Oct. 2, 2025

Sting Trivia

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Celebrating Sting's 76th birthday with trivia about the legendary musician's career from his rock band days through his solo success and unexpected ventures beyond music.

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Calarogus Shark Media. Greeting's Trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison and

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today we're celebrating Sting's seventy sixth birthday with questions. Question one.

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Before going solo, Sting was the lead singer and bassist

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for which British rock band that it hits like Roxanne

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and Message in a Bottle? Question two? What is Sting's

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real name? Question three? Which Sting solo song from nineteen

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eighty five features the famous lyric I hope the Russians

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love their children too? Question four? In which English city

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was Sting born and raised? Which also inspired some of

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his later solo work. Question five. Sting appeared in which

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nineteen eighty four science fiction epic directed by David Lynch

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playing the villain Fade RAUTHA. We'll be right back with

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these musical answers after this break. Welcome back, Trivia fans.

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Let's reveal today's Sting answers. Question one? What band was

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Sting in before going solo? Answer? The Police? Formed in

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nineteen seventy seven. The Police became one of the world's

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biggest bands, with Sting on vocals and bass, Stuart Copeland

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on drums, and Andy Summers on guitar. They disbanded in

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nineteen eighty four, at the height of their fame. Question two,

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What is Sting's real name? Answer Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner.

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He got the nickname Sting because he often wore a

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yellow and black striped sweater that made him look like

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a bee, according to his jazz band colleagues in the

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nineteen seventies. Question three, which nineteen eighty five song mentions

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Russians loving their children? Answer Russians. This haunting song was

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inspired by Sting watching a Soviet television broadcast and reflected

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the Cold War tensions of the nineteen eighties. The melody

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was based on a theme from Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Sweet.

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Question four? In which English city was Sting born? Answer?

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Newcastle upon Tyne, Born in the working class Wallsend area.

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Sting's northern English roots influenced many of his songs, including

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his album The Soul Cages, which dealt with the decline

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of the shipbuilding industry in his hometown. Question five, which

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nineteen eighty four sci fi film featured Sting? Answer done

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Sting played the sadistic villain fied Rautha Harkanan in David

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Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic novel. Despite the film's

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mixed reception, Sting's memorable performance introduced him to a wh

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audience beyond music. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the

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help of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five

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