The Who: According To The Lyrics Quiz

Answer: A child

"Pure and Easy", from the album "Who's Next".

"And a child flew past me riding in a star..."

"Who's Next" is arguably the best album The Who ever made. It was the remnants of Pete Townshend's abandoned "Lifehouse" rock opera. In recent years, he has taken on the labor again, so perhaps we may yet see "Lifehouse" as it was intended.

Answer: 11

"It's Not True", from the album "My Generation".

"I haven't got 11 kids, I weren't born in Baghdad..."

"My Generation" was the ground-breaking debut album, released in 1965. "It's Not True" was not released as a single.

Answer: The spray flies

"Eminence Front", from the album "It's Hard".

"The spray flies, as the speedboat glides, and people forget..."

Released in 1982, "Eminence Front" reached number 82 on the Billboard top 100 chart.

Answer: Pictures of Lily

"Pictures of Lily", from the album "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy".

"Pictures of Lily solved my childhood problems, pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night..."

Released as a non-album single in 1967, it reached number five on the British charts.

Answer: Fifty million fables

"The Seeker", from the album "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy".

"I've looked under chairs, I've looked under tables, I've tried to find the key to fifty million fables..."

The song was released as a single in 1970 but didn't appear on any of their studio albums.

Answer: Play my guitar

"New Song", from the album "Who Are You".

"My fingers kill me as I play my guitar, 'cause I've been chewing down at my nails..."

"Who Are You" was released in 1978. "New Song" was not released as a single, which is a shame because it's a great song. It's Pete Townshend's lament about taking a free ride: "I write the same old song, with a few new lines, and everybody wants to cheer it..."

Answer: The civil war

"Slip Kid", from the album "The Who By Numbers".

"I've got my clipboard, textbooks, lead me to the station, yeah I'm off to the civil war..."

"Slip Kid" was another song rescued from the abandoned "Lifehouse" rock opera. It was released as a single with "Dreaming From The Waist" on the B side. It didn't chart.

Answer: 15

"5:15", from the the album "Quadrophenia".

"Girls of 15, sexually knowing, the ushers are sniffing, eau-de-cologning..."

"5:15" was the second single from the "Quadrophenia" rock opera released in 1973

Answer: Old T-Rex

"You Better You Bet", from the album "Face Dances".

"I've got your body right now on my mind, but I've drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex..."

"You Better You Bet" was the first single from "Face Dances". It was a hit, spending five weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. It peaked at number nine on the UK singles chart. T-Rex was an English rock band formed in 1967 with Marc Bolan, Mickey Finn, and Bill Legend.

Answer: Zeppelin heaven

"Mirror Door", from the album "Endless Wire".

"A golden stairway to a Zeppelin heaven, rolling thunder under a New York Sky..."

"Mirror Door" was the first single from "Endless Wire", released in 2006. The album received generally good reviews, but many fans rank it among The Who's worst albums. It peaked at number nine on the UK albums charts and number seven on the US charts.