Finish My Line Trivia Quiz

Answer: For we are young and free

Written by Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878, "Advance Australia Fair" finally became Australia's national anthem in 1984. Good old Australia - a land of roasting summers, freezing winters, droughts, floods, bushfires, beer, cricket, borrrring and endless football games, whingers, deadly snakes, spiders, sharks, crocodiles and the odd paranoid kangaroo, overweight politicians - and humour, endurance, incredibly bravery, heartbreaking beauty, warmth, welcome, heroes, and with the ability to wind itself around our hearts forever.

Answer: Whoopee

American actor and singer Eddie Cantor made this song a hit in the 1928 film "Whoopee!". The words are clever and very funny and full of dire predictions about everything that can go wrong in marriage.

Answer: What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

This is the national anthem of the United States of America and was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, after seeing English ships firing on a fort in America, during the 1812 war between the two countries. Its words are very stirring and the music gives one goosebumps, whether American or otherwise.

Answer: Now it looks as though they're here to stay

The 1965 song "Yesterday" made popular by the Beatles, is haunting and beautiful, and captures an aching sense of loss and a longing to return to happier times. Dear me, now I've made myself feel all nostalgic.

Answer: How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee

England uses "God Save The Queen" (or King) for international type events as its representative song, but has no official anthem as such. "Land of Hope and Glory", the beautiful song quoted from in the question, is used at Commonwealth Games and other sporting events and is one of three songs considered as the official English anthem. Written in 1902, with music by Edward Elgar and lyrics by A.C. Benson, it builds up to a truly exquisite crescendo at its conclusion.

Answer: Sleigh

"Jingle Bells" is one of the most well known Christmas songs of all - and yet, comically enough, the song wasn't actually written about Christmas at all. Composed by James Pierpont in 1857, its original title was "One Horse Open Sleigh" and nowhere in the lyrics does it mention Christmas. It still makes a happy Christmas song anyway, don't you think?

Answer: Although the snow covers the hope of spring

"Lara's Theme" is the correct title of this song, although it's commonly known as "Somewhere My Love". It's haunting and exquisite melody is repeated throughout the 1965 blockbuster movie, "Doctor Zhivago".

Answer: You'll be sorry, but your tears will be too late

This song can be seen in the 1964 musical "My Fair Lady" which was adapted from the play "Pygmaliom" by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw would have an absolute fit if he could see what was done to the ending of his play in this musical. Originally written in 1913, his play served the dual purpose of poking satirical fun at the social class structure existing in England at the time, and showing that women really can make it on their own and be fully independent.

The musical, though extremely enjoyable, has the heroine Eliza meekly returning to Professor Higgins at the close of the film - waiting to be taken back - and to bring him his slippers.

It's really comical to envision the didactic Shaw's outrage.

Answer: Way up high

This exquisite song is taken from the ageless 1939 movie, "The Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland. The song has come to symbolise, not only the yearning for a brighter future which seems to be always out of reach, but also the very life of the beautiful but tragic Judy Garland herself.

Answer: Of a pub with no beer

"The Pub With No Beer", written in 1957, is a comical song made famous by Australian Country and Western singer, Slim Dusty. Believe it or not, it was the first Australian record to go gold. I can't think why I find this so embarrassing. Perhaps it's because other countries have glorious concertos and operas and wonderful musicals - but here in Australia, we're famous for a song about a smelly old pub that's run out of grog. Real culture, that. To make it worse, this song was followed by a world wide success in the sixties with one by Rolf Harris called "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport".