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It Was the Worst of Rhymes Trivia Quiz

Did you ever listen to a song and cringe at a particularly bad rhyme -- something that either doesn't rhyme or somehow seems forced? Well, get ready to cringe now! Choose the lyric that immediately follows the given line(s).

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

Author
Lalenya

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
387,304

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
658

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas." Hint

"We're afraid that someday he will come and hex us."

"You know he knows just exactly what the facts is."

"He don't drive no Chevrolet; he drives a Lexus."

"He hits the bad guys in the solar plexus."

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Question 2 of 10

2. "'I am'...I said to no one there" Hint

"And no one heard at all, not even the chair."

"And suddenly was not; I just disappeared."

"And someone said, 'You're not; you haven't no hair!"

"And no one knew the what, when, why, how, or where."

3. "Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car./Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far./And I'm thinkin''bout the love that you laid on my table./I told you not to wander 'round in the dark./I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park."

Hint

"Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel."

"Then I told you 'bout the guy who had written the fable."

"Then I told you that I'm ready, willing, and able."

"Then I told you 'bout the legend of the Tower of Babel."

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Question 4 of 10

4. "'Cause of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump" Hint

"my lovely lady lumps."

"Your heart goes thump, thump, thump."

"I look like Donald Trump."

"My hump is on my rump."

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Question 5 of 10

5. "So happy together" Hint

"Slap-happy with Heather."

"Like birds of a feather."

"And how is the weather?"

"So snappy in leather."

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I don't like cities, but I like New York." Hint

"The Swedish Chef says, 'Bork, bork, bork!'"

"That's where I go when I want some pork."

"Other places make me feel like a dork."

"You can eat pizza with a fork."

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Question 7 of 10

7. "So open up your morning light," Hint

"And say a little prayer for I."

"And tell me why your dog don't bite."

"Stand up, sit down, and fight, fight, fight."

"While the policeman reads you your rights."

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Baby, I'm a star." Hint

"If I practice more, maybe I'll go far."

"Let us both agree; let's not go to war."

"Maybe if you're good, you can drive my car."

"Might not know it now, baby, but I are."

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you" Hint

"Yes, it's true."

"Woo, woo, woo."

"As I do."

"Without a clue."

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Songs she sang to me" Hint

"Songs she'd hang on me"

"Drums she'd bang for me"

"Songs she sprang on me"

"Songs she brang to me"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas."

Answer: "You know he knows just exactly what the facts is."

From the Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run", off the 1976 album "Fly Like an Eagle".

Really, Steve? It doesn't rhyme, and it's not even remotely grammatical!

2. "'I am'...I said to no one there"

Answer: "And no one heard at all, not even the chair."

From "I Am...I Said" by Neil Diamond, released as a single in 1971.

I love Neil Diamond -- I really do -- but "not even the chair" could hear? Since when do chairs have ears? Well, I suppose he could be talking about a chairman or chairwoman, right? Riiiiight...

Answer: "Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel."

From "Badge" by Cream, from the 1969 album "Goodbye".

The mention of Mabel always seemed kind of forced to me -- like the writer had tried too hard to find something that rhymed.

4. "'Cause of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump"

Answer: "my lovely lady lumps."

From "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas, from the 2005 album "Monkey Business".

It's hard to think how the lyrics of this song could possibly have been fixed to NOT sound corny.

5. "So happy together"

Answer: "And how is the weather?"

From "Happy Together" by the Turtles, from the album of the same title, released in 1967.

What's weather got to do with it?

6. "I don't like cities, but I like New York."

Answer: "Other places make me feel like a dork."

From "I Love New York" by Madonna, released in 2005 on the album "Confessions on a Dance Floor".

That rhyme seems forced and makes her sound like a dork. Not that the alternatives proposed here would have been any better.

7. "So open up your morning light,"

Answer: "And say a little prayer for I."

From "I Don't Wanna Wait" by Paula Cole, released in 1997 on the album "This Fire".

The grammar is every bit as bad as the rhyme.

Note: As someone pointed out, there are at least a couple of lyric sites that have the lyric as "And say a little prayer for right." However, upon listening to the lyrics again, I clearly hear "And say a little prayer for I" -- no /t/ sound at the end.

8. "Baby, I'm a star."

Answer: "Might not know it now, baby, but I are."

From "Baby, I'm a Star" by Prince, from his iconic 1984 "Purple Rain" album.

I love Prince. However, this is an example of yet another rhyme forced by mangled grammar.

9. "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you"

Answer: "Woo, woo, woo."

From "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel, which was featured in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" and included on the album "Bookends" the following year.

I love this song, but wouldn't you agree that any one of the incorrect options would be a better rhyme?

10. "Songs she sang to me"

Answer: "Songs she brang to me"

From "Play Me" by Neil Diamond, released in 1972 on the album "Moods".

An egregiously ungrammatical rhyme from the great Neil Diamond.

Source: Author Lalenya

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