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Quiz about Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism Plans

Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans" Quiz

This quiz is about the albums from Death Cab for Cutie, "Transatlanticism" and "Plans".

A multiple-choice quiz by sweetfreek91. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sweetfreek91

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
221,786

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
537

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which song does this lyric come from, "You were the mother, of three girls so sweet"? Hint

Death of an Interior Decorator

The Sound of Settling

Soul Meets Body

Passenger Seat

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Question 2 of 10

2. Finish the lyric from the song "I Will Follow You Into the Dark".
"Love of mine, some day you will __________, but I'll be close behind..."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which song does this lyric come from, "When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes and you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked"? Hint

Summer Skin

Lack of Color

We Looked Like Giants

Soul Meets Body

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Question 4 of 10

4. This lyric comes from 'The New Year': "I wish the earth was flat like the old days, and I could travel just by folding a map."

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which song does this lyric come from, "Then labor day came and went, and we shed..."? Hint

Expo '86

Different Names for the Same Thing

Summer Skin

Crooked Teeth

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which lyric is from the song "Crooked Teeth"? Hint

"I was searching, for some legal document as the rain..."

"But my brain knows better, it picks you up and turns you around..."

"Suffered a swift defeat, I'll endure countless repeats..."

"It was 100 degrees as we sat beneath, the willow tree..."

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which song does this lyric come from, "If I lose my place in line, I'll lose"? Hint

Brothers on a Hotel Bed

Title and Registration

Expo '86

Different Names for the Same Thing

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which song does this lyric come from, "The one you thought would spend the years, so perfectly placed below the mirror..."? Hint

Death of an Interior Decorator

Marching Bands of Manhattan

Lightness

Tiny Vessels

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Question 9 of 10

9. This lyric comes from the song "Soul Meets Body", "Cause in my head, there's a Greyhound station, where I send my thoughts to far off destination..."

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song does this lyric come from, "When you feel embarrassed, I'll be your pride, when you need direction, I'll be the guide..."? Hint

Brothers on a Hotel Bed

Tiny Vessels

Lightness

Passenger Seat

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song does this lyric come from, "You were the mother, of three girls so sweet"?

Answer: Death of an Interior Decorator

Like many songs they have written, Death Cab uses detail and imagery to help us visualize everything in the song.

2. Finish the lyric from the song "I Will Follow You Into the Dark". "Love of mine, some day you will __________, but I'll be close behind..."

Answer: die

This song has to do with his lover dying and the singer is saying if she dies, he will follow her and die too. "If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied, illuminate the no's on the vacancy signs, if there's no one beside you, when your soul embarks, then I'll follow you into the dark."

3. Which song does this lyric come from, "When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes and you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked"?

Answer: We Looked Like Giants

"We Looked Like Giants" is about a girl and a boy making love and dealing with their temptations, "learn how our bodies worked" and "God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations..."

4. This lyric comes from 'The New Year': "I wish the earth was flat like the old days, and I could travel just by folding a map."

Answer: True

'The New Year' was released in the United States in 2004. 'The New Year' has to do with everything changing and features many New Year traditions "the clanking of crystals", "lighting firecrackers off of the front lawn, while thirty dialogues bleed into one..."

5. Which song does this lyric come from, "Then labor day came and went, and we shed..."?

Answer: Summer Skin

One of Death Cab's slowest songs in the album, "Plans".

6. Which lyric is from the song "Crooked Teeth"?

Answer: "It was 100 degrees as we sat beneath, the willow tree..."

"I was searching..." is from the song "Title and Registration". "Suffered a swift defeat..." is from the song "Stable Song". "But my brain knows better..." is from the song "Lack of Color".

7. Which song does this lyric come from, "If I lose my place in line, I'll lose"?

Answer: Expo '86

Death Cab for Cutie was formed in 1999. Not many people liked emo music then.

8. Which song does this lyric come from, "The one you thought would spend the years, so perfectly placed below the mirror..."?

Answer: Death of an Interior Decorator

In "Death of an Interior Decorator" there is a story being told. "They tenderly kissed and cut the cake, the bride then tripped and broke the vase, the one you thought would spend the years so perfectly placed below the mirror, arriving late to clean the debris..."

9. This lyric comes from the song "Soul Meets Body", "Cause in my head, there's a Greyhound station, where I send my thoughts to far off destination..."

Answer: True

This song was released in 2005 on the album: "Plans".

10. Which song does this lyric come from, "When you feel embarrassed, I'll be your pride, when you need direction, I'll be the guide..."?

Answer: Passenger Seat

A more calming and sensitive song in "Transantlicism", but aren't they all?

Source: Author sweetfreek91

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