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Quiz about Paper Lace  Billy Dont be a Hero
Quiz about Paper Lace  Billy Dont be a Hero

Paper Lace - "Billy Don't be a Hero" Quiz


"Billy Don't be a Hero" by Paper Lace is one of the most shockingly awful songs of all time. My best friend in high school loved it and played it incessantly... [NB, the Heywoods also released this song.]

A multiple-choice quiz by gabbatoir. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
gabbatoir
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
218,659
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
478
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where or what were the marching band coming down? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Someone looked across and saw Billy, who was it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. And with her head upon his shoulder, his ________ and ________ fiance Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What does his fiance suggest Billy should keep low? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Where were the soldier blues trapped? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who asked for volunteers and who volunteered? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "I need a volunteer to ride out and bring us back _______" Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What happened to Billy? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What does Billy's fiance want him to come back and make her? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What did the fiance do with this particular piece of correspondence? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where or what were the marching band coming down?

Answer: Main Street

"The marching band came down along Main Street"
2. Someone looked across and saw Billy, who was it?

Answer: I - the song's narrator

"I looked across and there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line"
3. And with her head upon his shoulder, his ________ and ________ fiance

Answer: young, lovely

Well, he could hardly be expected to have any other sort of fiance now, could he?
4. What does his fiance suggest Billy should keep low?

Answer: His head

"And as Billy started to go
She said "Billy keep your head low""

I always thought it was "keep your pretty head low" but apparently it isn't...
5. Where were the soldier blues trapped?

Answer: On a hillside

"The soldier-blues were trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around"
6. Who asked for volunteers and who volunteered?

Answer: The sergeant, Billy

"The sergeant cried "We got to hang on boys
We got to hold this piece of ground""

"And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgetting all the words she said"
7. "I need a volunteer to ride out and bring us back _______"

Answer: some extra men

Indeed, though pizza, socks and bullets would have been useful it was extra men that were needed.
8. What happened to Billy?

Answer: He died

"I heard his fiance got a letter
That told how Billy died that day"
9. What does Billy's fiance want him to come back and make her?

Answer: His wife

"Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"
10. What did the fiance do with this particular piece of correspondence?

Answer: She threw it away

"The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way
I heard she threw that letter away"

Quick typo find (thank goodness) otherwise she would have heard that Billy was a "heron"
Source: Author gabbatoir

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