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Quiz about Sing Along with John Prine
Quiz about Sing Along with John Prine

Sing Along with John Prine Trivia Quiz


If you've ever been to a John Prine concert, you've noticed that you can barely hear him over the sound of the audience singing along. They know all the words to all the songs. Do you?

A multiple-choice quiz by agony. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
agony
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
128,258
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
832
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 97 (13/15), Guest 107 (3/15), Guest 207 (11/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. "I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man is another ..."
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Question 2 of 15
2. "He said he would have taken the other road, but he didn't think...." Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. She "read romance magazines up in her room, felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon", and he "envisioned the details of romantic scenes, after midnight in the quiet of the barracks latrines". Who are they? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. "I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say...." Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. "Traded in a milking cow, for a ... " Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. This song takes the form of questions to a famous advice column, syndicated in many newspapers.

Answer: (Two Words ( it's one of the twins))
Question 7 of 15
7. "It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown". What song are these words from? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "Woke up this morning, put on my slippers, walked in the kitchen and ..." Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "Chased a rainbow down a one-way street - dead end. And all my friends turned out to be ..." Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder, throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?" but it don't do no good ..." Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. "Sam Stone came home to his wife and family after ..." Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. "Don't you know her when you see her? She grew up ..." Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. "It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good, we had turkey and ..." Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "You know that old trees just grow stronger, and old rivers grow wilder everyday. Old people just grow ..." Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. "Where the air smelled like ..." Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 10 2024 : Guest 97: 13/15
Mar 04 2024 : Guest 107: 3/15
Mar 03 2024 : Guest 207: 11/15
Feb 24 2024 : Guest 101: 5/15
Feb 21 2024 : Guest 71: 14/15
Feb 09 2024 : calmdecember: 15/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man is another ..."

Answer: child that's grown old

"If dreams were lightning, and thunder was desire, this old house would have burnt down a long time ago." "Angel from Montgomery", from his first album "John Prine"(1971). Bonnie Raitt covered this song on her "Streetlights" album (1974). In the Raitt version, this lyric goes "If dreams were thunder, and lightning was desire..."
2. "He said he would have taken the other road, but he didn't think...."

Answer: the lake was that deep

"Bottomless Lake" from the album "Aimless Love" (1984). This was the first John Prine release from his own independent label, "Oh Boy Records".
3. She "read romance magazines up in her room, felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon", and he "envisioned the details of romantic scenes, after midnight in the quiet of the barracks latrines". Who are they?

Answer: Donald and Lydia

"Donald and Lydia" from the first album. John Prine says that the picture of Donald came easily to him, but that Lydia "the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray" was more difficult.
4. "I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say...."

Answer: wacka wacka nooka likka

From "German Afternoons" (1986). "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian" ("Would you like a lei?"). This album was nominated for a Grammy award.
5. "Traded in a milking cow, for a ... "

Answer: Singer sewing machine

"Grampa was a Carpenter", from 1973's "Sweet Revenge". "Used to drive to church on Sunday, and take me with him too, stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew."
6. This song takes the form of questions to a famous advice column, syndicated in many newspapers.

Answer: Dear Abby

"Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you won't believe this, but my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss..." From "Sweet Revenge". Years after this song came out, a fan sent a non-rhyming paraphrase of one of the verses to "Dear Abby", who answered it in her column.
7. "It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown". What song are these words from?

Answer: That's the Way that the World Goes Round

This song is from the album "Bruised Orange", 1978. This album was produced by John's good friend, Steve Goodman (the writer of "City of New Orleans", among other songs).
8. "Woke up this morning, put on my slippers, walked in the kitchen and ..."

Answer: died

"Please Don't Bury Me" from "Sweet Revenge". John Prine says of this song "It's the best organ-donor campfire song I know of."
9. "Chased a rainbow down a one-way street - dead end. And all my friends turned out to be ..."

Answer: insurance salesmen

"Illegal Smile" from "John Prine". This song is a pretty thinly veiled reference to smoking marijuana. "Ah, but fortunately I have the key, to escape reality, and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile, it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while".
10. "You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder, throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?" but it don't do no good ..."

Answer: to get angry, so help me I know

"Bruised Orange" from the 1978 album of the same name. This song, of an altar-boy hit by a train on an early winter morning, is a true story.
11. "Sam Stone came home to his wife and family after ..."

Answer: serving in the conflict overseas

"Sam Stone". This song is about all the Vietnam veterans who came home addicted to drugs. "... with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back".
12. "Don't you know her when you see her? She grew up ..."

Answer: in your back yard

"Come Back to Us, Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard". From the 1975 album "Common Sense", the story of a person who went through the sixties and all the changes, from greaser to hippie to Jesus Freak.
13. "It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good, we had turkey and ..."

Answer: pistols carved out of wood

"Christmas in Prison", from "Sweet Revenge". "It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight. I'll probably get homesick, I love you, good night."
14. "You know that old trees just grow stronger, and old rivers grow wilder everyday. Old people just grow ..."

Answer: lonesome

"Hello in There" from "John Prine". Bette Midler covered this song on 1972's "The Divine Miss M".
15. "Where the air smelled like ..."

Answer: snakes we'd shoot with our pistols

"...but empty pop bottles was all we would kill." "Paradise", from 1971. This song is a lament for the strip-mined hills of western Kentucky.
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