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The Decemberists Multiple Choice Quiz | 10 Questions

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A multiple-choice quiz by pickle13. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pickle13

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,210

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
296

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which answer fills in the blanks?
"And remember how you found the key
To his hideout in the ___________
But you wanted to keep his secret safe
So you threw the key away
This is the story of your ________ uncle" Hint

Pyrenee, drunken

Byrenees, gypsy

Pyrenee, gypsy

Polkanos, gypsy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which answer fits in the blank?
"And here in Spain I am a ________
I will be buried with my marionettes
Countess and _______
Have fallen beneath my tender hand
When their husbands were not around" Hint

Legionnaire, lioness

Spaniard, lioness

Spaniard, courtesan

Legionnaire, courtesan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which answer fills in the blanks?
"My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
And left for the cattle
But later was found by a ________
Who had deserted his ranks
To follow his dream
To start up a punk rock band in South _______
I get letters sometimes
They bought a plantation
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear
Sincerely, your sister"" Hint

mariner, China

legionnaire, Dakota

communist, Carolina

soldier, Nebraska

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which phrase completes the lyric?
"The film was a bust, ___________________" Hint

try not to take it so hard

but your clothes didn't look so bad

but we stayed 'til the ending

hair all a-mussed

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which answer fills in the blanks?
"We heard a _______
________ play the national anthem" Hint

Superman Trumpet

Superman Trombone

Week old Trumpet

Batman Trumpet

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which word completes the lyric?
"It was late one night
I was awoken by the telephone
I heard a ________ cry on the end of the line
Purloined in Petrograd
They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay
So I paid off a bureaucrat
To convince your captors they're to secret you away"
Hint

choking

tearful

strangled

dying

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is the title of The Decemberists fourth FULL LENGTH album? Hint

The Tain

If Your feeling Sinister

Piacareque

The Crane Wife

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which answer fills in the blank?
"And everybody knows if you don't
Mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ______________
Everybody moan, everybody shake
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake"
Hint

ribbons from your curls

clips from your curls

spectacles from your eyes

spectacles from your face

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which words fit in the blanks?
"Among all the urchins
And old Chinese merchants
At the old town
We reigned at the pool hall
With one ____ cue ball
And we never let the bastards get us down

And we laughed off the quick tricks
And the old men with limp dicks
On the colonnades at the __________ park
As four in the morning
Came on cold and boring
We huddled close at the bus stop enclosure enfolding
Our hands tightly holding" Hint

giant, waterfront

giant, lakeside

iron, waterfront

iron, lakeside

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the former drummer of The Decemberists? Hint

John Moen

Petra Haden

Chris Funk

Rachel Blumberg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which answer fills in the blanks? "And remember how you found the key To his hideout in the ___________ But you wanted to keep his secret safe So you threw the key away This is the story of your ________ uncle"

Answer: Pyrenee, gypsy

This song is "Red Right Ankle" on the album "Her Majesty: The Decenberists".

2. Which answer fits in the blank? "And here in Spain I am a ________ I will be buried with my marionettes Countess and _______ Have fallen beneath my tender hand When their husbands were not around"

Answer: Spaniard, courtesan

This song is "Here I Dreamt I was an Architect" on the album "Castaways and Cutouts".

3. Which answer fills in the blanks? "My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy And left for the cattle But later was found by a ________ Who had deserted his ranks To follow his dream To start up a punk rock band in South _______ I get letters sometimes They bought a plantation She weeds the tobacco He offends the nation And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear Sincerely, your sister""

Answer: communist, Carolina

This song is "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist" on the album "5 Songs".

4. Which phrase completes the lyric? "The film was a bust, ___________________"

Answer: but we stayed 'til the ending

This song is "Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right" on the album "Billy Liar 7".

5. Which answer fills in the blanks? "We heard a _______ ________ play the national anthem"

Answer: Superman Trumpet

This song is "Grace Cathedral Hill" on the album "Castaways and Cutouts".

6. Which word completes the lyric? "It was late one night I was awoken by the telephone I heard a ________ cry on the end of the line Purloined in Petrograd They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay So I paid off a bureaucrat To convince your captors they're to secret you away"

Answer: strangled

This song is "The Bagman's Gambit" on the album "Picaresque".

7. Which is the title of The Decemberists fourth FULL LENGTH album?

Answer: The Crane Wife

This album's release date is October 3, 2006.

8. Which answer fills in the blank? "And everybody knows if you don't Mind your mother's words A wicked wind will blow Your ______________ Everybody moan, everybody shake The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake"

Answer: ribbons from your curls

This song is "The Shankhill Butchers".

9. Which words fit in the blanks? "Among all the urchins And old Chinese merchants At the old town We reigned at the pool hall With one ____ cue ball And we never let the bastards get us down And we laughed off the quick tricks And the old men with limp dicks On the colonnades at the __________ park As four in the morning Came on cold and boring We huddled close at the bus stop enclosure enfolding Our hands tightly holding"

Answer: iron, waterfront

This song is "On the Bus Mall", on "Picaresque". This is my favorite song!

10. Who is the former drummer of The Decemberists?

Answer: Rachel Blumberg

Rachel left the band and was replaced by John Moen. He's amazing.

Source: Author pickle13

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