# Song lyric trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166 "2005-08-08T19:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/41 "2005-08-09T02:24:46Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > That’s **mohair**. Er…I hope! It’s mohair. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/42 "2005-08-09T02:26:09Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > What locked me in and held me tight? Stalactites and stalagmites. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/43 "2005-08-09T02:26:11Z")
Nicely played, **Turek**! > [@Turek](#): > > > [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > > > What might you find if you look up on the wall or under your pillow? > > An abacab (wtf is an abacab anyway??) Nope. There is a specific thing in there somewhere, babe. (BTW, I’ve always assumed that Abacab was the song progression (A - B - A - C - A - B), but I could be wrong about that.) > [@Turek](#): > > The book. Yup. > [@Turek](#): > > Being an illegal alien. Absotutely. > [@Turek](#): > > An invisible touch. Yessss. > [@Turek](#): > > 1 o’clock. Hum de dum de dum dum. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/44 "2005-08-09T02:28:10Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > It’s mohair. Ooops. Yes, I’ve heard of that! I’m just glad I didn’t say that Daniel was flying tonight on a plane that was heading for “space,” which is the way I always heard that when I was young, and the song was popular. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/45 "2005-08-09T02:29:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Stalactites and stalagmites. Yes. Damn, you all are good. Be careful, or I’ll be pulling out the arcane Rush quotes! ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/46 "2005-08-09T02:59:12Z")
I let that slide, as did I the fact that Levon sells cartoon balloons in town… Jesus blows up balloons all day. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/47 "2005-08-09T03:05:51Z")
> [@lhovis73](#): > > 1. According to David Byrne, why are animals a pain in the ass? (several answers possible) Shit on the ground, see in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/48 "2005-08-09T04:07:06Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > Shit on the ground, see in the dark. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner… (I also would have accepted “Always bumping into things,” “they’re never there when you call them,” “always let you down,” etc.) 1. According to Chuck Berry, what happened to the Venus de Milo’s arms? 2. How long was Dwight Fry gone for? 3. Johnny Thunder lives and feeds on what? ---
**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/49 "2005-08-09T04:21:26Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > What does the Iron Man do while he stares at the world, according to Black Sabbath? I’m just now noticing that you asked an Iron Man question before me…and I knew the answer, too…crap… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/50 "2005-08-09T04:23:38Z")
1. Speaking of “the glass onion”… Veruca Salt makes a veiled reference to the glass onion in one of their songs. Which song was it in and which band member do they claim to be something from another of their songs? 2. Which remixed song by Poe includes narration from her brother’s book? Who is her brother and what’s the book’s title? 3. Whose song implies that if Dogs, Cats and Zebras could look deeply at their lives, they’d decide to commit suicide? 4. Which supporting actor in Boondock Saints is also a comedian who sings about his home state? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/51 "2005-08-09T04:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What’s the secret that Mr. Roboto is hiding under his skin? He’s Kilroy. > [@](#): > > 1. Speaking of “the glass onion”… Veruca Salt makes a veiled reference to the glass onion in one of their songs. Which song was it in and which band member do they claim to be something from another of their songs? The song is “Volcano Girls” and “the ‘Seether’s’ Louise [Post].” A few more: NDP 5) In “Karma Police” by Radiohead, what kind of hairdo does the girl have and what is it doing to Thom Yorke? NDP 6) In “I Can See for Miles and Miles” by The Who, what monuments can Roger Daltry see on clear days? NDP 7) What does Aretha Franklin have in “The House that Jack Built” and what doesn’t she have? ---
**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/52 "2005-08-09T05:17:50Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > He’s Kilroy. Correct, though I had a more literal answer in mind… The line goes: “I’ve got a secret I’ve been hiding under my skin My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM” Hentor the Barbarian got 2 of the 3, and Turek got “my brain IBM” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/53 "2005-08-09T05:22:49Z")
> [@lhovis73](#): > > 1. How long was Dwight Fry gone for? Hmm…is it fourteen days? Eighteen days? He could have been gone for more… > [@lhovis73](#): > > 1. Johnny Thunder lives and feeds on what? Water and lightning, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/54 "2005-08-09T05:25:28Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > NDP 5) In “Karma Police” by Radiohead, what kind of hairdo does the girl have and what is it doing to Thom Yorke? Her Hitler hairdo is making [him] feel ill. ---
**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/55 "2005-08-09T05:27:27Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Hmm…is it fourteen days? Eighteen days? He could have been gone for more… > > Water and lightning, respectively. Yes, and yes. Dwight Fry was gone for 14 days (could have been gone for more). On the same album, though, we learn that Alice Cooper is 18 and he likes it… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/56 "2005-08-09T05:48:00Z")
Superdude: 1. What two things (an either/or) can you tell her (besides telling her what you want to), according to Dwight Twilley? 2. What day does Ben Folds’ girlfriend have the abortion, and what time does he get up to go get her? 3. Jeff Tweedy says that she’s in he kitchen with who? 4. Mister Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky than who? 5. What did Richard say, according to REM? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/57 "2005-08-09T06:10:20Z")
The following locations in London are mentioned in which Jethro Tull songs? 1. Fulham Road 2. Highgate 3. Kensington (two answers) 4. Knightsbridge 5. Leicester Square 6. Marylebone Road 7. Mayfair 8. Piccadilly Circus 9. Princes Gate (Hint: one answer has yet another London location in its title.) ---
**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/58 "2005-08-09T06:13:21Z")
I can only answer one of these without cheating: Piccadilly Circus is mentioned in “Mother Goose” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/59 "2005-08-09T07:24:13Z")
Thanks to the Teeming Millions for answering my questions in the OP. 🙂 Here are ten new ones: 1. “Man Smart (Woman Smarter)”: What is Harry Belafonte relieved about at the end of the song? 2. (misheard lyric): In “Brown-Eyed Girl,” where was Van Morrison going and with what? 3. “Battle of New Orleans”: What happened to the gator in the last verse? 4. “City of New Orleans”: What depressing sight does the train pass in the first verse? 5. "In “Swing on a Star” by Bing Crosby, what can a fish do? 6. “Uncle Albert & Admiral Halsey”: What non-musical instrument is heard in this song? 7. “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”:On what day does Tom Lehrer regularly do this? 8. In “House of the Rising Sun,” what was the occupation of Eric Burdon’s mother? 9. What other folk song is alluded to in “Waterloo”? 10. What did Frank Sinatra eat up and spit out? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/60 "2005-08-09T08:20:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Superdude: > 4) Mister Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky than who? Bob Dylan. But when everybody loves you, that’s about as funky as you can be. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. (misheard lyric): In “Brown-Eyed Girl,” where was Van Morrison going and with what? > 2. “Battle of New Orleans”: What happened to the gator in the last verse? > 3. “City of New Orleans”: What depressing sight does the train pass in the first verse? > 4. In “House of the Rising Sun,” what was the occupation of Eric Burdon’s mother? 1. Going down to the old mine with a transistor radio 2. They filled his head with cannonballs and tied his tail behind, and when they set the powder off the gator lost his mind. 3. Trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men, and the graveyards of rusty automobiles. 4. She was a tailor - she sewed his new blue jeans. A few more… 1. Where does Judge Parker hang horse thieves? 2. Who shot little Sadie and where was he caught? 3. What happened between Roland and Van Owen? 4. If you’re from Texas, son, where’s your boots, and where’s your gun? 5. What holiday is celebrated with turkey and pistols carved out of wood? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=4)