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Who Wrote The Songs? Trivia Quiz

I'll give you the artist who made this song famous and you provide it's writer who are all more famous for the songs they sung !

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

Author
jscaf

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
14,276

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
673

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote Barry Manilow's ' I Write the Songs ' ?

Answer: (Replacement Beach Boy)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who wrote Patsy Cline's ' Crazy ' ?

Answer: (Before he was an outlaw .)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote Aretha Franklin's ' Respect ' ? Hint

Smokey Robinson

Jackie Wilson

Marvin Gaye

Otis Redding

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote the Temptations' ' The Way You Do The Things You Do ' ? Hint

Smokey Robinson

Sam Cooke

Marvin Gaye

Curtis Mayfield

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's ' Mr. Bojangles ' ? Hint

Waylon Jennings

Jerry Jeff Walker

Gram Parsons

Townes Van Zandt

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote Nat King Cole's ' The Christmas Song ' ?

Answer: (The Velvet Fog)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote Sinatra's ' My Way ' ? (lyrics) Hint

Vic Damone

Mel Torme

Paul Anka

Tony Bennett

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote the Beach Boys' 'Surfin' USA ' ?

Answer: (Sweet Little Sixteen)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who co-wrote the Eagles ' Take it Easy ' with Glen Frey ?

Answer: (He also recorded it)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote Whitney Houston's ' I Will Always Love You ' ?

Answer: (She has considerable assets)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote Barry Manilow's ' I Write the Songs ' ?

Answer: Bruce Johnston

Bruce replaced Brian Wilson in the touring Beach Boys .

2. Who wrote Patsy Cline's ' Crazy ' ?

Answer: Willie Nelson

Patsy is told to steal this song in the movie ' Sweet Dreams ' .

3. Who wrote Aretha Franklin's ' Respect ' ?

Answer: Otis Redding

Otis had a minor hit with this song .

4. Who wrote the Temptations' ' The Way You Do The Things You Do ' ?

Answer: Smokey Robinson

5. Who wrote the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's ' Mr. Bojangles ' ?

Answer: Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff wrote this about a character he met in jail in New Orleans .

6. Who wrote Nat King Cole's ' The Christmas Song ' ?

Answer: Mel Torme

7. Who wrote Sinatra's ' My Way ' ? (lyrics)

Answer: Paul Anka

8. Who wrote the Beach Boys' 'Surfin' USA ' ?

Answer: Chuck Berry

Brian Wilson took Chuck's Sweet Little 16 and reworded it so Chuck gets the writing credit .

9. Who co-wrote the Eagles ' Take it Easy ' with Glen Frey ?

Answer: Jackson Browne

10. Who wrote Whitney Houston's ' I Will Always Love You ' ?

Answer: Dolly Parton

Source: Author jscaf

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