Ode to Billy Joe

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. "It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out _________ _________". Complete the lyric. choppin' cotton pickin' flowers balin' hay chasin' rainbows

2. "At dinner time we stopped and we walked back to the house to eat / and mama hollered at the back door '___________________'". What did she holler? I got some chitlens for a special treat y'all remember to wipe your feet c'mon in outta that heat listen to that black sheep bleat

3. "'Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the ________, please'". What did Papa want passed? chicken mustard quiche biscuits

4. "'There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to _______'". What does Papa need to do to those five acres? mow weed plow water

5. "Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe / put a ____ down my back at the Carroll County picture show." What did those bad boys put down her back? frog snake toad violin

6. "Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite? / I've been cookin' all ____________, and you haven't touched a single bite'". When was Mama cookin'? my life evening morning day

7. "There was a ________ goin' round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring". What did Papa catch? fever flu virus monkey

8. "Brother married Becky ____________, they bought a store in Tupelo." What was the last name of Brother's bride? Sharp Thompson Thatcher Ostawsky

9. "Me, I spend a lot of time _________ __________ up on Choctaw Ridge". What is our heroine spendin' her time at? singin' songs sittin' there shuckin' clams pickin' flowers

10. Do we ever find out for sure what Billy Joe and our heroine threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? Yes No