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Quiz about Name the Song by Canadian Greats

Name the Song - by Canadian Greats Quiz

Here's a lyric, what's the name of the song?

A multiple-choice quiz by ridley172. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ridley172

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
390,406

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What song is this lyric from?

"Some stayed on to finish what they started
They never parted, They're just built that way" Hint

Bobcaygeon

Snowbird

Hard Road

Acadian Driftwood

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which tune is this from?

"Jocko says yes, and I believe him
When we talk about the things I say
She hasn't got the faith or the guts to leave him
When they're standing in each other's way" Hint

One Week

Big Yellow Taxi

No Sugar Tonight

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

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Question 3 of 10

3. What Canadian song is this lyric from?

"His tiny knotted heart
Well, I guess it never worked too good
The timber tore apart
And the water gorged the wood" Hint

Insensitive

Turn The Lights On

Fiddler's Green

Lovers In A Dangerous Time

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Question 4 of 10

4. OK, what song is this lyric from?

"It was the suit that got me the gig
It was the tear that got me the girl
I'm a sheep in this wolf's clothing
I'm a picture that I'm holding" Hint

Working For The Weekend

Someone Who's Cool

The Safety Dance

I'm An Adult Now

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Canuck song is this lyric from?

"Take a drink right from the hose
And change into some dryer clothes
Climb the stairs up to my room
Sleep away the afternoon" Hint

I'm Like A Bird

Pinch Me

Can't Feel My Face

Five Days In May

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Question 6 of 10

6. What song are these words from?

"All this machinery making modern music
Can still be open-hearted, not so coldly charted"
Hint

Taking Care Of Businnes

Mushaboom

Drinking In L.A.

Spirit Of The Radio

7. Which song contains these lyrics?

"Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
Well I'm stuck here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows
Now the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She'll be rolling down at last" Hint

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

Bad As They Seem

Early Morning Rain

Suzanne

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Question 8 of 10

8. What song is about playing in a band?

"Howls of laughter
Sights and sounds
Movies and groupies
One day lover
Next day down--
I'd like to keep my pearly whites
And have a little stride in life" Hint

Sweet Surrneder`

On The Road

Life Is A Highway

Summer Of 69

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Question 9 of 10

9. What song has the following lyrics?

"And I want all the world to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need" Hint

Lost Together

Tears Are Not Enough

Four Strong Winds

Helpless

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Question 10 of 10

10. What classic song is this lyric from?

"Every time I think about back home
It's cool and breezy
I wish that I could be there right now
Just passing time" Hint

Ordinary Day

Wheat Kings

Up On Cripple Creek

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What song is this lyric from? "Some stayed on to finish what they started They never parted, They're just built that way"

Answer: Acadian Driftwood

This is The Band's song about the expulsion of the Acadians, from the 1975 album "Northern Lights-Southern Cross.

"Bobcaygeon" is by the late Gord Downie and the Tragically hip. "Hard Road" is written by Sam Roberts and "Snowbird" is by Anne Murray from Springhill, Nova Scotia.

2. Which tune is this from? "Jocko says yes, and I believe him When we talk about the things I say She hasn't got the faith or the guts to leave him When they're standing in each other's way"

Answer: No Sugar Tonight

From The Guess Who's 1970 album "American Woman".

"Big Yellow Taxi" is by Joni Mitchell (later covered by Counting Crows 2002), "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is by BTO (also from Winnipeg) and "One Week" is by The Barenaked Ladies.

3. What Canadian song is this lyric from? "His tiny knotted heart Well, I guess it never worked too good The timber tore apart And the water gorged the wood"

Answer: Fiddler's Green

This is from the Tragically Hip's album "Road Apples" 1991.

"Turn the Lights on" is by the Toronto based band Big Sugar. "Lovers in A Dangerous time" is written by Bruce Cockburn and covered by The Barenaked Ladies in 1991. "Insensitive" is by Jann Arden, 1994.

4. OK, what song is this lyric from? "It was the suit that got me the gig It was the tear that got me the girl I'm a sheep in this wolf's clothing I'm a picture that I'm holding"

Answer: Someone Who's Cool

This is from Odds 1996 album "Nest".

"Working for the Weekend" is by Loverboy, "The Safety Dance" was written by Men Without Hats and "I'm an Adult now" is penned by Moe Berg, lead singer of The Pursuit of Happiness.

5. What Canuck song is this lyric from? "Take a drink right from the hose And change into some dryer clothes Climb the stairs up to my room Sleep away the afternoon"

Answer: Pinch Me

This is from the Barenaked Ladies' 2000 album "Maroon". It was their second highest charting on Billboard peaking at number 17.

"I'm Like a Bird" is by Nelly Furtado. "Can't Feel my Face" is by The Weeknd and "Five Days in May" is by Blue Rodeo.

6. What song are these words from? "All this machinery making modern music Can still be open-hearted, not so coldly charted"

Answer: Spirit Of The Radio

This is from Rush's 1980 album "Permanent Waves".

"TCB" is written by Randy Bachman from the self titled 1973 album Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO), "Drinking in L.A." is by Bran Van 3000, and "Mushaboom" is by Feist.

7. Which song contains these lyrics? "Out on runway number nine Big 707 set to go Well I'm stuck here on the grass Where the pavement never grows Now the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast There she goes my friend She'll be rolling down at last"

Answer: Early Morning Rain

From Gordon Lightfoot's 1966 album "Lightfoot!" This 1964 song was subsequently covered by: Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins, the Kingston Trio, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, the Travellers, and Josh White. Instrumental versions have been recorded by Guido Basso and Tony Rice among others.

8. What song is about playing in a band? "Howls of laughter Sights and sounds Movies and groupies One day lover Next day down-- I'd like to keep my pearly whites And have a little stride in life"

Answer: On The Road

This is from the Max Webster album "High Class in Borrowed Shoes" 1977.

"Sweet Surrender" is written by Sarah McLachlan 1997. "Life is a Highway" is written by former Red Rider front man Tom Cochrane. "Summer of 69" is by Bryan Adams (who actually would have been nine years old)

9. What song has the following lyrics? "And I want all the world to know That your love's all I need All that I need"

Answer: Lost Together

This is from the Blue Rodeo album "Lost Together" 1992. The album "5 Days in July" was recorded in a farm house outside of Peterborough, Ontario.

"Four Strong Winds" is written by Ian Tyson. "Tears are not Enough" was the Canadian response to British "Do They Know It's Christmas" and "Helpless" was written by Neil Young.

10. What classic song is this lyric from? "Every time I think about back home It's cool and breezy I wish that I could be there right now Just passing time"

Answer: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

This is by Neil Young on his 1969 album of the same name. (Neil's dad was a famous sports writer for the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail and appeared on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada")

"Ordinary Day" is by Great Big Sea. "Up on Cripple Creek" is by Robbie Robertson and The Band. "Wheat Kings" is another Tragically Hip song.

Source: Author ridley172

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