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Vinyl Hiccups Trivia Quiz

I love old vinyl records. I've played mine so often with worn out styluses that the records skip. Can you help me remember the words that the tone arm jumped over in some of these songs? Most of them are from the '60s and '70s.

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

Author
CmdrK

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
367,512

Updated
Jul 19 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1926

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What got skipped over in this Paul and Linda McCartney song?

"We're so sorry Uncle Albert but we haven't done a bloody thing all day.
We're so sorry Uncle Albert but the ____ on the boil and we're so easily called away".
Hint

scandal's

bandaid's

kettle's

boss is

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Question 2 of 10

2. "If she is ____ he can't see it, she can do no wrong,
Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down".

What is missing from this Percy Sledge song?
Hint

bald

a geek

Scandinavian

bad

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine
On a cloud of ____ I drift in the night, any place it goes is right".

Oops, what did the record player skip over on this Steppenwolf song?
Hint

sound

flies

dust

infidels

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Question 4 of 10

4. Even royalty like the Duke of Earl isn't immune to vinyl hiccups. What word goes in the space here?

"And when I hold you, you will be my Duchess, Duchess of Earl.
We'll walk through my ____ and the paradise we will share".
Hint

dukedom

restaurant

garden

hallucinations

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Question 5 of 10

5. I like the Joan Osborne song "Spider Web" but it skipped over something to do with Ray Charles. Which of these possibilities was it?

"He said, 'Since I got my eyesight back, my voice has just deserted me.
No "Georgia On My Mind" no more. I stay in bed with ____'."
Hint

the Monkees

MTV

Duck Dynasty

wasser schnee

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
Peace in the ____, people got to be free".

The record player skipped over a word in this song, too! Which word is it?
Hint

valley

canebrake

mountains

armory

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Question 7 of 10

7. He said 'In winter 1963 it felt like the ____ would freeze
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles".'

Do you remember what the Dream Academy was worried about in this song?
Hint

piano

world

car

stage

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Question 8 of 10

8. Creedence Clearwater Revival was in a hurry in this song but who or what are they missing?

"Take me to the hotel, ____ gone, oh well.
Come on, come on, won't you get me to my room".
Hint

baggage

Cosmo's

long

money's

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Question 9 of 10

9. I thought the video for this one set the style for 80s music videos. Which word in this song by M got skipped?

"Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
You're living in a ____, forget about the rat race".
Hint

swamp

bedsitter

disco

barracks

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Then I saw her ____, now I'm a believer, not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried".

What did the tone arm skip over in this Monkees song?  Hint

bankroll

place

guitar

face

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What got skipped over in this Paul and Linda McCartney song? "We're so sorry Uncle Albert but we haven't done a bloody thing all day. We're so sorry Uncle Albert but the ____ on the boil and we're so easily called away".

Answer: kettle's

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" by Paul and Linda McCartney in 1971 was Paul's first number one hit (on the "Billboard Hot 100") after leaving the Beatles.

2. "If she is ____ he can't see it, she can do no wrong, Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down". What is missing from this Percy Sledge song?

Answer: bad

"When a Man Loves a Woman" was a 1966 song by Percy Sledge. It frequently makes the lists of the best rock and roll love songs.

3. "I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine On a cloud of ____ I drift in the night, any place it goes is right". Oops, what did the record player skip over on this Steppenwolf song?

Answer: sound

"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf has been used in many films including "Star Trek: First Contact".

4. Even royalty like the Duke of Earl isn't immune to vinyl hiccups. What word goes in the space here? "And when I hold you, you will be my Duchess, Duchess of Earl. We'll walk through my ____ and the paradise we will share".

Answer: dukedom

The Duke of Earl, Gene Chandler, sung about himself in "The Duke of Earl" in 1962.

5. I like the Joan Osborne song "Spider Web" but it skipped over something to do with Ray Charles. Which of these possibilities was it? "He said, 'Since I got my eyesight back, my voice has just deserted me. No "Georgia On My Mind" no more. I stay in bed with ____'."

Answer: MTV

Spider Web" was on Joan Osborne's 1995 "Relish" album. Actually, this was a CD not a vinyl record so I'm not sure why it skipped. There must have been a smudge on the disc. Or something.

6. "Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be Peace in the ____, people got to be free". The record player skipped over a word in this song, too! Which word is it?

Answer: valley

The Rascals (formerly the Young Rascals) gave us "People Got to Be Free" in 1968.

7. He said 'In winter 1963 it felt like the ____ would freeze With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles".' Do you remember what the Dream Academy was worried about in this song?

Answer: world

1986 saw the Dream Academy bring us "Life in a Northern Town".

8. Creedence Clearwater Revival was in a hurry in this song but who or what are they missing? "Take me to the hotel, ____ gone, oh well. Come on, come on, won't you get me to my room".

Answer: baggage

"Travelin' Band" was a 1970 single by Creedence and was on their "Cosmo's Factory" album.

9. I thought the video for this one set the style for 80s music videos. Which word in this song by M got skipped? "Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase You're living in a ____, forget about the rat race".

Answer: disco

It could have been a perfect 1980s song but "Pop Muzik" by M peaked a little early, coming out in 1979.

10. "Then I saw her ____, now I'm a believer, not a trace of doubt in my mind. I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried". What did the tone arm skip over in this Monkees song? 

Answer: face

It was their second 1966 record and The Monkees took "I'm a Believer" to number one on the "Billboard Hot 100".

Source: Author CmdrK

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