# 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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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/161 "2013-11-19T20:25:07Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> Because there’s no better place for jackin’ it than San Diego?

Not even close!

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/162 "2013-11-19T23:32:38Z")

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> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> Not even close!

San Francisco?

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/163 "2013-11-20T05:19:56Z")

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1. Three in the morning?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/164 "2013-11-20T14:04:24Z")

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1. Because I got high!

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/165 "2013-11-20T14:46:13Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> 1. Because I got high!

Winner!

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/166 "2013-11-20T23:50:24Z")

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1. Where do the folks keep looking to the East?
2. When at the Lido, how do they welcome you?
3. How long have you been talking in circles?
4. How do I explode into space?
5. What made me open my eyes and my temperature rise?
6. Where are these crimson spots coming from?
7. What were you wrapped up tightly in?
8. We put her on this guy’s hit list. What was he?
9. How long is a brand new human being’s attention span?
10. What becomes a way of life?

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/167 "2013-11-20T23:58:39Z")

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1. China Grove
2. Fire all of your guns at once
3. A pair of 45s

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/168 "2013-11-21T00:41:36Z")

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Correct!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/169 "2013-11-21T01:08:09Z")

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1. With sausage and beer

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/170 "2013-11-21T02:42:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> And a new set:  
> 90. What did the A&R man say?

One of my favorites from the W.A.B.A.C. machine.  
90. He said, “Don’t call us child, we’ll call you.”

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/171 "2013-11-21T05:15:05Z")

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1. From my hands

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/172 "2013-11-21T21:32:35Z")

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Correct.

Still in play:

1. How long have you been talking in circles?
2. What were you wrapped up tightly in?
3. We put her on this guy’s hit list. What was he?
4. How long is a brand new human being’s attention span?
5. What becomes a way of life?

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/173 "2013-11-21T23:02:55Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> 1. What were you wrapped up tightly in?

The coat you borrowed from me.

I caught the end of “Thick as a Brick” on the way to work this morning, so I put it on when I got there. This song is next on “The Essential Tull.”

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/174 "2013-11-22T02:04:16Z")

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Correct!  
Still in play:

1. How long have you been talking in circles?
2. We put her on this guy’s hit list. What was he?
3. How long is a brand new human being’s attention span?
4. What becomes a way of life?

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/175 "2013-11-22T03:11:16Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> 1. He said, “Don’t call us child, we’ll call you.”

Is that one right?

1. How long have you been talking in circles?

Since I’ve been able to cry?

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/176 "2013-11-22T13:13:37Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> Is that one right?

No, see post 141.  
(your answer kinda works but not as close as the Tom Petty song)

> [@saucywench](#):
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> 1. How long have you been talking in circles?
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> Since I’ve been able to cry?

Correct, I believe

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/177 "2013-11-22T13:16:36Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> Is that one right?

Nope. Sorry not to answer sooner, but it was already answered. It’s from Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open”.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/178 "2013-11-22T16:16:53Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> 1. How long have you been talking in circles?
> 
> Since I’ve been able to cry?

Correct!

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**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:** [November 23, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/179 "2013-11-23T23:25:19Z")

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If I may…

1. Who wants to wear my red shoes?
2. Where and when do they serve turkey and pistols carved out of wood?
3. Those of you who will not sing, what must you be doing?
4. What was the Mississippi Delta shining like?
5. Who called down to room service and said, “send up a room”?
6. Who is wearing raincoats standing so low in the sun?
7. Where did her perfume come from (naturally)?
8. Who runs headlong to his death?
9. What did you put me on up to Annandale?
10. Who has come to a sticky end?  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/180 "2013-11-23T23:43:14Z")

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1. You must be playing with your own ding-a-ling.
2. A National guitar

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