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1.

Which obscure track sung by Mike Mills was added to R.E.M.'s "Life's Rich Pageant" album?

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Answer: Superman
2.

Which R.E.M. song begins with "Mott the Hoople and the game of life"?

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Answer: Man On The Moon
3.

What was the first record label to sign R.E.M.?

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Answer: I.R.S. Records
4.

Which R.E.M. song won a Grammy in 1991?

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Answer: Losing My Religion
5.

Which song on R.E.M.'s "Automatic For The People" is about suicide?

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Answer: Everybody Hurts
6.

Which song on R.E.M.'s "Automatic for the People" is about comedian Andy Kaufman?

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Answer: Man On The Moon
7.

Which R.E.M. song includes the lyric, "I forgot my shirt at the water's edge"?

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Answer: Nightswimming
8.

Which R.E.M. song was written about a 1986 assault on Dan Rather?

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Answer: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
9.

The chorus of which R.E.M. song says, "Please don't take a picture"?

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Answer: Bad Day
10.

In which Georgia town did R.E.M. form?

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Answer: Athens
11.

Who played drums in the original lineup of R.E.M.?

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Answer: Bill Berry
12.

Which legend rapped on R.E.M.'S "Radio Song"?

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Answer: Krs-One
13.

What was the name of R.E.M's first full-length album?

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Answer: Murmur
14.

Which R.E.M. release did "Rolling Stone" choose as the best album of 1983?

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Answer: Murmur
15.

What is pictured on the cover of R.E.M.'s album "Murmur"?

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Answer: A Railroad Trestle
16.

Which R.E.M. album features the songs "Pilgrimage" and "Moral Kiosk"?

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Answer: Murmur
17.

What is the title of R.E.M.'s second full-length album?

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Answer: Reckoning
18.

Which R.E.M. song was written about the owner of a used car lot in Georgia?

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Answer: Wendell Gee
19.

Which song on R.E.M.'s album "Lifes Rich Pageant" is about acid rain?

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Answer: Fall On Me
20.

The songs "Underneath The Bunker" and "Cuyahoga" appear on which R.E.M. album?

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Answer: Lifes Rich Pageant
21.

What is the title of R.E.M.'s 1987 compilation of rarities and B-sides?

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Answer: Dead Letter Office
22.

R.E.M.'s "Dead Letter Office" included a cover of "Crazy" by which Athens, GA band?

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Answer: Pylon
23.

What was the last album of new material that R.E.M. released on IRS Records?

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Answer: Document
24.

What was R.E.M.'s first top ten single in the U.S.?

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Answer: The One I Love
25.

R.E.M.'s song "Stand" was used as the theme song to which Fox sitcom?

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Answer: Get A Life
26.

Which R.E.M. album featured the singles "Electrolite" and "Bittersweet Me"?

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Answer: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
27.

What was the first album that R.E.M. recorded without drummer Bill Berry?

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Answer: Up
28.

What was the first single released from R.E.M.'s 1998 album "Up"?

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Answer: Daysleeper
29.

Which R.E.M. album featured the singles "Imitation of Life" and "I'll Take The Rain"?

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Answer: Reveal
30.

Which R.E.M. album included the singles "Leaving New York" and "Aftermath"?

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Answer: Around The Sun
31.

In the R.E.M. song "Orange Crush", the lyrics say to "serve your conscience" where?

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Answer: Overseas
32.

Which R.E.M. song begins, "This here is the place where I will be staying"?

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Answer: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
33.

The lyrics to which R.E.M. song reference Martin Sheen, Steve McQueen and Jimmy Dean?

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Answer: Electrolite
34.

Which band was formed by R.E.M.'s Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Peter Buck & Warren Zevon?

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Answer: Hindu Love Gods
35.

Which R.E.M. member caused a disturbance on a 2001 flight to London?

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Answer: Peter Buck
36.

Which member of R.E.M. is the godfather of Frances Bean Cobain?

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Answer: Michael Stipe
37.

Which R.E.M. song begins with the lyrics, "This flower is scorched"?

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Answer: Country Feedback
38.

Which Wire song did R.E.M. cover on their album "Document"?

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Answer: Strange
39.

Which R.E.M. album featured the singles "Orange Crush" and "Stand"?

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Answer: Green
40.

In 1992, R.E.M.'s album "Out Of Time" won which Grammy Award?

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Answer: Best Alternative Album
41.

What is the title of R.E.M.'s 1988 greatest hits compilation?

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Answer: Eponymous
42.

What was R.E.M.'s first extended-play release?

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Answer: Chronic Town
43.

In R.E.M.'s "At My Most Beautiful", what does Michael Stipe sing about counting?

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Answer: Eyelashes
44.

What name did the members of R.E.M. originally pick for their band?

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Answer: Twisted Kites
45.

Who painted the cover for R.E.M.'s album "Reckoning"?

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Answer: Howard Finster
46.

R.E.M.'s 1981 single "Radio Free Europe" was later re-recorded for what album?

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Answer: Murmur
47.

R.E.M. shot their first ever video for which song on the EP "Chronic Town"?

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Answer: Wolves, Lower
48.

R.E.M.'s first national television appearance was on which show?

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Answer: Late Night With David Letterman
49.

Which R.E.M. song contains the French lyric, "Combien du temps"?

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Answer: Talk About The Passion
50.

Which R.E.M. album featured the single "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"?

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Answer: Reckoning
51.

Where did R.E.M. get the idea for their name?

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Answer: A Dictionary
52.

Who produced R.E.M.'s album "Fables Of The Reconstruction"?

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Answer: Joe Boyd
53.

Which R.E.M. song begins with the lyrics, "When the world is a monster"?

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Answer: Can't Get There From Here
54.

What R.E.M. song did Hootie & the Blowfish cover on "Scattered, Smothered & Covered"?

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Answer: Driver 8
55.

Which R.E.M. album features the songs "Maps And Legends" and "Wendell Gee"?

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Answer: Fables Of The Reconstruction
56.

Which member of R.E.M. appears on the cover of the album "Lifes Rich Pageant"?

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Answer: Bill Berry
57.

The R.E.M. single "Superman" is a cover of a song by which band?

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Answer: The Clique
58.

What is the title of the first R.E.M. video collection?

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Answer: Succumbs
59.

What was the first R.E.M. song to have its lyrics printed in the album packaging?

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Answer: World Leader Pretend
60.

What was the first R.E.M. album on which Peter Buck played the mandolin?

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Answer: Green
61.

Who did the string arrangements for R.E.M.'s album "Automatic For The People"?

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Answer: John Paul Jones
62.

Which R.E.M. song features Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on backing vocals?

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Answer: Crush With Eyeliner
63.

Which song on R.E.M.'s album "Monster" was written about Kurt Cobain?

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Answer: Let Me In
64.

Patti Smith sang backing vocals on which R.E.M. song?

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Answer: E-Bow The Letter
65.

R.E.M. gave Leonard Cohen a songwriting credit for which song on their album "Up"?

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Answer: Hope
66.

Which R.E.M. song appeared on the soundtrack of the 2001 movie "Vanilla Sky"?

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Answer: All The Right Friends
67.

Which R.E.M. album is a compilation of hits from their recordings for Warner Bros.?

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Answer: In Time: The Best of R.E.M.
68.

Which song on R.E.M.'s album "Around The Sun" features a performance by rapper Q-Tip?

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Answer: The Outsiders
69.

The lyric "like a koi in a frozen pond" is from which R.E.M. song?

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Answer: Imitation Of Life
70.

Which band does R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck play in with Scott McCaughey?

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Answer: The Minus 5
71.

For which song did R.E.M. release a completely animated video?

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Answer: I'll Take The Rain
72.

What is the title of the R.E.M. DVD release featuring a 2003 concert in Germany?

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Answer: Perfect Square
73.

Which R.E.M. video starred Rain Phoenix as a cellist?

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Answer: At My Most Beautiful
74.

Which R.E.M. album features the songs "Circus Envy" and "I Took Your Name"?

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Answer: Monster

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