# 70's Lyrics Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639 "2011-12-01T01:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/21 "2011-12-01T20:33:15Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > What? I was actually right. Still doesn’t make any sense. starlings are black ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/22 "2011-12-06T02:56:00Z")
Thanks for participating, everybody! Congrats, **Kenobi 65**! Standings: Kenobi 65 - 82 Jack Batty - 80 42fish - 78 Leaffan - 77 Barkis is Willin’ - 73 Enginerd - 73 Whersgeorge04 - 70 Chocky - 65 eonwe - 51 Edward - 14 The answers: 1. Hurricane – AC/DC 2. Lucille – Allman Bros 3. Dancer – Beatles 4. Curtain – Billy Joel 5. Slide – Billy Squier 6. Unreal – Black Sabbath 7. Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult 8. Independence – Bob Seger 9. Delight – Boston 10. Unwind – Creedence 11. Trees – John Denver 12. Hard, CS&N 13. Pride – Derek and the Dominoes (Clapton) 14. Pretty – Eagles 15. Winslow – Eagles 16. Discipline – Elton John 17. Guitar – Clapton 18. Heaven – Fleetwood Mac 19. Scream – Foreigner 20. Boat – Grand Funk 21. Moondance – Van Morrison 22. Barracuda – Heart 23. Crying – Jackson Browne 24. Boston – James Taylor 25. Water – Jethro Tull 26. Cherry – John Mellencamp 27. Piper – Led Zeppelin 28. Water – Lynyrd Skynyrd 29. Houston – Marshall Tucker 30. Spaceships – Neil Young 31. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Jerry Jeff Walker 32. Dine – Peter Frampton 33. Receding – Pink Floyd 34. Nursery – Queen 35. Taste –Rolling Stones 36. Pots – Santana 37. Diamond – Steely Dan 38. Drunkard - The Band 39. Guy – The Doors 40. Forgiven – The Who 41. Elvis – Tom Petty 42. Smile – Van Halen/ Roy Orbison 43. Wallet – ZZ Top 44. Skulls – George Thorogood 45. Flag – Alice Cooper 46. Starlings – Cream/Eric Clapton 47. Ohio – CS&N/ Neil Young 48. Football – Beatles 49. Seamstress – Elton John 50. Downtown – ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/23 "2011-12-06T03:03:46Z")
No grade for me? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/24 "2011-12-06T03:18:52Z")
Dammit - I left off two entries… Sorry Kenobi. congrats to **Hoopy Frood**! Hoopy Frood - 83 Kenobi 65 - 82 Jack Batty - 80 42fish - 78 Leaffan - 77 Barkis is Willin’ - 73 Enginerd - 73 Whersgeorge04 - 70 Chocky - 65 eonwe - 51 Really Not All That Bright - 23 Edward - 14 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/25 "2011-12-06T03:19:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No grade for me? Sorry - I suck. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/26 "2011-12-06T03:22:22Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Sorry - I suck. ☹ You could just have said I didn’t do very well and leave it at that. 😃 You certainly don’t suck; I think I speak for everyone when I say you’re awesome for doing all these games. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/27 "2011-12-06T03:48:47Z")
Ok - I don’t suck. 🙂 I’m definitely not very thorough, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/28 "2011-12-06T04:03:03Z")
Bah! Test must be flawed… Joe ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/29 "2011-12-06T04:37:42Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Dammit - I left off two entries… Sorry Kenobi. > > congrats to **Hoopy Frood**! No worries! If I’m gonna lose to someone, **Hoopy** is an acceptable choice. 😉 Thanks for doing this, **Rebo**! I love these. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/30 "2011-12-06T05:08:09Z")
1. hurricane - AC/DC 2. Lucille - Allman Brothers 3. dancer - The Beatles 4. curtain- Billy Joel 5. slide- Billy Squire 6. unreal - Black Sabbath 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 8. independence - Bob Seger 9. delight - Boston 10. unwind - CCR 11. trees - John Denver 12. hard - Crosby. Stills & Nash 13. pride - Derek and the Dominos 14. hip - The Eagles 15. Winslow - The Eagles 16. discipline - Elton John 17. guitar - Eric Clapton 18. heaven? - Fleetwood MAc 19. Scream - Foreigner 20. ??? 21. moondance - Van Morrison 22. Barracuda - Heart 23. crying - Michael Jackson 24. Boston - James Taylor 25. Water - Jethro Tull 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp (from 1987’s Lonesome Jubilee?) 27. Piper - Led Zeppelin 28. Water? - Lynyrd Skynyrd 29. ??? 30. Spaceship - Neil Young 31. Bojangles - Bob Dylan 32. dine - Peter Frampton 33. receding - Pink Floyd 34. nursery - Queen 35. taste - The Rolling Stones 36. ??? 37. Diamond - Steely Dan 38. drunkard - The Band 39. guy - The Doors 40. forgiven - The Who 41. Free Fallin - Tom Petty 42. smile - Roy Orbison/Van Halen 43. Wallet - ZZ Top 44. skull - George Thorogood 45. flag -Alice Cooper 46. starlings - Cream 47. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 48. football - The Beatles/Aerosmith 49. seamstress - Elton John 50. downtown - ZZ Top Not quite a 70’s quiz, there are quite a few here from the 80’s and a couple from the 60’s, I believe, but fun nonetheless. ETA Oops missed it! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/31 "2011-12-06T13:21:38Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > 1. hurricane - AC/DC > 2. Lucille - Allman Brothers > 3. dancer - The Beatles > 4. curtain- Billy Joel > 5. slide- Billy Squire > 6. unreal - Black Sabbath > 7. reaper - Blue Oyster Cult > 8. independence - Bob Seger > 9. delight - Boston > 10. unwind - CCR > 11. trees - John Denver > 12. hard - Crosby. Stills & Nash > 13. pride - Derek and the Dominos > 14. hip - The Eagles > 15. Winslow - The Eagles > 16. discipline - Elton John > 17. guitar - Eric Clapton > 18. heaven? - Fleetwood MAc > 19. Scream - Foreigner > 20. ??? > 21. moondance - Van Morrison > 22. Barracuda - Heart > 23. crying - Michael Jackson > 24. Boston - James Taylor > 25. Water - Jethro Tull > 26. Cherry - John Mellencamp (from 1987’s Lonesome Jubilee?) > 27. Piper - Led Zeppelin > 28. Water? - Lynyrd Skynyrd > 29. ??? > 30. Spaceship - Neil Young > 31. Bojangles - Bob Dylan > 32. dine - Peter Frampton > 33. receding - Pink Floyd > 34. nursery - Queen > 35. taste - The Rolling Stones > 36. ??? > 37. Diamond - Steely Dan > 38. drunkard - The Band > 39. guy - The Doors > 40. forgiven - The Who > 41. Free Fallin - Tom Petty > 42. smile - Roy Orbison/Van Halen > 43. Wallet - ZZ Top > 44. skull - George Thorogood > 45. flag -Alice Cooper > 46. starlings - Cream > 47. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young > 48. football - The Beatles/Aerosmith > 49. seamstress - Elton John > 50. downtown - ZZ Top > > Not quite a 70’s quiz, there are quite a few here from the 80’s and a couple from the 60’s, I believe, but fun nonetheless. > ETA Oops missed it! You got a 91. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639/32 "2011-12-06T16:36:55Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > You got a 91. Good job! Thanks! I have almost all of these albums on vinyl and still long for those simpler times.🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-lyrics-quiz/604639.md?page=1)