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One Night in Bangkok..... Trivia Quiz

One of the weirder songs to hit the airwaves was Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok". Allowing for the minor problem that he couldn't sing, and the backing singers couldn't enunciate, how well do you remember the words? Lyrics from www.lyrics.jp.

A multiple-choice quiz by CariM0952. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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CariM0952

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4 mins

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242,030

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. The story behind the song "One Night in Bangkok" is a contest, but what was being contested? Hint

Boxing

Poker

Wrestling

Chess

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the song "One Night in Bangkok", who is said to be missing from the show? Hint

Bruce Lee

Yul Brynner

Clint Eastwood

Lee Van Cleef

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the song "One Night in Bangkok", which spa had the boys in it, what seems only a minute ago? Hint

Baden Baden

Swedish

Tirolean

Bayreuth

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Question 4 of 10

4. It's Iceland... or the Phillipines.... or - where, according to the lyrics of "One Night in Bangkok"? Hint

Mandalay

Hollywood

Hastings

Malaysia

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Question 5 of 10

5. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster, the bars are what? Hint

mayhem

crazy

temples

throbbing

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Question 6 of 10

6. The town may be crowded, polluted, stinking, but the girls are warm and sweet - in whose Bangkok suite can they be found? Hint

Henry James

Robert Louis Stevenson

Lord Tennyson

Somerset Maugham

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "One Night in Bangkok", where does he get his kicks.... sunshine? (This must be the only line from the song that everyone knows!)

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What happens to tough guys in "One Night in Bangkok"? They.... Hint

fumble

rumble

tumble

stumble

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who will witness the "ultimate test of cerebral fitness" in Bangkok? Hint

people

Bangkok

Siam

Thailand

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "One Night in Bangkok" the American is more enthralled by the contest than a muddy old river or a... Hint

reclining Buddha

shining city

bevy of beauties

city of sin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The story behind the song "One Night in Bangkok" is a contest, but what was being contested?

Answer: Chess

THE AMERICAN version: "Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world "

2. In the song "One Night in Bangkok", who is said to be missing from the show?

Answer: Yul Brynner

"in a Show with everything but Yul Brynner"

3. In the song "One Night in Bangkok", which spa had the boys in it, what seems only a minute ago?

Answer: Tirolean

"Time flies - doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change - don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue"

4. It's Iceland... or the Phillipines.... or - where, according to the lyrics of "One Night in Bangkok"?

Answer: Hastings

"It's Iceland... or the Philippines... or Hastings... or... or this place!"

5. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster, the bars are what?

Answer: temples

COMPANY:
"One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me"

6. The town may be crowded, polluted, stinking, but the girls are warm and sweet - in whose Bangkok suite can they be found?

Answer: Somerset Maugham

THE AMERICAN:
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother

COMPANY:
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city

THE AMERICAN:
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town...

COMPANY:
Tea, girls, warm, sweet, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite"

7. In "One Night in Bangkok", where does he get his kicks.... sunshine? (This must be the only line from the song that everyone knows!)

Answer: above the waistline

THE AMERICAN:
"Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine"

8. What happens to tough guys in "One Night in Bangkok"? They....

Answer: tumble

COMPANY:
"One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me"

9. Who will witness the "ultimate test of cerebral fitness" in Bangkok?

Answer: Siam

THE AMERICAN:
"Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness"

10. In "One Night in Bangkok" the American is more enthralled by the contest than a muddy old river or a...

Answer: reclining Buddha

"This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha

And thank God I'm only watching the game, controlling it"

Source: Author CariM0952

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