Parrotheads Always Have the LAST Word! Quiz

Answer: Paris

"Last Mango in Paris " was released in 1985.
"Gypsies in the Palace" became a live show staple, while the B side, "Jolly Mon Sing", inspired his children's book, co-written with his daughter. Additionally, the hit single "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" found massive radio play, climbing all the way to number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1985.

Answer: China

Only a promotional single (radio stations only) was released from "Somewhere Over China" (1982). However, this was the album that gave us his first hint at writing books. A great example is the last verse of 'If I Could Just Get It On Paper":

"Time alone seemed to work well for Faulkner /
Time away seems to work for the kid /
Life and ink they run out at the same time /
Or so said my old friend the squid /
Yes if I could just get it on paper tonight /
I could tell you what I think I did."

True to his own lyrics, Buffett would become one of only a handful of authors to reach number one on both the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists.

Answer: World

Released in March of 2002, "Far Side of the World" was the first studio album launched under Buffett's independent label, Mailboat Records. The promotional single "What If the Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About" provided a classic bit of Buffett humor, yet appeared on his live setlists only 33 times.

Answer: Sand

"Riddles in the Sand" was released in 1984. The video for the single, "Who's the Blonde Stranger", had a cameo from then Florida Governor, Bob Graham.

Answer: Wind

"Banana Wind", released in 1996, gave us the story of Jimmy's seaplane (The Hemisphere Dancer) being shot at in Jamaica. "Jamaica Mistaica" tells the real life tale of Jimmy, his family and Bono (yes, THAT Bono) going on a fishing trip. Unfortunately, while on the water runway, local police mistook the plane as a smuggler's plane and opened fire while the plane was on the water and runway. spraying it with bullets.

The fuselage and windshield sustained bullet holes, but fortunately, nobody was injured.

The Jamaican government later issued a formal apology.

Answer: Soup

"Barometer Soup" was the 1995 offering from Jimmy Buffett. "Mexico" and "Bank of Bad Habits" were both released as promotional singles (the song was on both sides). "Bank of Bad Habits" listed out the seven deadly sins and gave us an eighth. "PIZZA!"

Answer: Lizard

"Off to See the Lizard" and his best selling collection of short stories "Tales from Margaritaville" both came on the scene in 1989. Five songs/stories, "Take Another Road", "Off to See the Lizard", "Boomerang Love", "The Pascagoula Run", and "I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever" were all included in both album and book.

Answer: Moon

In the U.S., the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Education Association (NEA) got in a twist over a track on this 1999 release, "Math Suks". It was inspired by some graffiti on a bridge in Key West, FL. The graffiti may have gone unnoticed without an unfortunate misspelling of the last word.

The graffiti used "Sux" and Jimmy kept the spirit with his misspelling. Major educational groups then publicly claimed the song would, "hamper motivation" and "damage self-esteem". Jimmy's response was short and sweet. "They should get a sense of humor."

Answer: Earth

"Down to Earth" was the first album released by Jimmy Buffett. It came out on Barnaby records in 1970. It also contains an early version of "The Captain and the Kid", a personal tribute to his grandfather. This track would reappear on the 1976 album "Havaņa Daydreamin'".

Answer: Parts

"Equal Strain on All Parts " was the last offering from Jimmy Buffett before he passed away in 2023.

"Bubbles Up", "My Gummie Just Kicked In", "Like My Dog" were all released online prior to this posthumously released album. There were many guest musicians appearing throughout the album. Most notably, Paul McCartney played bass on "My Gummie Just Kicked In" .