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Sing Along with John Prine Trivia Quiz

If you've ever been to a John Prine concert, you've noticed that you can barely hear him over the sound of the audience singing along. They know all the words to all the songs. Do you?

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

Author
agony

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
128,258

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
842

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. "I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man is another ..."
Hint

child of the universe

one like me

child that's grown old

lover of dreams

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Question 2 of 15

2. "He said he would have taken the other road, but he didn't think...." Hint

the lake was that deep

we'd like the scenery

we'd get there that way

he'd remember the way

3. She "read romance magazines up in her room, felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon", and he "envisioned the details of romantic scenes, after midnight in the quiet of the barracks latrines". Who are they? Hint

Me and Loretta

Donald and Lydia

John and Linda

James Lewis and his mother

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Question 4 of 15

4. "I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say...." Hint

turn right around,bud, and come back home

gimme a hug, bad boy

welcome to the future

wacka wacka nooka likka

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Question 5 of 15

5. "Traded in a milking cow, for a ... " Hint

Singer sewing machine

bag of dreams

wedding ring

box of visions

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Question 6 of 15

6. This song takes the form of questions to a famous advice column, syndicated in many newspapers.

Answer: (Two Words ( it's one of the twins))

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Question 7 of 15

7. "It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown". What song are these words from? Hint

Living in the Future

Pretty Good

That's the Way that the World Goes Round

I Just Wanna be with You

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Question 8 of 15

8. "Woke up this morning, put on my slippers, walked in the kitchen and ..." Hint

died

missed you

saw you

made coffee

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Question 9 of 15

9. "Chased a rainbow down a one-way street - dead end. And all my friends turned out to be ..." Hint

insurance salesmen

no friends at all

gone with the wind

in my head

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Question 10 of 15

10. "You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder, throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?" but it don't do no good ..." Hint

so let go, and open your soul

you're helpless, whatever you do

to get angry, so help me I know

you'll only get sadder

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Question 11 of 15

11. "Sam Stone came home to his wife and family after ..." Hint

serving his ten years without parole

spending the evening in the bar

working his shift down in the mine

serving in the conflict overseas

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Question 12 of 15

12. "Don't you know her when you see her? She grew up ..." Hint

while you were gone

in your back yard

in Guam

then grew old

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Question 13 of 15

13. "It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good, we had turkey and ..." Hint

pistols carved out of wood

ham and cookies and pies

all but it tasted like wood

cranberry sauce

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Question 14 of 15

14. "You know that old trees just grow stronger, and old rivers grow wilder everyday. Old people just grow ..." Hint

ornery

smaller

older

lonesome

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Question 15 of 15

15. "Where the air smelled like ..." Hint

smoke

green leaves and blue water

skunks, been playing with chainsaws

snakes we'd shoot with our pistols

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man is another ..."

Answer: child that's grown old

"If dreams were lightning, and thunder was desire, this old house would have burnt down a long time ago." "Angel from Montgomery", from his first album "John Prine"(1971). Bonnie Raitt covered this song on her "Streetlights" album (1974). In the Raitt version, this lyric goes "If dreams were thunder, and lightning was desire..."

2. "He said he would have taken the other road, but he didn't think...."

Answer: the lake was that deep

"Bottomless Lake" from the album "Aimless Love" (1984). This was the first John Prine release from his own independent label, "Oh Boy Records".

Answer: Donald and Lydia

"Donald and Lydia" from the first album. John Prine says that the picture of Donald came easily to him, but that Lydia "the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray" was more difficult.

4. "I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say...."

Answer: wacka wacka nooka likka

From "German Afternoons" (1986). "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian" ("Would you like a lei?"). This album was nominated for a Grammy award.

5. "Traded in a milking cow, for a ... "

Answer: Singer sewing machine

"Grampa was a Carpenter", from 1973's "Sweet Revenge". "Used to drive to church on Sunday, and take me with him too, stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew."

6. This song takes the form of questions to a famous advice column, syndicated in many newspapers.

Answer: Dear Abby

"Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you won't believe this, but my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss..." From "Sweet Revenge". Years after this song came out, a fan sent a non-rhyming paraphrase of one of the verses to "Dear Abby", who answered it in her column.

7. "It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown". What song are these words from?

Answer: That's the Way that the World Goes Round

This song is from the album "Bruised Orange", 1978. This album was produced by John's good friend, Steve Goodman (the writer of "City of New Orleans", among other songs).

8. "Woke up this morning, put on my slippers, walked in the kitchen and ..."

Answer: died

"Please Don't Bury Me" from "Sweet Revenge". John Prine says of this song "It's the best organ-donor campfire song I know of."

9. "Chased a rainbow down a one-way street - dead end. And all my friends turned out to be ..."

Answer: insurance salesmen

"Illegal Smile" from "John Prine". This song is a pretty thinly veiled reference to smoking marijuana. "Ah, but fortunately I have the key, to escape reality, and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile, it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while".

10. "You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder, throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?" but it don't do no good ..."

Answer: to get angry, so help me I know

"Bruised Orange" from the 1978 album of the same name. This song, of an altar-boy hit by a train on an early winter morning, is a true story.

11. "Sam Stone came home to his wife and family after ..."

Answer: serving in the conflict overseas

"Sam Stone". This song is about all the Vietnam veterans who came home addicted to drugs. "... with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back".

12. "Don't you know her when you see her? She grew up ..."

Answer: in your back yard

"Come Back to Us, Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard". From the 1975 album "Common Sense", the story of a person who went through the sixties and all the changes, from greaser to hippie to Jesus Freak.

13. "It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good, we had turkey and ..."

Answer: pistols carved out of wood

"Christmas in Prison", from "Sweet Revenge". "It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight. I'll probably get homesick, I love you, good night."

14. "You know that old trees just grow stronger, and old rivers grow wilder everyday. Old people just grow ..."

Answer: lonesome

"Hello in There" from "John Prine". Bette Midler covered this song on 1972's "The Divine Miss M".

15. "Where the air smelled like ..."

Answer: snakes we'd shoot with our pistols

"...but empty pop bottles was all we would kill." "Paradise", from 1971. This song is a lament for the strip-mined hills of western Kentucky.

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