Quiz

Questions taken from alphabetical list of songs. So, for example, the first question comes from a song beginning with A, and the last question from a song beginning with Y. Answers at the bottom of this page.

A -What is the one thing in this world that will always be true?

Who am I seeking to impress with my newly-repaired jacket?

B – Who are the two girls with those four bouncing boobs?

C – Where does the shifty-eyed man keep his gun?

Which treatment turns out to the best one for the patients?

What things go swimming in very wet weather?

D – Where do I dream of picnicking with a girl and applying her sun lotion?

When do we get the benefit of neuro-imaging and MRI scans?

G – What is the churchman advised to put in his hair?

Which song calls a love cheat a bastard?

After a night of  spontaneous love, what will we cook for breakfast?

G (& T) – Which songs are about a father who is is leaving home?

I – A man does manly things out on the prairie, but what does he do at home?

Who nudged the leaning tower of Pisa? And what with?

What do a third of husbands lack?

What suggestion is prompted by a shoulder-massage?

J – Who wants to go back to the pond?

What makes a ring around the world?

What is the condition that gives me a high temperature?

J, S & W, & O – Which songs suggest reducing weapons in favour of more helpful products?  Conversely, which song enthuses about going to war?

K – By my theory, which dance was inspired by Charlie Chaplin?

O – Who races upstairs with almost indecent haste?

Which kitchen gadget sends premature twins out into the yard?

Who sends the three-headed dog to sleep?

P – Which song expresses concern about increasing the population of France?

Where will the little house be built?

From what vantage point can you view London Town?

Who goes out in the nude?

S – Who ignores his runny nose?

Who is the girl in a wheelchair?

Who hides his cards up his sleeve?

T – Who won a prize from Chancellor Kohl?

Where does seduction of a customer hold the prospect of a new life together?

In which song does a girl use me to make her regular man jealous?

Which song has me unsure whether to accept a written proposition from my ex?

W {& I) – Which songs feature Earl Grey tea?

W – Which song criticises rampant consumerism and abuse of the 3rd. world?

In which songs does the singer reminisce with nostalgia about a former romance?

Who is waiting for the world to come knocking on her door?

Y (& A) – In which songs do men leaving jail go back to their girlfriends? 

Y – Which song has my guitar slightly out-of-tune?

Answers 

A – It will always be true that a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do – A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do
– That cotton-pickin’ mamma of mine – Alabamie Mammy
B – The four boobs belong to Teeny Weeny Jeannie and Little Queenie – Bebopalula Hop
C – He keeps the hardware in his armpit – City of Sin
– The placebo – Comme ci comme ca
– The headlights swim through the waves of the pouring rain – Continental Dragon (Rolling Along)
D – On the lake Staffelsee, in a fishing boat – Don’t let go
– In the year 2017 – Dream Machine
G – Mary tells him to become more hippy by wearing flowers in his hair – Get with it Vicar
– The unfaithful playboy is called a bastard in Go Away
 – I’ll do the bacon and you can do the eggs – Good morning Maria
G (&T) – Goodnight Maria
and Take this Letter both have a husband leaving home
I – When he’s home, he’s milking the cows in the dairy – I married a cowboy
– Venus de Milo with her elbow nudged over the tower of Pisa (pizza) – I need a man
 – One husband in three lacks vitality – I need a woman
 – “Shall we play with my soldiers?” – If I were to hire a psychiatrist
J – Jamie says “Back to the pond” – Jamie in person
– Big Ben is making a ‘ring’ around the world – Jingles
 – Jungle fever gives me the “hots” – Jungle Fever
J, S & W, & O – Just a matter of time, Say No, We’re alright here and Off to the war
K -The charleston – King of Charleston
O – Miss Lee – Office Romance
The pop-up toaster – One o’ them days
– Orpheus – One two three
P – Parlez-vous Francais
 – Yonder on the hill – Pretty Mary
– Primrose Hill gives you a view over London – Primrose Hill
– A little boy whose name is John – Put your long-johns on
S – Who forgets to blow his nose? Sebastian! – Sebastian
– Susie sails along in her chair like a queen – Susie Susie
T – The Devil cheats in a card game with God by hiding cards up his sleeve (“illegally parked”) – The Devil has the best tunes
Broccoli Bill – The pottery song
– At the El Dorado whorehouse – The road to Babylon
– The story that you told me
– Thinking it over
W & T- I need a man and Wake me up when the sun comes up
W – We’re alright here
– When I think of you now, When I look out of my window, When I see you again, Might-have-beens, Senorita.
– Window Girl, the girl with the forced smile – Window Girl
Y – You belong to the hills and Arkansas
– You don’t know