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Quiz about Help Jog This Old Mans Memory

Help Jog This Old Man's Memory Quiz

At my age, 82, some things I knew years ago are not always easy to recall. Can you help these memory lapses?

A multiple-choice quiz by wakerobin. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wakerobin

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
370,719

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1017

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. From Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", can you remind me what word is missing? "Once upon a ___ dreary . . . " Hint

Winter

Midnight

Morning

Autumn

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Question 2 of 10

2. This incomplete line is from the poem "Casey at Bat". What word is missing? "There is no Joy in ___, mighty Casey just struck out." Hint

Jonesboro

Hicksville

Springfield

Mudville

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the song "Oh My Darling Clementine", which word completes the line "Light she was and like a ___, and her shoes were number nine"? Hint

Rosebud

Springtime

Zephyr

Feather

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Question 4 of 10

4. This quote by Christ is from the Bible's New Testament: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain ___." Which word describes how the merciful will be blessed? Hint

Forgiveness

Mercy

Eternal life

Heaven

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the song "The Band Played On' there is this line: "Casey would waltz with a ___ blonde and the band played on." What missing word describes Casey's blonde waltz partner? Hint

Platinum

Strawberry

Silly

Lovely

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Question 6 of 10

6. What missing word completes the line from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh: "I am Bear of Very Little ___ and long words bother me." Hint

Honey

Brain

Knowledge

Stature

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Question 7 of 10

7. This phrase is by Abraham Lincoln: "But, in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot ___ this ground." Which word correctly completes the phrase? Hint

Glorify

Sanctify

Hallow

Honor

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the musical "The Music Man" Professor Harold Hill warns the local residents of an alarming local problem. He warns: "I say, trouble right here in ___ City." Which city is it? Hint

Iowa

River

Lake

New York

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word completes this song title: "She'll be Coming 'Round the ___ When She Comes"?
Hint

Bend

Mountain

Hayfield

Hillside

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Question 10 of 10

10. What word completes this beginning line from a nursery rhyme: "Jack be ___, Jack be quick." Hint

Smart

Nimble

Happy

Agile

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", can you remind me what word is missing? "Once upon a ___ dreary . . . "

Answer: Midnight

When I was in the eighth grade we had to memorize this complete poem. It haunted me then and still does.

2. This incomplete line is from the poem "Casey at Bat". What word is missing? "There is no Joy in ___, mighty Casey just struck out."

Answer: Mudville

Casey was the Mudville nine's power hitter and, like all baseball power hitters, with one swing he could end up being a team hero or a strike-out victim.

3. In the song "Oh My Darling Clementine", which word completes the line "Light she was and like a ___, and her shoes were number nine"?

Answer: Feather

"Oh My Darling Clementine" is credited to Percy Montrose in 1884. It was later reissued with the title 'Clementine." It was popular among early pioneers and miners of the old U. S. West. No doubt every school kid in the early 1900s sang this in school and summer camp. Instead of "feather", sometimes the song uses the variant "fairy".

4. This quote by Christ is from the Bible's New Testament: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain ___." Which word describes how the merciful will be blessed?

Answer: Mercy

One of the "Beatitudes," which appear in both the New Testament gospels of "Luke" and "Matthew."

5. In the song "The Band Played On' there is this line: "Casey would waltz with a ___ blonde and the band played on." What missing word describes Casey's blonde waltz partner?

Answer: Strawberry

"The Band Played On," was an 1895 song introduced in the "Harlem Opera House". It soon became a popular vaudeville song.

6. What missing word completes the line from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh: "I am Bear of Very Little ___ and long words bother me."

Answer: Brain

When I was very young, two of my most beloved books were two magical A. A. Milne books about Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, and all the rest of that wonderful world. Now 75 years later my kids still asked me to read from the books at family Christmas gatherings.

7. This phrase is by Abraham Lincoln: "But, in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot ___ this ground." Which word correctly completes the phrase?

Answer: Hallow

This line is from Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Nov. 1863. He was dedicating the "Soldiers National Cemetery" where many soldiers were buried who died in the Battle of Gettysburg. We had to memorize this speech when I was in Junior High.

8. In the musical "The Music Man" Professor Harold Hill warns the local residents of an alarming local problem. He warns: "I say, trouble right here in ___ City." Which city is it?

Answer: River

Professor Harold Hill was the lovable con man in Meredith Willson's delightful musical "The Music Man." Hill convinced the locals to buy band instruments and uniforms. He claimed having a local band would prevent dangerous youthful pursuits such as pool-playing.

9. What word completes this song title: "She'll be Coming 'Round the ___ When She Comes"?

Answer: Mountain

"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" is a folk song derived from the spiritual, "When the Chariot Comes". It was another song we sang in grade school and summer camp back in the 1940s and 50s.

10. What word completes this beginning line from a nursery rhyme: "Jack be ___, Jack be quick."

Answer: Nimble

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.

According to one source this rhyme is based on an old custom of trying to jump over a candlestick without extinguishing the flame. Not a safe game for kids. Nor old men.

Source: Author wakerobin

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