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2 Bobbie Gentry quizzes and 20 Bobbie Gentry trivia questions.
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  Ode to Billie Joe   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you remember the lyrics to this Bobbie Gentry song from 1967?
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Apr 23 20
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  Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Ode To Billy Joe' is just more than a book. The song brings the story of young love in a sultry Southern town with small minded people to life.
Average, 10 Qns, emtparks, Jul 04 16
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Bobbie Gentry Trivia Questions
1. "It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out _________ _________". Complete the lyric.

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: choppin' cotton

The 3rd of June is a good time of year to be balin' hay, as her brother was doin'. However, if choppin' cotton means cutting it for harvest, then our heroine is badly off in her timing. Cotton harvest is from September through to October, depending on the weather.

2. Where did Billy Joe live?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Mississippi

Billy Joe Lived in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

3. "At dinner time we stopped and we walked back to the house to eat / and mama hollered at the back door '___________________'". What did she holler?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: y'all remember to wipe your feet

"Y'all", as y'all should know, is only correct when used for the second person plural. One would never say, for instance "Tom, y'all take off that eye make-up". It is equivalent to one of the meanings of the French "vous", or the Northeastern "youse" (as in "Can youse guys help me conjugate this French verb?").

4. Who was Billy Joe's girlfriend?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Bobbie Lee

Bobbie Lee was only 6 when she first fell in love with Billy Joe

5. "'Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the ________, please'". What did Papa want passed?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: biscuits

English and Australian players must feel confused when they hear Americans talk of eating biscuits as part of a meal, or, worse, eating biscuits and gravy. Gravy on a shortbread? No thanks! Of course, to Americans and Canadians, a biscuit is an unsweetened, very short quickbread, usually eaten with meals. I sometimes substitute sour cream for the milk, and add a good whack of chopped dillweed, to make a wonderful biscuit for eating with stew.

6. What month did Billy Joe jump off the bridge?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: June

It was the 3rd of june to be exact.

7. "'There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to _______'". What does Papa need to do to those five acres?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: plow

Seeing as it's June, and little late for planting anything, I don't quite understand why Papa would be plowing. The logical answer would be 'mow', as this is the time of year to get the hay crop in. However, 'mow' doesn't rhyme with 'anyhow' in the next line. "Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, ho ho ho" just doesn't seem to fit the 'tone' of the piece, somehow.

8. Who was the preacher that would drop by for supper at Bobbie Lee's house?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Brother Taylor

Brother Taylor was a slob who sweated all the time.

9. "Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe / put a ____ down my back at the Carroll County picture show." What did those bad boys put down her back?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: frog

It may have been a southern leopard frog (Ranasphenocephala) which, unlike most other species of toads and frogs, breeds in the fall, during rainy periods.

10. Where did Billy Joe work?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: sawmill

He was a hard working man.

11. "Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite? / I've been cookin' all ____________, and you haven't touched a single bite'". When was Mama cookin'?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: morning

"Dinnertime" among many farm families, refers to the main meal of the day, which is taken at noon. Personally, though, after a meal of black-eyed peas, biscuits, maybe some chicken and coleslaw, and a couple of pieces of apple pie, I'd rather take a little nap than go back out and chop more cotton in the hot sun.

12. What was the name of Bobbie Lee's rag doll?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Benjamin

Benjamin was Bobbie Lee's best friend to whom she talked to all the time.

13. "There was a ________ goin' round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring". What did Papa catch?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: virus

Perhaps what Papa died of was SARS, which killed an estimated 775 people worldwide, in the spring of 2003.

14. Who wrote 'Ode To Billy Joe'?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Herman Roucher

Roucher also wrote SUMMER OF 42.

15. "Brother married Becky ____________, they bought a store in Tupelo." What was the last name of Brother's bride?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: Thompson

Becky Thatcher was Tom Sawyer's girlfriend, Becky Sharp is the character from William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" with an eye to the main chance, and Becky Ostawsky lived down the block from me when I was a girl.

16. Where did Bobbie Lee go to the picture show?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Carrol County

This is where Billy Joe put a frog down Bobbie Lee's back.

17. "Me, I spend a lot of time _________ __________ up on Choctaw Ridge". What is our heroine spendin' her time at?

From Quiz Ode to Billie Joe

Answer: pickin' flowers

"And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge". Seems to me, what with Brother gone to Tupelo, Papa dead, and Mama not doin' "much of anything", our heroine could really be spending her time more productively, or that farm will be facing financial ruin. Can't see how it ever really did well, anyway, they don't seem to know much about farming.

18. Who sang 'Ode To Billy Joe'?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: Bobbie Gentry

'Ode To Billy Joe' was a smash hit for Bobbie Gentry. With her sultry voice she made the story come to life.

19. How did Billy Joe die?

From Quiz Ode to Billy Joe- the book, not the song

Answer: He jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Oh well, we all have to go sometime.

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