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"Weird Al" Yankovic Songs

In his long career, "Weird Al" Yankovic has parodied many artists, genres, and songs. How many do you know?


 

Quiz ID:#31019
Fun:*** (2.49)
Difficulty:** (1.74)
Category:Music
Created By:jimmysmomAus*

 

 



 



#1   On his eponymous 1983 release, "'Weird Al' Yankovic", this song parodied Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll".

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#2   The "Weird Al" song "My Bologna" parodied what song by The Knack?

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#3   On his second album, "'Weird Al' Yankovic In 3-D", the artist did his first parody of the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It". What was the title of the parody?







#4   In the parody of The Police song "King of Pain", what was "Weird Al" the king of?






#5   On the 1985 release "Dare To Be Stupid", the song "Lola" by the Kinks was parodied as a song about this science fiction character.

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#6   Soul icon James Brown didn't escape a parody of "Living in America" on the 1986 album "Polka Party". With what was "Weird Al" living?






#7   The 1988 release "Even Worse" contained another parody of a Michael Jackson hit. What were the titles of the song and the parody?






#8   Nirvana was parodied on the 1992 album "Off the Deep End", not only with the song "Smells Like Nirvana" but "Weird Al's" parody of this iconic album cover.

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#9   On the 1993 album "Alapalooza", this song was parodied in a song outlining the plot of "Jurassic Park".

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#10   The Aerosmith song "Livin' on the Edge" got the "Weird Al" treatment in this song from "Alapalooza".






#11   Rapper Coolio's hit "Gangsta's Paradise" was parodied on 1996's album "Bad Hair Day". What was the title of "Weird Al's" parody?

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#12   The song "Lump" by The Presidents of the United States of America was parodied as this song about a character in a popular motion picture.

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#13   The 1999 album "Running with Scissors", containing the song "The Saga Begins", tells the story of young Anakin Skywalker and the start of the Star Wars saga. What classic rock hit was parodied in this song?






#14   Rapper Eminem's song "Lose Yourself" is parodied in this song from the 2003 album "Poodle Hat".






#15   On the 2006 album "Straight Outta Lynwood", the Green Day song "American Idiot" is parodied with American being replaced by this nationality.







 

 


   



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