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Leonard Cohen
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1 trivia quiz  Waxing Lyrical with Leonard Cohen coolicon
Leonard Cohen, a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. He is probably one of the world's most-covered artists. How well do you know his lyrics?
Average 10Q
354 plays
Jan 05 07
50ftqueenie gold
2 trivia quiz  Anatomy of a Song: "Famous Blue Raincoat" coolicon
Having written a quiz on a song written by Leonard Cohen, but sung by someone else, I thought I had better write one on a song written and sung by Leonard Cohen. This is one of my favourites, I hope all his fans enjoy it.
Average 15Q
162 plays
Mar 03 08
Quiz_Beagle gold
3 trivia quiz  Leonard Cohen coolicon
Leonard Cohen has been rather unfairly, I think, labelled a figure of gloom. The theme of this quiz is what other people think of him.
Very Difficult 10Q
513 plays
Nov 23 01
quacker
4 trivia quiz  Famous Blue Raincoat icon
Knowing the lyrics is not enough for this quiz; how much do you know about the 'story behind the song'?
Difficult 10Q
156 plays
Oct 27 07
Rowena8482 gold
5 trivia quiz  Songs of Leonard Cohen icon
How much do you know about the septuagenarian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist from Canada? I've tried to make these a little bit trickier than your average "name that lyric" type quiz, but they are not meant to be too fiendish.
Difficult 10Q
372 plays
Apr 10 05
woodworm67
6 trivia quiz  Leonard Cohen Lyrics
We give you the lyrics, you give us the song title.
Average 10Q
843 plays
Mar 04 01
kendar

Some sample questions from this category:

* You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her.
* And what can I tell you my brother, my killer. What can I possibly say?
* I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much. It's written in the scriptures, it's written there in blood.
* I leave the lady meditating On the very love which I,I do not wish to claim.
* I say a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch. He said to me, 'You must not ask for so much.'
* I came by myself to a very crowded place. I was looking for someone who had lines in her face.
* You told me again you preferred handsome men, But for me you would make an exception.
* You kept right on loving, I went on a fast. Now I am too thin and your love is too vast.
* I want a face that's fair this time. I want a spirit that is calm.
* Which of the following ingredients was missing from the recording of the album 'Death of a Ladies Man'?
* On the tribute album, 'I'm Your Fan,' from what country do both the coverers of 'Tower of Song' come?
* Leonard Cohen's is arguably the most Jewish showbiz name outside of film producing. Cohen biographer Ira Nadel analyses Cohen's name quite thoroughly. Leonard's Hebrew name is?
* Leonard Cohen is mentioned in which Nirvana song?
* 'Dance Me to the End of Love,' which is about the Holocaust gas chambers, is also a picture book. Who did the illustrations?
* Which of these soubriquets has been given to Cohen?
* About whom or what did Cohen begin to write an MA thesis while at Columbia University?
* Whose intelligence does Cohen describe as 'average' in a poem?
* Who, apart from the man himself, was the first artist to record an entire album of Leonard Cohen songs?
* Joan Baez had an ethical and artistic problem singing what line from Leonard Cohen's oevre?
* Which of these statements is NOT true of Cohen's 1977 album "Death of a Ladies' Man"?

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