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Quiz about Dan Fogelberg Lyrical Challenge

Dan Fogelberg Lyrical Challenge Quiz

This is a quiz for people who really know their Dan Fogelberg, some are from hits, others are more obscure. Enjoy !!

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

Author
malizma

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,118

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
753

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. 'Stronger Than.....' Hint

A Hawk lying in winter

Any Forest Creation

A forest Primeval

Any Mountain Cathedral

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Question 2 of 15

2. 'I have these moments all...' from the song 'Part of The Plan' Hint

Sure of Myself

Timid and Shaken

Steady and Strong

Proud and Defiant

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was the occupation of the old lover's husband in 'Same Old Lang Syne' ? 'She married her an ________' ? Hint

Doctor

Dentist

Construction worker

Architect

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Question 4 of 15

4. 'There are too many windows in this old hotel and rooms filled with _________' Hint

Unresolved Wounds

Pent up Pain

Reckless Pride

Stubborn Words

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Question 5 of 15

5. What weather pattern happens to the sky when you cry in the song 'Hard To Say' ? Hint

Turns gray

Snow

Rain

Falls apart

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Question 6 of 15

6. In 'The Power of Gold' you balance the cost of what ? Hint

the soul you've lost

the heart you've lost

day to day life

the love you've lost

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Question 7 of 15

7. 'Moments fleet, taste so sweet...' when? Hint

When we're together

Within the rapture

When we're making love

When we're apart

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'An only child, alone and wild, a _____________' from Leader of the Band. Hint

Lonely, silent boy

Soldier's son

Cabinet maker's son

Wayward son

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Question 9 of 15

9. What makes the spirit wealthy in the track 'The Nexus' ? Hint

Knowing how to get to heaven

Knowing it's time

Knowing it's own flight

Knowing when to run

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Question 10 of 15

10. He sings that his mother is of ___________ blood in the song, 'Forefathers' Hint

Irish

German

Scottish

French

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Question 11 of 15

11. 'When you sleep on the ground, with the stars in your face, you can feel _______... ' in the 'The Wild Places'. Hint

Closer to nature

Better about the human race

Closer to a state of grace

The full length of the beauty and grace

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Question 12 of 15

12. 'Bones in the Sky' was written about this artist ? Hint

Vincent Van Gogh

Jackson Pollack

Claude Monet

Georgia O'Keefe

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Question 13 of 15

13. What is the first thing that happens in the song 'Magic Every Moment'? Hint

The mountain catches fire

A woman walks out the door

A bird smashes through a window

The sun comes up over the ocean

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Question 14 of 15

14. 'I hear you're in San Francisco, living with your sister who's a mother to be, her husband's way down in this state' ? Hint

Tennessee

Mississippi

Florida

Georgia

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Question 15 of 15

15. In the first verse of 'The Netherlands,' Fogelberg says he wants to live where ? Hint

In the moon

In the sun

In the mountain

In the forest

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Stronger Than.....'

Answer: Any Mountain Cathedral

In the 1979 song 'Longer,' his love is stronger than a Mountain Cathedral.

2. 'I have these moments all...' from the song 'Part of The Plan'

Answer: Steady and Strong

'I have these Moments all steady and strong, I'm feeling so holy and humble.'

3. What was the occupation of the old lover's husband in 'Same Old Lang Syne' ? 'She married her an ________' ?

Answer: Architect

He met his old lover in a grocery store. As the song goes, it is revealed that she marries an architect who 'Keeps her warm and safe and dry.'

4. 'There are too many windows in this old hotel and rooms filled with _________'

Answer: Reckless Pride

There are rooms filled with reckless pride in this 1979 follow-up 'Heart Hotels' which was released after 'Longer'.

5. What weather pattern happens to the sky when you cry in the song 'Hard To Say' ?

Answer: Snow

Interesting take on songwriting: 'Lucky in love, well maybe so, there's still a lot of things you'll never know, Like why each time the sky begins to SNOW when you cry.'

6. In 'The Power of Gold' you balance the cost of what ?

Answer: the soul you've lost

'You balance the cost of the soul you've lost.' This song comes from, 'Twin Sons of Different Mothers'.

7. 'Moments fleet, taste so sweet...' when?

Answer: Within the rapture

The ides for this song came from the book 'Life with Woodpecker' which stated that the most difficult thing plaguing man was how to 'Make Love Stay.' This song only appears on the greatest hits album and the boxed set despite being a top 10 hit.

8. 'An only child, alone and wild, a _____________' from Leader of the Band.

Answer: Cabinet maker's son

This song was written for his father, a band director, who was the son of a cabinet maker.

9. What makes the spirit wealthy in the track 'The Nexus' ?

Answer: Knowing it's own flight

'Wealthy the spirit that knows it's own flight, Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright, Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light.'

10. He sings that his mother is of ___________ blood in the song, 'Forefathers'

Answer: Scottish

Fogelberg's mother is of, 'Scottish blood, it's there that she was born.'

11. 'When you sleep on the ground, with the stars in your face, you can feel _______... ' in the 'The Wild Places'.

Answer: The full length of the beauty and grace

'You can feel the full length of the beauty and grace' in 'The Wild Places'.

12. 'Bones in the Sky' was written about this artist ?

Answer: Georgia O'Keefe

This song is named after the Georgia O'Keefe painting 'Bones in the Sky'. It was inspired after her death in 1991.

13. What is the first thing that happens in the song 'Magic Every Moment'?

Answer: A bird smashes through a window

In this encouraging song, a bird smashes through the window and then by some miracle or 'magic' is able to, 'Up and fly away.'

14. 'I hear you're in San Francisco, living with your sister who's a mother to be, her husband's way down in this state' ?

Answer: Georgia

Her husband's in Georgia and Fogelberg's says he's in Tennessee hoping that his girl will come back.

15. In the first verse of 'The Netherlands,' Fogelberg says he wants to live where ?

Answer: In the sun

'Oh I want a lover and I want some friends and I want to live in the SUN, and I want to do all the things that I never have done.'

Source: Author malizma

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