# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/21 "2011-09-27T17:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > How many pounds of bananas didn’t get delivered to Scranton PA? 30,000 > [@](#): > > What town did a boy named Sue find his dad in? Gatlinburg, TN > [@](#): > > In 1814 we took a little trip,who did we go along with and where are we going? Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missisip’. In Simon & Garfunkel’s _Dangling Conversation_, what two poets are they reading? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/22 "2011-09-27T17:18:30Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > How many pounds of bananas didn’t get delivered to Scranton PA? 30,000 Who wrote the words to a sermon that no one would hear? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/23 "2011-09-27T17:21:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 1. > > On which Lake’s shoreline is Montreaux, Switzerland located? I see now that you had already answered the Steely Dan Question, so I’ll field the Deep Purple. Lake Geneva Before speaking in class, where did Jeremy bite the recess lady? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/24 "2011-09-27T17:22:03Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > 30,000 > > Who wrote the words to a sermon that no one would hear? Father MacKenzie ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/25 "2011-09-27T17:22:13Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > In Simon & Garfunkel’s _Dangling Conversation_, what two poets are they reading? Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost What is Knotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braided Powered, flowered and confettied Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/26 "2011-09-27T17:24:02Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Grandpa pissed his pants again,how does he feel about that? He don’t give a damn. What happened to little Susie after the junior prom? (2 parter) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/27 "2011-09-27T17:25:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve been to Hollywood, and what other nearby town? If this is Neil Young, that’s not a nearby town. The ‘city’ with the name is several hundred miles away, and I think he was more likely contrasting an urban/natural environment. Or he was talking about the park. But maybe I have the wrong song. > [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Dreams about what are the best I’ve ever had? 😛 ☹ Dreams in which I’m dying. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/28 "2011-09-27T17:28:27Z")
You can’t have what you want from life; but as an American citizen, what are you entitled to (name at least three)? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/29 "2011-09-27T17:32:28Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > What happened to little Susie after the junior prom? (2 parter) Raped her,killed her,took her home,dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/30 "2011-09-27T17:33:58Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > If this is Neil Young, that’s not a nearby town. The ‘city’ with the name is several hundred miles away, and I think he was more likely contrasting an urban/natural environment. Or he was talking about the park. But maybe I have the wrong song. No. It’s the right song. I’ve driven through Redwood. I thought it was closer. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/31 "2011-09-27T17:34:25Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost > > What is Knotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braided > Powered, flowered and confettied > Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied? Hair! In what year was Jackson Brown 21? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/32 "2011-09-27T17:34:50Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What is Knotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braided > Powered, flowered and confettied > Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied? Hair. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/33 "2011-09-27T17:35:05Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Raped her,killed her,took her home,dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones. Well, that sounds like a cheery little ditty. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/34 "2011-09-27T17:35:53Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What is Knotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braided > Powered, flowered and confettied > Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied? Hair! What got mixed up in the sink by The Coasters? Who called the English teacher “daddy-o”? Who eats bearcat stew? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/35 "2011-09-27T17:36:38Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Hair! > > In what year was Jackson Brown 21? Oh man. I can never remember all the dates. Was it '69? (I’m off to Google!) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/36 "2011-09-27T17:38:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hair! > > What got mixed up in the sink by The Coasters? > > Who called the English teacher “daddy-o”? > > Who eats bearcat stew? Love Potion Number Nine Charlie Brown Alley Oop ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/37 "2011-09-27T17:40:34Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Who walks wearily down the street with his brim pulled way down low? Steve > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > In 1814 we took a little trip,who did we go along with and where are we going? Andrew Jackson, down the Mighty Mississipp, to the Battle of New Orleans. Was a really bad day for an alligator… My turn: 1. What penalty, if any, was enforced for going to see the finest picker to ever play the Blues? Bonus: How where funds raised to entice said picker to perform? 2. Where do they love the Governor? (boo boo boo) 3. What is that bustling in my hedgerow? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/38 "2011-09-27T17:40:45Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > 19 > > How long would Amy Winehouse have been in rehab if she had been willing to go? Ten weeks. What are the options for a poor boy in London (1968) who wanted to join in the protests? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/39 "2011-09-27T17:46:46Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Steve > > Andrew Jackson, down the Mighty Mississipp, to the Battle of New Orleans. Was a really bad day for an alligator… > > My turn: > > 1. What penalty, if any, was enforced for going to see the finest picker to ever play the Blues? Bonus: How where funds raised to entice said picker to perform? > > 2. Where do they love the Governor? (boo boo boo) > > 3. What is that bustling in my hedgerow? 1. 2. Birmingham 3. The may queen ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/40 "2011-09-27T17:47:59Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > You can’t have what you want from life; but as an American citizen, what are you entitled to (name at least three)? You get what you need? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=3)