# Trivia from songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755 "2011-09-27T12:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/181 "2011-09-28T03:54:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Where did Marty fall in love with a Mexican girl? And what was her name? Check out 54 and 63. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/182 "2011-09-28T03:59:31Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I don’t know, but the guy next to him…wearing the gabardine suit…is a spy, and his bowtie is really a camera. Right :smack: must use google more. I’m passing over to maggenkid who will torment you with the entire back catalogue of Abba lyrics, BWAHAHAHA! Maggenkid: Might want to Google these. Why do I say ‘Thank you for the music’? I am behind you, I’ll always find you- Who am I? Gimme, gimmie, gimmie a man after what time? Who did I kiss, after which the whole class went wild? What has the King lost? I can still recall, our last summer, I still see it all. What did we walk along? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/183 "2011-09-28T04:00:53Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > Where are you thinking of traveling if the weather’s good there, in the fall? > > Alberta. Aw, I got here too late. That one should have been mine. (See my location.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/184 "2011-09-28T04:05:50Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > If Adolph Hitler (looking very relaxed) is playing the vibes, who is speaking, and playing the trumpet? Oh, this is by the Bonzo Dog Band, “The Intro and the Outro.” Vivian Stanshall on trumpet, and he also provided the narration. The song also includes Princess Anne on sousaphone, J. Arthur Rank on gong, and Roy Rogers on Trigger. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/185 "2011-09-28T04:15:23Z")
> [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](#): > > Despite what brother thinks, with his Beatles and his Stones, it’s a drag. Too many snags… Yay! I thought that one had gone into oblivion. > [@maggenpye](#): > > Right :smack: must use google more. > > I’m passing over to maggenkid who will torment you with the entire back catalogue of Abba lyrics, BWAHAHAHA! > > Maggenkid: Might want to Google these. > > Why do I say ‘Thank you for the music’? Well, without googling (so I am not entirely sure of the exact words), I think it is because I am no-one special, even a bit of a bore. (On the other hand, I am so lucky, and I am the girl with the golden hair.) > [@maggenpye](#): > > Gimme, gimmie, gimmie a man after what time? Midnight. Don’t know the others. Kids are into Abba now? :eek: * * * What should you do in the dock of Tiger Bay, on the road to Mandalay, and from Bombay to Santa Fe? (Bonus question: Where is this Tiger Bay?) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/186 "2011-09-28T04:18:31Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Oh, this is by the Bonzo Dog Band, “The Intro and the Outro.” Vivian Stanshall on trumpet, and he also provided the narration. The song also includes Princess Anne on sousaphone, J. Arthur Rank on gong, and Roy Rogers on Trigger. And Val Doonican as himself. (“Hello there!”) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/187 "2011-09-28T04:23:31Z")
I went to the doctor,was feeling kinda rough.What did he tell me? God sends his spaceships to America, the beautiful,What time did they land? I’m saving nickels and dimes,working til the sun don’t shine.Why? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/188 "2011-09-28T04:35:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What number should you ring if you want some dirty deeds done? 36-24-36-Hey! (I lead a life of crime.) On that note:[ul][_]She gave me the Queen, and she gave me the King. What did she have?[_]What did she knock me out with?[_]They wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer man, but what were my other plans?[_]When Rock and Roll was born, how many fingers were learning how to play?[\*]What was the response when I said to the girl standing alone over by the jukebox “What’s the going price?”[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/189 "2011-09-28T04:37:41Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I’m saving nickels and dimes,working til the sun don’t shine.Why? You’ve been looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/190 "2011-09-28T04:41:20Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > What did she knock me out with? Those American thighs. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/191 "2011-09-28T04:49:40Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Yay! I thought that one had gone into oblivion. > > Well, without googling (so I am not entirely sure of the exact words), I think it is because I am no-one special, even a bit of a bore. (On the other hand, I am so lucky, and I am the girl with the golden hair.) > > Midnight. > > Don’t know the others. > > Kids are into Abba now? :eek: > > * * * > > What should you do in the dock of Tiger Bay, on the road to Mandalay, and from Bombay to Santa Fe? (Bonus question: Where is this Tiger Bay?) Ich Liebe Dich, Hit me with your rhythm stick! Tiger Bay, Cardiff ? - not only is she into ABBA, but all things Doctor Who, including locations. She’ll take both those answers, just as soon as she’s cleaned her room! Who sang the blues while the windscreen wipers kept time? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/192 "2011-09-28T04:49:57Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > They wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer man, but what were my other plans? I don’t know, but I do know that life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/193 "2011-09-28T04:59:09Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > Who sang the blues while the windscreen wipers kept time? Me and Bobby McGee. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/194 "2011-09-28T05:42:24Z")
Yes, my ‘learn guitar, book one, the basics’ is getting its best workout in years. Anyone got some new ones? And **Spoons** , yes, it \*should \*have been yours. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/195 "2011-09-28T06:06:07Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > Anyone got some new ones? A few old ones no one has guessed > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I went to the doctor,was feeling kinda rough.What did he tell me? > > God sends his spaceships to America, the beautiful,What time did they land? [quote=“MadTheSwine, post:169, topic:597755”] Three feet tall, so very small,I’m no trouble Who am I? would be happy if someone got this one. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/196 "2011-09-28T06:08:17Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > And **Spoons** , yes, it \*should \*have been yours. Oh well. It is fall, and the weather is good here. And I’ve got some friends I can go to working for. Our good times have all gone, but I’m bound to carry on. Sheesh, might as well be our provincial anthem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/197 "2011-09-28T07:02:47Z")
I’ll look for you, if I’m ever up that way… [QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Three feet tall, so very small,I’m no trouble Who am I? would be happy if someone got this one. [/QUOTE] Well, of course you would, you old Queen.😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrK)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/198 "2011-09-28T10:46:45Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Brandy is correct, as is One Night in Bangkok. > > A few more… > > What happens where my Rosemary goes? > I’m going to buy five copies of a magazine for my mother. What magazine am I buying? > Why is the whole damn bus cheering? > > ETA on preview: Daddy was indeed a cop on the east side of Chicago. Buck Owens would buy 5 copies of Music City News for his mother. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/199 "2011-09-28T11:50:31Z")
I just pissed off President George. Where am I going? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/200 "2011-09-28T12:02:03Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Me and Bobby McGee. Don’t forget the driver. Also, the singer pulls something out of a dirty red bandanna. What does he/she call it? What is the item? > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > A few old ones no one has guessed Who’s dimensions are 42 39 56 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=11)