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First Lines The Smiths Songs Trivia Quiz

Each question gives you the first lines of a song by The Smiths. Do you know what song?

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

Author
Vermic

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
29,630

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
3951

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 181 (11/15), Guest 94 (12/15), Guest 176 (13/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Sweetness, sweetness - I was only joking - When I said, I'd like to smash every tooth in your head - Oh, sweetness, sweetness - I was only joking - When I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed. Hint

'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side'

'The Queen Is Dead'

'Bigmouth Strikes Again'

'Vicar In A Tutu'

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Question 2 of 15

2. Park the car at the side of the road - You should know - Time's tide will smother you - And I will too - When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely - Their only desire is to die - Well I'm afraid. Hint

'Panic'

'Bigmouth Strikes Again'

'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore'

'Is It Really So Strange'?

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Question 3 of 15

3. I am the son - And the heir - Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar - I am the son - And the heir - Of nothing in particular. Hint

'Never Had No One Ever'

'Frankly, Mr. Shankly''

'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out''

'How Soon Is Now'?

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Question 4 of 15

4. From the ice-age to the dole-age - There is but one concern - I have just discovered. Hint

'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'

'Shakespeare's Sister'

'Cemetry Gates'

'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

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Question 5 of 15

5. I'd like to drop my trousers to the world - I am a man of means - Of slender means - Each household appliance - Is like a new science in my town - And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion - I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump. Hint

'Shoplifters Of The World Unite'

'Rubber Ring'

'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore'

'Nowhere Fast'

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Question 6 of 15

6. Take me out tonight - Where there's music and there's people - Who are young and alive - Driving in your car - I never never want to go home - Because I haven't got one - Anymore. Hint

'Asleep'

'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'

'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

'London'

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Question 7 of 15

7. I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. Hint

'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'

'Side'

'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby'

'Unloveable'

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Question 8 of 15

8. All men have secrets and here is mine - So let it be known - We have been through hell and high tide - I can surely rely on you - And yet you start to recoil - Heavy words are so lightly thrown - But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you. Hint

'William, It Was Really Nothing'

'The Night Has Opened My Eyes'

'What Difference Does It Make'?

'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'

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Question 9 of 15

9. Good times for a change - See the luck I've had - Can make a good man - Turn bad. Hint

'This Charming Man'

'What Difference Does It Make'?

'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'

'These Things Take Time'

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Question 10 of 15

10. The rain falls hard on a humdrum town - This town has dragged you down - Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town - This town has dragged you down - Oh, no, and everybody's got to live their life. Hint

'How Soon Is Now'?

'William, It Was Really Nothing'

'Handsome Devil'

'Hand In Glove'

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Question 11 of 15

11. Punctured bicycle - On a hillside desolate - Will nature make a man of me yet? Hint

'Accept Yourself'

'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'

'This Charming Man'

'You've Got Everything Now'

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Question 12 of 15

12. At the record company meeting - On their hands - A dead star - And oh, the plans they weave - And oh, the sickening greed. Hint

'Back To The Old House'

'Paint A Vulgar Picture'

'Reel Around The Fountain'

'Girl Afraid'

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Question 13 of 15

13. Learn to love me - Assemble the ways - Now today, tomorrow and always - My only weakness is a list of crime - My only weakness is... - Well, never mind, never mind. Hint

'Miserable Lie'

'Hand In Glove'

'The Hand That Rocks Me'

'Shoplifters Of The World Unite'

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Question 14 of 15

14. Shyness is nice - And shyness can stop you - From doing all the things in life - You'd like to. Hint

'Pretty Girls Make Graves'

'I Don't Owe Anything'

'Ask'

'Suffer Little Children'

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Question 15 of 15

15. If you're wondering why - All the love that you long for eludes you - And people are rude and cruel to you - I'll tell you why - I'll tell you why - I'll tell you why. Hint

'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby'

'A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours'

'You've Got Everything Now'

'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish'

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