# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/501 "2011-10-04T21:17:33Z")
Hey there, I see we’re doing Car Culture songs now! (1) If she had wings, I know she could fly. She’ll do 140! What car is this? (2) Who has a garden of gardenias at home, but when on the road, is the terror of Colorado Blvd? [This one’s gotta be a no-brainer!] (3) I saw a lovely lady [at the beach, if I remember the words right], had a fantasy love affair with her, then she blew me a kiss and drove away. In what car? (4) We already had a question about “fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away.” But I challenged y’all to change ONE WORD (to a nearly rhyming one) to update this for the 21st century. Haven’t seen an answer yet! Clarification: This isn’t from any real song. I’m asking you to do some original creative writing here (hey, just one word)! Speaking of fantasy love affairs (hint, hint), I don’t think anyone’s answered this yet: (5) What reliable lover is always there, always cares, never argues, satisfaction guaranteed? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/502 "2011-10-04T21:44:06Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > What do I get? And why? I don’t think anyone’s answered this yet. I didn’t even realize (until just now) this was a real question! I think we’ve already had an earlier question about this song, actually. – I get another day older and deeper in debt because I owe my soul to the company store. Here’s a review of a few from earlier posts: A while back, maggenpye wrote: > [@maggenpye](#): > > No-ne’s got the inapple question either. Not sure I understand this question. Is there a typo here, or am I simply really not recognizing this? Congratulations, **njtt** , for knowing what THIS says: “A smallish sinusoidal waveform unexpectedly appeared in an undisturbed liquid medium.” > [@njtt](#): > > Pebble and wind (without opening any spoilers - or googling!).\* > \*ETA: Or reading **maggenpye** ’s post just above. And this: > [@njtt](#): > > Jesus Christ? (Though I doubt if that is the only answer that will fit.) Yes, that’s the answer I had in mind. Congrats to **Labdad** for getting this one: What shall happen to those who put their faith in fire? > [@Labdad](#): > > In fire their faith shall be repaid. Now, you’re just the right Doper to answer this one, that I posted a while back and haven’t seen answered yet: (paraphrased from original): She told me the town where I was born. She lit a candle with her eyes. But I had to pressure her to just tell me my fortune already, and when she did it was cryptic. What did I come to realize as I lay awake in bed that night? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/503 "2011-10-04T21:59:48Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > What do I get? And why? > [@Senegoid](#): > > I don’t think anyone’s answered this yet. I didn’t even realize (until just now) this was a real question! I think we’ve already had an earlier question about this song, actually. – > I get another day older and deeper in debt because I owe my soul to the company store. Actually, I was thinking, “No love. No sleep at night. Nothing that’s nice. Nothing at all (at all)[sup]8[/sup] because I don’t get you.” Points off to me for asking a vauge question and points to you for giving a right answer to it. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Hey there, I see we’re doing Car Culture songs now! > > (1) If she had wings, I know she could fly. She’ll do 140! What car is this? [This one](http://automobile.automotive.com/4494/0710-henrys-haunts-ford-v8/photos14-0.html), the Little Deuce Coupe. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/504 "2011-10-04T22:19:22Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > Actually, I was thinking, “No love. No sleep at night. Nothing that’s nice. Nothing at all (at all)[sup]8[/sup] because I don’t get you.” Points off to me for asking a vauge question and points to you for giving a right answer to it. > > [This one](http://automobile.automotive.com/4494/0710-henrys-haunts-ford-v8/photos14-0.html), the Little Deuce Coupe. Yes. 100 points (but who’s counting?) Maybe you should have asked: “What don’t I get, and why?” 🙂 Certainly, if you know about Little Deuce Coupes, you MUST know who was the terror of Colorado Avenue! Maybe we could make a game of asking lyrics trivia questions specially crafted to have multiple right answers. One of my earlier questions (about two young lovers sitting in a tree) would be an example. The one answer (already given) was K-I-S-S-I-N-G. But if it’s specifically a LEMON tree, what are their next several actions? Haven’t seen that answered yet! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/505 "2011-10-04T22:29:36Z")
He’s just as proud as he can be of his anatomy. . . . What do they call him? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/506 "2011-10-05T00:33:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > He’s just as proud as he can be of his anatomy. . . . What do they call him? They call him The Streak…don’t look, Ethel! ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/507 "2011-10-05T00:47:44Z")
What is the name of the food stand that Jack and Diane frequent, and what delicacy do they dine on there? Who was Running Bear in love with? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/508 "2011-10-05T00:51:42Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > They call him The Streak…don’t look, Ethel! Bingo! If there’s an audience to be found, he’ll be streaking around, inviting public critique! What didn’t Oz never give to the Tin Man (that he didn’t didn’t already have)? (Cornflake, this reminds me of your question!) What would I like to have, before you slip into unconsciousness? What roadway is in my ears and in my eyes, beneath blue suburban skies? OTOH, in what roadway, and in what city, did my friends get lost in the fog? (n.b., Yes, there really is such a street, in a hilly neighborhood where the streets twist and turn a lot. You’d get lost in the fog too.) What else would you do, too, if it happened to you? At your own birthday party, no less! ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/509 "2011-10-05T01:10:12Z")
> [@Ferd\_Burfel](#): > > What is the name of the food stand that Jack and Diane frequent, and what delicacy do they dine on there? They suck on chili dogs behind the Tastee-Freeze. 1. Who did Lord Donald’s wife spy in the crowd on the first holiday of the year? 2. I told her I’m so happy I could die. What did she do? 3. You start wearing blue and brown. What are you doing? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/510 "2011-10-05T01:22:28Z")
As this thread goes on, I’m seeing more and more questions posted, with fewer and fewer being answered! Is it because people are losing interest, or because we’ve used up most of the easy ones by now? ☹ It took the longest time before someone answered what _petite oiseau_ I was going to abuse (alouette), and even that answer didn’t say what I was going to do. I think it’s time for a little French review! (1) Easy: What did Brother John seem to be doing? (2) Not-so-easy (unless you’re French): With what shall we water our furrows? ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/511 "2011-10-05T01:27:17Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Bingo! If there’s an audience to be found, he’ll be streaking around, inviting public critique! > > What didn’t Oz never give to the Tin Man (that he didn’t didn’t already have)? > > What roadway is in my ears and in my eyes, beneath blue suburban skies? Nothing. Penny Lane. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/512 "2011-10-05T01:36:28Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Certainly, if you know about Little Deuce Coupes, you MUST know who was the terror of Colorado Avenue! That must be the little old lady from Pasadena, but I think you mean Colorado _Boulevard_. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ I used to live one block off of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. Do you know why the little old lady was getting her kicks there? (This requires some knowledge not to be found in a song, but you might be able to guess even so) > [@Ferd\_Burfel](#): > > Who was Running Bear in love with? Little White Dove. > [@Senegoid](#): > > What didn’t Oz never give to the Tin Man (that he didn’t didn’t already have)? (Cornflake, this reminds me of your question!) > > What would I like to have, before you slip into unconsciousness? > > What roadway is in my ears and in my eyes, beneath blue suburban skies? > > OTOH, in what roadway, and in what city, did my friends get lost in the fog? (n.b., Yes, there really is such a street, in a hilly neighborhood where the streets twist and turn a lot. You’d get lost in the fog too.) > > What else would you do, too, if it happened to you? At your own birthday party, no less! Nothing. Another kiss, another flashing chance at bliss. Penny Lane. (I’ve driven down it.) Blue Jay Way (please don’t be long). I’d cry (if I wanted to). ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ She’s so twentieth century - but what decade? Who said, “Don’t talk about life or death, I’ve had enough of both”? When they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, where did they put all the trees? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/513 "2011-10-05T01:40:09Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > When they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, where did they put all the trees? They put them in the tree museum. Still waiting for answer to mine upthread… How much longer will the fool wait? What caused the “terrible mess” to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/514 "2011-10-05T01:53:13Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > That must be the little old lady from Pasadena, but I think you mean Colorado _Boulevard_. > > I used to live one block off of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. Do you know why the little old lady was getting her kicks there? (This requires some knowledge not to be found in a song, but you might be able to guess even so) > > Little White Dove. > > Nothing. > > Another kiss, another flashing chance at bliss. > > Penny Lane. (I’ve driven down it.) > > Blue Jay Way (please don’t be long). > > I’d cry (if I wanted to). Wow, **njtt** , you’re right on top of this! Yes, you’re right, Colorado Blvd. I had it right the first time (see #501). Why the little old lady got her kicks there? Fairly well-educated guess: This was the original Route 66. The nearby Interstate now is I-10. Sorry, everybody, I just can’t resist this one: What body part of yours do I want to hold? Two answers. (a) The SFW answer: (b) The NSFW answer: ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/515 "2011-10-05T02:05:54Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > If Jesus were particularly good at football, what would you ask him to do with you? (not the answer, just a comment) I laughed so hard I couldn’t see…because I knew the answer before it was posted. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/516 "2011-10-05T02:08:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wow, **njtt** , you’re right on top of this! Yes, you’re right, Colorado Blvd. I had it right the first time (see #501). Why the little old lady got her kicks there? Fairly well-educated guess: This was the original Route 66. The nearby Interstate now is I-10. > > Sorry, everybody, I just can’t resist this one: > What body part of yours do I want to hold? Two answers. > (a) The SFW answer: > (b) The NSFW answer: Yes Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, was part of the historic route 66 (and there are signs all along it saying so). SFW answer is obviously hand. NSFW - well there only seem to be about 3 or 4 possibilities (naughty bits) but I have no idea which. > [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > They put them in the tree museum. Yes they did! ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Who is the moron who stole my girl, so that I cried all the way to the chip shop? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/517 "2011-10-05T02:18:49Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Yes Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, was part of the historic route 66 (and there are signs all along it saying so). > > SFW answer is obviously hand. NSFW - well there only seem to be about 3 or 4 possibilities (naughty bits) but I have no idea which. Yes, I wanna hold your hand. (Probably mentioned in a great many songs.) The _other_ body part? I’ll put it in a spoiler so other people can still try to answer this. If I was putting it out here for all to see, I might still put it in a spoiler: I want to play with your ding-a-ling **njtt** , pray tell, what other 2 or 3 possibilities did you have in mind? I think you and me should make a date! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/518 "2011-10-05T02:29:30Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Yes. 100 points (but who’s counting?) > Maybe you should have asked: “What don’t I get, and why?” 🙂 [Ahhh, here’s the song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzJeovAiDKs) ```auto Here's where we stand for this last page (I'll let someone else bring the entire thread up to date!) On edit, there have been a couple of posts since I started typing.... [quote="Senegoid, post:501, topic:597755"] Hey there, I see we're doing Car Culture songs now! (3) I saw a lovely lady [at the beach, if I remember the words right], had a fantasy love affair with her, then she blew me a kiss and drove away. In what car? (4) We already had a question about "fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away." But I challenged y'all to change ONE WORD (to a nearly rhyming one) to update this for the 21st century. Haven't seen an answer yet! Clarification: This isn't from any real song. I'm asking you to do some original creative writing here (hey, just one word)! Speaking of fantasy love affairs (hint, hint), I don't think anyone's answered this yet: (5) What reliable lover is always there, always cares, never argues, satisfaction guaranteed? [/QUOTE] (5)Imaginary Lover (ARS, right?) [quote="Senegoid, post:504, topic:597755"] Maybe we could make a game of asking lyrics trivia questions specially crafted to have multiple right answers. One of my earlier questions (about two young lovers sitting in a tree) would be an example. The one answer (already given) was K-I-S-S-I-N-G. But if it's specifically a LEMON tree, what are their next several actions? Haven't seen that answered yet! [/QUOTE] [quote="Senegoid, post:508, topic:597755"] OTOH, in what roadway, and in what city, did my friends get lost in the fog? (n.b., Yes, there really is such a street, in a hilly neighborhood where the streets twist and turn a lot. You'd get lost in the fog too.) [/QUOTE] [quote="bmoak, post:509, topic:597755"] 1) Who did Lord Donald's wife spy in the crowd on the first holiday of the year? 2) I told her I'm so happy I could die. What did she do? 3) You start wearing blue and brown. What are you doing? [/QUOTE] 2)She said "Drop dead" and left me for another guy. [quote="Senegoid, post:510, topic:597755"] As this thread goes on, I'm seeing more and more questions posted, with fewer and fewer being answered! Is it because people are losing interest, or because we've used up most of the easy ones by now? :( It took the longest time before someone answered what *petite oiseau* I was going to abuse (alouette), and even that answer didn't say what I was going to do. I think it's time for a little French review! (1) Easy: What did Brother John seem to be doing? (2) Not-so-easy (unless you're French): With what shall we water our furrows? [/QUOTE] [quote="njtt, post:512, topic:597755"] She's so twentieth century - but what decade? Who said, "Don't talk about life or death, I've had enough of both"? [/QUOTE] [quote="Dr.Girlfriend, post:513, topic:597755"] Still waiting for answer to mine upthread... How much longer will the fool wait? What caused the "terrible mess" to begin with? [/QUOTE] [quote="Senegoid, post:514, topic:597755"] Sorry, everybody, I just can't resist this one: What body part of yours do I want to hold? Two answers. (a) The SFW answer: (b) The NSFW answer: [/QUOTE] (a) Your hand. ``` ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/519 "2011-10-05T02:29:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Yes, I wanna hold your hand. (Probably mentioned in a great many songs.) > The _other_ body part? I’ll put it in a spoiler so other people can still try to answer this. If I was putting it out here for all to see, I might still put it in a spoiler: > > I want to play with your ding-a-ling > > **njtt** , pray tell, what other 2 or 3 possibilities did you have in mind? I think you and me should make a date! 😃 Oh come on, you must know naughty bits (male and female) apart from that. If you had say play with it instead of hold it I might have got it. (Probably not, though.) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/520 "2011-10-05T02:33:24Z")
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