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Tom Petty Quiz for Experts | Music

Most questions quote a lyric, you name the song.

A multiple-choice quiz by SaxMan4. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
SaxMan4

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
81,554

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
3455

Last 3 plays: GGray (6/20), Guest 174 (15/20), Guest 71 (20/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. "Stop walking down my street, who do you expect to meet?" What's the song? Hint

Here Comes My Girl

Don't Come Around Here No More

You Got Lucky

Even the Losers

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Question 2 of 20

2. "Oh yeah, all right. Take it easy baby, make it last all night." What's the song? Hint

American Girl

Rebels

Century City

Refugee

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Question 3 of 20

3. "And you better watch yourself, or you're gonna get hurt yourself. Someone gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size." What's the song? Hint

After You're Gone

Even the Losers

Don't Do Me Like That

You Got Lucky

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Question 4 of 20

4. What song's video starred Kim Basinger? Hint

Don't Come Around Here No More

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Free Fallin'

Into the Great Wide Open

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Question 5 of 20

5. "You think you're gonna take her away, with your money and your cocaine." Hint

Even the Losers

Here Come's My Girl

The Waiting

Listen to her Heart

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Question 6 of 20

6. "Who knows maybe you were kidnapped, taken away and held for ransom" are lyrics from what Tom Petty song?

Answer: (1 word)

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Question 7 of 20

7. "One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal..." Hint

Refugee

You Got Lucky

Rebels

Runnin Down a Dream

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Question 8 of 20

8. "There is no use in pretending, your eyes give you away. Something inside you is feeling like I do, we've said all there is to say." What's the song? Hint

Woman in Love

Breakdown

The Waiting

Hungry Eyes

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Question 9 of 20

9. "All the vampires walking through the valley, move west down Ventura Boulevard." What's the song?

Answer: (2 Words)

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Question 10 of 20

10. "You better watch what you say, you better watch what you do to me.
Don't get carried away, girl, if you can do better than me, go. Hint

Even the Losers

She's a Woman in Love

Don't Come Around Here No More

You Got Lucky

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Question 11 of 20

11. "Well yeah I might have chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down, then there were those that made me feel good." What's the song? Hint

Here Come's My Girl

The Waiting

She's the One

I've Been Around

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which is the song in which Tom Petty performed a duet with Stevie Nicks? Hint

Leather and Lace

Dreams

Rebel

Stop Dragging My Heart Around

13. "Time after time, night after night, she would look up at me and say she was lonely. I don't understand the world today, I don't understand what she needed. I gave her everything she threw it all away on nothin'" What's the song? Hint

A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)

Even the Losers

Don't Do Me Like That

The Waiting

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Question 14 of 20

14. "But then she looks me in the eye and says, 'We're gonna last forever.' And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it!" What's the song? Hint

She's a Woman in Love

Free Fallin

It Aint Nothing to Me

Here Comes My Girl

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Question 15 of 20

15. "Two cars park on the overpass, rocks hit the water like broken glass. I shoulda known right then it was too good to last. God, it's such a drag to have to live in the past." What's the song?
Hint

Over the Edge

She's Gone

Even the Losers

The Waiting

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Question 16 of 20

16. "I rolled on as the sky grew dark, I put the pedal down to make some time. There's something good waitin' down this road, I'm pickin' up whatever's mine." What's the song? Hint

Rebels

Runnin Down a Dream

American Girl

Needles and Pins

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Question 17 of 20

17. "Well I know what's right, I got just one life, in a world that keeps on pushin' me around" What's the song? Hint

Free Fallin'

Don't Come Around Here No More

Into the Great Wide Open

I Won't Back Down

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Question 18 of 20

18. "Take back Vanessa Redgrave. Take back Joe Piscopo. Take back Eddie Murphy. Give 'em all some place to go." What's the song? Hint

Jammin' Me

Hollywood Horrors

Pop Culture

Into the Great Wide Open

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Question 19 of 20

19. "Well the talk on the street says you might go solo. A good friend of mine saw you leavin' by your back door." What's the song? Hint

Don't Do Me Like That

Even the Losers

I Need to Know

The Waiting

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Question 20 of 20

20. What state is Tom Petty from? Hint

Louisiana

Georgia

Florida

Alabama

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Stop walking down my street, who do you expect to meet?" What's the song?

Answer: Don't Come Around Here No More

Sitar intro done by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. "Alice in Wonderland" style video won awards on MTV. Not a bad tune, but I like more of his rockier stuff.

2. "Oh yeah, all right. Take it easy baby, make it last all night." What's the song?

Answer: American Girl

Great tune. If you watch the movie "Silence of the Lambs," a girl is jamming to this tune on the radio before getting kidnapped.

3. "And you better watch yourself, or you're gonna get hurt yourself. Someone gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size." What's the song?

Answer: Don't Do Me Like That

Tom's warning someone.....

4. What song's video starred Kim Basinger?

Answer: Mary Jane's Last Dance

I'm pretty sure this song is about marijuana. Maybe he's quitting using it. The "Into the Great Wide Open" video stars Johnny Depp as the "rebel without a clue."

5. "You think you're gonna take her away, with your money and your cocaine."

Answer: Listen to her Heart

"She's gonna listen to her heart,
It's gonna tell her what to do.
She might need a lot of lovin'
But she don't need you."

6. "Who knows maybe you were kidnapped, taken away and held for ransom" are lyrics from what Tom Petty song?

Answer: Refugee

Probably his first big hit. Off of the album "Damn the Torpedos." If you didn't get this one, might want to turn back now.

7. "One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal..."

Answer: Rebels

".....I was born a rebel." Fun song.

8. "There is no use in pretending, your eyes give you away. Something inside you is feeling like I do, we've said all there is to say." What's the song?

Answer: Breakdown

Great version of this song on "Pack Up the Plantation (Live)" The audience sings the first verses and chorus while Tom just listens, then Tom replies (this is great) "You guys gonna put me out of a job!"

9. "All the vampires walking through the valley, move west down Ventura Boulevard." What's the song?

Answer: Free Fallin'

Nice easy singalong tune.

10. "You better watch what you say, you better watch what you do to me. Don't get carried away, girl, if you can do better than me, go.

Answer: You Got Lucky

"Good love is hard to find, you got lucky baby, I found you." Bet a lot of people thought or sang this one to a partner at one time! The video was set in a dusty old tent, looking like a scene from the movie "Road Warrior."

11. "Well yeah I might have chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down, then there were those that made me feel good." What's the song?

Answer: The Waiting

"But never as good as I'm feeling right now. Baby you're the only one, that's ever known how, to make me wanna live like a wanna live now!" Great lyrics, fun song to play in a band.

12. Which is the song in which Tom Petty performed a duet with Stevie Nicks?

Answer: Stop Dragging My Heart Around

Nice tune. Stevie, of course, sang "Dreams" with Fleetwood Mac. She performed "Leather and Lace" with Don Henley.

Answer: A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)

Great lyrics. I think most guys can relate to not being able to understand a woman at times!

14. "But then she looks me in the eye and says, 'We're gonna last forever.' And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it!" What's the song?

Answer: Here Comes My Girl

This song was written BEFORE "She's a Woman in Love (It's Not Me.)" Sounds like it too. Tom expresses his fears and joys beautifully in these lyrics.

15. "Two cars park on the overpass, rocks hit the water like broken glass. I shoulda known right then it was too good to last. God, it's such a drag to have to live in the past." What's the song?

Answer: Even the Losers

Baby even the losers, get lucky sometimes." I'm not sure if he's talking about himself or the girl. Great imagery on the first line in the question.

16. "I rolled on as the sky grew dark, I put the pedal down to make some time. There's something good waitin' down this road, I'm pickin' up whatever's mine." What's the song?

Answer: Runnin Down a Dream

From 1989's "Full Moon Fever" album. Nice guitar solo at the end by long-time Heartbreaker Mike Campbell.

17. "Well I know what's right, I got just one life, in a world that keeps on pushin' me around" What's the song?

Answer: I Won't Back Down

Also from "Full Moon Fever." I like Petty, but this song has some of the most redundant and boring lyrics he ever wrote.

18. "Take back Vanessa Redgrave. Take back Joe Piscopo. Take back Eddie Murphy. Give 'em all some place to go." What's the song?

Answer: Jammin' Me

From the 1987 album - "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)". Co-written by Bob Dylan.

19. "Well the talk on the street says you might go solo. A good friend of mine saw you leavin' by your back door." What's the song?

Answer: I Need to Know

"I need to know, I need to know. If you think you're gonna leave then you better say so." Guess it's the least she could do! From the 1978 album "You're Gonna Get it!"

20. What state is Tom Petty from?

Answer: Florida

Yea, I know they're all southern! Tom and most of the band hail from Gainesville, Fla. His success goes to prove that with great songs, you don't need to have a great voice (c'mon, be honest) to be famous. Other proof is provided by Bob Dylan and many others. Click on SEND A COMPLIMENT below, I'd love to get your feedback.

Source: Author SaxMan4

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