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Lyrics to More Jazz Standards Trivia Quiz

You know that you've heard Ella, Billie, and Louis sing these words. Just complete the lyric.

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

Author
agony

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
131,966

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 25

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Top 5% quiz!

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Question 1 of 25

1. "Take my lips, I want to lose them. Take my arms_________" Hint

I'd only bruise them

they want to hold you

I'll never use them

I didn't choose them

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Question 2 of 25

2. "It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that___________"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 25

3. "When the things you've planned need a helping hand, I will understand___________" Hint

darling

help you safely land

and take you by the hand

always

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Question 4 of 25

4. "Love is all that I can give to you, Love is more than just a ________________" Hint

passing thing

game for two

feeling

memory

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Question 5 of 25

5. "In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble_________" Hint

but what do I care

the Earth may explode

they're only made of clay

but my love will never die

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Question 6 of 25

6. "Though it's just a simple melody, nothing fancy, nothing much, you could turn it to a ___________"

Answer: (one word)

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Question 7 of 25

7. "The night is young, the skies are clear, and if you want to ____________" Hint

lose your fear

hold my hand

go walking, dear

have a beer

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Question 8 of 25

8. "I'm not yours for better but for worse, and I've learned to give the well-known witches' curse. I've a terrible tongue, a temper for two___________" Hint

I wish that I could say the same for you

and I think it's time to say good-bye

but I love you anyway

and everything I've got belongs to you

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Question 9 of 25

9. "Picture a little lovenest, down where the roses cling. Picture that same sweet lovenest_________" Hint

as the bluebirds sing

think what a year can bring

when our love has gone

in the flow'ry spring

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Question 10 of 25

10. "I'd sigh for you, I'd cry for you, I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you, and if that isn't____________" Hint

good enough, then good-bye

enough, I'd die for you

love, it'll have to do

what you want

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Question 11 of 25

11. "I'd sacrifice everything come what might, for the _________" Hint

sight of your brown eyes

feel of your lips in the night

smile that lights your eyes

sake of having you near

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Question 12 of 25

12. "I found my love in ____________ beside the bay". Hint

Baltimore

Donegal

Montreal

Avalon

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Question 13 of 25

13. "Dance with me, I want my arms about you, those charms about you, will carry me through____________" Hint

to Heaven

the fog

the worst

the night

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Question 14 of 25

14. "I saw you last night and ______________" Hint

got that old feeling

trembled at the sight

my heart stood still

was blinded by the light

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Question 15 of 25

15. "Won't you tell him please, to put on some speed, follow my lead, oh how I need, someone______________" Hint

of my very own

to love me so

who will hold my heart

to watch over me

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Question 16 of 25

16. "Some others I've seen, might never be mean, might never be cross, or try to be boss___________" Hint

but they wouldn't do

I'd rather have them

might be better than you

but I still love you

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Question 17 of 25

17. "He's hot as Hades, a lady's not safe in his arms_________________" Hint

she'll fall for his charms

when she's kissed

she'll come to harm

or his heart

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Question 18 of 25

18. "Wild geese that fly with the ___________ on their wings" Hint

moon

wind

sun

breeze

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Question 19 of 25

19. "I gotta right to sing the blues, I gotta right to moan and sigh, I gotta right to sit and cry____________" Hint

down around the river

'cause my man is gone

I gotta right to wanna die

by the deep blue sea

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Question 20 of 25

20. "I find you spinning 'round in my brain_____________" Hint

like the fireflies in the night

like the puddles flashing in the rain

like the bubbles in a glass of champagne

I feel like I've been hit by a train

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Question 21 of 25

21. "I'll be looking at the moon____________" Hint

and the moon looks back

but I'll be seeing you

the same moon that you see

on a velvet night in June

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Question 22 of 25

22. What song is this from? "I burned a hole in the dining-room table, and let me see, I guess that's all". Hint

Night and Day

The Way You Look Tonight

P.S. I Love You

You'd be Hard to Replace

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Question 23 of 25

23. "Diamond bracelets Woolworth's doesn't sell, baby. Till that lucky day you know darn well, baby_________________" Hint

I can't give you anything but love

you make my heart feel full, baby

the gold of your hair's all the gold I need

I'm waiting and hoping for you

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Question 24 of 25

24. What song is this from? "We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes, but you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes". Hint

A Fine Romance

Change Partners

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

I Won't Dance

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Question 25 of 25

25. "I got starlight, I got sweet dreams, I got my man________________" Hint

he's got me

who could ask for anything more?

I got bright streams

he's got my hand

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Take my lips, I want to lose them. Take my arms_________"

Answer: I'll never use them

"All of Me", written in 1931 by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks, and recorded by absolutely everybody. Marks was a prominent Tin Pan Alley songwriter. At the age of 96, he wrote a song "At My Age, Why Ask", which he would sing to those inquiring about his health.

2. "It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that___________"

Answer: swing

"Wa da da do do doh, whup de dittle ittle up, dot, dot, dot, doh!" "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing" (1932) by Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and Irving Mills.

3. "When the things you've planned need a helping hand, I will understand___________"

Answer: always

Irving Berlin wrote "Always" in 1925 for Ellin MacKay, whose wealthy father disapproved of their relationship, and sent her to Europe to get her away from him. When she returned to America, they were secretly married. Her father disinherited her, but the Berlins had a long and happy marriage.

4. "Love is all that I can give to you, Love is more than just a ________________"

Answer: game for two

"L-O-V-E" by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler. Kaempfert is mostly known as a band-leader and arranger, but in his days as A&R man for Polydor records, he was responsible for the first official recording of the Beatles, in 1961.

5. "In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble_________"

Answer: they're only made of clay

"Love is Here to Stay" (1938) by George and Ira Gershwin. This is one of the songs that George was working on when he died of an inoperable brain tumor on July 11 1937. Ira continued working as a lyricist, writing such notable songs as "The Man That Got Away", with Harold Arlen, for the 1954 Judy Garland movie "A Star is Born".

6. "Though it's just a simple melody, nothing fancy, nothing much, you could turn it to a ___________"

Answer: symphony

"...a Schubert tune, with a Gershwin touch". "Prelude to a Kiss", (1938) by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Irving Gordon.

7. "The night is young, the skies are clear, and if you want to ____________"

Answer: go walking, dear

"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely!" "It's De-lovely" by Cole Porter, introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope in the 1936 film "Red, Hot and Blue".

8. "I'm not yours for better but for worse, and I've learned to give the well-known witches' curse. I've a terrible tongue, a temper for two___________"

Answer: and everything I've got belongs to you

"I have eyes for you to give you dirty looks. I have words that do not come from children's books. There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do, and everything I've got belongs to you." "Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1942 Broadway show "By Jupiter".

9. "Picture a little lovenest, down where the roses cling. Picture that same sweet lovenest_________"

Answer: think what a year can bring

"Makin' Whoopee" by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson, introduced by Eddie Cantor for the 1928 Broadway show "Whoopee". Michelle Pfeiffer does a fine job with this song in the 1989 movie "The Fabulous Baker Boys".

10. "I'd sigh for you, I'd cry for you, I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you, and if that isn't____________"

Answer: love, it'll have to do

"Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (1936) by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin. Cahn And Chaplin started their songwriting partnership when they were both still in their teens. Sandy Denny, of "Fairport Convention" fame (fame at least to fans of British folk/rock) does a lovely job of this song on her album "Who Knows Where the Time Goes".

11. "I'd sacrifice everything come what might, for the _________"

Answer: sake of having you near

"I've Got You Under My Skin" (1936), by Cole Porter (where would we be without Cole Porter and the Gershwins?) First performed in the James Stewart film "Born to Dance" by Virginia Bruce.

12. "I found my love in ____________ beside the bay".

Answer: Avalon

"Avalon" (1920) by Vincent Rose and Al Jolson - or was it? Giacomo Puccini sued the pair, saying the melody had been lifted from an aria in his opera "Tosca" (1900). He won, and both Rose and Jolson had to pony up $25,000.

13. "Dance with me, I want my arms about you, those charms about you, will carry me through____________"

Answer: to Heaven

"Cheek to Cheek" first appeared in the 1935 film "Top Hat", sung by, who else, Fred Astaire. Written by Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989) (yes, that's right, he was more than 100 years old). Incidentally, Irving Berlin never learned to read or write music.

14. "I saw you last night and ______________"

Answer: got that old feeling

"That Old Feeling" (1937) by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown for the film "Vogues of 1938" with Warner Baxter and Joan Bennet.

15. "Won't you tell him please, to put on some speed, follow my lead, oh how I need, someone______________"

Answer: to watch over me

"Someone to Watch Over Me" by George and Ira Gershwin. This song was introduced in the 1926 Broadway show "Oh, Kay". Gertrude Lawrence sang it to her rag doll.

16. "Some others I've seen, might never be mean, might never be cross, or try to be boss___________"

Answer: but they wouldn't do

"It Had To Be You", written by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones in 1924. The song appeared in the 1944 film "Show Business", with Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis.

17. "He's hot as Hades, a lady's not safe in his arms_________________"

Answer: when she's kissed

"I Must Have That Man", written by Jimmy McHugh and the wonderful Dorothy Fields, for the "Blackbirds of 1928" all-black revue. This is not perhaps as well known as other songs in the quiz, but it was a Billie Holiday recording of this song that started my personal love affair with this music. Jimmy McHugh is credited as being the person who got the Duke Ellington Orchestra their start at the Cotton Club.

18. "Wild geese that fly with the ___________ on their wings"

Answer: moon

"My Favorite Things" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (1959). Anyone who doesn't think of this as a "jazz" song hasn't heard any one of the eighteen recordings of it that John Coltrane has made since his first in 1960. I have a vocal version by Sheila Jordan that sure doesn't sound anything like Julie Andrews!

19. "I gotta right to sing the blues, I gotta right to moan and sigh, I gotta right to sit and cry____________"

Answer: down around the river

"I Got a Right To Sing The Blues" (1932) by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Arlen is best known for writing the score to the movie "The Wizard of Oz".

20. "I find you spinning 'round in my brain_____________"

Answer: like the bubbles in a glass of champagne

"You Go To My Head" (1938) by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots. This song has been performed by many different artists, but is perhaps most associated with Billie Holiday or Frank Sinatra.

21. "I'll be looking at the moon____________"

Answer: but I'll be seeing you

"I'll be Seeing You" written in 1938 by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. It was featured in the 1943 film of the same name with Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, and Shirley Temple. Fain and Kahal met in 1926, and had a productive partnership until Kahal's death 17 years later.

22. What song is this from? "I burned a hole in the dining-room table, and let me see, I guess that's all".

Answer: P.S. I Love You

"P.S. I Love You"(1934) Johnny Mercer and Gordon Jenkins. Bette Midler sings a version of this song in the 1991 movie "For the Boys".

23. "Diamond bracelets Woolworth's doesn't sell, baby. Till that lucky day you know darn well, baby_________________"

Answer: I can't give you anything but love

"I Can't Give You Anything But Love", another song by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh. This song was first sung by a then-unknown Bert Lahr, in the 1927 "Delmar's Revels". Harry Delmar hated it, and removed it from the show after one night. The next year, the recorded version by Cliff Edwards was a big hit. Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant sing this song to the leopard in the 1938 movie "Bringing Up Baby".

24. What song is this from? "We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes, but you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes".

Answer: A Fine Romance

"I might as well play bridge with my old maid aunts, I haven't got a chance, this is a fine romance!" Written by Jerome Kern and, yep, Dorothy Fields, for the 1936 movie "Swing Time" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

25. "I got starlight, I got sweet dreams, I got my man________________"

Answer: who could ask for anything more?

"I Got Rhythm", written by the Gershwin brothers for the show "Girl Crazy" in 1930. This song was introduced by Ethel Merman. It must have brought down the house.

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