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Quiz about Johnny Cashs Ballad of Casey Jones

Johnny Cash's "Ballad of Casey Jones" Quiz

This quiz is based on Johnny Cash's version of "The Ballad of Casey Jones". This song was performed on his album "Blood Sweat & Tears".

A multiple-choice quiz by frankray. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
frankray

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
303,328

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
394

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. According to Cash on what type of locomotive did Casey Jones win his fame? Hint

High 8 Wheeler

Big 8 Wheeler

High Ball Express

68 Wheeler

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Question 2 of 10

2. When did the caller call Casey? Hint

Four am

Half past four

Half past five

Five am

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did Casey Jones tell the fireman? Hint

Stick your head out the window, and watch the drivers roll.

Shovel on a little more coal.

Don't You Fret.

We may make Atlanta, but we'll all be dead.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the fireman? Hint

Vernon Dalhart

Steve

Sim Webb

A.P. Carter

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Question 5 of 10

5. What did the fireman reply to Casey Jones's comment? Hint

I'll keep the coal acoming.

We ain't a giving up yet.

Just keep the train on the rails.

Gonna make up time, that's a bet.

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Question 6 of 10

6. How late is Casey Jones on the South Bound Mail? Hint

Eight Hours Late

Two Hours Late

Three Hours Late

Six Hours Late

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was dead on the rails in the 3rd stanza? Hint

A Passenger Train

A Destoryed Bridge

A Slow Freight Train

A Stalled Boxcar

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Question 8 of 10

8. Before the crash Casey had his hands on two things. What were they? Hint

Hand on the Throttle and a Hand on the Brake

Hand on the Throttle and a Hand on the Bell

Hand on the Whistle and a Hand on the Brake

Hand on the Whistle and a Hand on the Bell

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Question 9 of 10

9. What did the IC Railroad Offical Say? Hint

"He's a good engineer to be laying dead."

"He's laying in Danville dead."

"He won't drive no more."

"He has now gone to glory."

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the chorus, Casey Jones is leaning out the window getting ready to do what? Hint

Taking his last ride.

Taking his trip to the Promised Land.

Making his final run.

Taking his final ride.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to Cash on what type of locomotive did Casey Jones win his fame?

Answer: 68 Wheeler

Actually there isn't any locomotive with a configuration of 68 wheels. The first number (in this case six), represents the number of wheels under the forward truck. The maximum number that I could find anywhere was four wheels. What the writer might have been trying to say was a 4-8-2.

2. When did the caller call Casey?

Answer: Half past four

This time is mentioned in the third line.

3. What did Casey Jones tell the fireman?

Answer: Don't You Fret.

"Shovel on a little more coal" is a line from "The Wreck of the Old 97".
"We may make Atlanta, but we'll all be dead", & "Stick your head out the window and watch the drivers roll" are from "Ben Dewberry, the Brave Engineer".

4. Who was the fireman?

Answer: Sim Webb

Steve was the engineer who drove old 97.
A.P. Carter was the founder of the Carter Family, early country singing group.
Vernon Dalhart recorded "The Wreck of the Old 97".

5. What did the fireman reply to Casey Jones's comment?

Answer: We ain't a giving up yet.

I made up the three incorrect answers.

6. How late is Casey Jones on the South Bound Mail?

Answer: Eight Hours Late

The song does not say where the train was supposed to arrive.

7. What was dead on the rails in the 3rd stanza?

Answer: A Passenger Train

This is the first line of the 3rd stanza. This line also says that blood was a boiling in Casey's brain.

8. Before the crash Casey had his hands on two things. What were they?

Answer: Hand on the Whistle and a Hand on the Brake

North Mississippi was wide awake!

9. What did the IC Railroad Offical Say?

Answer: "He's a good engineer to be laying dead."

Casey Jones, really John Luthor Jones, was driving a passenger train from Memphis Tennessee to Canton Mississippi, when he ran into a stopped freight train on a foggy April night in 1900. He was able to slow the train enough that no passengers were killed in the collision - he was the only fatality.

10. In the chorus, Casey Jones is leaning out the window getting ready to do what?

Answer: Taking his trip to the Promised Land.

The chorus is repeated four times in the version by Johnny Cash.

Source: Author frankray

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