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Lyrics of the Pixies Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge of the lyrics of the greatly influential alternative rock band; Pixies. Lyrics will come from all the major albums (and maybe a few cheeky b-sides!).

A multiple-choice quiz by I-Am-A-Car. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
I-Am-A-Car

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
307,657

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
346

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (9/10), Guest 147 (7/10), Guest 90 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Complete this line from the song "Is She Weird?"
"Is she weird? Is she white? Is she promised to the night? And her head has no _____ " Hint

time

space

room

air

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Pixies song contains the lyrics "The joke has come upon me"? Hint

Nimrod's Son

Holiday Song

Ed Is Dead

Vamos

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Question 3 of 10

3. Complete this line from the song "Silver" - "In this land of ______ " Hint

killers

strangers

ghosts

shadows

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Question 4 of 10

4. Fill in the missing word from this lyric which comes from "Head On":
"I can't get my ____ off the ground"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the song that contains the lyric "Bloody your hands on a cactus tree, wipe it on your dress and send it to me"? Hint

Dress

Blood

Hands

Cactus

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which Pixies song can wear hear "All I'm saying, pretty baby..."? Hint

Here Comes Your Man

La La Love You

No. 13 Baby

Allison

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Question 7 of 10

7. Some fans would notice that, at one point, the Pixies had a strange penchant for manta rays. Which of these lyrics about manta rays is NOT a real Pixies lyric? Hint

Do the manta ray!

Non of these three are the correct answer

My manta ray is alright!

Let's ride the manta ray down river Euphrates!

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Question 8 of 10

8. Complete this lyric from the Pixies' version of a song from David Lynch's "Eraserhead" movie - "In heaven, everything is..." Hint

nothing!

dead!

useless!

fine!

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following songs' only lyric is also the title of the song? Hint

Build High

There Goes My Gun

Theme From NARC

Isla De Encanta

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Question 10 of 10

10. True of False? - The Pixies wrote a song containing the lyric "I've been lookin'
for a woman to save my life".

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Complete this line from the song "Is She Weird?" "Is she weird? Is she white? Is she promised to the night? And her head has no _____ "

Answer: room

"Is She Weird?" is the 5th track on the 1990 album "Bossanova".

2. Which Pixies song contains the lyrics "The joke has come upon me"?

Answer: Nimrod's Son

"Nimrod's Son" appeared on the 1987 EP "Come On Pilgrim" and features Black Francis' manic screaming as he laughs and bellows that the joke has come upon him.

3. Complete this line from the song "Silver" - "In this land of ______ "

Answer: strangers

"In this land of strangers, there are dangers." Silver appeared towards to end of 1989's "Doolittle" and is one of the several Pixies songs to feature haunting vocal harmonies from Black Francis and Kim Deal.

4. Fill in the missing word from this lyric which comes from "Head On": "I can't get my ____ off the ground"

Answer: head

"Head On" appeared on "Trompe Le Monde" (released in 1991) and was released as a single. The song is actually of cover and is originally by British band The Jesus And Mary Chain who released it in 1990.

5. What is the name of the song that contains the lyric "Bloody your hands on a cactus tree, wipe it on your dress and send it to me"?

Answer: Cactus

"Cactus" appeared as the 8th track on "Surfer Rosa", released in 1988. During the song, the band members are studio crew can be heard spelling out "P-I-X-I-E-S". The song has been covered by legend of music David Bowie and is regularly performed at his live shows.

6. In which Pixies song can wear hear "All I'm saying, pretty baby..."?

Answer: La La Love You

"La La Love You" is the 10th track on the "Doolittle" album and is one of only 2 Pixies song to feature lead vocals from drummer David Lovering (the other being "Make Believe").

7. Some fans would notice that, at one point, the Pixies had a strange penchant for manta rays. Which of these lyrics about manta rays is NOT a real Pixies lyric?

Answer: Let's ride the manta ray down river Euphrates!

"Do the manta ray!" is from "Dancing The Manta Ray" and "My manta ray is alright!" is from "Manta Ray". Both of these songs are b-sides that appeared on the Monkey Gone To Heaven CD single.
The trick was "Let's ride the manta ray down river Euphrates!", my altered version of the lyric ""Let's ride the tiger down river Euphrates!" which is from the song "River Euphrates" (the 6th track on Surfer Rosa).

8. Complete this lyric from the Pixies' version of a song from David Lynch's "Eraserhead" movie - "In heaven, everything is..."

Answer: fine!

David Lynch's surreal film "Eraserhead" (released in 1977) features a lady living in a radiator who sings this perculiar song (written and performed by Peter Ivers). The Pixies made the song a regular part of their setlist. It also appeared as a b-side to their single "Gigantic" (released in 1988).

9. Which of the following songs' only lyric is also the title of the song?

Answer: Theme From NARC

The lyrics to "Theme From NARC" are indeed just the words "Theme From NARC". "There Goes My Gun" would be the same were it not for a few brief lyrics between choruses (including "Yoo-hoo!" and "Friend or foe!?"). Build High has plenty of lyrics as does Isla De Encanta (although the lyrics of the latter of entirely in Spanish).
Theme From NARC and Build High were b-sides from the Planet Of Sound single in 1991. Theme From NARC is the theme music from the classic arcade game NARC (the original music was by Brian Schmidt).

10. True of False? - The Pixies wrote a song containing the lyric "I've been lookin' for a woman to save my life".

Answer: False

The Pixies did sing this lyric but they did not write the song in which it can be found. It comes from "I've Been Waiting For You" which appeared as a B-side from the Velouria single in 1990. This is a cover version, the original was written and performed by Neil Young. It appeared on his eponymous solo debut album of 1968.

Source: Author I-Am-A-Car

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