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Don't Forget About the Lyrics Trivia Quiz

You may be able to recall every lyric of every song imaginable, but do you know how those lyrics came to be?

A multiple-choice quiz by Charmyte. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Charmyte

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,396

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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2159

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Question 1 of 10

1. Before we can start talking about lyric meanings, which ancient civilization gave us the word lyric? Hint

The Egyptians

The Sumerians

The Greeks

The Romans

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Question 2 of 10

2. "One" by Metallica is more than just a great song. Which novel is the basis of the song's lyrics? Hint

Johnny Got His Gun

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Gone With the Wind

The Shining

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which famous Crowley do the lyrics of Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr. Crowley" refer to? Hint

Shirley

Johnathon

Aleister

Florance

4. When "Hotel California" was released by The Eagles, many were confused about the lyrical meaning. What "mistake" was made in the lyrics:
"So I called up the captain
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'"
to show a metaphor? Hint

Wine wasn't commercially available in 1969

Wine isn't a spirit

Hotels didn't have phones in 1977

Wine isn't suppose to be delivered to hotel guests

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Question 5 of 10

5. In Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" many analogies are used to compare love and sex with medical aliments and scenarios. But which of the following is not used in the song? Hint

Stroke

Heart Attack

Fever

Drug Addiction

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Question 6 of 10

6. Dream Theater is probably most well known for their song "Pull Me Under" and the song had an even more well known story as its lyrical inspiration. Even going as far as to use a quote from it, what famous story provides basis for the lyrics? Hint

Romeo and Juliet

King Lear

Othello

Hamlet

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Question 7 of 10

7. Although more well known for his twelve minute hit , Meat Loaf also made a song describing how terrible life is: "Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back", using quite a few actual defects to describe parts of life. According to him, what is defective with schools? Hint

It's a pack of useless lies

It forgot the warranty

All the parts are out of stock

It's dead and buried in the past

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Question 8 of 10

8. Although Garth Brooks' song "The Thunder Rolls" has a maximum length of nearly five minutes, the entire last verse is omitted in radio, music video, and most album versions due to lyrical content. Although heard in its entirety live, what was wrong with the last verse to have it omitted from radio? Hint

It had swear words

It encouraged homosexuality

It used racist language

It described domestic violence

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Question 9 of 10

9. Kenny Loggins, during his solo career, performed multiple songs for movie soundtracks. On the "Footloose" soundtrack, he performs "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)". The song and video discuss how love will set you free. Which of the following phrases does he use to show his point? Hint

Beggin' you to touch and go

Now take a hold of your soul

Nothing we sign is any kind of guarantee

I been working so hard

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Question 10 of 10

10. Men at Work, an Australian band, release one of their biggest hits in 1982: "Who Can it Be Now?" reached number one on the American Billboard Pop Singles charts. Using the lyrics of the song, which of the following people best answers the title's question: "Who can it be now?" Hint

Someone who works with the police

Someone who sells items Door-to-Door

Someone who works at a mental institution

Someone from the IRS

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Before we can start talking about lyric meanings, which ancient civilization gave us the word lyric?

Answer: The Greeks

Lyric came from the word lyrikos, which means "singing to the lyre" and now describes the vocal part of a song.

2. "One" by Metallica is more than just a great song. Which novel is the basis of the song's lyrics?

Answer: Johnny Got His Gun

In the novel "Jonny Got His Gun", the main character is hit by an artillery shell during WWI, and has lost all of his senses, but his mind is still functioning, forcing him to be a prisoner of his own body.

3. Which famous Crowley do the lyrics of Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr. Crowley" refer to?

Answer: Aleister

Aleister Crowley is a British occultist who started many mystical beliefs, including Thelema and Sexual Magick.

4. When "Hotel California" was released by The Eagles, many were confused about the lyrical meaning. What "mistake" was made in the lyrics: "So I called up the captain 'Please bring me my wine' He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'" to show a metaphor?

Answer: Wine isn't a spirit

Wine is fermented, whereas spirits are distilled. A recent case of this misinterpretation was by critic John Soeder, but was told by Don Henley that the mistake was intentional.

5. In Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" many analogies are used to compare love and sex with medical aliments and scenarios. But which of the following is not used in the song?

Answer: Stroke

"Fever" is used in the first line as a way of comparing lust to love, "heart attack" is used to describe immense love, and "drug addiction" is used to show how people can't get enough love. A stroke is not used.

Answer: Hamlet

During the outro to the song, James LaBrie sings "Oh that this too, too solid flesh would melt."

Answer: It's a pack of useless lies

He describes his childhood as "dead and buried in the past," the gods "forgot the warranty," and the problem with friends are "all the parts are out of stock."

Answer: It described domestic violence

In the final verse, the wife of the cheating man goes into her room and pulls out a gun saying "tonight will be the last time she'll wonder where he's been."

Answer: Nothing we sign is any kind of guarantee

Although all of these phrases are in Kenny Loggins songs, only "Nothing we sign is any kind of guarantee" is from "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)". "Beggin' you to touch and go" is from a more famous song by him: "Danger Zone" used in "Top Gun". "Now take a hold of your soul" and "I been working so hard" are from the song "Footloose" used for the movie of the same name.

Answer: Someone who works at a mental institution

Surprisingly, despite the band being Australian, the song peaked at only number two on the Australian charts.

Source: Author Charmyte

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