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Quiz about The Music of Fountains of Wayne
Quiz about The Music of Fountains of Wayne

The Music of Fountains of Wayne Quiz


I'll give you a lyric, you tell me the song!

A multiple-choice quiz by 007girl. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
007girl
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
239,956
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
156
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which song features a "multi-colored micro-bus plowing over rugged terrain"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Chris Collingwood sings the following in which song?
"Lying awake every hour in your room, rolling with emotion, waiting 'till it's opportune..."
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which song features traffic described as, "Cars on the highway, planes in the air, everyone else is going somewhere. But I'm going nowhere, getting there too..." Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Teenagers try to prove themselves responsible by saying, "We're old enough by now to take care of each other. We don't need no babysitter, we don't need no father or mother..." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which song features the witty line, "Are you laughing or crying, are you killing or dying tonight?" Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Another song featuring automobiles, when does Collingwood implore: "And God forgive the passengers if we should fail to find a penny fountain or a half-off sale..." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which song features the self-important girl described as, "She's talking to her agent; she's calling all her friends..." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. From which song does this humorous line come: "And now that I'm with her the whole thing seems a bit absurd, though she never fails to tell the tale of the time she had to post my bail..." Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. When do we hear about the town in which, "Hockey teams have playoff dreams, teenage girls read magazines. No one hears the desperate screams of the techno DJ..."
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which song features this pivotol moment in a football game: "He looks to the left, he looks to the right, and there in a golden ray of light is his open man, just like he planned. The whole world is his tonight..." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which song features a "multi-colored micro-bus plowing over rugged terrain"?

Answer: Supercollider

From 2003's "Welcome Interstate Managers."
2. Chris Collingwood sings the following in which song? "Lying awake every hour in your room, rolling with emotion, waiting 'till it's opportune..."

Answer: Troubled Times

Once featured on The Sentinel's list of the most popular songs of the last half-cenrury, Troubled Times is from 1999's "Utopia Parkway."
3. Which song features traffic described as, "Cars on the highway, planes in the air, everyone else is going somewhere. But I'm going nowhere, getting there too..."

Answer: Sink to the Bottom

From 1996's self-titled debut album.
4. Teenagers try to prove themselves responsible by saying, "We're old enough by now to take care of each other. We don't need no babysitter, we don't need no father or mother..."

Answer: Fire Island

This is reminiscent of a reverse Peter Pan. (From WIM)
5. Which song features the witty line, "Are you laughing or crying, are you killing or dying tonight?"

Answer: Comedienne

Adam Schlessinger on Comedienne: "Once Chris and I saw a guy get up at an 'open mike night' put on a walkman, and sing along quietly to whatever he was listening to for about 15 minutes. At first it seemed like brilliant comedy, but slowly the audience realized that he was serious. And insane." This bitterly comedic song is found on 2005's "Out-Of-State Plates."
6. Another song featuring automobiles, when does Collingwood implore: "And God forgive the passengers if we should fail to find a penny fountain or a half-off sale..."

Answer: The Valley of Malls

Easily one of my favorite FoW songs, this is from UP.
7. Which song features the self-important girl described as, "She's talking to her agent; she's calling all her friends..."

Answer: Halley's Waitress

It's interesting to note that that the waitress herself is never given a name (from WIM).
8. From which song does this humorous line come: "And now that I'm with her the whole thing seems a bit absurd, though she never fails to tell the tale of the time she had to post my bail..."

Answer: The Girl I Can't Forget

One reviewer described this song as being about "drunken revelry [sic] that ends in true love". The upbeat ending of this song is an instant pick-me-up (from OOSP).
9. When do we hear about the town in which, "Hockey teams have playoff dreams, teenage girls read magazines. No one hears the desperate screams of the techno DJ..."

Answer: The Senator's Daughter

This is one of the most tranquily beautiful songs you will ever hear, and has been compared to Brian Wilson's style (from UP).
10. Which song features this pivotol moment in a football game: "He looks to the left, he looks to the right, and there in a golden ray of light is his open man, just like he planned. The whole world is his tonight..."

Answer: All Kinds of Time

All Kinds of Time was used for a series of NFL commercials (from WIM). Thanks for taking my quiz!
Source: Author 007girl

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