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Miss You Like Crazy Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
FatherSteve

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,739

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
832

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. "If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone" was sung by the Kingston Trio; Peter, Paul and Mary; the Brothers Four; Sonny and Cher; Reba McEntire; Jackie DeShannon; Elvis Presley; Rosanne Cash; and Joan Baez. What is the name of this sad song about someone who misses home? Hint

Been on the Road Too Long

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

500 Miles

Charlie Off the M.T.A.

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Question 2 of 10

2. At the end of the 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz", who does Dorothy Gale say she will miss the most of the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman? Hint

The Cowardly Lion

She doesn't say

The Tin Woodman

The Scarecrow

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Altdorf in Switzerland, there stands a statue of William Tell and his son Walter. Tell is highly regarded as a symbol of Swiss patriotism. What is it that William Tell missed that makes him a legend in his country? Hint

he missed the conscription of the Swiss into the Austrian army

he missed his son's head and hit instead an apple with a bolt from his crossbow

he missed the Battle of Morgarten by refusing to fight in a foreign war

he missed the opportunity to marry the emperor's daughter and married his Swiss girlfriend instead

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Question 4 of 10

4. Singer Tony Bennett, a longtime resident of New York City, left a very important part of his anatomy in another city and missed it/them like crazy. According to the song which he recorded in 1962, in which location could he find it/them and be reunited? Hint

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

I Left my Liver in Livermore, California

I Left my Kidneys in Reno

I Left my Tonsils in Tortuga

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mark Twain said a lot of clever things, and thankfully a great many of them have been written down. Complete this statement, reputed to have been said by Twain: "Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my ___ the most". Hint

United States citizenship

mind

innocence

health

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Question 6 of 10

6. These words have been recorded by many singers: "Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart"? Whose 1960 recording of this song, written in 1926, took it to Number 81 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time? Hint

Elvis Presley

The Lettermen

Pat Boone

Sam Kinison

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the very beginning of Homer's "Odyssey", Athena persuades Zeus to bring Odysseus home, despite Calypso's wishes to have him stay on her own island forever. What does Athena say that evokes the pity of Zeus for Odysseus? Hint

that Odysseus "longs for his wife and his homecoming"

that Calypso is an enemy of Zeus and it would serve her right

that it is better to have Odysseus home where the gods can keep an eye on him

that Poseidon has changed his mind and wishes Odysseus well

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the meaning of the common expression "to miss the boat"? Hint

to be tardy in seizing an opportunity which passes out of reach

to fail to be promoted

to avoid injury by not joining in a doomed endeavour

to avoid deportation

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Question 9 of 10

9. Psalm 137 begins, "By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept". For what reason were the people who originally sang this psalm crying? Hint

They no longer had their musical instruments

They were homesick for Jerusalem and the Temple

They didn't like the rivers in Babylon

They didn't care for the fish in the rivers

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Question 10 of 10

10. With beautiful back-up harmony, the song begins, "Sleepless hours and dreamless nights and far aways, ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here. Heaven knows and Lord it shows when I'm away, ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here". Who recorded this hit song in 1973? Hint

The Righteous Brothers

Fleetwood Mac

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Chicago

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 500 Miles

The authorship of "500 Miles" is disputed and unknown with any certainty. It may have derived from earlier folk music sung for a century before this version was recorded and a copyright granted.

2. At the end of the 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz", who does Dorothy Gale say she will miss the most of the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman?

Answer: The Scarecrow

In the movie, Dorothy says she will miss the Scarecrow the most because she has been with him the longest and they have been through so much together. In the 1900 edition of the book, she doesn't say she will miss one more than another.

Answer: he missed his son's head and hit instead an apple with a bolt from his crossbow

The legend of William Tell, reputed to be an expert with a crossbow, holds that he was compelled to shoot an apple off his son's head or forfeit both their lives. His crime was refusing to bow to the Austrian emperor's hat which had been raised on a pole in the square in Altdorf.

Answer: I Left My Heart in San Francisco

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was written in 1952 by two songwriters who moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn. Bennett's recording won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and it became his signature song.

Answer: mind

This quotation is sometimes attributed to Ozzy Osborne, but he is unlikely to have been the first to say it. The quotation appears in the 1995 movie "Hackers" where Cereal Killer attributes it to Osborne but that is not much of an authority.

Answer: Elvis Presley

Roy Turk and Lou Handman wrote this song, which was first recorded in 1927. Al Jolson recorded it in 1950, Jaye P. Morgan recorded it in 1959, Frank Sinatra in 1962, Doris Day in 1967, Donny Osmond in 1973 and Connie Francis in 1989. Elvis' recording was the most popular version.

Answer: that Odysseus "longs for his wife and his homecoming"

According to Homer, Odysseus was tormented by his absence from his wife and son. Athena, who had a remarkably positive disposition toward Odysseus, wanted to help him return because he missed his wife, family, home and city so much.

8. What is the meaning of the common expression "to miss the boat"?

Answer: to be tardy in seizing an opportunity which passes out of reach

As is the case with most idioms, the original source of "missing the boat" is unknown. It is, however, of a part with other nautical idioms such as: smooth sailing, a shot across the bows, three sheets to the wind, know the ropes, and give a wide berth.

9. Psalm 137 begins, "By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept". For what reason were the people who originally sang this psalm crying?

Answer: They were homesick for Jerusalem and the Temple

The Psalm continues, "We wept when we remembered Zion". Zion is another name for Jerusalem and the Temple. The Babylonians had conquered Jerusalem in 586 BC and deported the people into captivity in a strange land.

Answer: Chicago

Peter Cetera, the front man for Chicago, wrote "Wishing You Were Here". The song was recorded at Caribou Ranch in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Rather remarkably, three of the Beach Boys -- Al Jardine, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson -- were present and joined Chicago in singing back-up.

Source: Author FatherSteve

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