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Quiz about Paper Lace Billy Dont be a Hero

Paper Lace - "Billy Don't be a Hero" Quiz

"Billy Don't be a Hero" by Paper Lace is one of the most shockingly awful songs of all time. My best friend in high school loved it and played it incessantly... [NB, the Heywoods also released this song.]

A multiple-choice quiz by gabbatoir. Estimated time: 2 mins.

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Author
gabbatoir

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,659

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
477

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where or what were the marching band coming down? Hint

Main Street

Route 66

The Spanish Steps

High Street

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Question 2 of 10

2. Someone looked across and saw Billy, who was it? Hint

His father

His girlfriend

I - the song's narrator

His mother

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Question 3 of 10

3. And with her head upon his shoulder, his ________ and ________ fiance Hint

young, pregnant

young, lovely

fat, ugly

young, lonely

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does his fiance suggest Billy should keep low? Hint

His head

His self esteem

His wages

His expectations

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where were the soldier blues trapped? Hint

Behind the lines

In a tavern

In the trenches

On a hillside

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who asked for volunteers and who volunteered? Hint

The corporal, the sergeant

The chaplain, Billy

The captain, Billy

The sergeant, Billy

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I need a volunteer to ride out and bring us back _______" Hint

two large pizzas

some extra men

some clean socks

more ammunition

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Question 8 of 10

8. What happened to Billy? Hint

He returned home in triumph

He became a prisoner of war

He won the Victoria Cross

He died

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does Billy's fiance want him to come back and make her? Hint

His wife

A birdhouse

A nice cup of tea

Happy ever after

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did the fiance do with this particular piece of correspondence? Hint

She threw it away

She forwarded it to his mother

She had it framed

She put it in her scrapbook

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where or what were the marching band coming down?

Answer: Main Street

"The marching band came down along Main Street"

2. Someone looked across and saw Billy, who was it?

Answer: I - the song's narrator

"I looked across and there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line"

3. And with her head upon his shoulder, his ________ and ________ fiance

Answer: young, lovely

Well, he could hardly be expected to have any other sort of fiance now, could he?

4. What does his fiance suggest Billy should keep low?

Answer: His head

"And as Billy started to go
She said "Billy keep your head low""

I always thought it was "keep your pretty head low" but apparently it isn't...

5. Where were the soldier blues trapped?

Answer: On a hillside

"The soldier-blues were trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around"

6. Who asked for volunteers and who volunteered?

Answer: The sergeant, Billy

"The sergeant cried "We got to hang on boys
We got to hold this piece of ground""

"And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgetting all the words she said"

7. "I need a volunteer to ride out and bring us back _______"

Answer: some extra men

Indeed, though pizza, socks and bullets would have been useful it was extra men that were needed.

8. What happened to Billy?

Answer: He died

"I heard his fiance got a letter
That told how Billy died that day"

9. What does Billy's fiance want him to come back and make her?

Answer: His wife

"Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"

10. What did the fiance do with this particular piece of correspondence?

Answer: She threw it away

"The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way
I heard she threw that letter away"

Quick typo find (thank goodness) otherwise she would have heard that Billy was a "heron"

Source: Author gabbatoir

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