. 1 album, made after a band shake-up that ended bassist Doug Stegmeyer's 15 years at his side.

Q 02/05

Whose 21-year-old friend told Billy Joel it was a terrible time to be 21, sparking We Didn't Start the Fire?

A) Julian Lennon

B) Dweezil Zappa

C) Sean Lennon

D) Jakob Dylan

Answer · why

C) Sean Lennon

Sean Lennon's friend insisted nothing had happened in the fifties, and Joel fired back by asking whether he had never heard of the Korean War, the see...

Q 03/05

Which everyday noise did Billy Joel compare the melody of We Didn't Start the Fire to in a 1993 interview?

A) A car alarm

B) A dentist drill

C) A fax machine

D) A smoke detector

Answer · why

B) A dentist drill

A dentist drill was Joel's verdict on the tune in a 1993 documentary; he wrote the words first, which he rarely does, and blamed that for the lack of ...

Q 04/05

Which band's 2023 update of We Didn't Start the Fire covers 1989 onwards yet never mentions the COVID-19 pandemic?

A) Fall Out Boy

B) All Time Low

C) My Chemical Romance

D) Twenty One Pilots

Answer · why

A) Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy's update abandons the original's rough chronological order, and Pete Wentz said the pandemic was left out on purpose.

Q 05/05

Which Hitchcock thriller's screeching violins are quoted in We Didn't Start the Fire when it is name-checked?

A) Vertigo

B) The Birds

C) Psycho

D) Rear Window

Answer · why

C) Psycho

Psycho's shrieking violins come from Bernard Herrmann's strings-only score, which he said gave a black-and-white sound to match the black-and-white fi...