Alvvays Trivia
Alvvays trivia begins with the bandâs 2011 formation in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, before its later move to Toronto, Ontario. Centered on vocalist Molly Rankin and bandmates Kerri MacLellan, Alec O'Hanley, and Sheridan Riley, Alvvays became a notable name in indie pop, giving fans plenty to test from basic background to deeper, more surprising details.
Easy Alvvays Trivia
13 questions
These easy Alvvays trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
What kind of band is Alvvays?
Answer: Alvvays is a Canadian indie pop band.
Alvvays is known is a Canadian indie pop band.
Question 2
In what year did Alvvays form?
Answer: Alvvays formed in 2011.
The band got its start in 2011.
Question 3
Alvvays originally came from which Canadian province?
Answer: Prince Edward Island.
The band's origin is Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island.
Question 4
Where did Alvvays later become based?
Answer: Toronto, Ontario.
After originating in Prince Edward Island, the band later became based in Toronto, Ontario.
Question 5
Who is the lead singer of Alvvays?
Answer: Molly Rankin is the lead singer of Alvvays.
Molly Rankin fronts the band is its lead singer.
Question 6
Which Alvvays member plays keyboards?
Answer: Kerri MacLellan plays keyboards in Alvvays.
Kerri MacLellan is the band's keyboard player.
Question 7
Who is a guitarist in Alvvays?
Answer: Alec O'Hanley is a guitarist in Alvvays.
Alec O'Hanley is one of the band's guitarists.
Question 8
Who handles drums in Alvvays?
Answer: Sheridan Riley is Alvvays' drummer.
Sheridan Riley plays drums for the band.
Question 9
What is the title of Alvvays' debut album from 2014?
Answer: The debut album is titled Alvvays.
The band's self-titled debut album was released in 2014.
Question 10
Which year is associated with a key milestone for Alvvays?
Answer: Antisocialites.
Antisocialites is the band's second album.
Question 11
Which Alvvays album was released in 2022?
Answer: Blue Rev.
Blue Rev came out in 2022.
Question 12
Which Alvvays song includes the words "Marry Me" in its title?
- A.Marry Me
- B.In Undertow
- C.Dreams Tonite
- D.Pharmacist
Answer: "Archie, Marry Me."
"Archie, Marry Me" is one of Alvvays' best-known songs.
Question 13
Which song appeared on Alvvays' debut album?
Answer: "Adult Diversion."
"Adult Diversion" appeared on the band's debut album.
Alvvays Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Alvvays trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
Who is Molly Rankin's father, known from The Rankin Family?
Answer: John Morris Rankin
Molly Rankin is the daughter of John Morris Rankin of The Rankin Family.
Question 2
In what year did Alvvays release their self-titled debut album?
- A.2013
- B.2015
- C.2014
- D.2012
Answer: 2014
Alvvays' debut album, Alvvays, came out in September 2014.
Question 3
What year was the album Antisocialites released?
Answer: 2017
Antisocialites was released in 2017.
Question 4
Blue Rev arrived in October of which year?
- A.2021
- B.2022
- C.2019
- D.2020
Answer: 2022
Blue Rev was released in October 2022.
Question 5
Which Alvvays song shares its name with a pair of words that sound like a playful security team at a celebration?
- A.Plimsoll Punks
- B.Belinda Says
- C.Already Gone
- D.Party Police
Answer: Party Police
"Party Police" is a song on Alvvays' debut album.
Question 6
Which Alvvays track has the title "Ones Who Love You"?
Answer: Ones Who Love You
"Ones Who Love You" is an Alvvays track.
Question 7
On the album Alvvays, which track puts you way up high on dessert with its title?
- A.Party Police
- B.Saved by a Waif
- C.Belinda Says
- D.Atop a Cake
Answer: Atop a Cake
"Atop a Cake" appears on the album Alvvays.
Question 8
Which place-name anchor is tied to Alvvaysâ album-making atmosphere?
- A.Prince Edward Island
- B.Alec O'Hanley
- C.Quality Hill
- D.Helioscentric Studios
Answer: Quality Hill
"Quality Hill" is the location-style recording-lore clue associated with the sessions. The distractors are a studio, a origin place, and a band member.
Question 9
Which song appears on the album Antisocialites: "Not My Baby" or "Party Police"?
- A.Not My Baby
- B.Party Police
- C.Belinda Says
- D.Atop a Cake
Answer: Not My Baby
"Not My Baby" is on Antisocialites.
Question 10
Which Alvvays song title includes the word "Punks"?
Answer: Plimsoll Punks
"Plimsoll Punks" is an Alvvays song.
Question 11
If you were making an Antisocialites playlist, which of these songs belongs on it?
- A.Your Type
- B.After the Earthquake
- C.Atop a Cake
- D.Ones Who Love You
Answer: Your Type
"Your Type" appears on Antisocialites.
Question 12
Which track is listed on Antisocialites with a title that sounds like someone has left already?
- A.Not My Baby
- B.Belinda Says
- C.Party Police
- D.Already Gone
Answer: Already Gone
"Already Gone" is a track on Antisocialites.
Fun Alvvays Trivia
13 questions
These fun Alvvays trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
If someone says Alvvays out loud correctly, what everyday word should it sound like?
Answer: It is pronounced like "always."
The band's name is pronounced like the word "always.".
Question 2
Why does Alvvays use that extra-v look in its name instead of plain "Always"?
Answer: They adopted the double-v spelling because the plain "Always" name was already in use.
Alvvays adopted the double-v spelling after the plain "Always" name was already in use.
Question 3
Blue Rev gets its title from what kind of source?
- A.A local radio station
- B.Canadian malt beverage
- C.A Toronto record shop
- D.A poetry collection
Answer: A Canadian malt beverage.
Blue Rev takes its title from a Canadian malt beverage.
Question 4
Which booking-world reference became the title of an Alvvays song?
Answer: The Agency Group.
"The Agency Group" is named after a music booking agency.
Question 5
Which Alvvays title sounds like it might belong to a candy-themed poem?
- A.Candy for June
- B.Mint Condition
- C.Lollipop (Ode to Jim)
- D.Sugar Carousel
Answer: Lollipop (Ode to Jim).
"Lollipop (Ode to Jim)" is an Alvvays song title.
Question 6
On Blue Rev, which track title pairs a tiny fluffy dog with an old-fashioned label?
- A.Pomeranian Spinster
- B.Velveteen
- C.Pressed
- D.Bored in Bristol
Answer: Pomeranian Spinster.
"Pomeranian Spinster" appears on Blue Rev.
Question 7
Which Alvvays song title sounds like it was typed with 37 browser tabs open?
Answer: Very Online Guy.
"Very Online Guy" is a song by Alvvays.
Question 8
Which Blue Rev song sounds more like home improvement than heartbreak?
- A.Hey
- B.Tile by Tile
- C.Pressed
- D.Many Mirrors
Answer: Tile by Tile.
"Tile by Tile" is on Blue Rev.
Question 9
Which Alvvays track title suggests a hall of reflections?
Answer: Many Mirrors.
"Many Mirrors" is an Alvvays track.
Question 10
If Blue Rev were issuing commands, which one of these would fit right in?
- A.Unwound
- B.Pressed
- C.Paused
- D.Returned
Answer: Pressed.
"Pressed" is part of Blue Rev.
Question 11
Which Blue Rev song title practically arrives with a travel complaint built in?
- A.Lost in London
- B.Cold in Cardiff
- C.Late in Leeds
- D.Bored in Bristol
Answer: Bored in Bristol.
"Bored in Bristol" is a song on Blue Rev.
Question 12
Which Blue Rev track title has the soft, fabric-store vibe?
Answer: Velveteen.
"Velveteen" appears on Blue Rev.
Question 13
The Alvvays song "Tom Verlaine" takes its name from whom?
Answer: Tom Verlaine, the Television frontman.
"Tom Verlaine" is named after the Television frontman Tom Verlaine.
Funny Alvvays Trivia
11 questions
These funny Alvvays trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Which Alvvays track sounds like the office memo from a very judgmental chicken coop?
- A.Red Planet
- B.Pecking Order
- C.Lottery Noises
- D.Dives
Answer: Pecking Order
The Blue Rev track with the social-hierarchy phrase is its title is "Pecking Order.".
Question 2
Which studio name appears in Alvvaysâ recording lore?
- A.Helioscentric Studios
- B.Quality Hill Studio
- C.Helios House Records
- D.20th Television
Answer: Helioscentric Studios
Helioscentric Studios is the recording-lore anchor tied to Alvvaysâ polished album sessions, alongside place-name clues like Quality Hill.
Question 3
On Blue Rev, which song title sounds like a dramatic to-do list item you definitely won't finish today?
- A.Next of Kin
- B.Pecking Order
- C.Dives
- D.Forget About Life
Answer: Forget About Life
"Forget About Life" appears on Blue Rev.
Question 4
If your GPS suddenly aimed for Mars, which Alvvays title would it be quoting from the debut era?
- A.Blue Rev
- B.Dives
- C.Lottery Noises
- D.Red Planet
Answer: Red Planet
"Red Planet" is a debut-era Alvvays title.
Question 5
Which Alvvays title sounds less like indie pop and more like paperwork after a stern phone call from a lawyer?
- A.Pecking Order
- B.Dives
- C.Next of Kin
- D.Forget About Life
Answer: Next of Kin
"Next of Kin" is an Alvvays title also familiar from legal and family contexts.
Question 6
Fill in the blank: The Blue Rev title borrowed from social hierarchy language is "Pecking ____."?
Answer: Order
The full Blue Rev track title is "Pecking Order.".
Question 7
What Alvvays song title sounds like a game show machine having an existential crisis?
- A.Lottery Noises
- B.Forget About Life
- C.Red Planet
- D.Next of Kin
Answer: Lottery Noises
"Lottery Noises" is an Alvvays song title.
Question 8
Name the debut-album track whose title is just one word, as if commas were too expensive.?
Answer: Dives
The one-word title on the debut album is "Dives.".
Question 9
Which Alvvays title from the debut era pairs a color with a place, like a very stylish science project?
- A.Blue Rev
- B.Pecking Order
- C.Dives
- D.Red Planet
Answer: Red Planet
The debut-era title combining a color with a place is "Red Planet.".
Question 10
Which Alvvays song title sounds like the ranking system at a cafeteria full of very ambitious pigeons?
- A.Next of Kin
- B.Lottery Noises
- C.Red Planet
- D.Pecking Order
Answer: Pecking Order
The title borrowed from social hierarchy language is "Pecking Order.".
Question 11
What two-word Alvvays title could also pass for the soundtrack to scratchy bingo balls rolling around?
Answer: Lottery Noises
The Alvvays song title is "Lottery Noises.".
Hard Alvvays Trivia
14 questions
These hard Alvvays trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
How long had it been since Alvvays released its previous studio album when Blue Rev arrived?
Answer: Five years.
Before Blue Rev, the band's previous studio album had come out five years earlier.
Question 2
What is the total track count on Blue Rev?
Answer: 14 tracks.
Blue Rev contains 14 tracks.
Question 3
Alvvays' self-titled debut runs to how many tracks?
Answer: 11 tracks.
The self-titled debut contains 11 tracks.
Question 4
If you're counting songs on Antisocialites, what number do you land on?
Answer: 10 tracks.
Antisocialites contains 10 tracks.
Question 5
"Belinda Says" nods to which Belinda Carlisle song?
Answer: "Heaven Is a Place on Earth."
The song "Belinda Says" references Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth.".
Question 6
Who produced Blue Rev?
Answer: Shawn Everett.
Blue Rev was produced by Shawn Everett.
Question 7
Which producer is credited on Antisocialites?
Answer: John Agnello.
Antisocialites was produced by John Agnello.
Question 8
Who produced Alvvays' self-titled debut album?
Answer: Chad VanGaalen.
The self-titled debut was produced by Chad VanGaalen.
Question 9
What was the title of Molly Rankin's first solo album?
Answer: She.
Molly Rankin's first solo album was titled She.
Question 10
What specific mishap caused Alvvays to lose early Blue Rev demos?
Answer: A recorder was stolen.
The band lost early Blue Rev demos when a recorder was stolen.
Question 11
Which song served as the lead single that announced Blue Rev?
Answer: "Pharmacist."
"Pharmacist" was the lead single that announced Blue Rev.
Question 12
Blue Rev was nominated for which Grammy category?
Answer: Best Alternative Music Album.
Blue Rev earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
Question 13
"Belinda Says" earned a Grammy nomination in what category?
Answer: Best Alternative Music Performance.
"Belinda Says" received a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.
Question 14
Before reaching album three, what long-game strategy helped Alvvays build its audience over the years?
Answer: Heavy touring.
The group spent years building an audience through heavy touring before its third album.
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