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Quiz about A Little Travelin Music
Quiz about A Little Travelin Music

A Little Travelin' Music! Trivia Quiz


Let's take a musical trip down memory lane to places magical and far away! "Where are we going?" you ask. Read these lyrics and follow the music playing in your head: it will lead you to the answer!

A multiple-choice quiz by bigsouthern. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
bigsouthern
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
191,422
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. "Got no bags and baggage to slow me down, I'm a-travelin' so fast my feet ain't touchin' the ground...". What song title describes my travelin' style? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. "And you can fly high as a kite if you want to, faster than light if you want to. Speeding through the universe...". According to this song, what is the best way to travel? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. In the song "Never Been To Spain", what is one of the places songwriter Hoyt Axton tells us he HAS been? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. "I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here. I've got two tickets in my pocket, now Baby, we're gonna disappear. We've waited so long, waited so long...". Where are we going? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. "I got two tickets bought, there won't be no second thought, weather's always nice down there in paradise...". Which song title tells us where we are going? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. "I heard Mr. Young sing about her. I heard old Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember: Southern man don't need him around anyhow!". I don't think we can get any deeper into Dixie than where we're headin' now. What state are we goin' to? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. "I've got to wait til morning, I've got to last the night, I've only got one book to see me through the flight". Where am I flying off to? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "Slow down you crazy child. Take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile. It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two...". What romantic city is awaiting us? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "No shoes, no shirt, no problems. Blues? Hey what blues...I forgot 'em! The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom and no shoes, no shirt, and no problems. No problems!". Where are we going so we can feel like this? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "Well, I'm going out west where I belong. Where the days are short and the nights are long. Where they walk and I'll walk, they fish and I'll fish, they sin and I'll sin, they fly and I'll fly...". Looks like I'm heading for a busy place! Where am I going? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. "Up on the roof, out in the street, down on the playground, the hot concrete, bus ride is too slow, they blast out the disco on the radio...". There's gotta be some place local we can go to get away from all that "hot town, summer in the city" stuff. Hey, Yo! Where we gonna go? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: "...where Alph, the sacred river ran, through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea...". Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra sang: "A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star, an everlasting world and here you are with me, eternally...". We're taking this literary road trip accompanied by it's own travelin' music to where? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. "I know I'm gonna miss the U.S.A., I guess I'll miss it every single day, but no one loves me here anyway! I know my plane is due...". Where's that plane going? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "'Cathy', I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh, 'Michigan seems like a dream to me now. It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw. I've gone to look for _______'"? I'm already there but I'm still looking for where I am...where might that be? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. "In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz....". However, "In baseball, the object is to go ____". Where are we finally going? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Got no bags and baggage to slow me down, I'm a-travelin' so fast my feet ain't touchin' the ground...". What song title describes my travelin' style?

Answer: "Travelin' Light"

"TRAVELIN' LIGHT, travelin' light, and I just can't wait to be with my baby tonight!". The second record album I ever bought on my own [after "Meet The Beatles"] was "Introducing Herman's Hermits" [MGM/1965], their U.S. debut. "Travelin' Light" was the B-side for their hit single remake of "Wonderful World" and also appeared on "Their Second Album: Herman's Hermits On Tour" [MGM/1965].
2. "And you can fly high as a kite if you want to, faster than light if you want to. Speeding through the universe...". According to this song, what is the best way to travel?

Answer: thinking

"THINKING is the best way to travel!". The song title is "The Best Way To Travel" from The Moody Blues album "In Search Of The Lost Chord" [Deram/1968].
3. In the song "Never Been To Spain", what is one of the places songwriter Hoyt Axton tells us he HAS been?

Answer: Oklahoma

"Well, I never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music"; "Well, I never been to England, but I kinda like the Beatles"; "Well, I never been to Heaven, but I been to OKLAHOMA. Well, they tell me I was born there, but I really don't remember...". A classic version of this song appears on Three Dog Night's album "Harmony" [Dunhill ABC/1971].
4. "I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here. I've got two tickets in my pocket, now Baby, we're gonna disappear. We've waited so long, waited so long...". Where are we going?

Answer: Paradise

"I've got two tickets to PARADISE! Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight...". "Two Tickets To Paradise" is from the album "Eddie Money" [Columbia/1977].
5. "I got two tickets bought, there won't be no second thought, weather's always nice down there in paradise...". Which song title tells us where we are going?

Answer: "Good To Go To Mexico"

"Baby if you're good to go, we'll go down to MEXICO, get a place in Cabo, kick back in the sand...". From the Toby Keith album "Unleashed" [Dreamworks/2002]. Country singers LOVE Mexico!
6. "I heard Mr. Young sing about her. I heard old Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember: Southern man don't need him around anyhow!". I don't think we can get any deeper into Dixie than where we're headin' now. What state are we goin' to?

Answer: Alabama

"Sweet home ALABAMA, where the skies are so blue, sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you!". "Sweet Home Alabama", from the Lynyrd Skynyrd album "Second Helping" [MCA/1974], was written by Ronnie Van Zant as a southerner's response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" [from Young's 1970 album "After The Gold Rush" (Reprise)] and especially "Alabama" {"Alabama! You've got the weight on your shoulders that's breaking your back. Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track."} [from the 1972 album "Harvest" on Reprise Records].
7. "I've got to wait til morning, I've got to last the night, I've only got one book to see me through the flight". Where am I flying off to?

Answer: Paris

"But when I get to PARIS, we'll paint all our portraits in brush-strokes of yellow and christen the canvas". "Paris" is from the Elton John album "Leather Jackets" [MCA/1986].
8. "Slow down you crazy child. Take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile. It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two...". What romantic city is awaiting us?

Answer: Vienna

"When will you realize...VIENNA waits for you." "Vienna" is from the Billy Joel album "The Stranger" [Columbia/1981].
9. "No shoes, no shirt, no problems. Blues? Hey what blues...I forgot 'em! The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom and no shoes, no shirt, and no problems. No problems!". Where are we going so we can feel like this?

Answer: Mexico

"I been up to my neck workin' six days a week wearin' holes in the soles of the shoes on my feet, been dreamin' of gettin' away since I don't know, ain't no better time than now for MEXICO!". "No Shoes, No Shirt [No Problems]" is from the Kenny Chesney's 2002 BNA album of the same name. Country singers and Mexico...!
10. "Well, I'm going out west where I belong. Where the days are short and the nights are long. Where they walk and I'll walk, they fish and I'll fish, they sin and I'll sin, they fly and I'll fly...". Looks like I'm heading for a busy place! Where am I going?

Answer: California

"Where they're out there having fun in the warm CALIFORNIA sun". "Warm California Sun" From The Ramones' 1977 album "Leave Home" [Warner Brothers/Rhino].
11. "Up on the roof, out in the street, down on the playground, the hot concrete, bus ride is too slow, they blast out the disco on the radio...". There's gotta be some place local we can go to get away from all that "hot town, summer in the city" stuff. Hey, Yo! Where we gonna go?

Answer: Rockaway Beach

"Rock rock ROCKAWAY BEACH, rock rock Rockaway Beach, rock rock Rockaway Beach, we can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.". "Rockaway Beach" is from The Ramones' album "Rocket To Russia" [Warner Brothers/Rhino: 1978]. Hey Ho Let's Go! Rest In Peace: Joey Ramone [1951 - 2001], Dee Dee Ramone [1952 - 2002], and Johnny Ramone [1948 -2004]. Stay well Marky! Gabba Gabba Hey!
12. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: "...where Alph, the sacred river ran, through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea...". Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra sang: "A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star, an everlasting world and here you are with me, eternally...". We're taking this literary road trip accompanied by it's own travelin' music to where?

Answer: Xanadu

"In XANADU did Kubla Kahn a stately pleasure-dome decree..." from Coleridge's 1797/98 poem "Kubla Kahn [Or A Vision In A Dream. A Fragment]". "XANADU, Xanadu [now we are here] Xanadu". From the 1980 original motion picture soundtrack for the movie "Xanadu".
13. "I know I'm gonna miss the U.S.A., I guess I'll miss it every single day, but no one loves me here anyway! I know my plane is due...". Where's that plane going?

Answer: Katmandu

"The one that's going to KATMANDU, up to the mountains where I'm going to, if I ever get out of here that's what I'm gonna do! K-K-K-K-K-K-Katmandu, really, really, really going too! If I ever get out of here...". From the Bob Seger album "Beautiful Loser" [EMI/1975].
14. "'Cathy', I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh, 'Michigan seems like a dream to me now. It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw. I've gone to look for _______'"? I'm already there but I'm still looking for where I am...where might that be?

Answer: America

"I've gone to look for AMERICA!". The song "America" is from the Simon and Garfunkel album "Bookends" [Columbia/1968].
15. "In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz....". However, "In baseball, the object is to go ____". Where are we finally going?

Answer: home

"HOME. And to be safe. I hope I'll be safe at home!". From the George Carlin album "An Evening With Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slazlo" [Little David/1975]. Yeah, I know it's not music but Carlin is so lyrical in his comedy stylings! Besides, in the day [1960's - 1970's], no party was complete without rock and roll music and at least one great comedy album. My wish for everybody is that we can all be safe at home!
Source: Author bigsouthern

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