Icehouse (band) - Quiz
  • 1. When was Icehouse formed?
A) 1977
B) 2000
C) 1990
D) 1985
  • 2. In which country did Icehouse originate?
A) Sweden
B) Japan
C) Australia
D) Canada
  • 3. Which year did Icehouse win the ARIA Hall of Fame award?
A) 1995
B) 2015
C) 2006
D) 2010
  • 4. What is the name of Icehouse's lead vocalist?
A) Michael Paynter
B) Martin Plaza
C) Iva Davies
D) John Oates
  • 5. What is the title of Icehouse's most successful single in the US?
A) Electric Blue
B) Crazy
C) We Can Get Together
D) Great Southern Land
  • 6. What year did Icehouse release their album 'Primitive Man'?
A) 1982
B) 1979
C) 1990
D) 1985
  • 7. What is the title of Icehouse's first single released in 1980?
A) We Can Get Together
B) Can't Help Myself
C) Love in Motion
D) Hey Little Girl
  • 8. Which album by Icehouse won Album of the Year at the 1988 ARIA Awards?
A) Icehouse
B) Man of Colours
C) Primitive Man
D) Measure for Measure
  • 9. What was the original name of Icehouse when they were formed in Sydney?
A) Cold Chisel
B) INXS
C) The Dugites
D) Flowers
  • 10. Which instrument did Iva Davies not play for the band Flowers/Icehouse?
A) Guitar
B) Drums
C) Bass guitar
D) Keyboards
  • 11. Who managed the Lindfield squash court where Iva Davies worked part-time?
A) Keith Welsh's mother
B) Michael Hoste's mother
C) Iva Davies' mother
D) Don Brown's mother
  • 12. Which band did Flowers perform with at Cloudland on 28 July 1979?
A) Cold Chisel
B) XTC
C) INXS
D) The Dugites
  • 13. Who replaced Don Brown as the drummer for Flowers in mid-1979?
A) Anthony Smith
B) Keith Welsh
C) John Lloyd
D) Michael Hoste
  • 14. Which record label did Flowers sign with, leading to the release of their debut single 'Can't Help Myself'?
A) Cold Chisel
B) Regular Records
C) Festival Records
D) Chrysalis Records
  • 15. What was the peak chart position of Flowers' debut album 'Icehouse' in Australia?
A) No. 20
B) No. 4
C) No. 1
D) Top 10
  • 16. Which synthesiser was not mentioned as being used on the album 'Icehouse'?
A) Solina Strings
B) Minimoog
C) Fairlight CMI
D) Oberheim OB-1
  • 17. Which award did Flowers win at the 1980 TV Week / Countdown Rock Awards?
A) 'Johnny O'Keefe New Talent Award'
B) 'Best Album Cover'
C) 'Best Album'
D) 'Best Songwriter'
  • 18. Which record label did Flowers sign with for international releases, necessitating a name change?
A) Festival Records
B) Chrysalis Records
C) Regular Records
D) Cold Chisel
  • 19. What was the last performance date for Flowers before they became Icehouse?
A) 27 June 1981
B) 28 July 1979
C) May 1980
D) August 2006
  • 20. What inspired the name change from Flowers to Icehouse?
A) An old, cold flat and a strange building across the road.
B) A flower-themed album cover
C) Legal restrictions with another band named The Flowers
D) The success of their debut single
  • 21. Under what name did Chrysalis release most of Icehouse's Flowers material?
A) Icehouse
B) Flowers
C) Primitive Man
D) Fresco
  • 22. Which song marked the first new recording credited to Icehouse?
A) We Can Get Together
B) Great Southern Land
C) Hey Little Girl
D) Love in Motion
  • 23. Which song from Primitive Man became Icehouse's international breakthrough single?
A) Great Southern Land
B) Street Cafe
C) Hey Little Girl
D) Love in Motion
  • 24. Who joined Icehouse as a guitarist and backing vocalist after re-assembling for Primitive Man's tour?
A) Guy Pratt
B) Robert Kretschmer
C) Keith Forsey
D) Andy Qunta
  • 25. Which film featured 'Great Southern Land' in its soundtrack?
A) Young Einstein
B) Flowers
C) Serious Moonlight
D) Razorback
  • 26. Who directed the video clips for 'Hey Little Girl' and 'Street Cafe'?
A) Guy Pratt
B) Andy Qunta
C) Russell Mulcahy
D) Keith Forsey
  • 27. For which film did Davies record an entirely instrumental score using the Fairlight Music Computer?
A) Razorback
B) Serious Moonlight
C) Primitive Man
D) Young Einstein
  • 28. Which instrument did Davies use for harmonies besides the Fairlight?
A) Prophet5
B) Linn drum machine
C) Fairlight Music Computer
D) Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
  • 29. What was the release format of Fresco in 1983?
A) Five-track EP
B) Single-only release
C) Full album
D) Live recording
  • 30. What was the peak position of 'Great Southern Land' on the Australian charts?
A) No. 2
B) No. 7
C) No. 5
D) Top 5
  • 31. Which instrument did Davies program for Primitive Man?
A) Prophet 5
B) Fairlight Music Computer
C) Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
D) Linn drum machine
  • 32. For which production did Iva Davies compose and record a score using only Kretschmer?
A) 'Measure for Measure' album
B) Sydney Dance Company's 'Boxes'
C) 'Man of Colours' album
D) 'Great Southern Land' compilation
  • 33. Which band member replaced Vito Portolesi after nine shows during the Measure for Measure tour?
A) Glenn Krawczyk
B) Simon Lloyd
C) Steve Jansen
D) Paul Wheeler
  • 34. How many weeks did 'Man of Colours' remain at No. 1 on the Australian album charts?
A) Fourteen weeks
B) Eight weeks
C) Five weeks
D) Eleven weeks
  • 35. Which single released in 1989 reached No. 47 on the ARIA singles charts?
A) Touch the Fire
B) Electric Blue
C) Jimmy Dean
D) Crazy
  • 36. Who left Icehouse around the time they were recording their album 'Code Blue'?
A) Morgan
B) Lloyd
C) Qunta
D) Davies
  • 37. When was the album 'Code Blue' released by Icehouse?
A) October 1990
B) January 1991
C) December 1990
D) August 1990
  • 38. Which single from the album 'Code Blue' peaked at No. 47 on the ARIA singles charts?
A) 'Big Fun'
B) 'Anything is Possible'
C) 'Miss Divine'
D) 'Love in Motion'
  • 39. In what month did 'Miss Divine' peak at No. 16 on the ARIA singles charts?
A) January
B) December
C) August
D) October
  • 40. Who joined Icehouse as a guitarist for touring after the release of 'Code Blue'?
A) Roger Mason
B) Paul Gildea
C) Christina Amphlett
D) Qunta
  • 41. Which keyboardist from Models joined Icehouse for touring after the release of 'Code Blue'?
A) Qunta
B) Paul Gildea
C) Roger Mason
D) Christina Amphlett
  • 42. What was the name of the compilation released by EMI in 1992?
A) 'Masterfile'
B) 'Code Blue'
C) 'Love in Motion'
D) 'Big Fun'
  • 43. Which album by Icehouse was an entire collection of remixes recorded during 1993?
A) Big Wheel
B) Berlin
C) Full Circle
D) The Ghost of Time
  • 44. What track from the Spin One EP was released in early 1993?
A) Don't Believe Anymore
B) Satellite
C) Big Wheel
D) Shakin' the Cage
  • 45. Which album included the singles 'Satellite' and 'Big Wheel'?
A) Full Circle
B) The Berlin Tapes
C) Bi-polar Poems
D) Big Wheel
  • 46. In what year was the album Big Wheel released?
A) 1994
B) 1993
C) 2002
D) 1995
  • 47. Who collaborated with Iva Davies on the musical score for Berlin?
A) Paul Gildea
B) Max Lambert
C) Steve Morgan
D) Richard Tognetti
  • 48. Who covered 'Don't Believe Anymore' from Sidewalk in their album Torch the Moon?
A) The Whitlams
B) Coldplay
C) Eskimo Joe
D) Hoodoo Gurus
  • 49. Which song did Icehouse perform at the Battle of the Choirs grand final in 2008?
A) Great Southern Land
B) Electric Blue
C) We Can Get Together
D) Love in Motion
  • 50. Which song by Icehouse was written in 1998?
A) Shakin' the Cage
B) Your God Not Mine
C) Don't Believe Anymore
D) Great Southern Land
  • 51. What is the title of the proposed Icehouse album that remained unreleased as of 2024?
A) Bi-polar Poems
B) Heroes
C) The Berlin Tapes
D) Full Circle
  • 52. In which year did Iva Davies judge Seven Network TV series Battle of the Choirs?
A) 2006
B) 2008
C) 2004
D) 1999
  • 53. When did Icehouse announce their new partnership with Universal Music Australia?
A) 6 April 2011
B) 12 July 2012
C) 9 February 2020
D) 26 August 2011
  • 54. What was the title of Icehouse's greatest hits compilation released in 2011?
A) Primitive Colours
B) DubHouse Live
C) White Heat: 30 Hits
D) Icehouse 30th Anniversary Edition
  • 55. When was the digital and multi-disc set of Icehouse's debut album released?
A) 20 May 2011
B) 26 August 2011
C) 12 July 2012
D) 7 July 2011
  • 56. When was the live album from the 'DubHouse' shows released?
A) October 2020
B) December 2012
C) March 2017
D) January 2014
  • 57. Where did Icehouse perform a 40th-anniversary concert in March 2017?
A) Roche Estate, Hunter Valley
B) Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
C) St. Kilda Festival
D) Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne
  • 58. At which event did Icehouse perform in 2022?
A) December Homebake concert
B) ICC Men's T20 World Cup final at Melbourne Cricket Ground
C) Roche Estate, Hunter Valley
D) St. Kilda Festival
  • 59. In which year was Icehouse scheduled to perform with Jimmy Barnes?
A) 2025
B) 2020
C) 2011
D) 2017
  • 60. What song's 40th anniversary were they celebrating with Jimmy Barnes?
A) 'We Can Get Together'
B) 'Hey Little Girl'
C) 'Working Class Man'
D) 'Great Southern Land'
  • 61. In which year did Icehouse release the album 'Man of Colours'?
A) 2006
B) 1984
C) 1990
D) 1987
  • 62. Which album was released as a collaboration between Iva Davies and Icehouse in 1995?
A) The Berlin Tapes
B) Big Wheel
C) Code Blue
D) Measure for Measure
  • 63. Which member joined Icehouse on keyboards and saxophone in 2021?
A) Hugo Lee
B) Michael Hoste
C) Glenn Reither
D) Simon Lloyd
  • 64. Which member was part of Icehouse on bass guitar from 1986 to 1989?
A) Paul Wheeler
B) Steve Morgan
C) Glenn Krawczyk
D) Guy Pratt
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