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Quiz about No Perfect Rhyme For Heavier Things

No Perfect Rhyme For "Heavier Things" Quiz

A quiz on the music and lyrics of John Clayton Mayer, singer, songwriter and guitarist.

A multiple-choice quiz by blurrystar1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
blurrystar1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
150,678

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
435

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1. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "So I'll check the weather wherever you are 'cause I wanna know if you can see the stars tonight. It might be my only right."
Hint

Clarity

Split Screen Sadness

Something's Missing

Wheel

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2. Which lyrics fit with "Something's Missing"? Hint

Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart

Suppose I said you're my saving grace

People have the right to fly

I am not a nomad

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3. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "You can't build a house of leaves and live like it's an evergreen, it's just a season thing..." Hint

Bigger Than My Body

Wheel

Only Heart

Clarity

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4. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Now I'm starting to see, maybe it's got nothing to do with me." Hint

Only Heart

Daughters

New Deep

Come Back To Bed

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5. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Still is the life of your room when you're not inside. And all of your things tell the sweetest storyline." Hint

Message In A Bottle

Come Back To Bed

Home Life

Split Screen Sadness

6. What song am I?
I have been heard all over the world many times.
I contain a guitar solo and other instruments on the song are drums, percussion keyboards, lap steel guitar and bass.
There is a lot about flying and being so much more.
My title is 4 words long and at least one of the words starts with a "B". Hint

Come Back To Bed

Back To You

Your Body Is A Wonderland

Bigger Than My Body

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7. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Sitting in the slow-mo and listening to the daylight." Hint

Home Life

Only Heart

Come Back To Bed

Clarity

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8. Who was John Mayer's inspiration to play guitar? Hint

Jimi Hendrix

Jeff Buckley

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Dave Matthews

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9. In one song John is talking about 3 x 5's. What is he referring to? Hint

Times Tables

Scenery

Numbers

Photographs

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10. In what song are the lyrics, "Always open knowing all the time I'm probably never going to find the perfect rhyme for 'heavier things'"? Hint

Heavier Things

Clarity

Something's Missing

New Deep

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "So I'll check the weather wherever you are 'cause I wanna know if you can see the stars tonight. It might be my only right."

Answer: Split Screen Sadness

"Split Screen Sadness" has been described as a pensive, love lost, flighty and rainy song.

2. Which lyrics fit with "Something's Missing"?

Answer: Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart

This is the only track from "Heavier Things" that was played on the "Any Given Thursday" DVD/CD.

3. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "You can't build a house of leaves and live like it's an evergreen, it's just a season thing..."

Answer: Wheel

"Wheel" is from John's second album, "Heavier Things". When released, "Heavier Things" went straight to number one compared to his previous album "Room For Squares", which took a year before going platinum.

4. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Now I'm starting to see, maybe it's got nothing to do with me."

Answer: Daughters

John Mayer can speak Japanese.

5. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Still is the life of your room when you're not inside. And all of your things tell the sweetest storyline."

Answer: Come Back To Bed

Before starting on guitar, John wanted to become a radio announcer. He says, "I used to sit in the bathroom with the lights out and just talk. Just riff. I'd go for hours. I also used to record radio shows in my bedroom. It was, 'WJOHN, your Number Two radio station, because you're always going to have one better than this."

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com

6. What song am I? I have been heard all over the world many times. I contain a guitar solo and other instruments on the song are drums, percussion keyboards, lap steel guitar and bass. There is a lot about flying and being so much more. My title is 4 words long and at least one of the words starts with a "B".

Answer: Bigger Than My Body

John wrote this song "After going to a Coldplay concert and feeling inspired to not only make music equally as moving, but to explain that feeling in words."

Source: http://www.songfacts.com

7. Lyrics: from which song are these words? "Sitting in the slow-mo and listening to the daylight."

Answer: Home Life

John's parents are Margaret and Richard -- both of them worked as teachers.

8. Who was John Mayer's inspiration to play guitar?

Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughn

After listening to a Stevie Ray Vaughn tape, John was inspired to play the guitar at the age of 13. He dropped out of high school to become a famous guitarist.

9. In one song John is talking about 3 x 5's. What is he referring to?

Answer: Photographs

"3x5. That song really takes me to a very specific place. It's a little eerie, which I feel like great songs need to be sometimes. Most of my songs took me to a certain place at one point or another (and variably still do) but 3x5 always has that effect." - John Mayer

Source: Quote found at Ninemsn groups - "We Love John Mayer"

10. In what song are the lyrics, "Always open knowing all the time I'm probably never going to find the perfect rhyme for 'heavier things'"?

Answer: New Deep

John once wrote a letter to Michael J. Fox when he was eleven, inquiring about how he could get hair like his.

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Source: Author blurrystar1

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