# Musical Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587 "2013-10-29T20:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/21 "2013-10-30T22:32:15Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> Not what I was thinking of, but that’s interesting. I’m not familiar with that song. Yet.

Check it out: [Raised on Robbery](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RH7m3ssPlo), by Joni Mitchell.

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/22 "2013-10-30T23:22:41Z")

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1. “You need coolin’. Baby, I’m not foolin’.”

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/23 "2013-10-30T23:29:28Z")

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1. The radio

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/24 "2013-10-30T23:31:17Z")

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1. She nearly broke your spine

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/25 "2013-10-30T23:41:04Z")

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14 and 18 are correct.

As for 20, I under-estimated the number of valid responses there could be. This was not the answer I was looking for.

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/26 "2013-10-31T00:03:54Z")

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1. Rock & Roll?

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/27 "2013-10-31T00:05:30Z")

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I think I got it…

1. Promises?

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/28 "2013-10-31T10:39:10Z")

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1. The blacksmith and the artist

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/29 "2013-10-31T11:17:47Z")

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1. The beards.

ETA: 12) Reverend Smith. (I have _never_ been able to figure that out. Guess I’ll go look it up now. ETA2: OK, just “Smith, he …”, not Smithby.

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/30 "2013-10-31T15:07:12Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> I think I got it…
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> 1. Promises?

Yes!

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/31 "2013-10-31T15:11:03Z")

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Still in play

1. Where is day night?
2. Who said there’s no time to lose?
3. What happens if you eat ripe fruit?
4. Who are we gonna get to pay the check?

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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/32 "2013-10-31T16:53:22Z")

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1. Ruby Tuesday

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/33 "2013-11-03T06:18:31Z")

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1. 
2. 
3. 

Give us a glimmer. 😃

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/34 "2013-11-03T06:19:53Z")

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Concerning #11, is black white?

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/35 "2013-11-03T07:41:56Z")

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1. looking for an actual place
2. Look at the word fru_it_
3. the check? forget about it.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/36 "2013-11-04T08:46:00Z")

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1. In New York City

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/37 "2013-11-04T15:46:36Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> 1. In New York City

Correct!

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/38 "2013-11-04T15:48:45Z")

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As for the others:

If you eat ripe fru_it_, you see everything alive

_IT_, Genesis

Forget about the check, we’ll get Hell to pay

_Have a Drink on Me_, AC\DC

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**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/39 "2013-11-06T08:31:10Z")

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Fun game Typo! 🙂

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**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/40 "2013-11-06T09:02:30Z")

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1. Who said she was going to visit her sister Flo?
2. Why don’t the pumps work?
3. What will drive our ships to new lands?
4. Where does even the hero get a bullet in the chest?
5. When is the music seeping through?
6. How can I tell if he loves me so?
7. Who is at a table dealin’ stud?
8. Where is everyone helpful and kind?
9. When do women seem wicked?
10. Why can’t I help about the shape I’m in?

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