# 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:** 30
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/581 "2011-10-07T06:39:00Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Now this: > They looked like flows of angel hair, or even maybe like feathered canyons. (So beautiful!) > (a) What are they? > (b) And, in contrast to being beautiful, what do they do now? \*Bows and flows of angel hair, And ice cream castles in the air. And feather canyons everywhere, I’ve looked at clouds that way. But now, they only block the sun. They rain and snow on everyone. So many things I could have done, Had clouds not been in my way.\* All from memory, and there is enough there to answer the question. ---
**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 7, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/582 "2011-10-07T08:05:58Z")
(1) Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep. Step out of line, what happens to you? (2) She would never say where she came from . . . She would not be chained. Chained to what? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/583 "2011-10-07T11:50:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > (1) Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep. Step out of line, what happens to you? > > (2) She would never say where she came from . . . She would not be chained. Chained to what? For what it is worth, the answer to this is that the man will come and take you away. To a life where nothing’s gained, and nothing’s lost, at such a cost. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Maggie, who keeps me around for her amusement, is asleep. Where should I be? Why did they make that thousand-mile-long wall in China so strong? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/584 "2011-10-07T12:17:38Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Maggie, who keeps me around for her amusement, is asleep. Where should I be? You really should be back at school. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/585 "2011-10-07T12:52:51Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > “We don’t care what your name is, boy > We’ll never turn you away …” Yes. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Mr. Jimmy was looking pretty ill. Yes. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > You really should be back at school. Darn you’re right, I should! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/586 "2011-10-07T15:52:07Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What about the rest of the quiz? > We’ve got answers for the black bird and the blue bird – but what about the bird left out in a cage in a storm (she’ll die if she’s left there), and the bird that, if it keeps flying, I’ll be back home with my love, who was alone for a long time? > > (a) What colors are they? > (b) What does the bird in the cage in the storm dream of? > (c) What is different about the bird that keeps on flying? The white bird in the golden cage dreams of the aspen trees, with their dying leaves, turning gold. I don’t know about the other bird! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/587 "2011-10-07T19:06:02Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ > > Why did they make that thousand-mile-long wall in China so strong? To keep out the foreigners. Who likes girls with big,fat titties? ---
**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 8, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/588 "2011-10-08T04:05:09Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Who likes girls with big,fat titties? ALL men like boobs a lot? ---
**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 8, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/589 "2011-10-08T04:23:46Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Maggie, who keeps me around for her amusement, is asleep. Where should I be? > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > You really should be back at school. Hey, I knew that! :o > [@njtt](#): > > For what it is worth, the answer to this is that the man will come and take you away. That’s Man with a Capital M come and take you away! :dubious: You didn’t find your pot of gold, and now you’re stuck in where again? More trucker songs… Little crippled kid, son of a dead trucker, gets on the CB. The eighteen-wheelers lined up for how far? — Other singers created sequels to this song. (a) In one sequel, what finally happened to the little crippled kid? (b) In another sequel, what finally happened to the little crippled kid? If that mushy sob story doesn’t tug yer heart strings, try this… What man in the bleachers _finally_ got to see his second-team son play in the game? What happened to that man shortly before that? What is Yankee Doodle’s birthday? ---
**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 8, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/590 "2011-10-08T05:09:15Z")
(1) (a) Where do we throw the dogies early in spring time? (b) What is a dogie? (2) Git along, little dogie. Where am I heading? (3) What did Old Dan Tucker use for comb? (4) What does Old Man River keep on doing? What don’t he do? (5) What river chills the body but not the soul? (6) What river am I crossing in style some day? (7) Many times I sold my fast-gun in return for what? (8) What did Rocky Raccoon find in his room? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cabbage_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/591 "2011-10-08T13:49:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > (3) What did Old Dan Tucker use for comb? > > (4) What does Old Man River keep on doing? What don’t he do? > > (5) What river chills the body but not the soul? > > (6) What river am I crossing in style some day? > > (7) Many times I sold my fast-gun in return for what? > > (8) What did Rocky Raccoon find in his room? (3) A wagon wheel (4) He just keeps rolling along, but he don’t plant 'taters, he don’t plant cotton. (5) The River Jordan (6) Moon River (8) Gideon’s Bible ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/592 "2011-10-08T14:28:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > You didn’t find your pot of gold, and now you’re stuck in where again? > > What is Yankee Doodle’s birthday? Lodi. Born on the fourth of July (duh!). ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Why don’t I want to be your lion? How far is it down rock and roll? ---
**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 8, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/593 "2011-10-08T17:04:40Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Lodi. > > Born on the fourth of July (duh!). Of course, you would know about Lodi since you live (or lived) in CA. But do you know where Lodi is? Hint: There’s Lodi’s all over the place. [Lodi - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi) As for Yankee Doodle: Gotta throw in an easy one at least once in a while! 🙂 (okay, my smilies don’t always work because I usually run with JavaScript offed.) ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/594 "2011-10-09T04:13:25Z")
Wow, how did I miss seeing this one? > [@Enginerd](#): > > What did Tonto tell the mystery asked man after he got tired of doing the dirty work for free? Kiss my ass, Keemosabe. I’ve bought a boat, I’m heading off to sea. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/595 "2011-10-09T13:27:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > (okay, my smilies don’t always work because I usually run with JavaScript offed.) Your smilies aren’t working because you are putting a hyphen in them :-). If you want the little yellow guy to show up here, use just a colon and parenthesis :). ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/596 "2011-10-09T13:42:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Of course, you would know about Lodi since you live (or lived) in CA. > But do you know where Lodi is? > Hint: There’s Lodi’s all over the place. [Lodi - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi) Well, OK, but according to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi_%28Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_song%29#Lodi), the relevant Lodi _is_ the one in California. ---
**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 10, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/597 "2011-10-10T01:21:50Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Well, OK, but according to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi_%28Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_song%29#Lodi), the relevant Lodi _is_ the one in California. Yes, that’s true. (I live just about a half-hour drive from Lodi Ca.) Likewise, Jesse Ventura adopted his name from Ventura, CA. BTW, yes, about the smilies too. They don’t always work for me because I forget to enable JavaScript :AND: I don’t know all the codes. Yes, I also know I can look them up if I feel like bothering. Ditto all the BB codes. How did my darling Clementine die? Who killed Texas Red, and how? Tricky one: Who shot the sheriff? (The trick here may be figuring out what answer I am thinking of.) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/598 "2011-10-10T04:27:28Z")
Clementine drowned. What a heartless song that is. Also, way way way up thread, the bow hunter shot his bride, Polly Von, because she had her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan. ---
**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 10, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/599 "2011-10-10T06:20:27Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Clementine drowned. What a heartless song that is. > > Also, way way way up thread, the bow hunter shot his bride, Polly Von, because she had her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan. Wow, that one (Polly Von) took a while for anyone to get! Now, where’s the 1200-word essay for bonus points? 😛 What place in Tennessee will always be home sweet home to me? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755/600 "2011-10-10T12:38:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Tricky one: Who shot the sheriff? (The trick here may be figuring out what answer I am thinking of.) In that case, I’ll say Bob Marley shot the sheriff. But he didn’t shoot the deputy. And Eric Clapton didn’t shoot anyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-from-songs/597755.md?page=31)