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Quiz about 80s Behind the Lyrics II

Quiz about 80s Behind the Lyrics II

80s Behind the Lyrics II Trivia Quiz

Once again, go behind the lyrics and learn about the words, phrases, names, etc. in the lyrics from these 80s songs.

A multiple-choice quiz by umpire63. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
umpire63

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
132,098

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. Nena sang "99 Luftballons." What does "luft" mean in English? Hint

Loft

Lift

Air

Red

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Pretenders sang about being "back on the chain gang." What state was the first to re-introduce chain gangs in 1994? Hint

Mississippi

Arizona

Florida

Alabama

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Question 3 of 10

3. In his hit "Centerfield", John Fogerty sings, "So Say-Hey Willie tell Ty Cobb/ And Joe DiMaggio/ Don't say it ain't so/ You know the time is now." Who is Say-Hey Willie? Hint

Willie McCovey

Willie Mays

Willie Mays Hayes

Billy Williams

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Question 4 of 10

4. Crowded House sings, "There is freedom within, there is freedom without/ Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup." What is a deluge? Hint

flood

a symbol of liberty

a small racing sled

an aria sung in an opera

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Don't Stand So Close to Me," the Police sing, "He starts to shake and cough/ Just like the old man in/ That book by Nabakov." What was the name of that book? Hint

There is no book--Nabakov is himself a fictional character

Pale Fire

Lolita

Bend Sinister

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Question 6 of 10

6. Billy Joel sings, "We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday/ And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay." Gardiner's Bay is near Gardiner's Landing, which is in what town? Hint

Chesapeake

East Hampton

Cold Spring Harbor

Great Neck

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Enola Gay, is mother proud of her little boy today? / Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away," sang Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Who was Enola Gay's "little boy"? Hint

Paul Tibbets

Both of these

Atomic Bomb

Neither of these

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Question 8 of 10

8. The king of parodies Weird Al Yankovic sang, "When I walk out to get my mail/ It measures on the Richter scale." What does each whole number increase on the Richter scale mean? Hint

A tenfold increase in magnitude

A tenfold increase in amplitude

A doubling of amplitude

A doubling of magnitude

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Question 9 of 10

9. Pat Benatar sings "Fire and ice, you come on like a flame then you turn a cold shoulder." Who wrote the poem "Fire and Ice." Hint

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

William Shakespeare

Robert Frost

Rudyard Kipling

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the Bangles' "Hazy Shade of Winter" they sing, "Hear the Salvation Army band/ Down by the riverside's/ Bound to be a better ride/ Than what you've got planned." Who founded the Salvation Army? Hint

Walt Whitman

Clara Barton

William Booth

Florence Nightingale

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Nena sang "99 Luftballons." What does "luft" mean in English?

Answer: Air

As in the German air force of WWII-the Luftwaffe. The English version of this song was called "99 Red Balloons."

2. The Pretenders sang about being "back on the chain gang." What state was the first to re-introduce chain gangs in 1994?

Answer: Alabama

Alabama was first, but Florida and Arizona soon followed suit.

3. In his hit "Centerfield", John Fogerty sings, "So Say-Hey Willie tell Ty Cobb/ And Joe DiMaggio/ Don't say it ain't so/ You know the time is now." Who is Say-Hey Willie?

Answer: Willie Mays

The "Say-Hey Kid" played centerfield for the San Francisco Giants. He hit 660 home runs in his career, third highest total of all time.

4. Crowded House sings, "There is freedom within, there is freedom without/ Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup." What is a deluge?

Answer: flood

I never could figure out how it came to be a deluge indoors, but I always loved this line.

5. In "Don't Stand So Close to Me," the Police sing, "He starts to shake and cough/ Just like the old man in/ That book by Nabakov." What was the name of that book?

Answer: Lolita

The other two are also books by Vladimir Nabakov, a Russian educated at Trinity College. A racy book for its time (1955), Lolita deals with a college professor who falls in love with his teenaged step-daughter.

6. Billy Joel sings, "We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday/ And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay." Gardiner's Bay is near Gardiner's Landing, which is in what town?

Answer: East Hampton

All except Chesapeake are on or near Long Island, NY. "The Downeaster Alexa" is a great song describing the plight of local fishermen.

7. "Enola Gay, is mother proud of her little boy today? / Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away," sang Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Who was Enola Gay's "little boy"?

Answer: Both of these

Enola Gay was Paul Tibbet's mother, and he gave her name to his bomber. The atomic bomb the Enola Gay dropped on Hiroshima was called the "Little Boy."

8. The king of parodies Weird Al Yankovic sang, "When I walk out to get my mail/ It measures on the Richter scale." What does each whole number increase on the Richter scale mean?

Answer: A tenfold increase in amplitude

From Yankovic's song "Fat," a parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad." An earthquake that registers 7 is WAY worse than one that registers 6.

9. Pat Benatar sings "Fire and ice, you come on like a flame then you turn a cold shoulder." Who wrote the poem "Fire and Ice."

Answer: Robert Frost

"Some say the world will end in fire/Some say in ice..." One of Frost's most famous poems.

10. In the Bangles' "Hazy Shade of Winter" they sing, "Hear the Salvation Army band/ Down by the riverside's/ Bound to be a better ride/ Than what you've got planned." Who founded the Salvation Army?

Answer: William Booth

Booth started the organization in 1865 but wasn't until 1878 that he changed the name to Salvation Army. Barton founded the American Red Cross. Nightingale and Whitman were both nurses, though Whitman is much better known for his poetry.

Source: Author umpire63

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