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What's That ****ing Word? Trivia Quiz

All these songs have a word ending in "ing" or "in'" in the title. From the clues given, find that word.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bazzoomer. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Bazzoomer

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,340

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
572

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Question 1 of 15

1. What word ending in "ing" appears in the title of a U2 track which contains the lyrics: "My love, she throws me like a rubber ball"? Hint

Thing

Walking

Singing

Rising

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Question 2 of 15

2. There's a word ending in "ing" in the title of an Elton John track which contains the following lyric: "It's seven o'clock and I want to rock, want to get a belly full of beer". Find the "ing" word. Hint

Dancing

Fighting

Drinking

Rocking

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Question 3 of 15

3. The title of this 1992 R.E.M. song is just a single word, ending in the letters "ing". The song is about skinny dipping. What's the title?

Answer: (One Word - twelve letters)

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Question 4 of 15

4. This Dire Straits song has a word ending in "ing" in the title. As well as being the track with which they ended most of their concerts, it was the theme music for the 1983 film "Local Hero". Find the "ing" word. Hint

Ending

Coming

Going

Waiting

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Question 5 of 15

5. This Johnny Cash track was released in 1970. It was written by Kris Kristofferson and there are TWO words ending in "ing" in the title. Using these lyrics as the clue, spot the title - "And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'". Hint

Smoking Drinking

Morning Coming

Evening Coming

Taking Everything

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Question 6 of 15

6. The title of this 1985 Kate Bush song is a single word which ends in "ing". Donald Sutherland famously appeared in the video for it. The lyrics include this line: "But every time it rains, you're here in my head, like the sun coming out". What is the title?

Answer: (One Word - twelve letters)

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Question 7 of 15

7. In the title of this 1991 song by Marc Cohn, there is a word ending in "ing". Using these lyrics as a clue, work out the "ing" word: "Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue, followed him up to the gates of Graceland".
Hint

Singing

Crying

Dancing

Walking

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Question 8 of 15

8. This song, which has a word ending with "ing" in the title, was the first UK winner of the Eurovision song contest. It was first sung by Sandie Shaw in 1967. Name the song.

Answer: (Four Words--full title)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Chumbawamba took this 1997 song to No 2 on the UK Singles chart and No 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It has a one-word title ending in "ing", but the word is never mentioned in the lyrics, which include the words: "I get knocked down, but I get up again". What's the title? Hint

Tubstumping

Shadowboxing

Highjumping

Tubthumping

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Question 10 of 15

10. This 1964 song by Martha and the Vandellas has a word ending in "ing" in the title. From these lyrics, identify the "ing" word: "Callin' out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat?" Hint

Dancing

Singing

Playing

Rocking

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Question 11 of 15

11. There is a word ending in "ing" in the title of this 1986 song by Kenny Loggins, which appeared in the film "Top Gun" during the volleyball game. One lyric goes "After chasin' sunsets, one of life's simple joys is ...". Find the "ing" word. Hint

Flying

Playing

Soaring

Jumping

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Question 12 of 15

12. The title of this 1968 Rolling Stones song includes a word ending in "in'". From these lyrics, spot the "in'" word: "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane, and I howled at my ma in the driving rain". Hint

Fightin'

Rollin'

Screamin'

Jumpin'

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Question 13 of 15

13. The title of this 1983 song by the Smiths contains a word ending in "ing". Use these lyrics to work out what that "ing" word is: "I would go out tonight, but I haven't got a stitch to wear". Hint

Burning

Amusing

Charming

Running

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Question 14 of 15

14. The title of this 1975 song by Rod Stewart is a single word ending in "ing". The song was the theme song for a BBC documentary series about the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL. What is the song called?

Answer: (One Word - seven letters)

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Question 15 of 15

15. In the title of this Beatles song, released in the USA as a single in 1970, there's a word ending in "ing". From these lyrics, identify the "ing" word: "The wild and windy night that the rain washed away, has left a pool of tears crying for the day". Hint

Crying

Longing

Searching

Winding

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word ending in "ing" appears in the title of a U2 track which contains the lyrics: "My love, she throws me like a rubber ball"?

Answer: Thing

"Sweetest Thing" was released in 1987 as the B-side of "Where the Streets Have No Name", and was then re-released as an A-side in its own right in 1998. It was a worldwide success. Rumour has it that Bono wrote it for his wife as an apology for working on her birthday.

Answer: Fighting

With lyrics by Elton's long-time writing partner Bernie Taupin, "Saturday Night's All Right/Alright For Fighting" appeared in 1973 on the "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road" album. For many years it was one of the favourite numbers in an Elton John live concert.

3. The title of this 1992 R.E.M. song is just a single word, ending in the letters "ing". The song is about skinny dipping. What's the title?

Answer: Nightswimming

"Nightswimming", which was on the album "Automatic for the People", is a haunting ballad on which only two R.E.M. band members, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, appear.

Answer: Going

"Going Home" was the final piece of music in Bill Forsyth's great film, for which Mark Knopfler wrote some of the best stuff he's ever recorded. The Dire Straits were mainly active as a group from 1977-1995.

Answer: Morning Coming

"Sunday Morning Coming Down" is one of Johnny Cash's greatest and most moving songs. He caused a stir when he first performed it on TV in 1971 when he refused to change a mild drug reference.

Answer: Cloudbusting

Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" tells the tale of the psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich who, having fled to the USA from Nazi Germany, was imprisoned there for ignoring restrictions placed on him by the FDA. In 1953 he had apparently saved the Maine blueberry crop from drought by deploying his cloudbuster, a rain-making device.

Answer: Walking

"Walking in Memphis" was Marc Cohn's biggest hit. It was covered four years later by Cher.

8. This song, which has a word ending with "ing" in the title, was the first UK winner of the Eurovision song contest. It was first sung by Sandie Shaw in 1967. Name the song.

Answer: Puppet on a String

Although almost unknown in the USA, Sandie Shaw was enormously successful in the UK in the early '60s, with three number ones and four other top ten hits in three years. She was famous for appearing on stage barefoot.

Answer: Tubthumping

"Tubthumping" was one of Chumbawamba's biggest successes in a long career. The song is heavily booze-orientated and the chorus contains the line "Pissing the night away" (English for binge drinking)--this was changed in a radio-friendly version to "Kissing the night away"!

Answer: Dancing

"Dancing in the Street" reached No 4 in the USA and No 2 in the UK for Martha and the Vandellas. The Grateful Dead played it live throughout the '70s, and Mick Jagger and David Bowie had another big hit with it in 1985. Other cover versions include those by Niki Webster, Van Halen, Dusty Springfield, The Who, The Kinks, Atomic Kitten and many more.

Answer: Playing

"Playing with the Boys" struggled to make a great impression on the charts, but Kenny Loggins' other single from the "Top Gun" soundtrack, "Danger Zone", reached No 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Jumpin'

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is the most consistently played song at Rolling Stones concerts. It was featured in the 1986 Whoopi Goldberg film of the same name.

13. The title of this 1983 song by the Smiths contains a word ending in "ing". Use these lyrics to work out what that "ing" word is: "I would go out tonight, but I haven't got a stitch to wear".

Answer: Charming

"This Charming Man" was the Smiths' second single. Although critically acclaimed, it was not very commercially successful. It was not until it was re-released in 1992 that it had chart success.

Answer: Sailing

Rod's "Sailing" topped the UK singles charts in its release year. It made a brief reappearance on the charts when it was re-released to raise money for charity after the Zeebrugge ferry disaster in 1987.

Answer: Winding

"The Long and Winding Road" was the last single released by the Beatles. It was also the last of their songs to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Source: Author Bazzoomer

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