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Quiz about Tom Waits Lyrics

Quiz about Tom Waits Lyrics

Tom Waits Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Here's a quiz on the lyrics of that globe-trotting, whiskey-soaked, jaded gutter poet, Tom Waits. Have fun!

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

Author
ensiform

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,023

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
509

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'I don't know how long it has been but I was born in Brennan's Glenn.' Hint

'That's the Way'

'November'

'Blue Valentine'

'The Briar And the Rose'

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'It's cold back in Chicago but in Los Angeles it's worse' Hint

'Kentucky Avenue'

'Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis'

'$29.00'

'Rain Dogs'

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'I can hear him rolling on down the lane / I said Hollywood be thy name' Hint

'Romeo Is Bleeding'

'Temptation'

'Jesus Gonna Be Here'

'Dirt In the Ground'

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'In a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank.' Hint

'I Wish I Was In New Orleans'

'Singapore'

'Shore Leave'

'Foreign Affair'

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'I'll start talking from the brim of a thimble full of whiskey on a train through the Bronx that will take you just as far as the empty of a bottle to the highway of a scar.' Hint

'Poncho's Lament'

'Romeo Is Bleeding'

'Potter's Field'

'Tom Traubert's Blues'

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'And then push came to shove, shove came to biff / Girls like that just lay you out stiff / Maybe I'll go to Cleveland or get me a tattoo or somethin'.' Hint

'On a Foggy Night'

'Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)'

'Gin-Soaked Boy'

'Tom Traubert's Blues'

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Portland threw a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze' Hint

'Step Right Up'

'Nobody'

'Midnight Lullabye'

'Pasties and a G-String'

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Better off in Iowa against your scrambled eggs / than crawling down Cahuenga on a broken pair of legs.' Hint

'Down, Down, Down'

'Downtown'

'Heartattack and Vine'

'9th And Hennepin'

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'A Cincinatti jacket and a sad-luck dame hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain.' Hint

'Gin-Soaked Boy'

'Clap Hands'

'Tango Till They're Sore'

'I'll Be Gone'

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'Get me to Reno, got to bring it in low.' Hint

'Hang On St. Christopher'

'Diamonds On My Windshield'

'Franks Theme'

'Train Song'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'I don't know how long it has been but I was born in Brennan's Glenn.'

Answer: 'The Briar And the Rose'

A slow lament from the album 'Black Rider.'

2. 'It's cold back in Chicago but in Los Angeles it's worse'

Answer: '$29.00'

'Little black girl you shoulda never left home / There's probly someone that's still waitin' up for you / It's cold back in Chicago but in Los Angeles it's worse / When all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse.' A grim tale of crime from the album 'Blue Valentine.'c

3. 'I can hear him rolling on down the lane / I said Hollywood be thy name'

Answer: 'Jesus Gonna Be Here'

From the Grammy-winning album 'Bone Machine.' I love the affected, lisping falsetto Tom puts on here.

4. 'In a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank.'

Answer: 'Shore Leave'

'...and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga and I was in a bad need of a shave.' And let's not forget the 'shore leave wristwatch.' From 'Swordfishtrombones.'

5. 'I'll start talking from the brim of a thimble full of whiskey on a train through the Bronx that will take you just as far as the empty of a bottle to the highway of a scar.'

Answer: 'Potter's Field'

A rather melodramatic piece, with a crashing, blaring horn section, from the otherwise superb 'Foreign Affairs.'

6. 'And then push came to shove, shove came to biff / Girls like that just lay you out stiff / Maybe I'll go to Cleveland or get me a tattoo or somethin'.'

Answer: 'Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)'

From the all-live, all-original 'Nighthawks At the Diner.'

7. 'Portland threw a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze'

Answer: 'Pasties and a G-String'

A drunken, staggering striptease of a song. All this, and 'Step Right Up,' too. 'Small Change' is one of Tom's finest records.

8. 'Better off in Iowa against your scrambled eggs / than crawling down Cahuenga on a broken pair of legs.'

Answer: 'Heartattack and Vine'

'...You'll find your ignorance is blissful every goddamn time / You're waitin' for the RTD on Heartattack and Vine.' From the album of the same name.

9. 'A Cincinatti jacket and a sad-luck dame hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain.'

Answer: 'Clap Hands'

From Tom's masterwork, 'Rain Dogs.' Run, don't walk, to your local music emporium to purchase it now.

10. 'Get me to Reno, got to bring it in low.'

Answer: 'Hang On St. Christopher'

'Hang on St. Christopher now don't let me go / Get to me Reno, got to bring it in low / Put my baby on the flat car / Got to burn down the caboose.' A runaway rocker from 'Franks Wild Years.' Thanks for playing!

Source: Author ensiform

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