The quizz kids@drusd.UUCP (The quizz kids) (01/22/85)
Well, netnewsers, prepare yourselves for another way to waste time
here comes the best music quiz that ever wuz. Unlike other
quizzes that have come and gone, this one does not ask for the
artist's name, or issue date, or any of that kind of stuff. No
need to dig up old album jackets or thumb through old issues of
Rolling Stone or Teen Beat (argh!). All you have to remember are
the lyrics to the songs, and use them to answer the questions
posed. The questions themselves are either actual lyrics or parts
of lyrics, with key words removed (that's where the questions come
from!). Each numbered question will ask about three or four
questions, each of which deals with one song. An example will
clarify things...
The song is "Sounds of Silence":
Whose my old friend that I've come to talk to again?
(darkness)
And who did the people bow and pray to?
(the neon god they made)
Where did the sign say the words of the prophet were written?
(subway walls and tenement halls)
Got it?
Songs are mostly rock, with some folk and soul, mostly on the old
side. This quizz will be sent out in three parts, over the next
month or so. Answers will appear sometime in Februrary. All
responses should be sent to {ihnp4|hogpc}!drusd!mazze .
1) Hey, Joe, what'you doin' with that gun in your hand?
Why are you doing it? Where are you going to do it?
Where you goin'to run to now?
2) What do city girls just seem to find out early?
What reason does she give for going out that evening?
Where is she really going?
What does she whisper to the boy?
3) What did the Joker say to the Thief?
What do many here among us feel?
All along what was the view kept, and by who(m)?
All the women came and went. Who else did, too?
Where did a wild cat growl, and who was approaching?
4) If I had a hammer, what would I do with it and where?
Well, I've got a song to sing,
but what kind of song do I have?
What else have I got, and what kind is it?
5) Operator, can you help me place this call?
The number is nearly faded. What is the number written on?
I only wish my words could convince myself of something.
What is it?
Who was my best friend? What can the operator keep?
6) We were out on a date in my Daddy's car
(we hadn't driven very far). What is that in the road ahead?
What noises did I hear?
Who took my baby away from me?
Where did she go? What do I have to do and for what reason?
7) Since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell.
What's my new address?
Whose tears keep fallin' like rain?
How lonely am I?
8) I bet you wonder how I knew about your plans. What plans?
Thru what did I hear that not much longer would you be mine?
What am I just about to lose?
9) They used to be ice cream castles in the air, but now they
only block the sun. What are they?
Still, somehow, what is it about these things that you recall?
Do you really know them at all?
10) For whose benefit will there be a show tonight?
Will the Hendersons all be there?
Of course, who will dance the waltz?
11) What do the midwest farmer's daughters do?
How do Northern girls keep their boyfriends warm at night?
What does the west coast have?
Where do the cutest girls in the world live?
12) Papa was... what was he?
Where was his home?
Was he much on thinkin'?
How did he spent most of his time?
What did he leave us?
13) I'm the type of guy who'll never settle down. What do they
call me and what do I do?
When they ask me who's the one I love the best,
what do I tear open and show them?
What do I do when I find my self fallin' for some girl?
14) When the moon is in the seventh house,
what will guide the planets? What will steer the stars?
What age is it?
What else must occur in order for this to happen?
15) What is it that this train don't carry?
Where is this train bound for?
Who did this train carry?
16) Where did the three jolly coachmen sit and
what did they decide?
What happens to the man who drinks water pure?
What happens to the maid who steals a kiss and stays
to steal another?
17) Yes, I'm being followed by something. What?
If I ever lose my legs, I won't moan...what else won't I do?
If I ever lose my eyes, if my colors all run dry,
what won't I have to do no more?
I asked the faithful light if it took long to find me.
What else did I ask?
18) There is a house in New OrLeans. What's it called?
What should Mother tell her children?
What did my mother do for a living?
19) Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.
What's puzzlin' you?
Who had moments of doubt and pain?
What rank did I hold? What raged?
What stank?
Who killed the Kennedys? Who am I?
20) Who lives somewhere in the black minin' hills of Dakota?
The girl of his fancy had three names.
What were they?
Who came in (stinking of gin)?
What did he/she proceed to do?
What must the bible be for?