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Ben Folds Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Lyrics taken from "Whatever and Ever Amen", "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner", "Rockin' the Suburbs", "Ben Folds Live", and "Songs for Silverman". I give you lyrics, and you give me the song title, unless instructed otherwise. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by fab4lover. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
fab4lover

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
212,027

Updated
Dec 03 21

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15

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Question 1 of 15

1. "I know it seems that I don't care, but something in me does, I swear." Which Ben Folds song do these lyrics come from? Hint

Regrets

Philosophy

Narcolepsy

Still Fighting It

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Question 2 of 15

2. What hilarious song do these lyrics come from? "Grew a moustache and a mullet. Got a job at Chick-Fil-A. Citing artistic differences, the band broke up in May..." Hint

Not the Same

Army

Fired

Your Redneck Past

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Question 3 of 15

3. "You'll be a lady soon, but until then, you gotta do what I say." What title female is Ben singing about? Hint

Jane

Kate

Emaline

Gracie

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which song gives the following advice? "You worry there might not be anything at all inside, but that you're worried should tell you that's not right." Hint

Losing Lisa

Selfless, Cold and Composed

Jane

You To Thank

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Question 5 of 15

5. "If you really wanna see me, check the papers and the TV. Look who's telling who what to do. Yeah, kiss my ass... goodbye." Which song by Ben includes such a reproach? Hint

Battle of Who Could Care Less

Best Imitation of Myself

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

Rock This Bitch

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which song by Ben includes these lyrics? "Once you wanted revolution. Now you're the institution. How's it feel to be the man? It's no fun to be the man." Hint

Fair

Don't Change Your Plans

Time

The Ascent of Stan

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Question 7 of 15

7. "I don't believe in God, so I can't be saved." In which song (not one of his lighter moments) does Ben reveal this? Hint

Mess

Gone

Jesusland

Philosophy

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Question 8 of 15

8. "Give me my money back! Give me my money back, you bitch!" In what song does Ben sing so directly? Hint

Bastard

Song for the Dumped

Your Most Valuable Possession

Steven's Last Night in Town

9. In which song does Ben tell this story? "Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. His wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away." Hint

Kate

Emaline

The Luckiest

Silver Street

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Question 10 of 15

10. What Ben Folds song contains the following lyrics? "When money talks, I hate to listen, but lately it's been screaming in my ear." Hint

Evaporated

The Last Polka

Emaline

Fired

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Question 11 of 15

11. "Everyday she wears the same thing. I think she smokes pot. She's everything I want. She's everything I'm not." In which song does Ben sing about this eccentric woman? Hint

Kate

Annie Waits

Carrying Cathy

Magic

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Question 12 of 15

12. Ben sings some pretty bad French. Here's what it's supposed to be: "D�sol�, je suis am�ricain. Please cook my steak again. Je suis am�ricain. D�sol�, je ne parle pas fran�ais." Which song is it? Hint

Prison Food

Your Redneck Past

Missing the War

Hospital Song

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Question 13 of 15

13. "Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? It's okay if you don't know everything." In what song does Ben offer these potentially comforting words? Hint

Fair

Best Imitation of Myself

Bastard

Don't Change Your Plans

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Question 14 of 15

14. What song features this complaint? "I come running when you want me here, and when you want me to I disappear." Hint

Give Judy My Notice

Gone

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

Losing Lisa

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Question 15 of 15

15. I've saved the last one for breaking my rules, so I'm not giving you lyrics this time. On "Rockin' the Suburbs" there is a track entitled "Fred Jones Part 2", but Ben never wrote "Fred Jones" or "Fred Jones Part 1". What was his first song about Fred Jones? Hint

One Down

Cigarette

Lullabye

Evaporated

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I know it seems that I don't care, but something in me does, I swear." Which Ben Folds song do these lyrics come from?

Answer: Narcolepsy

From "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" by Ben Folds Five, and played solo on "Ben Folds Live". It is one of my favorite Ben songs, about emotional detachment: "I get upset or happy, I go to sleep. Nothing hurts when I go to sleep."

2. What hilarious song do these lyrics come from? "Grew a moustache and a mullet. Got a job at Chick-Fil-A. Citing artistic differences, the band broke up in May..."

Answer: Army

About how Ben thought about joining the army in college -- "I dropped out and joined a band instead..." This also is from "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" and "Ben Folds Live". In concert, he split the audience into two parts to sing the saxophone and trumpet parts -- when I saw him, saxophones were stage right, and trumpets stage left! Great audience participation song!

3. "You'll be a lady soon, but until then, you gotta do what I say." What title female is Ben singing about?

Answer: Gracie

A very cute and touching song, in my opinion, written for his daughter, from "Songs For Silverman". When I saw him live, he explained that his son had gotten a song on the last album and now it was his twin Gracie's turn. He didn't say, but I would think his son's song is "Still Fighting It" from "Rockin' the Suburbs".

4. Which song gives the following advice? "You worry there might not be anything at all inside, but that you're worried should tell you that's not right."

Answer: Jane

Another one from "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" and "Ben Folds Live". This is also one of my favorite Ben songs, which tells a friend to just be herself: "Jane, be Jane."

5. "If you really wanna see me, check the papers and the TV. Look who's telling who what to do. Yeah, kiss my ass... goodbye." Which song by Ben includes such a reproach?

Answer: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

From "Whatever and Ever Amen" and "Ben Folds Live". A retaliation to bullies: "Vic, you stole my lunch money, made me cry. Jane, remember second grade? You said you couldn't stand my face. Rather than kiss me you said you'd rather die. Now I'm big and important. One angry dwarf and 200 solemn faces are you!"

6. Which song by Ben includes these lyrics? "Once you wanted revolution. Now you're the institution. How's it feel to be the man? It's no fun to be the man."

Answer: The Ascent of Stan

From "Rockin' the Suburbs". I'm not really sure what it means, but Stan is a "textbook hippie man" who has gone against his hippie ways.

7. "I don't believe in God, so I can't be saved." In which song (not one of his lighter moments) does Ben reveal this?

Answer: Mess

From "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner". It continues, "All alone as I've learned to be, in this mess I have made." A song about a failed relationship and its toll on the narrator.

8. "Give me my money back! Give me my money back, you bitch!" In what song does Ben sing so directly?

Answer: Song for the Dumped

From "Whatever and Ever Amen". Quite an appropriate title! Leave it to Ben Folds to be just that direct in song. But his fans seem to love him for it!

Answer: The Luckiest

From "Rockin' the Suburbs" and "Ben Folds Live". A very sweet love song; it continues: "I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong, that I am, I am, I am the luckiest."

10. What Ben Folds song contains the following lyrics? "When money talks, I hate to listen, but lately it's been screaming in my ear."

Answer: Emaline

From "Ben Folds Live" (among other albums not on my quiz). A song about relationship doubts. I love the vocal part in the chorus: "When I've had enough, I tell myself that we've learned our lesson, but I don't wanna walk away from Emaline!"

11. "Everyday she wears the same thing. I think she smokes pot. She's everything I want. She's everything I'm not." In which song does Ben sing about this eccentric woman?

Answer: Kate

From "Whatever and Ever Amen". Kate is certainly an eccentric woman, but it's her quirks that are so endearing.

Answer: Your Redneck Past

From "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner". A song about, well, the "hundred ways to cover your redneck past." I thought the bad French was hilarious. If it was all in English, it would say, "Sorry, I am American. Please cook my steak again. I am American. Sorry, I do not speak French." Well, that explains that!

13. "Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? It's okay if you don't know everything." In what song does Ben offer these potentially comforting words?

Answer: Bastard

From "Songs For Silverman". The song contains one of my favorite gems of wisdom from Ben: "The more you know, you know you don't know shit."

14. What song features this complaint? "I come running when you want me here, and when you want me to I disappear."

Answer: Give Judy My Notice

From "Songs for Silverman". A song about ending a controlling relationship: "And Judy, I won't be your bitch anymore, and follow you around, and hold the door." Once again, Ben tends not to sugarcoat things, but that's why I love him!

Answer: Cigarette

From "Whatever and Ever Amen". It seems that Fred Jones has had a very tough life! The complete lyrics: "Fred Jones was worn out from caring for his often screaming and crying wife during the day, but he couldn't sleep at night for fear that she, in a stupor from the drugs that didn't ease the pain, would set the house ablaze with a cigarette."

Source: Author fab4lover

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