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Quiz about They Might Be Giants Lyrics
Quiz about They Might Be Giants Lyrics

They Might Be Giants Lyrics Trivia Quiz

This is my first quiz. It should be fairly easy if you are familiar with the band. Just fill in the missing lyric.

A multiple-choice quiz by rlbamos77. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
rlbamos77
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
178,689
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
550
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 97 (10/10), Guest 162 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "I'm gonna see the _____ beneath the sea." Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. "I should pour through the _________ or evaporate completely." Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. "Well the TV's in ________ ." Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. "'Son, I am able', she said, 'though you scare me'. 'Watch', said I. 'Beloved', I said, 'Watch me scare you'. 'Though,' said she,__________________'."

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Question 5 of 10
5. "There's only _____ songs in me, and I just wrote the _______." Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. "The day _________ and Phil Ochs got married..." Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. "It was like a TV show, the way she stole that _________." Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. "And yet the sun is only a ________ sized star." Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. "And clawing at nothing, you drop through the ________." Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. "I took off the intellectuals, I put on ___________." Hint



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Nov 23 2024 : Guest 174: 8/10
Nov 20 2024 : Guest 97: 10/10
Nov 04 2024 : Guest 162: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "I'm gonna see the _____ beneath the sea."

Answer: cow

 The song: "Cowtown". The album: "Lincoln". Interpretation? The "cow beneath the sea" refers to manatees, which are also called sea cows.
2. "I should pour through the _________ or evaporate completely."

Answer: keyhole

 The song: "It's not my Birthday". The album: "Miscellaneous T". Interpretation? One interesting theory is that the song is sung from the point of view of a glass of water and pouring through the keyhole means pouring through a spigot.
3. "Well the TV's in ________ ."

Answer: Esperanto

 The song: "Alienation's for the Rich". The Album: "They Might Be Giants". Interpreatation? Esperanto is an international language that was developed by linguists and is based on Latin. Obviously, it would be difficult for most people all over the world to understand a TV in Esperanto (it is spoken, but the idea of an artificial language never really took off).
4. "'Son, I am able', she said, 'though you scare me'. 'Watch', said I. 'Beloved', I said, 'Watch me scare you'. 'Though,' said she,__________________'."

Answer: able am I son

 The song: "I Palindrome I". The Album: "Apollo 18". Interpretation? Pretty easy one if you realized this was a palindrome (a word that is spelled the same backward of forward, or a phrase that reads the same backward or forward).
5. "There's only _____ songs in me, and I just wrote the _______."

Answer: two, third

 The song: "Number Three". The Album: "They Might Be Giants". This is indeed the third song of their first album.
6. "The day _________ and Phil Ochs got married..."

Answer: Marvin Gaye

 The song: "The Day". The album: "They Might Be Giants". Interpretation? Marvin Gaye is a soul singer, Phil Ochs is a folk singer. Could be the marriage of soul and folk. Not sure about this one.
7. "It was like a TV show, the way she stole that _________."

Answer: car

 The song: "Out of Jail". The album: "John Henry".
8. "And yet the sun is only a ________ sized star."

Answer: middle

 The song: "Why Does the Sun Shine?". The album: "Severe Tire Damage". The interpretation: This song actually came from a record album of songs for kids from the '50s. It was not written by TMBG.
9. "And clawing at nothing, you drop through the ________."

Answer: void

 The song: "Spiralling Shape". The album: "Factory Showroom". The interpretation: According to the Johns, this song is about how our culture embraces a new idea and then just as quickly discards it. It could be anything such as, "smart drugs, virtual whatever, spin art."
10. "I took off the intellectuals, I put on ___________."

Answer: They Might Be Giants

 The song: "Untitled". The album: "Miscellaneous T". The interpretation: Back in the old days, Dial-a-Song was just their answering machine, so people calling could leave messages. This is a message that appeared on their answering machine. Some of the interpreations are my own best guess, others come from the unofficial website www.tmbg.org
Source: Author rlbamos77

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Referenced Topics
Music   World   People   Languages   Vocabulary   Albums   Cultures   Latin Language   Mixed Humanities   Machines   They Might Be Giants   The Sun   Esperanto Language   Marvin Gaye   Phil Ochs  

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