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  Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is on the songs from Death Cab for Cutie's albums "Plans" and "Narrow Stairs".
Average, 10 Qns, Megatron123, Feb 24 09
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  Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the albums from Death Cab for Cutie, "Transatlanticism" and "Plans".
Average, 10 Qns, sweetfreek91, Dec 28 16
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  Death Cab For Cutie    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A delightful quiz for Death Cab For Cutie fans. This quiz has everything Death Cab, from band members, albums, lyrics to songs, music videos, and concerts. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, DCFCgirl2731, Jul 23 08
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Death Cab for Cutie Trivia Questions

1. "Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole, just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound, but while you debate half-empty or half-full, slowly it rises, your love is gonna drown". Which song is this lyric from?

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Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Marching Bands of Manhattan

This is the chorus for "Marching Bands of Manhattan", featured on "Plans". "Plans" was released in 2005, and was described by a band member as the "exhale" if the previous album "Transatlanticism" was the "inhale".

2. Who is the lead singer for the band?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard writes the band's songs. Chris Walla mixes the songs to get the right tempo. Nick Hermer and Jason McGerr are the bassist and the drummer.

3. Which song does this lyric come from, "You were the mother, of three girls so sweet"?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: Death of an Interior Decorator

Like many songs they have written, Death Cab uses detail and imagery to help us visualize everything in the song.

4. "But I couldn't think of anywhere I would've rather been, to watch it all burn away" is a lyric from which song?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Grapevine Fires

"Grapevine Fires" is featured on "Narrow Stairs". This album was released on May 13, 2008 in the United States. It is Death Cab for Cutie's first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200, and was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award, "Best Alternative Music Album".

5. Where is the band from?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Seattle, Washington

The band originally met in Bellingham, Washington, but the band records in Seattle.

6. Which song from "Narrow Stairs" has a four and a half minute introduction?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: I Will Possess Your Heart

"I Will Possess Your Heart" altogether is eight and a half minutes long. Of course, the radio edit cuts the introduction down to under one minute. Despite the concern from fans that the album version introduction was "too long", it was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Song".

7. When was "The Photo Album" released?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: 2001

"Transatlantism" came out in 2003, "Plans" came out in 2005, and "Something About Airplanes" came out in 1998.

8. Which song does this lyric come from, "When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes and you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked"?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: We Looked Like Giants

"We Looked Like Giants" is about a girl and a boy making love and dealing with their temptations, "learn how our bodies worked" and "God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations..."

9. "If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, then ..." What song title finishes this lyric?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: I Will Follow You Into the Dark

If you want to get technical, the lyric is actually "I'll follow you into the dark." This "Plans" single has already been covered by several bands including Dead Lemming Lounge and Hella Fly Cool Kids.

10. Who were the opening acts for the 15 August 2006 show in San Diego?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Mates of States and Spoon

These two bands were asked to perform by Death Cab because they were some of their favorite bands.

11. "It's hard to see your way out, when you live in a house in a house, 'cause you don't realize, that the windows were open the whole time." What song is this lyric from?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Talking Bird

The entire song "Talking Bird", featured on "Narrow Stairs", talks of the narrator's symbolic pet bird. This lyric refers to the bird's cage inside of its owner's house ("live in a house in a house"). Throughout the song, the talking bird grows more unsure about whether it wants to stay in its cage or fly out the constantly open windows.

12. What happens in the "Title and Registration" video?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: The band performs a heart transplant on Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard had to lay on his back for 12 hours a day while filming the video.

13. Which song does this lyric come from, "Then labor day came and went, and we shed..."?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: Summer Skin

One of Death Cab's slowest songs in the album, "Plans".

14. "And it came to me that every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time." Which song is this lyric from?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: What Sarah Said

This lyric is actually the band's explanation for the title of the album its on, "Plans". Death Cab for Cutie's lead singer, Ben Gibbard, explains that the title comes from one of his favorite "dark jokes": "How do you make God laugh? You make a plan. Nobody ever makes a plan that they're gonna go out and get hit by a car."

15. Name the song: "And as the summer's ending, the cold air will push your hard heart away. You were so condescending..."

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Photobooth

The band even admitted that they write a plentiful amont of songs that are filled with love and seasons.

16. Which lyric is from the song "Crooked Teeth"?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: "It was 100 degrees as we sat beneath, the willow tree..."

"I was searching..." is from the song "Title and Registration". "Suffered a swift defeat..." is from the song "Stable Song". "But my brain knows better..." is from the song "Lack of Color".

17. Finish the lyric: "I cannot pretend that I felt any regret, because each broken heart will eventually mend ..."

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: and as the blood runs red down the needle and thread ...

"Someday You Will Be Loved", written by Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla, is featured on "Plans". It's a type of ballad that tells the story of an unrepentant break-up.

18. What is the name of the record company for the album "Plans"?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records the band's first big time recording company.

19. Which song does this lyric come from, "If I lose my place in line, I'll lose"?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: Expo '86

Death Cab for Cutie was formed in 1999. Not many people liked emo music then.

20. Which song is this lyric from? "His head was a city of paper buildings in the echoes that remained."

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Long Division

"Long Division", heard on "Narrow Stairs", was written by Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, and Jason McGerr. Death Cab for Cutie's preceding tour for "Narrow Stairs" was named after this song.

21. How many different videos are there for the song "Crooked Teeth"?

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Answer: 2

One video is of the band being surrounded by cartoon creations, and the other of a robot version of them recalling experiences of their past.

22. Which song does this lyric come from, "The one you thought would spend the years, so perfectly placed below the mirror..."?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: Death of an Interior Decorator

In "Death of an Interior Decorator" there is a story being told. "They tenderly kissed and cut the cake, the bride then tripped and broke the vase, the one you thought would spend the years so perfectly placed below the mirror, arriving late to clean the debris..."

23. What song is this lyric from? "And as the flashbulbs burst, she holds a smile, like someone would hold, a crying child."

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Cath

After the release of "Narrow Stairs", Death Cab for Cutie performed "Cath" on the talk show "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

24. Name the song: "You may tire of me, as our December sun is setting, 'cause I'm not who I used to be..."

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Brothers on a Hotel Bed

People on chat rooms say that they are afraid to grow old after listening to this song.

25. "In my head there's a Greyhound Station, where I send my thoughts to far off destinations, so they may have a chance of finding a place where they're far more suited than here." This lyric is from which song?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie - Plans/Narrow Stairs

Answer: Soul Meets Body

"Soul Meets Body" is a single from "Plans", along with "Crooked Teeth" and "I Will Follow You Into the Dark".

26. In the album "Plans", what is the last song?

From Quiz Death Cab For Cutie

Answer: Stable Song

This song basically wraps the end of the album wonderfully.

27. Which song does this lyric come from, "When you feel embarrassed, I'll be your pride, when you need direction, I'll be the guide..."?

From Quiz Death Cab for Cutie: "Transatlanticism", "Plans"

Answer: Passenger Seat

A more calming and sensitive song in "Transantlicism", but aren't they all?

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