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Quiz about Best Opening Song Lyrics EVER
Quiz about Best Opening Song Lyrics EVER

Best Opening Song Lyrics EVER Trivia Quiz

Well, okay, "EVER" is subjective, but these are among my favorite opening lines. Some of them will be fairly easy, some a tad more obscure. If this quiz motivates you to check out a musical artist you've not been familiar with, so much the better!

A multiple-choice quiz by MrFab. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
MrFab
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
309,642
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
4523
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (9/15), Guest 173 (8/15), DeepHistory (15/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What rocker wrote the song that begins "I went home with a waitress. The way I always do"? Hint


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2. Name the group that wrote the song that starts "The first pub we could stagger to was twelve steps from the plane." Hint


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Question 3 of 15
3. Name the artist that wrote the rock classic that begins "In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream." Hint


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4. Who wrote the song that has the opening line "When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come, with your hands on your head, or on the trigger of your gun"? Hint


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5. Who had a hit single with the song that begins "I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last"? Hint


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6. Name the group that wrote a song that begins "Your love is like greasy fried noodles". Hint


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7. What UK artist wrote the single that opens with "Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you"? Hint


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8. The song that begins "Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste" was a hit for whom? Hint


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9. Name the singer that wrote "I'm dirty as a manhole cover" as an opening line to one of his/her songs. Hint


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10. What singer/songwriter wrote "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all"? Hint


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Question 11 of 15
11. Name the group that grabbed our attention with the opening line "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar". Hint


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Question 12 of 15
12. Which male singer wrote the opening line "She said 'Hey baby' and my bed began to shake"? Hint


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13. What musical artist evoked some dark images with the song that begins "Pistol shots ring out in a barroom night"? Hint


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Question 14 of 15
14. Which female singer began a story about a former lover with the line "You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht"? Hint


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Question 15 of 15
15. Which quirky musical artist/group began a Christmas song with "At the KOC Local 313, there's a fat man standing by the soda machine"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What rocker wrote the song that begins "I went home with a waitress. The way I always do"?

Answer: Warren Zevon

 This is the opening to the song "Lawyers, Guns and Money" off Zevon's 1978 album "Excitable Boy". Most casual music fans know Zevon only for the song "Werewolves Of London" but he was in fact one of the most critically acclaimed songwriters of his generation.
2. Name the group that wrote the song that starts "The first pub we could stagger to was twelve steps from the plane."

Answer: Reckless Kelly

 This is the opening line to "Seven Nights in Eire" off the album "Reckless Kelly Was Here." The band is named for the 19th century bank robber Ned Kelly. Kelly was hanged for murder in 1880.
3. Name the artist that wrote the rock classic that begins "In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream."

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

 This was probably an easy one. It's the great rock anthem "Born to Run" which was on Springsteen's iconic 1975 album of the same name. At one time there was a movement to make "Born To Run" the official state song of New Jersey.
4. Who wrote the song that has the opening line "When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come, with your hands on your head, or on the trigger of your gun"?

Answer: The Clash

 "The Guns of Brixton" was from the 1979 album "London Calling". Brixton is in the southern part of London, and the song is about the unrest and alienation many residents felt prior to the riots that occurred there in 1981.
5. Who had a hit single with the song that begins "I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last"?

Answer: Prince

 This is from "Little Red Corvette", which was released as a single in 1983 off the album "1999". It hit number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was Prince's first big hit.
6. Name the group that wrote a song that begins "Your love is like greasy fried noodles".

Answer: The Pursuit of Happiness

 Pursuit of Happiness is a Canadian band that It's from the song "Food", which is the first cut from their album "One-Sided Story". Moe Berg was the lead singer and driving force behind the group, which underwent numerous lineup changes over the years.
7. What UK artist wrote the single that opens with "Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you"?

Answer: Rod Stewart

 This opening lyric is from "Maggie May" which is off the 1971 album "Every Picture Tells A Story." The record company didn't think the song was a hit, and so it was actually released as the B-side to "Reason To Believe".
8. The song that begins "Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste" was a hit for whom?

Answer: The Rolling Stones

 "Sympathy For The Devil" is the very first track of the "Beggars Banquet" album. It was also the title of a 1970 music documentary directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The original title of the song was "The Devil Is My Name".
9. Name the singer that wrote "I'm dirty as a manhole cover" as an opening line to one of his/her songs.

Answer: John Hiatt

 "Little Head" is off the 1997 album of the same name. Hiatt's songs have been covered by dozens of artists including Linda Ronstadt, Iggy Pop, Rodney Crowell, Keith Urban, Paula Abdul, Willie Nelson, Jewel, and Eric Clapton.
10. What singer/songwriter wrote "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all"?

Answer: Paul Simon

 "Kodachrome" was off Simon's 1973 album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon". While the single hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100, it received sparse airplay in the UK due to very strict regulations about songs using trademarked names.
11. Name the group that grabbed our attention with the opening line "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar".

Answer: Human League

 "Don't You Want Me" was released in 1981 as part of Human League's album "Dare!". It was the first number one hit in the UK for Richard Branson's Virgin label.
12. Which male singer wrote the opening line "She said 'Hey baby' and my bed began to shake"?

Answer: Billy Falcon

 "Die Twice" was from Falcon's 1991 album "Pretty Blue World." That album also produced "Power Windows" which was Falcon's only song to hit the Billboard Hot 100.
13. What musical artist evoked some dark images with the song that begins "Pistol shots ring out in a barroom night"?

Answer: Bob Dylan

 The song "Hurricane" was released in 1975 and is about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was found guilty of murdering three people in a bar in 1966. He got a new trial in 1976 but was found guilty again. Finally in 1984 his conviction was overturned. Denzel Washington starred in the 1999 movie "Hurricane" about Carter's life.
14. Which female singer began a story about a former lover with the line "You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht"?

Answer: Carly Simon

 "You're So Vain" was released in 1972 off Simon's album "No Secrets" and was a number one single in the US. Mick Jagger sings backup on the track.
15. Which quirky musical artist/group began a Christmas song with "At the KOC Local 313, there's a fat man standing by the soda machine"?

Answer: Fountains of Wayne

 This is a Fountains of Wayne song off their 2005 album "Out Of State Plates." The song is entitled "The Man In The Santa Suit". It is definitely not a feel-good Christmas song.
Source: Author MrFab

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