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Paper Roses Trivia Quiz

Marie Osmond's debut album, released in 1973, "Paper Roses" peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

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

Author
Catreona

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
404,524

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Was the title song of Marie Osmond's album "Paper Roses" written for her?

Yes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the boy who's "coming home to the Louisiana bayou" on Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album? Hint

Jimmy

Johnny

Tommy

Freddie

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote and had a hit with "Everything Is Beautiful", that Marie Osmond recorded on her "Paper Roses" album? Hint

Sonny James

Carole King

James Taylor

Ray Stevens

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Question 4 of 10

4. 4. Fill in the blank to complete the title of this song from Marie Osmond's album, "Paper Roses".

"You're the Only _____ I Know" Hint

World

Peace

Love

Happiness

5. What song on Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album includes this lyric fragment?

"How many other girls have been fooled by you?
I suppose that the number is far from being small
And I'll bet that I'm the biggest fool of all" Hint

Fool No. 1

Poor Little Fool

#1 with a Heartache

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

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Question 6 of 10

6. What phrase completes this lyric fragment from "Least of All You", recorded by Marie Osmond on her "Paper Roses" album?

"You, who were so understanding
Who said to me
We would always be together
_____"
Hint

Always and forever

Forever and ever

Through eternity

Till the end of time

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Question 7 of 10

7. Marie Osmond included Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams" on her "Paper Roses" album. Does that song include the following lyrics?

"Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams, the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams, the night-time too
I love you and I'm dreaming of you, that won't do
Dream baby, make me stop my dreaming, you can make my dreams come true"

Yes

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Question 8 of 10

8. What song from Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album contains the following lyric?

"Don't think for a moment
I've blamed only you
We both killed the fruit on the vine
And when we try to put love back together
There's always a few
Little pieces you can't find" Hint

River

Too Many Rivers

Cry Me a River

Cross over the Bridge

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word (or words) completes the lyric of this song from Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album?

"It's Such a Pretty World Today
Look at the _____" Hint

Blue sky

Rainbow

Flowers

Sunshine

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Question 10 of 10

10. As recorded on Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album, does the song "True Love Lasts Forever" start cold? (A cold start or cold intro is when the recording goes straight into the vocal, with no instrumental introduction.)

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Was the title song of Marie Osmond's album "Paper Roses" written for her?

Answer: No

Fred Spielman and Janice Torre's song about a romance as unreal as artificial flowers was taken to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 by Anita Bryant in 1961. Twelve years later, Marie made it a number one record.

2. What is the name of the boy who's "coming home to the Louisiana bayou" on Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album?

Answer: Johnny

"Keep a little corn pone cooking on the stove
Keep a sharp look out down around the cove
Fancy up my dress, wear a pretty hair bow
Johnny's coming home to the Louisiana Bayou"

Sonny James and Carole Smith wrote "Louisiana Bayou".

3. Who wrote and had a hit with "Everything Is Beautiful", that Marie Osmond recorded on her "Paper Roses" album?

Answer: Ray Stevens

For a time in the early 1970s, it seemed like everyone was performing and recording "Everything Is Beautiful", and for good reason. It is an uplifting song. But the song's composer Ray Stevens, better known for comic productions than for straight-from-the-heart songs, took it to the top of the American charts. Overall, it was Billboard's number 12 song for 1970.

4. 4. Fill in the blank to complete the title of this song from Marie Osmond's album, "Paper Roses". "You're the Only _____ I Know"

Answer: World

Having written "You're the Only World I Know" with Robert Tubert in 1964, Sonny James took the song to number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart the next year. It was also moderately successful on the Adult Contemporary and the Hot 100 charts, reaching number 22 on the former and number 91 on the latter.

5. What song on Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album includes this lyric fragment? "How many other girls have been fooled by you? I suppose that the number is far from being small And I'll bet that I'm the biggest fool of all"

Answer: Fool No. 1

Kathryn R. Fulton wrote "Fool #1", which Brenda Lee recorded in 1961 and took to number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The title was amended to "Fool No. 1 in Britain, and that is the way the title is written on Marie's album.

6. What phrase completes this lyric fragment from "Least of All You", recorded by Marie Osmond on her "Paper Roses" album? "You, who were so understanding Who said to me We would always be together _____"

Answer: Through eternity

Sonny James and Carol Smith wrote "Least of All You", which was originally recorded by Sonny on his 1965 album "You're the Only World I Know".

7. Marie Osmond included Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams" on her "Paper Roses" album. Does that song include the following lyrics? "Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams, the whole day through Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams, the night-time too I love you and I'm dreaming of you, that won't do Dream baby, make me stop my dreaming, you can make my dreams come true"

Answer: No

The lyric given is from Roy Orbison's 1962 hit "Dream Baby", written by Cindy Walker. Confusingly, Roy also recorded "Sweet Dreams", which begins like this:

"Sweet dreams of you
Dreams I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past
Start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you"

8. What song from Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album contains the following lyric? "Don't think for a moment I've blamed only you We both killed the fruit on the vine And when we try to put love back together There's always a few Little pieces you can't find"

Answer: Too Many Rivers

Harlan Howard wrote "Too Many Rivers".

9. What word (or words) completes the lyric of this song from Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses" album? "It's Such a Pretty World Today Look at the _____"

Answer: Sunshine

Originally recorded by Wynn Stewart in 1967, "It's Such a Pretty World Today" written by Dale Noe was covered by such popular stars as Andy Russell, Nancy Sinatra and Loretta Lynn before Marie recorded it.

Answer: Yes

Edgar Clayton and Carol Smith wrote "True Love Lasts Forever" in 1971.

Source: Author Catreona

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