# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/81 "2005-08-09T17:38:44Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > 1. Blue dress blue Half-credit. Blue\*print \* blue. ---
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/82 "2005-08-09T17:42:32Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Half-credit. Blue\*print \* blue. Dammit. I am screwing up these “dress” ones. What does that mean, I wonder? Of course, it’s done up in blueprint blue and sure looks good on you. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/83 "2005-08-09T17:53:22Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > NDP 6) In “I Can See for Miles and Miles” by The Who, what monuments can Roger Daltry see on clear days? Taj Mahal and Eiffel Tower. Where can you hear Miss Molly rockin’? What happens when “The Girl” who “Can’t Help it” looks at white bread? When she winks her eye? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/84 "2005-08-09T17:59:22Z")
> [@lhovis73](#): > > That son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Roland’s head… > > Here’s a few more: > > 1. If my news of the world comes from Sports Illustrated, who’s my hero? Belushi, that is if Jello Biafra can be believed. Here are some from me: If I’m waiting for an invitation to arrive, what will i have on my eyes? How did they find Mary Bellows? What is your job if you “…only talk in facts”, “…know you’re always right” and “…know how to prove it step by step” If the big hand’s on 120, what’s the little hand on? I got up early one morning, I took come cocaine, then what did I do? ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/85 "2005-08-09T18:13:10Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > I got up early one morning, I took come cocaine, then what did I do? You’re the dirty hack that shot your woman down. We’re only gonna die, according to Greg Graffin. Why? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/86 "2005-08-09T18:17:13Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > You’re the dirty hack that shot your woman down. Correct ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/87 "2005-08-09T20:05:22Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > A few more… > > 1. Where does Judge Parker hang horse thieves? Fort Smith, Arkansas (“Tom Ames’ Prayer” by Steve Earle) ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/88 "2005-08-10T02:40:50Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > Wow - very good. > > R1. set everybody free and make everything alright > R2. Now we ask the price of the land > R3. (I’m at a loss, but give me a bit…) > R4. Watch me choose my own direction > > Here’s a few in return: > > 1. What are the four things that we are to each other? > 2. What were the scientists who were pacing the floor seeking to do? > 3. Who forges their creativity closer to the heart? > 4. Who hears the echoes of old applause? 1. Secrets, planets, strangers, and islands (THAT was a tough one!) 2. Build the atomic bomb (build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick) 3. The blacksmith and the artist, (reflect it in their art) 4. The dancer, who limps across the floor and closes her bedroom door. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/89 "2005-08-10T05:05:43Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > If the big hand’s on 120, what’s the little hand on? E Now I eat humble pie, who did I used to be? One puff, two puffs, high in a dream, on what? What is “cheese with the perfect disguise”, and where will you find it? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/90 "2005-08-10T14:04:59Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > E Correct ---
**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 10, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/91 "2005-08-10T17:17:21Z")
> [@Bomzaway](#): > > 1. Secrets, planets, strangers, and islands (THAT was a tough one!) > 2. Build the atomic bomb (build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick) > 3. The blacksmith and the artist, (reflect it in their art) > 4. The dancer, who limps across the floor and closes her bedroom door. > > Nicely done. Absolutely right. I had to give up on the “endless flood” quote and go to the liner notes. I knew it would be from one of two albums with a couple of songs that I just don’t listen to, as much as I hate to admit it. The _Entre Nous_ one is oddly difficult. I remember camping out for _Hold Your Fire_ tickets. We were all throwing out trivia questions, and nobody out of the 15 or 20 of us awake at that point could get all four. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/92 "2005-08-11T14:49:36Z")
Since I seem to have killed the thread, I should at least post the answers. > [@Robot Arm](#): > > Now I eat humble pie, who did I used to be? > One puff, two puffs, high in a dream, on what? > What is “cheese with the perfect disguise”, and where will you find it? I used to be the King of Spain, from _King of Spain_, by Moxy Früvous. High on catnip, from _Catnip Dream_, by Shonen Knife. Velveeta is cheese with the perfect disguise, and “it’s on everything that you can buy” at a family restaurant, from _Family Restaurant_, by Uncle Bonsai. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/93 "2005-08-11T16:04:09Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > “Man Smart (Woman Smarter)”: What is Harry Belafonte relieved about at the end of the song? Now that I am ninetythree, I don’t give a damn, you see. If the woman peabah, and the man peab, and the band boys toil for the lemon scratch, The lily root, golly root, belly root, ooh. And the famous scrandy-scratch-scratch. Those are some perfectly good memory neurons, that could have been used for something useful. Regards, Shodan ---
**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 11, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/94 "2005-08-11T19:33:34Z")
1. He swims in a brook. 2. “If Sunday you’re free…” 3. “Tom Dooley.” A real sad one. ☹ 4. “When there was doubt/I ate it up and spit it out!” Another ten: 1. In “Last Kiss,” does J. Frank Wilson get to his injured girl before she dies? 2. In “Yesterday, When I Was Young,” what does Roy Clark feel on his tongue in the last verse? 3. In “After the Ball Is Over,” what grave mistake does the swain make that causes his beloved to become a spinster? 4. What was unusual about the Indian in “Kaw Liga”? 5. In “Uneasy Rider,” what does Charlie Daniels do just before he gets into his car to speed away from the bikers? 6. What is the French lyric in Tee Set’s “Ma Cherie Amour?” Bonus if you can translate it into English. 🙂 7. In Jerry Reed’s “When You’re Hot You’re Hot,” what ruling does the judge hand down at the end? 8. Who played guitar in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? 9. Where was Marty Robbins in the final part of “El Paso”? 10. What can’t a “handful of Senators” do, according to Barry McGuire? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/95 "2005-08-11T19:47:28Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. He swims in a brook. > 2. “If Sunday you’re free…” > 3. “Tom Dooley.” A real sad one. ☹ > 4. “When there was doubt/I ate it up and spit it out!” > > Another ten: > > 1. In “Last Kiss,” does J. Frank Wilson get to his injured girl before she dies? > 2. In “Yesterday, When I Was Young,” what does Roy Clark feel on his tongue in the last verse? > 3. In “After the Ball Is Over,” what grave mistake does the swain make that causes his beloved to become a spinster? > 4. What was unusual about the Indian in “Kaw Liga”? > 5. In “Uneasy Rider,” what does Charlie Daniels do just before he gets into his car to speed away from the bikers? > 6. What is the French lyric in Tee Set’s “Ma Cherie Amour?” Bonus if you can translate it into English. 🙂 > 7. In Jerry Reed’s “When You’re Hot You’re Hot,” what ruling does the judge hand down at the end? > 8. Who played guitar in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? > 9. Where was Marty Robbins in the final part of “El Paso”? > 10. What can’t a “handful of Senators” do, according to Barry McGuire? 1. Yes; she says, "Hold me darlin’for a little while"2. Rain 5. Flips a twenty to the guy who fixed his tire. 6. I only know the last part for sure: “Je te dit merci, merci” which means, “I tell you, thank you, thank you” 7. “Ninety days, Jerry!” 8. Eddie van Halen 10. Can’t pass legislation ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/96 "2005-08-11T20:07:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. What was unusual about the Indian in “Kaw Liga”? His heart was made of knotted pine, as was, I presume, the rest of him > [@](#): > > 1. Who played guitar in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? Eddie Van Halen, wasn’t it? Two semi serious questions - If I shot the sherrif, but not the deputy, who did? In “Get Out Of Denver”, Bob Seegar starts out in a '60 Caddie, lights out in a pick up truck (after the failed drug buy) but by verse three is back in his Caddie. How did he make the switch back? and finally, what is Gypsy Davy’s hobby? mm ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/97 "2005-08-11T20:27:54Z")
> [@mamboman](#): > > Two semi serious questions - > > If I shot the sherrif, but not the deputy, who did? My take was always that the sheriff shot the deputy when the deputy tried to stop him from out-right murdering the singer, but I could be wrong. > [@](#): > > 1. Where was Marty Robbins in the final part of “El Paso”? Behind Rose’s Cantina? ---
**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 11, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/98 "2005-08-11T20:48:17Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > 1. I only know the last part for sure: “Je te dit merci, merci” which means, “I tell you, thank you, thank you” I think the part before that is “Après tous les bons jours” (After all the good days). And the song in question is actually “Ma Belle Amie.” (“Ma Cherie Amour” is, of course, a Stevie Wonder song.) ---
**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 11, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/99 "2005-08-11T20:49:40Z")
Self-nitpick (hit “submit” too fast!): the Steveie Wonder song is actually titled “ **My** Cherie Amour.” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/100 "2005-08-11T20:49:51Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > Behind Rose’s Cantina? Cradled in Felina’s arms (that he dies for). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=6)