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Quiz about The Piano Man
Quiz about The Piano Man

The Piano Man Trivia Quiz


Match the Billy Joel lyrics with the song they come from.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author alayna

A matching quiz by ertrum. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
ertrum
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
7,948
Updated
Jan 16 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
321
Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (5/10), Guest 49 (3/10), Guest 68 (0/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. "Seen the lights go out on Broadway. I saw the Empire State laid low."   
  Leningrad
2. "Friday night, I crashed your party, Saturday, I said I'm sorry, Sunday came and trashed me out again."  
  An Innocent Man
3. "And cold war kids were hard to kill, under their desks in an air raid drill."  
  The Downeaster Alexa
4. "Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis and I still have my hand on the wheel"  
  Captain Jack
5. "Some people find that it's easier to hate than to wait anymore ..."  
  You May Be Right
6. "That stained glass curtain you're hiding behind never let in the sun."  
  Miami 2017
7. "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray"  
  We Didn't Start the Fire
8. "I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard"  
  And So It Goes
9. "And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows"  
  Only the Good Die Young
10. "You can't understand why your world is so dead. Why you've gotta keep in style, and feed your head."  
  Just the Way You Are





Select each answer

1. "Seen the lights go out on Broadway. I saw the Empire State laid low."
2. "Friday night, I crashed your party, Saturday, I said I'm sorry, Sunday came and trashed me out again."
3. "And cold war kids were hard to kill, under their desks in an air raid drill."
4. "Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis and I still have my hand on the wheel"
5. "Some people find that it's easier to hate than to wait anymore ..."
6. "That stained glass curtain you're hiding behind never let in the sun."
7. "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray"
8. "I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard"
9. "And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows"
10. "You can't understand why your world is so dead. Why you've gotta keep in style, and feed your head."

Most Recent Scores
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 104: 5/10
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 49: 3/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 68: 0/10
Mar 09 2024 : Guest 67: 10/10
Mar 01 2024 : cleeclope: 10/10
Mar 01 2024 : Guest 73: 10/10
Feb 27 2024 : Guest 220: 1/10
Feb 26 2024 : Guest 115: 10/10
Feb 17 2024 : slay01: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Seen the lights go out on Broadway. I saw the Empire State laid low."

Answer: Miami 2017

"Miami 2017" was first released on Billy Joel's 1976 "Turnstiles" album.
Billy Joel has performed the song at several benefit concerts, including after 9/11/2001 and after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
2. "Friday night, I crashed your party, Saturday, I said I'm sorry, Sunday came and trashed me out again."

Answer: You May Be Right

"You May Be Right" was the second single released from Billy Joel's 1980 album "Glass Houses". It did well, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. However, the next single from that album, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", did much better, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
3. "And cold war kids were hard to kill, under their desks in an air raid drill."

Answer: Leningrad

"Leningrad" tells the parallel stories of Billy Joel and Viktor Razinov, a Soviet-era clown, whom Joel met during a tour of the Soviet Union in 1987. "Leningrad" was released as a single from Joel's album "Storm Front", though it failed to chart in the US.
4. "Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis and I still have my hand on the wheel"

Answer: The Downeaster Alexa

Though Billy Joel was born to upper middle-class parents, he identified with the working class captain of "The Downeaster Alexa", as well as the coal miners he sings about in "Allentown".

"The Downeaster Alexa" was released as a single from Joel's album "Storm Front". It peaked at 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. Itzhak Perlman performed the violin solo for the song.
5. "Some people find that it's easier to hate than to wait anymore ..."

Answer: An Innocent Man

Joel's "An Innocent Man" was the title track and first single from his 1983 album. The single reached number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

"An Innocent Man" was an album of tributes to the songs and styles that Billy Joel grew up with, notably do-wop, soul, and Motown. This tune is a tribute to Ben E. King and the Drifters.
6. "That stained glass curtain you're hiding behind never let in the sun."

Answer: Only the Good Die Young

"Only the Good Die Young" was one of four singles from Joel's 1977 album "The Stranger". It reached number 24 on the US Billboard hot 100.
7. "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray"

Answer: We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" was released in 1989, and reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 charts that year.
"We Didn't Start the Fire" refers to over 100 people, places or events covering the period from the end of WWII through the 1980s.
8. "I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard"

Answer: Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel's album, "The Stranger", was released in 1977. It reached number two on the US Billboard 200, and won the Grammy for Record of the Year. "Just the Way You Are", which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, won the Grammy for Song of the Year.
9. "And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows"

Answer: And So It Goes

Billy Joel wrote "And So It Goes" in 1983, though it was not released on an album until "Storm Front" in 1989. The song was inspired by the breakup of his relationship with Elle Macpherson.
10. "You can't understand why your world is so dead. Why you've gotta keep in style, and feed your head."

Answer: Captain Jack

"Captain Jack" was, in some ways, Billy Joel's breakthrough song. It received a lot of airplay on Philadelphia radio station WMMR, which brought him to the attention of Columbia Records execs, who signed him to a contract. "Captain Jack" was released on Billy Joel's first Columbia album, "Piano Man" in 1973.
Source: Author ertrum

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