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Animals In 70s Songs Trivia Quiz

Here's a quiz having to do with animals mentioned in 1970s songs. CAUTION: Some say these songs were stuck in their heads all day. Let me know if you like it.

A multiple-choice quiz by borddog. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
borddog

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
296,306

Updated
Jun 07 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This 1971 hit for Lobo sang of a cross country (U.S.) car trip with a dog. What was the dog named? Hint

Ray

Boo

Blue

Rex

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Question 2 of 10

2. This animal from a Three Dog Night hit had a little trouble communicating with the singer but they had some mighty fine wine together. What was this wine-drinking animal? Hint

a dog

a parrot

a cat

a bullfrog

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Question 3 of 10

3. This is yet another early seventies hit from America it sang of a trek through the desert with this animal. What was this unnamed animal? Hint

a dog

a camel

a snake

a horse

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Question 4 of 10

4. OK let's move out of the early 70s for a moment, there are a lot of animals in song there. Steve Miller wanted to soar through the air like this bird to the ocean. What was this bird? Hint

an eagle

a seagull

a hawk

a crow

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Question 5 of 10

5. Back to 1971 again; Tommy James had a hit in which his dog ate purple flowers. What was the name of this purple flower-eating dog? Hint

Seth

Sam

Bud

Sal

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Question 6 of 10

6. Barry Manilow's late 70s hit "Copacabana" sang of Lola wearing something from this animal in her hair. Hint

an oyster

a bird

a shark

a mink

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Question 7 of 10

7. This pony "busted down his stall" and was lost in a blizzard. Can you name him? Hint

Prince

Wildfire

Willow

Treker

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Question 8 of 10

8. Cliff Richard referred to this animal with evil eyes in his hit "Devil Woman". Hint

a cat

a bat

a snake

a spider

9. This animal was grouped with a silver spoon, Little Boy Blue and the man in the moon from this mid 70s hit about a father and son who never seemed to spend much time together. Name the animal that is the first word to the song's title. Hint

a pup

a pony

a bunny

a cat

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Question 10 of 10

10. OK, this is cheesy, cheap and embarrassing, but hey, I'm running out of material, so I'm going with it anyway. A 1975 CB radio-inspired hit (sorry to say, I think it hit number one, what were ya'll thinkin' back then?) spoke extensively of this animal, though it was a code word for state troopers. There was even one in the air according to the song. What were these so called animals?
Hint

eagles

dogs

bears

bats

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This 1971 hit for Lobo sang of a cross country (U.S.) car trip with a dog. What was the dog named?

Answer: Boo

In the song "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" they were caught stealing from farmer MacDonald's hen. He made them work but paid them for it in the end.

2. This animal from a Three Dog Night hit had a little trouble communicating with the singer but they had some mighty fine wine together. What was this wine-drinking animal?

Answer: a bullfrog

Yes his name was Jeremiah and the song was "Joy To The World" it hit #1 in 1971. If you're not singing in your head "Jeremiah was a bullfrog..." right now you probably never heard this song.

3. This is yet another early seventies hit from America it sang of a trek through the desert with this animal. What was this unnamed animal?

Answer: a horse

Yes, he spent 9 days with the horse and never gave it a name. Why not just name the darned thing and move on. You'd think by the third day you could come up with some kind of a name like Silver, Black Beauty Man-O-War or something.

4. OK let's move out of the early 70s for a moment, there are a lot of animals in song there. Steve Miller wanted to soar through the air like this bird to the ocean. What was this bird?

Answer: an eagle

The Steve Miller Band (one of my all time favorites) released in 1976, "Fly Like An Eagle". Often it is paired with 1:14 instrumental called "Space Intro". To me this song has a rather ominous but soothing quality about it.

5. Back to 1971 again; Tommy James had a hit in which his dog ate purple flowers. What was the name of this purple flower-eating dog?

Answer: Sam

Tommy James is noted for having many drug references in his later hits. In this song "Dragging The Line" the title is considered to reference snorting cocaine. Singing of a dog eating purple flowers smacks of a little hallucinogenic influence as well, in my opinion.

6. Barry Manilow's late 70s hit "Copacabana" sang of Lola wearing something from this animal in her hair.

Answer: a bird

The end of the song tells of Lola 30 years after losing her beloved Tony, her yellow feathers now faded and she's quite out of it. Poor Lola! But what became of Rico?

7. This pony "busted down his stall" and was lost in a blizzard. Can you name him?

Answer: Wildfire

The hit was Michael Murphy's 1975 hit "Wildfire" (I'm not a fan of it, but hey I'm trying to get away from the early 70s so why not?)

8. Cliff Richard referred to this animal with evil eyes in his hit "Devil Woman".

Answer: a cat

This was his big U.S. hit in the 70s. I've been informed by an FT member that he had the hit "We Don't Talk Anymore" but that was in the 80s. But this was the year 1976 and, a word to the wise, if you're out on a moonlight night, be careful of the neighborhood strays.

Answer: a cat

Harry Chapin had melancholy hits with this and two others, "Taxi" and "WOLD" - not exactly upbeat party hits or something to rock out to but they definitely have their merits.

Answer: bears

The 1975 hit was "Convoy" by C.W. McCall, that's a big 10-4 good buddy. State troopers (due to their hats) were known to truckers as Smokey Bears or smokies, or just bears as the song goes. There was actually a 1978 movie made based on this song. Again, what were you thinking? Oh, it gets better. It starred Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw, pretty big names for the time! I would never be sucked into something as cheesy as that fad, so I'll catch ya on the flip-flop and you keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down, even if your 10-20 isn't Shakeytown like mine.

This question and info were rewritten and thanks for the tips loony_tunes and others

Source: Author borddog

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