Song Lyrics Quiz 10

 

Song Lyrics 10

1) According to Nelly Forbush in South Pacific life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

2) According to Liza Minelli life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

3) According to 10cc life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

4) How do you get to Oz?

a) fly in to Sydney Airport

b) take the path less travelled

c) follow the yellow brick road

5) 5) When Russ Morgan is cruising down the river what time is it?

a) Tuesday morning b) Thursday lunchtime c) a Sunday afternoon

6) When Glen Miller asked "Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" who is the boy in question

a) porter b) shoeshine boy c) his son

("you can give me a shine")

7) According to various artists, "When the boys would call, Lilly would yell" what

a) get out of here you scoundrel b) Who on earth are you? c) Ma, he's making eyes at me.

8) By the light of the silvery moon Doris Day will do what?

a) act like a loon b) spoon c) read Lorna Doone

9) What else might Doris Day do by the light of the silvery moon?

a) sit on a dune b) croon love's tune c) think it's past noon

10) Doris Day again "Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be" why?

a) It's just like that b) the future's not ours to see c) I said so

11) If "there's none so classy as this fair lassie," who is Eddie Cantor singing about?

a) Doris b) Morganna c) Susie

12) Barbara Streisand suggests "let’s sing a song of cheer again" because

a) we won the pools b) winter's gone c) happy days are here again

13) Elvis is not made of

a) money b) wood c) clay

14) Gene Kelly was singing in the

a) drawing room b) Panto c) rain

15) If "folks dressed up like Eskimos " what are the chestnuts doing? (Rosemary Clooney)

a) being eaten b) being bought c) roasting by an open fire

16) Who is Steve Earle going to see in his dreams

a) Frankenstein b) Dracula c) Irene

17) If Tootsie does not get a letter from Al Jolson what should she assume?

a) he is in jail b) he's lost interest c) he can't find a stamp

18) Ella Fitzgerald found "another season, another reason" for making what?

a) cake b) whoopie c) money

19) According to Etta James what's it been like since she broke up with her man?

a) too darned hot b) sunny intervals c) stormy weather

20) Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby both found what falling from heaven?

a) rain b) pennies c) angels

Please try the questions before looking at the answers.

1) c 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) c

6) b 7) c 8) b 9) b 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) c 15) c

16) c 17) a 18) b 19)  c 20) b

 

 

 

 

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Song Lyrics Quiz 9

Song Lyrics 9

1) Perry Como wanted to put what in his pocket

a) your money

b) his hankie

c) a falling star

2) Frankie Laine loved the wide open spaces so he sang what

a) Don't fence me in

b) Don't sit under the apple tree

c) Don't take your love away

3) Doris Day thought "what will be will be" but how did she translate it?

a) Hasta La Vista, Baby

b) Que Sera Sera

c) arrivederci

4) For Nat King Cole what is going to "carry my loved one home safely to me"

a) American Express

b) P and O line

c) red sails in the sunset

5) who did Eddie Cantor describe as "oh what a girl"

a) Suzi

b) Lady Gaga

c) Kylie

6) Barbara Striesand was going to sing a song of cheer because

a) happy days are here again

b) the gas bill arrived

c) she'd had a little drink about an hour ago

7) For Ella Fitzgerald sugar was sweet and so was she

a) a blackbird

b) a bluebird

c) a grey bird

8) Elvis Presley asked "Please don't break my heart in two" because

a) it's the only one I've got

b) I haven't got one

c) I don't have a wooden heart

9) Dean Martin was going to buy what for a blue lady?

a) a matching blue dress

b) a part in the Smurfs

c) red roses

10) Connie Francis want to know "who's heart is aching for" what?

a) breaking each vow

b) breaking the dining service

c) breaking parole

11) Al Jolson and Dean Martin thought "Nothing could be finer than " what

a) a train to chattanooga

b) to be in Carolina in the morning

c) to be in Memphis in the evening

12) Louis Armstrong sang "Rain may glisten but I still listen for hours and hours " for what

a) a bluebird

b) a blackbird

c) a red red robin

13) Why was Gene Kelly laughing at clouds so dark up above?

a) he had a strange sense of humour

b) the forecast was sunny intervals

c) The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love

14) What was Tiny Tim's invitation

a) come round for drinks

b) pick me up at eight

c) tiptoe through the tulips with me

15) What was Jerry Lee Lewis's invitation?

a) come round for drinks

b) pick me up at eight

c) tiptoe through the tulips with me

16) Al Jolson and Brenda Lee were "Just a rolling along, just a rolling along " but where were they?

a) in a Chevrolet

b) in a Nash Rambler

c) sittin' on top of the world

17) The Andrews Sisters sang "He's in the army now". Who?

a) Elvis

b) Eisenhower

c) the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B

18) Who was Al Jolson wishing goodbye to?

a) Toot toot tootsie

b) Desmond Tutu

c) Two ton Ted from Teddington

19) The Four Aces thought "Those wedding bells are breakin' up" what?

a) that old gang of mine

b) the silence

c) the party

20 For Sinatra when did "The whole world smile with you" ?

a) when you're doing something daft

b) when you're smiling

c) when you're as rich as Rockefeller

Please try the questions before looking at the answers

1) c 2) a 3) b 4) c 5) a

6) a 7) a 8) c 9) c 10) a

11) b 12) c 13) c 14) c 15) b 

16) c 17) c 18) a 19) a 20) b

 

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Song lyrics 6

Song Lyrics 6

1) Paulo Nuttini sang "I got food in my belly and a licence for

a) my telly

b) my dog

c) my gun

2) What will I bring you from Amsterdam?

a) drugs

b) tulips

c) clogs

3) Who might you waltz with?

a) a kangaroo

b) Shirley Ballas

c) Matilda

4) Johnny Cash thought Life aint easy for a boy named

a) Cedric

b) Sue

c) Jeremy

5) In "Oklahoma", Annie was the girl who couldn't say what?

a) Goodbye

b) No

c) her phone number

6) For Simon and Garfunkle who was " shaking my confidence daily "

a) Annie

b) Cecilia

c) Elizabeth

7) George Gershwin was building a stairway to

a) the basement

b) the first floor

c) Paradise

8) When was the livin' easy? (also according to Gershwin)

a) summertime

b) spring

c) autumn

9) What do Mexicans dance on?

a) Saturday

b) dance floors

c) their hats

10) In West Side Story "when you're a jet you stay a jet from your first cigarette to your last what?

a) cup of tea

b) dying day

c) shot of bourbon

11) Glen Miller had a rhapsody in?

a) red

b) white

c) blue

12) In West Side Story, how does Maria feel?

a) in love

b) tired

c) pretty

13) According to the Beatles all you need is

a) money

b) love

c) a contract with Decca

14) According to Chubby Checker what did we do last summer?

a) sunbathe

b) twist

c) holiday

15) According to the Bee Gees, "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother," you're doing what?

a) earning a pittance

b) getting older

c) staying alive

16) KC and the sunshine band want to put on

a) make-up

b) an attitude

c) their boogie shoes.

17) The Tramps compared a disco to what?

a) a tea dance

b) an inferno

c) a walk in the park

18) In South Pacific, Nellie Forbush describes herself as

a) a nurse

b) a crosseyed octopus

c) a cockeyed optimist

19) In South Pacific, who is Nellie Forbush in love with

a) Bloody Mary

b) Lieutenant Cable

c) a wonderful guy

20) And finally in South Pacific, there is nothing like

a) a cigarette

b) a dame

c) a week's leave

Don't look at the answers until you've had a go at the questions!

Ans 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) b

6) b 7) c 8) a 9) c 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) b 15) c

16) c 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) b

 

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Song Lyrics 5

Song Lyrics 5

1) Where does Eartha Kitt long to be?

a) under the bridges of Paris

b) in the top ten

c) in Scotland

2) When did the Beatles find love was such an easy game to play?

a) on Monday morning

b) yesterday

c) in September

3) For Tom Jones what was good to touch?

a) his hair

b) his blue suede shoes

c) the green green grass of home

4) Diana Ross was in the middle of?

a) a traffic jam

b) a chain reaction

c) nowhere

5) Who was Abba talking about? "You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life"

a) the master of the scene

b) the dancing queen

c) Fernando

6) Who was the enemy for Bob Marley?

a) Jerusalem

b) Babylon

c) Tel Aviv

7) The Eagles say "Some dance to remember" and

a) some dance to enjoy themselves

b) some dance to keep fit

c) some dance to forget

8) According to Alan Price which house reaches up to the sky

a) the house that Jack built

b) the house of Commons

c) The royal observatory

9) Mary Poppins thought you could get your own set of wings

a) by becoming a bird

b) from British Airways

c) by flying a kite

10) Why did Professor Higgins marry Eliza in "My Fair Lady"?

a) she had money

b) he'd grown accustomed to her face

c) she could pronounce "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain".

11) Where is Heartbreak Hotel

a) Park Lane

b) Mayfair

c) Lonely Street

12) Michael Jackson is?

a) good

b) indifferent

c) bad

13) What was found in England's pleasant pastures?

a) cows

b) the holy lamb of God

c) grass

14) What happened when Mack the Knife killed someone

a) scarlet billows started to spead

b) he got arrested

c) there was not a trace of red

15) Pink Floyd thought Arnold Layne had a strange hobby. What was it?

a) collecting butterflies

b) collecting newspapers

c) collecting clothes from people's washing lines

16 According to The Lion King what moves us all through despair and hope?

a) the triangle of life

b) the square of life

c) the circle of life

17) What did Shirley Bassey cry?

a) a stream

b) a river

c) a puddle

18) The Supremes want to know where WHAT went?

a) the snows of yesterday

b) my keys

c) our love

19) Abba think who takes it all?

a) the taxman

b) their agent

c) the winner

20) Alanis Morissette wants what?

a) a lot of money

b) some patience

c) a decent bass player

 

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 Do the questions before looking at the answers for goodness' sake.

Ans 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) b

6) b 7) c 8) a 9) c 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) c 15) c

16) c 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) b

Song Lyrics Quiz 3

1) Gerry says If you walk on with hope in your heart, what will happen?

a) you'll get lost

b) you'll support Liverpool

c) you'll never walk alone

2) What did Neil Sedaka find hard to do?

a) breaking up

b) tying his shoelaces

c) getting out of bed

3) For the Animals the only life they'd ever known was in

a) Old Kent Road

b) Tobacco Road

c) Whitechapel

4) Why did Del Shannon rather cruelly take his hat off to Larry?

a) it was the polite thing to do

b) Larry was a better singer

c) he broke his ex's heart

5) What did Tom Jones do to Delilah

a) cut her hair in her sleep

b) left her for another girl

c) stabbed her

6) How did Gerry cross the Mersey

a) bridge

b) ferry

c) tunnel

7) How did Marvin Gaye know about her plans to make him blue?

a) the grapevine

b) radio

c) telephone

8) According to Freddy and the Dreamers, When I hold you in my arms I know what?

a) you can't get away

b) that you were made for me

c) you're shorter than I thought.

9) According to Sam Cooke his girlfriend was "too young to fall in love". How old was she?

a) only fifteen

b) only sixteen

c) only seventeen

10) According to the Shangri Las My folks were always putting him down, but who was he?

a) the dog

b) the milkman

c) the leader of the pack

11) Who wanted to know a secret?

a) MI5

b) CIA

c) The Beatles

12) According to the Fourmost what goes a long long way?

a) a little loving

b) Mo Farah

c) my car

13) What did The Drifters want to have saved for them?

a) the world

b) the last dance

c) money

14) What did Susan Maughan want to be?

a) famous

b) Queen of the World

c) Bobby's girl

15) What did Billy J Cramer want the little children to do?

a) sing to him

b) play hide and seek

c) go away

16) Nothing you can say can tear Mary Wells away from

a) the television

b) my guy (her guy)

c) her phone

17) One day soon Dave Berry's gonna tell the moon

a) about the crying game

b) about the sun

c) about the eclipse

18) Baby, now that they've found you the Foundations will build what around you?

a) a wall

b) my world

c) a garden

19) According to the Tremoloes, Silence is what?

a) scary

b) boring

c) golden

20) Who or what made everything groovy for the Troggs?

a) music

b) a wild thing

c) dancing

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Song Lyrics Quiz 2

Song Lyrics 2

1) If mares eat oats and does eat oats, what do little lambs eat

a) grass

b) hay

c) ivy

2) Blackbird singing

a) in the dead of night

b) too loud

c) like a lark

3) Hey! Mr Tambourine Man

a) can you stop that noise

b) play a song for me

c) have you got any change?

4) Watching the ships roll in, what do I do next?

a) I wonder where they're from

b) I doze off

c) I watch them roll away again

5) Excuse me

a) have you got the time

b) while I kiss the sky

c) while I kiss this guy

6) Where hast thou been since I saw thee

a) to the pictures

b) On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at

c) down the road

7) In the blue ridge mountains of Virginia, which trail are you on?

a) the lonesome pine

b) the fugitive

c) the lonely willow

8) When the saints go marching in, where do you want to be?

a) elsewhere

b) in that number

c) in Southampton

9) What did Napoleon do at Waterloo?

a) caught a train

b) surrendered

c) won

10) The hills are alive with

a) midges

b) butterflies

c) the sound of music

11) You must remember this

a) the time

b) your name

c) a kiss is just a kiss

12) Put down the knitting,The book and the broom. and go where

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

13) When you're alone and life is making you lonely, where can you go?

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

14) Where did Mike Sarne want his girlfriend to go

a) the cabaret

b) downtown

c) outside

15) What did Celine Dionne think would go on

a) her singing career

b) the titanic

c) her heart

16) What did Snow White hope would come?

a) the dwarfs

b) her prince

c) her mother

17) Which river is wider than a mile

a) Moon River

b) The Thames

c) The Nile

18) What was Bing Crosby dreaming of

a) fame and fortune

b) a white Christmas

c) a music career

19) What makes Sinatra's heart beat so that he can hardly speak?

a) singing

b) a lot of money

c) dancing cheek to cheek

20) Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' on which day

a) the twelfth of never

b) our wedding day

c) tomorrow

 

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