FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

The Music of Joni Mitchell Trivia Quiz

A mixture of questions about a songwriter I have grown to like more and more over the years. Hope you enjoy playing this quiz as much as I do listening to her music!

A multiple-choice quiz by sal76. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sal76

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
128,724

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
1207

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (12/20), Guest 120 (11/20), Guest 94 (10/20).

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Which song is the following lyric from? "And feather canyons ev'rywhere, I've looked at clouds that way." Hint

Both Sides Now

Night in the City

Ladies of the Canyon

See You Sometime

NEXT>

2. Complete the Lyric. "You turn me on, I'm a ..." Hint

Woman

Radio

Fool

Mess

NEXT>

3. Which song is the following lyric from? "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Hint

Chelsea Morning

The Jungle Line

The Priest

Big Yellow Taxi

NEXT>

4. Complete the lyric. "In France they kiss _____________." Hint

on both cheeks

without feeling

passionately

on Main Street

NEXT>

5. Which song contains the following lyric? "Come with me, I know the way she says. It's down, down, down the dark ladder." Hint

Tin Angel

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

Night Ride Home

Blue Motel Room

NEXT>

6. Which song is this lyric from? "You've just picked up a hitcher; a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway." Hint

Big Yellow Taxi

Car on a Hill

Coyote

Case of You

NEXT>

7. Which song did Joni write about her daughter? Hint

Amelia

Little Green

The Circle Game

Chelsea Morning

NEXT>

8. Complete the lyric. "I wish I had a _____ I could skate away on." Hint

board

road

lake

river

NEXT>

9. According to her 1994 album "Turbulent Indigo" what kills? Hint

All of the above

Drug taking

Sex

Rock 'n' Roll

NEXT>

10. A poem by which poet was the basis for the song "Slouching towards Bethlehem"? Hint

WB Yeats

William Wordsworth

William Blake

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

NEXT>

11. "We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Which song does this line come from? Hint

Woodstock

Trouble Child

Roses Blue

Morning Morgantown

NEXT>

12. Which song is this lyric from? "I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause." Hint

A Strange Boy

For the Roses

I Had a King

This Flight Tonight

NEXT>

13. "I can keep my cool at poker but I'm a fool when love's at stake" is a line from which song? Hint

Edith and the Kingpin

Song for Sharon

Marcie

Carey

NEXT>

14. "Acid, booze and ass. Needles, guns and grass. Lots of laughs." Hint

Lessons in Survival

The Boho Dance

Raised on Robbery

Blue

NEXT>

15. Which jazz musician did Joni collaborate with to produce an album that bears his name? Hint

Charles Mingus

Oliver Nelson

John Coltrane

Charlie Parker

NEXT>

16. "Back in 1957 we had to dance a foot apart" is a lyric from which song? Hint

Come in from the Cold

Shadows and Light

Last Chance Lost

My Old Man

NEXT>

17. "Some get the gravy and some get the gristle" is a line from which song? Hint

Banquet

People's Parties

Barangrill

The Windfall (Everything For Nothing)

NEXT>

18. This is a lyric from which song? "You could've been more than a name on the door on the thirty third floor in the air." Hint

Same Situation

Songs to Aging Children Come

The Arrangement

Electricity

NEXT>

19. "Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten, Papa knows somehow he set me free" is a line from which song? Hint

Trouble Child

Sweet Bird

I Think I Understand

Let the Wind Carry Me

NEXT>

20. What is Joni's first album known as? Hint

Court and Spark

Blue

Song to a Seagull

Clouds

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song is the following lyric from? "And feather canyons ev'rywhere, I've looked at clouds that way."

Answer: Both Sides Now

2. Complete the Lyric. "You turn me on, I'm a ..."

Answer: Radio

"I'm a country station, I'm a little bit corny." From the album "For the Roses".

3. Which song is the following lyric from? "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

Answer: Big Yellow Taxi

Probably her most well known song! Can be found on the album "Ladies of the Canyon". This has been covered by a few artists but the original is still the best!

4. Complete the lyric. "In France they kiss _____________."

Answer: on Main Street

"Amour, Mama, not cheap displays!" From the album "Hissing of Summer Lawns".

5. Which song contains the following lyric? "Come with me, I know the way she says. It's down, down, down the dark ladder."

Answer: Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

A dark song about drug use!

6. Which song is this lyric from? "You've just picked up a hitcher; a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway."

Answer: Coyote

My first introduction to Joni Mitchell. She performed this at the farewell concert given by The Band, the film of which is known as "The Last Waltz" and was directed by Martin Scorsese.

7. Which song did Joni write about her daughter?

Answer: Little Green

"Amelia" was written about Amelia Earhart, the aviatrix. "The Circle Game" was written for Neil Young. Chelsea Clinton was named after the song that her parents played lots at college!

8. Complete the lyric. "I wish I had a _____ I could skate away on."

Answer: river

A beautiful song from the beautiful album "Blue" which was released in 1971.

9. According to her 1994 album "Turbulent Indigo" what kills?

Answer: Sex

"Sex sells everything and sex kills."

10. A poem by which poet was the basis for the song "Slouching towards Bethlehem"?

Answer: WB Yeats

It was based on "The Second Coming." "And where is this broad beast, its hour come at last. Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born."

11. "We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Which song does this line come from?

Answer: Woodstock

Joni's tribute to the festival!

12. Which song is this lyric from? "I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause."

Answer: For the Roses

13. "I can keep my cool at poker but I'm a fool when love's at stake" is a line from which song?

Answer: Song for Sharon

Sharon is/was a real person and one of Joni's friends. This song is from the album "Hejira".

14. "Acid, booze and ass. Needles, guns and grass. Lots of laughs."

Answer: Blue

15. Which jazz musician did Joni collaborate with to produce an album that bears his name?

Answer: Charles Mingus

The album was simply titled "Mingus." Sadly Charles Mingus died shortly after its completion.

16. "Back in 1957 we had to dance a foot apart" is a lyric from which song?

Answer: Come in from the Cold

This appeared on the 1991 album "Night Ride Home".

17. "Some get the gravy and some get the gristle" is a line from which song?

Answer: Banquet

18. This is a lyric from which song? "You could've been more than a name on the door on the thirty third floor in the air."

Answer: The Arrangement

A song from the album "Ladies of the Canyon" which I listened to a lot at while studying! It calms frayed nerves!

19. "Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten, Papa knows somehow he set me free" is a line from which song?

Answer: Let the Wind Carry Me

20. What is Joni's first album known as?

Answer: Song to a Seagull

The real title of the first album was just "Joni Mitchell" but it is also know as "Song to a Seagull." "Blue" was released in 1971, "Clouds" in 1967, and "Court and Spark" in 1974

Source: Author sal76

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor ltc717 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.

Most Recent Scores

May 25 2023 : Guest 5: 12/20
May 19 2023 : Guest 120: 11/20
May 11 2023 : Guest 94: 10/20
May 01 2023 : Guest 104: 11/20

Score Distribution