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Quiz about It Was the Worst of Rhymes
Quiz about It Was the Worst of Rhymes

It Was the Worst of Rhymes Trivia Quiz


Did you ever listen to a song and cringe at a particularly bad rhyme -- something that either doesn't rhyme or somehow seems forced? Well, get ready to cringe now! Choose the lyric that immediately follows the given line(s).

A multiple-choice quiz by Lalenya. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Lalenya
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
387,304
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
650
Last 3 plays: toddruby96 (5/10), Guest 99 (5/10), Guest 71 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas." Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "'I am'...I said to no one there" Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car./Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far./And I'm thinkin''bout the love that you laid on my table./I told you not to wander 'round in the dark./I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park."

Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "'Cause of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump" Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "So happy together" Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "I don't like cities, but I like New York." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "So open up your morning light," Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Baby, I'm a star." Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you" Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Songs she sang to me" Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 19 2024 : toddruby96: 5/10
Mar 16 2024 : Guest 99: 5/10
Jan 31 2024 : Guest 71: 6/10
Jan 30 2024 : Guest 212: 4/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas."

Answer: "You know he knows just exactly what the facts is."

From the Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run", off the 1976 album "Fly Like an Eagle".

Really, Steve? It doesn't rhyme, and it's not even remotely grammatical!
2. "'I am'...I said to no one there"

Answer: "And no one heard at all, not even the chair."

From "I Am...I Said" by Neil Diamond, released as a single in 1971.

I love Neil Diamond -- I really do -- but "not even the chair" could hear? Since when do chairs have ears? Well, I suppose he could be talking about a chairman or chairwoman, right? Riiiiight...
3. "Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car./Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far./And I'm thinkin''bout the love that you laid on my table./I told you not to wander 'round in the dark./I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park."

Answer: "Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel."

From "Badge" by Cream, from the 1969 album "Goodbye".

The mention of Mabel always seemed kind of forced to me -- like the writer had tried too hard to find something that rhymed.
4. "'Cause of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump"

Answer: "my lovely lady lumps."

From "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas, from the 2005 album "Monkey Business".

It's hard to think how the lyrics of this song could possibly have been fixed to NOT sound corny.
5. "So happy together"

Answer: "And how is the weather?"

From "Happy Together" by the Turtles, from the album of the same title, released in 1967.

What's weather got to do with it?
6. "I don't like cities, but I like New York."

Answer: "Other places make me feel like a dork."

From "I Love New York" by Madonna, released in 2005 on the album "Confessions on a Dance Floor".

That rhyme seems forced and makes her sound like a dork. Not that the alternatives proposed here would have been any better.
7. "So open up your morning light,"

Answer: "And say a little prayer for I."

From "I Don't Wanna Wait" by Paula Cole, released in 1997 on the album "This Fire".

The grammar is every bit as bad as the rhyme.

Note: As someone pointed out, there are at least a couple of lyric sites that have the lyric as "And say a little prayer for right." However, upon listening to the lyrics again, I clearly hear "And say a little prayer for I" -- no /t/ sound at the end.
8. "Baby, I'm a star."

Answer: "Might not know it now, baby, but I are."

From "Baby, I'm a Star" by Prince, from his iconic 1984 "Purple Rain" album.

I love Prince. However, this is an example of yet another rhyme forced by mangled grammar.
9. "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you"

Answer: "Woo, woo, woo."

From "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel, which was featured in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" and included on the album "Bookends" the following year.

I love this song, but wouldn't you agree that any one of the incorrect options would be a better rhyme?
10. "Songs she sang to me"

Answer: "Songs she brang to me"

From "Play Me" by Neil Diamond, released in 1972 on the album "Moods".

An egregiously ungrammatical rhyme from the great Neil Diamond.
Source: Author Lalenya

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