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Quiz about Harry Chapin Classic Taxi Lyrics
Quiz about Harry Chapin Classic Taxi Lyrics

Harry Chapin Classic "Taxi" Lyrics Quiz

Harry Chapin's "Taxi" song is a classic storyteller's delight: a gut-wrenching song about lovers, the decisions we make, and the regrets we live with, sometimes long after we have left that love behind. How well do you remember his lyrics?

A multiple-choice quiz by mrbondskin. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
mrbondskin
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
164,574
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1938
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: ed18mazur (10/10), tazman6619 (5/10), federererer (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what city does the song take place? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. What is the weather condition in the city that night? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. What address did the lady give to the driver? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. What are the names of the driver and the passenger? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. In what make of car did he used to take her home? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. As the lyrics journey through their collective past, what vocation was she interested in? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. What are the missing words from this set of lyrics: "Oh, I've got something inside me, To drive a princess ____. There's a wild man, wizard, He's hiding in me, illuminating my ____."? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. How much money did she give to the driver when he arrived at her fine-looking house? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. What are the missing words from this set of lyrics: "Another man might have been ___ , Another man might have been ___ , But another man never would have let her go." Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. In the final stanza, the driver's summation says that they both got what they were looking for. In the end, she's "acting happy" and in the end, he's "getting ___ ."? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what city does the song take place?

Answer: San Francisco

 The initial line starts with "It was raining hard in 'Frisco", a common abbreviation for San Francisco, California, USA.
2. What is the weather condition in the city that night?

Answer: Rain

 The song begins with the atmospheric conditions and the place: "It was raining hard in 'Frisco". Also, the taxi driver laments in front of his fare, "It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain."
3. What address did the lady give to the driver?

Answer: Sixteen Parkside Lane

 The telling line goes: "She just looked out the window, and said
'Sixteen Parkside Lane'".
4. What are the names of the driver and the passenger?

Answer: Harry and Sue

 Just after they finally recognize the other: "And she said, 'How are you Harry?'/I said, 'How are you Sue?'"
5. In what make of car did he used to take her home?

Answer: Dodge

 Visions of their past start with his reminiscing:
"I used to take her home in my car.
We learned about love in the back of the Dodge."
6. As the lyrics journey through their collective past, what vocation was she interested in?

Answer: Acting

 The singer goes on to tell us: "You see, she was gonna be an actress."
7. What are the missing words from this set of lyrics: "Oh, I've got something inside me, To drive a princess ____. There's a wild man, wizard, He's hiding in me, illuminating my ____."?

Answer: blind & mind

 Harry Chapin really turns up the emotion (at least in the studio-recorded version) as he belts out this particular set of lyrics.
8. How much money did she give to the driver when he arrived at her fine-looking house?

Answer: Twenty dollars

 "And she handed me twenty dollars,
For a two fifty fare, she said
'Harry, keep the change.'"
9. What are the missing words from this set of lyrics: "Another man might have been ___ , Another man might have been ___ , But another man never would have let her go."

Answer: angry & hurt

 He concludes with the action: "I stashed the bill in my shirt." These lines (to me) hit the listener the hardest, as it sums up how resigned, even numbed, the driver seems to his unexpected and ironic fate.
10. In the final stanza, the driver's summation says that they both got what they were looking for. In the end, she's "acting happy" and in the end, he's "getting ___ ."?

Answer: stoned

 Harry Chapin died too young. He was killed in car crash on July 16, 1981, at the age of 38.
Source: Author mrbondskin

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