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Musical Men Trivia Quiz

All these guys are referenced in either the title or the lyrics, or both, in various popular songs. How many of these do you know?

A multiple-choice quiz by elmo7. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
elmo7

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,739

Updated
Jan 09 24

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. There is an early song from Kenny Rogers, about a "coloured" sharecropper who takes care of a little white orphan boy who has been cast out of white society.
Here is a lyric: "...you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind, the faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plough," What is the man's name? Hint

Matthew McCarthy

Clavin "Lucky" Smith

Old Black Joe

Reuben James

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Question 2 of 10

2. This song's opening lines are: "Deep down in Louisiana, 'cross from New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the evergreens." Who lived in a cabin in these woods? Hint

Long Tall Sally

Stagger Lee

Polk Salad Annie

Johnny B. Goode

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sue Thompson had a major hit with "Norman" in 1961, and followed this up with a song that begged the gentleman in question to "hold the ladder steady." What was the name of the man with whom she was eloping? Hint

Freddy

James

Johnny

Elmore

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Question 4 of 10

4. One of Bruce Springsteen's characters "...came home too drunk from mixing Tanqueray and wine, he got a gun, shot a night clerk..." Now what is this man's name? Hint

Little Gun

Johnny 99

Little Dynamite

Weak-knees Willy

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Question 5 of 10

5. The British group Dire Straits had a big hit in 1985, called "Walk of Life." In the lyric that contains the words: "...singin' oldies, goldies, Be-Bop-A-Lula Baby, What'd I Say? and later: "He got the actions, he got the motions, oh yeah, the boy can play," who is being sung about? Hint

Elvis Presley

Johnny

Jerry

Freddy

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Question 6 of 10

6. This music man had many great hits on the popular and R & B charts in the 1950s, but his very first song to go to the top was called "The Fat Man". Who was this person? Hint

Big Joe Turner

Antoine "Fats" Domino

Lloyd Price

Chuck Berry

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Band, more specifically their lead singer Robbie Robertson, wrote a song called "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (1969). What is the name of the narrator in this song? Hint

Norman Grant

Virgil Kane

Edgar Grant

Lucius Kane

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Question 8 of 10

8. There was a famous song called "The Reverend Mr. Black". Which singer had a hit with this song in 1981? Hint

Joni Mitchell

Johnny Cash

Gordon Lightfoot

Cat Stevens

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Question 9 of 10

9. Bruce Springsteen wrote the title song of the album, "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1991). From which literary work is the character Tom Joad taken? Hint

"The Grapes of Wrath" (Steinbeck)

"Moby Dick" (Melville)

"East of Eden" (Steinbeck)

"War of the Worlds" (H.G. Wells)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Beatles had a hit in 1969, called "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"; the unlikely subject was a student who had quite murderous tendencies. What was Maxwell's last name? Hint

Edison

McCreadie

McMurtry

Jones

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. There is an early song from Kenny Rogers, about a "coloured" sharecropper who takes care of a little white orphan boy who has been cast out of white society. Here is a lyric: "...you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind, the faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plough," What is the man's name?

Answer: Reuben James

"Reuben James" was first released in 1970 on the album "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", and has also been included on various Kenny Rogers' greatest hits compilations.

2. This song's opening lines are: "Deep down in Louisiana, 'cross from New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the evergreens." Who lived in a cabin in these woods?

Answer: Johnny B. Goode

"Johnny B. Goode", a Chuck Berry hit from 1958, is considered to be a rock'n'roll classic. In the film "Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll", Chuck Berry did a duet of the song, with Julian Lennon, as a tribute to Julian's late father, John Lennon.

Answer: James

Sue Thompson, a native of Missouri, had three famous pop hits in the early 60s. In addition to "James (Hold the Ladder Steady)" and "Norman", there was a slower number, called "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)".

4. One of Bruce Springsteen's characters "...came home too drunk from mixing Tanqueray and wine, he got a gun, shot a night clerk..." Now what is this man's name?

Answer: Johnny 99

The song "Johnny 99", about the tragic social effects of high unemployment and poverty, appeared first on the 1982 album "Nebraska".

Answer: Johnny

Dire Straits' frontman, Mark Knopfler wrote the song "Walk of Life", which was included on the 1985 album "Brothers In Arms". The song had considerable success as a single, and was included on several Dire Straits compilation albums.

6. This music man had many great hits on the popular and R & B charts in the 1950s, but his very first song to go to the top was called "The Fat Man". Who was this person?

Answer: Antoine "Fats" Domino

Fats Domino was born in New Orleans in 1928. At an early age, he became inspired by that city's vibrant black music scene, and soon had a recording contract. At one time in the mid-fifties, Fats Domino had more number one hits on the charts than Elvis Presley, and Elvis called him "The King of Rock'n'Roll." Such songs as "Blue Monday", "Blueberry Hill", and "Hello Josephine" guaranteed him a place in the pantheon.

He is still with us as of 2016, although he retired some time ago from public performances.

7. The Band, more specifically their lead singer Robbie Robertson, wrote a song called "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (1969). What is the name of the narrator in this song?

Answer: Virgil Kane

The first line is: "Virgil Kane is my name, and I worked on the Danville Train".
Joan Baez also had a popular version of this song. The song, though written by a Canadian, talks of the cruel treatment of Southerners during the last year of the American Civil War.

8. There was a famous song called "The Reverend Mr. Black". Which singer had a hit with this song in 1981?

Answer: Johnny Cash

The chorus of the song says: "You got to walk that lonesome valley, you got to walk it for yourself, oh, nobody else can walk it for you..." This part was adapted from a traditional Christian hymn by the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, who also wrote the song's verses, including an ironic twist, where the Reverend Mr. Black turns out to be the singer's father.

Originally, this ballad was recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1963.

9. Bruce Springsteen wrote the title song of the album, "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1991). From which literary work is the character Tom Joad taken?

Answer: "The Grapes of Wrath" (Steinbeck)

The Joads were the fictional, but representative, family driven by the Dust Bowl from their Oklahoma home to California during the Great Depression. The sad and powerful novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

10. The Beatles had a hit in 1969, called "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"; the unlikely subject was a student who had quite murderous tendencies. What was Maxwell's last name?

Answer: Edison

The lyric makes use of a neat little rhyme: "Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine..." The song was on the album called "Abbey Road" and also can be heard on the soundtrack to the Beatles movie "Let It Be."

Source: Author elmo7

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