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The Music of Joni Mitchell Trivia Quiz

A mixture of questions about a songwriter I have grown to like more and more over the years. Hope you enjoy playing this quiz as much as I do listening to her music!

A multiple-choice quiz by sal76. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sal76

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
128,724

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
1251

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which song is the following lyric from? "And feather canyons ev'rywhere, I've looked at clouds that way." Hint

Ladies of the Canyon

See You Sometime

Night in the City

Both Sides Now

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Question 2 of 20

2. Complete the Lyric. "You turn me on, I'm a ..." Hint

Woman

Radio

Fool

Mess

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Question 3 of 20

3. Which song is the following lyric from? "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Hint

Big Yellow Taxi

The Priest

Chelsea Morning

The Jungle Line

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Question 4 of 20

4. Complete the lyric. "In France they kiss _____________." Hint

on both cheeks

on Main Street

passionately

without feeling

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Question 5 of 20

5. Which song contains the following lyric? "Come with me, I know the way she says. It's down, down, down the dark ladder." Hint

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

Night Ride Home

Tin Angel

Blue Motel Room

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Question 6 of 20

6. Which song is this lyric from? "You've just picked up a hitcher; a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway." Hint

Coyote

Case of You

Car on a Hill

Big Yellow Taxi

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which song did Joni write about her daughter? Hint

Little Green

The Circle Game

Amelia

Chelsea Morning

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Question 8 of 20

8. Complete the lyric. "I wish I had a _____ I could skate away on." Hint

board

road

lake

river

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Question 9 of 20

9. According to her 1994 album "Turbulent Indigo" what kills? Hint

All of the above

Drug taking

Sex

Rock 'n' Roll

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Question 10 of 20

10. A poem by which poet was the basis for the song "Slouching towards Bethlehem"? Hint

William Blake

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

William Wordsworth

WB Yeats

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Question 11 of 20

11. "We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Which song does this line come from? Hint

Woodstock

Trouble Child

Roses Blue

Morning Morgantown

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which song is this lyric from? "I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause." Hint

A Strange Boy

For the Roses

I Had a King

This Flight Tonight

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Question 13 of 20

13. "I can keep my cool at poker but I'm a fool when love's at stake" is a line from which song? Hint

Carey

Edith and the Kingpin

Song for Sharon

Marcie

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Question 14 of 20

14. "Acid, booze and ass. Needles, guns and grass. Lots of laughs." Hint

Lessons in Survival

Blue

Raised on Robbery

The Boho Dance

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which jazz musician did Joni collaborate with to produce an album that bears his name? Hint

Charles Mingus

Oliver Nelson

John Coltrane

Charlie Parker

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Question 16 of 20

16. "Back in 1957 we had to dance a foot apart" is a lyric from which song? Hint

Last Chance Lost

Come in from the Cold

Shadows and Light

My Old Man

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Question 17 of 20

17. "Some get the gravy and some get the gristle" is a line from which song? Hint

The Windfall (Everything For Nothing)

Barangrill

Banquet

People's Parties

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Question 18 of 20

18. This is a lyric from which song? "You could've been more than a name on the door on the thirty third floor in the air." Hint

Songs to Aging Children Come

Same Situation

Electricity

The Arrangement

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Question 19 of 20

19. "Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten, Papa knows somehow he set me free" is a line from which song? Hint

Sweet Bird

Trouble Child

Let the Wind Carry Me

I Think I Understand

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Question 20 of 20

20. What is Joni's first album known as? Hint

Court and Spark

Blue

Song to a Seagull

Clouds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song is the following lyric from? "And feather canyons ev'rywhere, I've looked at clouds that way."

Answer: Both Sides Now

2. Complete the Lyric. "You turn me on, I'm a ..."

Answer: Radio

"I'm a country station, I'm a little bit corny." From the album "For the Roses".

3. Which song is the following lyric from? "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

Answer: Big Yellow Taxi

Probably her most well known song! Can be found on the album "Ladies of the Canyon". This has been covered by a few artists but the original is still the best!

4. Complete the lyric. "In France they kiss _____________."

Answer: on Main Street

"Amour, Mama, not cheap displays!" From the album "Hissing of Summer Lawns".

5. Which song contains the following lyric? "Come with me, I know the way she says. It's down, down, down the dark ladder."

Answer: Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

A dark song about drug use!

6. Which song is this lyric from? "You've just picked up a hitcher; a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway."

Answer: Coyote

My first introduction to Joni Mitchell. She performed this at the farewell concert given by The Band, the film of which is known as "The Last Waltz" and was directed by Martin Scorsese.

7. Which song did Joni write about her daughter?

Answer: Little Green

"Amelia" was written about Amelia Earhart, the aviatrix. "The Circle Game" was written for Neil Young. Chelsea Clinton was named after the song that her parents played lots at college!

8. Complete the lyric. "I wish I had a _____ I could skate away on."

Answer: river

A beautiful song from the beautiful album "Blue" which was released in 1971.

9. According to her 1994 album "Turbulent Indigo" what kills?

Answer: Sex

"Sex sells everything and sex kills."

10. A poem by which poet was the basis for the song "Slouching towards Bethlehem"?

Answer: WB Yeats

It was based on "The Second Coming." "And where is this broad beast, its hour come at last. Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born."

11. "We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Which song does this line come from?

Answer: Woodstock

Joni's tribute to the festival!

12. Which song is this lyric from? "I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause."

Answer: For the Roses

13. "I can keep my cool at poker but I'm a fool when love's at stake" is a line from which song?

Answer: Song for Sharon

Sharon is/was a real person and one of Joni's friends. This song is from the album "Hejira".

14. "Acid, booze and ass. Needles, guns and grass. Lots of laughs."

Answer: Blue

15. Which jazz musician did Joni collaborate with to produce an album that bears his name?

Answer: Charles Mingus

The album was simply titled "Mingus." Sadly Charles Mingus died shortly after its completion.

16. "Back in 1957 we had to dance a foot apart" is a lyric from which song?

Answer: Come in from the Cold

This appeared on the 1991 album "Night Ride Home".

17. "Some get the gravy and some get the gristle" is a line from which song?

Answer: Banquet

18. This is a lyric from which song? "You could've been more than a name on the door on the thirty third floor in the air."

Answer: The Arrangement

A song from the album "Ladies of the Canyon" which I listened to a lot at while studying! It calms frayed nerves!

19. "Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten, Papa knows somehow he set me free" is a line from which song?

Answer: Let the Wind Carry Me

20. What is Joni's first album known as?

Answer: Song to a Seagull

The real title of the first album was just "Joni Mitchell" but it is also know as "Song to a Seagull." "Blue" was released in 1971, "Clouds" in 1967, and "Court and Spark" in 1974

Source: Author sal76

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