# Lyrics Quiz - Who Did What?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737 "2011-12-01T19:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/1 "2011-12-01T19:40:27Z")
No cheating, of course. Artist not necessary. Please place answers in spoiler box. I would say getting 20 out of 30 is pretty dang good. 1. Who wore his war wound like a crown? 2. Who’s in the basement mixing up the medicine? 3. Who’s dress waves? 4. Who is not my lover? 5. Who is the demon I cling to? 6. Who would never say where she came from? 7. Who is a pretty nice girl but she doesn’t have a lot to say? 8. Who used to have a carefree mind of her own with a devilish look in her eye? 9. Who is a headless Thompson gunner? 10. Who wore yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there? 11. Who ain’t gettin’ no younger? 12. Who’s been tops for awhile with a million dollar smile? 13. Who could take a man out with just one punch? 14. Who said I took you just a little too far? 15. Who is tired ‘cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk? 16. Who is as distant as the Milky Way? 17. Who is living on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine? 18. Who was the one afraid to cut the cake? 19. Who always hated me, for what, I don’t know? 20. Who’s got me on my knees? 21. Who wasn’t old, but he was a man? 22. Who never used the pill, claiming that it just ain’t natural? 23. Who learned to race a stock car by running ‘shine outta Alabam? 24. Who said he had an understanding with the law? 25. Who bought a shotgun ‘cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation? 26. Who flagged a diesel down? 27. Who’s a store-bought woman? 28. Who is breaking my heart and shaking my confidence daily? 29. Who scratches his head and does his best James Dean? 30. Who shaves in the dark trying to save paper? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/2 "2011-12-01T19:46:18Z")
Man, I’m real close on some. The one I know for sure: 9. Roland ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/3 "2011-12-01T19:49:57Z")
Too late to edit: In number 3, her dress actually _sways_, not waves. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/4 "2011-12-01T20:09:08Z")
nm, I can’t make spoiler boxes ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/5 "2011-12-01T20:10:06Z")
Hmmm…not very good. Didn’t even recognize most of the lyrics. 4. Billie Jean 8. Veronica 10. Lola 19. Sheriff John Brown 20. Layla 28. Cecilia 29. Jack ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/6 "2011-12-01T20:12:38Z")
1. Levon. 2. 3. 4. Billy Jean 5. 6. Ruby Tuesday 7. Her Majesty 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Uncle Joe 19. 20. Layla 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Smackwater Jack 26. Bobbie 27. 28. Cecilia 29. Jack 30. Mean Mr. Mustard ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/7 "2011-12-01T20:16:05Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > nm, I can’t make spoiler boxes [spoiler] 1. 2. … [/spoiler} Replace last } with a ]. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/8 "2011-12-01T20:26:24Z")
1. Levon 2. 3. 4. Billie Jean 5. 6. Ruby Tuesday 7. 8. 9. 10. Lola 11. 12. 13. Rubin Carter 14. Your daddy 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Layla 21. 22. Shanghai Lil 23. 24. 25. 26. Bobby 27. Cracklin’ Rosie 28. Cecilia 29. Jack 30. I’m fairly certain about the 12 I’ve answered, except maybe #14. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/9 "2011-12-01T21:13:29Z")
1. Levon 2. Johnny 3. Mary 4. Billie Jean 5. Ruby Tuesday 6. Her Majesty 7. Veronica 8. Roland 9. Lola 10. Desperado 11. Ruben “Hurricane” Carter 12. Your Daddy 13. Sweet Jane 14. Sheriff John Brown 15. Layla 16. Mr. Oswald 17. Bobby McGee 18. Cracklin’ Rosie 19. Cecilia 20. Jack 21. Mean Mr. Mustard 21, if they’re all right (I think they are - I can sing them all, at least, so if they’re not right they’re close). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/10 "2011-12-01T21:50:35Z")
I suppose I’ll make as much a hash of this as I did on the 70’s lyric quiz, but I’m going in feeling very optimistic. 1 - damn, right out of the box I’m stumped. I know the song but not the name. Evan Tosdale or something like that? 2 - Someone from a Bob Dylan song. Johnny? I suck at this game. 3 - Mary 4 - Billie Jean 5 - 6 - 7 - Her Majesty 8 - Veronica 9 - Roland 10 - Lola 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - Either your momma, or your daddy. Or someone else. 15 - 16 - 17 - Jerry Garcia? 18 - 19 - Damn. So familiar. Can’t come up with it. 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - The chick with Bobby McGee. 27 - 28 - 29 - Jack (for his girlfriend Diane) 30 - You (Mean Mr. Mustard). I know I know most of the ones I missed, but now I have a headache trying to think of them. Thanks, MMM. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/11 "2011-12-01T22:20:48Z")
I only know a couple. [spoiler]4. Billie Jean 10. Her name was Lola (she was a showgirl) 28. Cecelia 29. Jack I feel like I know #20 but it’s not coming to me.[/spoiler] ETA: I was right about #20 and I can’t believe I missed #8. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/12 "2011-12-01T22:29:12Z")
1. Billy Jean 2. Ruby Tuesday 3. Her Majesty 4. Your momma 5. Shanghai Lil 6. Jack 7. Mean Mr. Mustard ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/13 "2011-12-01T23:24:16Z")
I guess I made this harder than I intended. Still, as a group effort, not bad. These are the only remaining unanswered ones: (I can’t believe no one got # 16 yet) 5. Who is the demon I cling to? 12. Who’s been tops for awhile with a million dollar smile? 15. Who is tired ‘cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk? 16. Who is as distant as the Milky Way? 21. Who wasn’t old, but he was a man? 23. Who learned to race a stock car by running ‘shine outta Alabam? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/14 "2011-12-01T23:28:16Z")
nm - I was going to give clues, then decided it’s too early for that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/15 "2011-12-01T23:45:09Z")
1. Ma Cherie Amour 23 is a fave of mine:Rapid Roy, the Stockcar Boy. If I ever get a tattoo, I might get one that just say “Hey”. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/16 "2011-12-02T00:28:26Z")
1. Happy Jack ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/17 "2011-12-02T01:04:14Z")
1. Levon 2. Johnny 3. ? 4. Billie Jean 5. ? 6. Ruby Tuesday 7. ? 8. ? 9. ? 10. ? 11. ? 12. ? 13. Rubin Carter 14. ? 15. ? 16. ? 17. Sweet Jane 18. ? 19. Sheriff John Brown 20. Layla 21. ? 22. ? 23. ? 24. ? 25. ? 26. Bobby McGee 27. Cracklin’ Rosie 28. Cecilia 29. Jack 30. Mean Mr. Mustard ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/18 "2011-12-02T02:29:34Z")
Still unanswered: 1. Who is the demon I cling to? 2. Who’s been tops for awhile with a million dollar smile? 3. Who is tired ‘cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk? I admit these are semi-tough. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/19 "2011-12-02T11:13:30Z")
I was hoping that 15 was Lili Von Shtupp but alas no. 😃 I’ve subsequently Googled it and now know the answer but since I’ve never heard of the song I’ll refrain from posting it. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737/20 "2011-12-05T06:10:57Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [spoiler] > 1. > 2. > … > [/spoiler} > > Replace last } with a ]. Sorry this is late, but… Thanks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-quiz-who-did-what/604737.md?page=2)