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We Are Siamese If You Please Trivia Quiz

Songs all about cats, big ones, small ones, wild ones, tame ones.

A multiple-choice quiz by Team Pi in the Sky. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Christinap

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,468

Updated
Aug 19 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
3555

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (15/15), Guest 135 (15/15), BayRoan (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which cat themed song do the lines "I look like a little girl, Living in a big man's world" come from? Hint

What's New Pussycat

Cats

I'm a Tiger

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Question 2 of 15

2. "We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you don't please". Which film is this song from? Hint

Dumbo

The Jungle Book

Beauty and The Beast

Lady and The Tramp

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which song has the lines "I'm a ladies' cat, a feline Casanova"? Hint

Tom Cat

Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

Stray Cat Strut

Alley Cat

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which Johnny Cash song contains this lyric?

"I gave my woman half my money at the general store
I said "Now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more" Hint

Mean Eyed Cat

Mean Old Cat

Green Eyed Cat

Lean Old Cat

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Question 5 of 15

5. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat a'creepin' up on me"

What was the name of the puddy tat? Hint

Top Cat

Sylvester

Felix

Fritz the Cat

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Question 6 of 15

6. "I'm walking all around the town" - The first line of Norma Tanega's song about walking her cat. What's the cat's name?

Hint

Mog

Nog

Fog

Dog

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Question 7 of 15

7. "See these eyes so green, I can stare for a thousand years."

What's the name of this David Bowie song? Hint

Cat Man

Feline Fire

Lion King

Cat People (putting Out Fire)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who sang about "Three cool cats, three cool cats" Hint

The Drifters

The Coasters

The Platters

The Star Gazers

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Question 9 of 15

9. "My child arrived just the other day" is the first line of which Harry Chapin song? Hint

Cat's Cradle

Cat on the Roof

Kitten in the Bed

The Cat's in the Cradle

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Question 10 of 15

10. "Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball"

In which popular musical would you find this song about Jellicle cats?
Hint

The Lion King

Cats

The Phantom of the Opera

Pirates of Penzance

11. Which Al Stewart hit song gave us the lyrics:

"But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay"?
Hint

Year of the Cat

Three Cool Cats

Time Passages

On the Border

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Question 12 of 15

12. Name the hit song, also known as "Wimoweh" which features the first line:

"In the jungle, the mighty jungle"
Hint

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Jungle Struttin'

The Bare Necessities

Tigers and Lions

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Question 13 of 15

13. "They said get back honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well I quit those days and my redneck ways
And oh the change is gonna do me good"

Which singer immortalized these lyrics in 1972?
Hint

David Bowie

Michael Jackson

Elton John

Rod Stewart

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which song by Mud contains the lyrics

"Well that's right, that's right, that's right, that's right,
I really love your tiger light"? Hint

Tiger Light

Tiger Feet

Tiger Dance

Tiger Tiger

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Question 15 of 15

15. "The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat". We all know the Edward Lear poem, but who, in 1953, recorded it as a song? Hint

Elton Hayes

Frankie Howerd

Danny Kaye

Bernard Cribbins

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which cat themed song do the lines "I look like a little girl, Living in a big man's world" come from?

Answer: I'm a Tiger

Sung by Lulu "I'm a Tiger" was released in 1968. It wasn't one of her biggest hits, reaching only number nine on the UK singles chart, although it did stay in the lower reaches of the chart for thirteen weeks.

2. "We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you don't please". Which film is this song from?

Answer: Lady and The Tramp

Sung by Peggy Lee, who also co-wrote it, this song is from "Lady and The Tramp". A 1955 Disney film, it was the first one filmed in CinemaScope.

3. Which song has the lines "I'm a ladies' cat, a feline Casanova"?

Answer: Stray Cat Strut

Released in 1981 this song was from the Stray Cat's debut album. It peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. It was not released in America until around a year later, when it made number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

4. Which Johnny Cash song contains this lyric? "I gave my woman half my money at the general store I said "Now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more"

Answer: Mean Eyed Cat

A Hank Williams song that Johnny originally recorded on the "Sun" label, "Mean Eyed Cat" was a track on his 1996 album "Unchained". Produced by Rick Rubin this album received a Grammy for Best Country Album.

5. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat a'creepin' up on me" What was the name of the puddy tat?

Answer: Sylvester

A classic song sung by Mel Blanc, and familiar to anyone who went to the movies in the good old days when they always had a newsreel, a 'B' movie - and a cartoon.
The cartoon in question often starred Tweetie Pie and Sylvester.

6. "I'm walking all around the town" - The first line of Norma Tanega's song about walking her cat. What's the cat's name?

Answer: Dog

"Me and my Cat named Dog" was a 1966 recording by Norma Tanega. There were other, later, recordings of the song by Dr Hook and the Medicine Show, and Art Blakey.

7. "See these eyes so green, I can stare for a thousand years." What's the name of this David Bowie song?

Answer: Cat People (putting Out Fire)

This song, with lyrics by David Bowie and music by Giorgio Moroder, was the theme tune to the 1982 film 'Cat People'. Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell starred in this remake of the original 1942 horror film.

8. Who sang about "Three cool cats, three cool cats"

Answer: The Coasters

Recorded in 1958, the song tells of the 'Three Cool Cats/Parked on the corner in a beat up car/Dividing up a nickel candy bar'. It was also one of the songs recorded by The Beatles on their Decca audition tape.

9. "My child arrived just the other day" is the first line of which Harry Chapin song?

Answer: The Cat's in the Cradle

Written in 1974, the chorus of the song begins "The cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon.
Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon"

It was featured on the album ' Verities and Balderdash'.

10. "Jellicle Cats come out tonight Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball" In which popular musical would you find this song about Jellicle cats?

Answer: Cats

"Cats" was based on T.E. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The show premiered in the New London Theatre in May 1981 and originally starred Dame Judy Dench in the role of Grizabella. Unfortunately she was replaced prior to the premiere due to injury.
In 1998, Andrew Lloyd Webber produced a video version of "Cats" which starred Elaine Paige who was Dench's replacement for the stage production.
"Cats" was nominated for 11 Tony awards in 1983, winning seven of them.

11. Which Al Stewart hit song gave us the lyrics: "But the drumbeat strains of the night remain In the rhythm of the new-born day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay"?

Answer: Year of the Cat

Al Stewart reportedly got the inspiration for the song after seeing comedian Tony Hancock on stage in 1966 and originally called it "Foot of the Stage".
"Year of the Cat" is the title song from his seventh studio album released in 1976 and became his biggest hit. It reached number eight on the Billboard charts in 1977.

12. Name the hit song, also known as "Wimoweh" which features the first line: "In the jungle, the mighty jungle"

Answer: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Sam Hudson and the Evening Birds originally recorded this song in 1939 and since then has been covered by several artists. It became a number One hit in the US for "The Tokens" when they released their version in 1961.

When it was licensed to Walt Disney for use in the animated movie "The Lion King" it became a huge worldwide hit. This prompted a lawsuit on behalf of the descendants of Solomon Lind, the writer of the song.

13. "They said get back honky cat Better get back to the woods Well I quit those days and my redneck ways And oh the change is gonna do me good" Which singer immortalized these lyrics in 1972?

Answer: Elton John

Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, "Honky Cat" is a song about city life and is the lead song on John's 1972 album "Honky Chateau".
Although it is regarded as a "classic rock" song, it failed to chart well.

14. Which song by Mud contains the lyrics "Well that's right, that's right, that's right, that's right, I really love your tiger light"?

Answer: Tiger Feet

"Tiger Feet", recorded in 1974, was the first number one on the UK Singles Chart for Mud. In fact it was the best selling record in the United Kingdom in 1974, and is still one of the best known party records from the glam rock era.

15. "The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat". We all know the Edward Lear poem, but who, in 1953, recorded it as a song?

Answer: Elton Hayes

Elton Hayes recording of "The Owl and The Pussycat" was one of six poems by Edward Lear that he recorded. Whilst not having chart success it became a big favourite on the Saturday morning BBC Radio show, "Children's Favourites".

Source: Author Christinap

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