Another day another quiz. This one sprung right from the the last. All those folk instruments got me thinking about camp songs and folk songs and what not. So here is a little quiz that should be fun and full of good memories. Answers to the instrument quiz on Thursday and this quiz Friday. No looking these up!
1. The singer who came from Alabama with a Banjo on his knee was traveling. What was his destination?
2. What do the hens lay in the Big Rock Candy mountains?
3. Who has died in Will the Circle be Unbroken?
4. Describe the stars in the heart of Texas.
5. With what shall I cut the straw that is too long?
6. We all know that John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, and that his soul is marching on. What is next for our intrepid soldier?
7. Why can't you get to Heaven on roller skates?
8. Daisy and her beau will not have a stylish marriage. He can't afford a carriage. What mode of transportation does he suggest she will look sweet on?
9. Describe what happened when somebody sneezed on top of spaghetti.
10. Why does that poor boy Tom Dooley hang down his head and cry?
11. She'll be coming round the mountain sure enough, but what are we going to feed her?
12. How many men were marched up a hill and down again, and by who?
13. Where would one find snakes big as garden rakes?
14. What color grow the rushes?
15. A jolly swagman camped by a billabong under a coolibah tree. He passed the time by singing Waltzing Matilda. What was he watching and waiting for?
16. What did Molly Malone cry as she wheeled her wheel barrow down the streets of Dublin?
17. I'm getting mighty parched writing all these questions. So where would I look for Whiskey?
18. When did the Cat come back?
19. Name three things to do with a drunken sailor.
20. What is hiding in a beautiful bunch of ripe bananas?
5 comments:
Holy Mother of God, Davey Crockett.
I'll have to think about this and get back to you. But I'm fairly certain I could right now tell you three things to do with a drunken sailor that ISN'T in that particular folk song...
And it doesn't involve stripper poles this time.
Oh, man. These are tough! Some I've never heard of, and some I should know, but can't recall. Here goes. I don't mind being first because I'll leave plenty for the rest of you!
1. Louisiana
2. don't know, but pennies grow on bushes!
3. ?
4. ?
5. with a knife, dear Henry?
6. ?
7. good question.
8. ?
9. ...should know...
10. ?
11. a buckwheat cake. It will already be in her mouth, right?
12. 10,000? King George??
13. At the corner grocery store?
14. ?
15. ?
16. ?
17. ?
18. the very next day
19. ?
20. ...should know...
Thanks, these brought back fond memories of various Muppet Shows, Sesame Street episodes, Raffi videos, and a Lisa Loeb childrens' music CD. I should have gone to camp (especially Bible camp) for the rest, I guess. I now have "Greasy, grimy gopher meat" running through my head.
Good luck, everyone.
2. Soft Boiled Eggs. As luck would have it, I have the O Brother soundtrack on my iPod (which I just typed as oPid), and that song played this morning. :)
7. You roll right by the pearly gates?
8. A Bicycle Built For Two! Ahhh, HAL.
9. I lost my meatball!!!
13. At the store?
15. I thought he was watching and waiting for her... (Matilda)
18. THE VERY NEXT DAY!
19. I remember, "pull out the plug and wet him all over", but that’s because my mind exists in the gutter. I won’t mention what I THINK some others are...
20. HIGHLY DEADLY BLACK TARANTULA! Beetlejuice!!!!!!
9. I lost my poor meatball.
16. Cockles and Mussels, Alive, Alive-o! (OK, this just happened to be in my "teach yourself to play the piano" book)
18. The very next day. (I thought he was a goner)
19. a) Shave his belly with a rusty razor, b) put him in in the longboat until he's sober, and c)???
The Technonaut
Ok, I picked my campy mom's brain (not the same as looking it up!) and got a couple:
1. Louisiana
2. Jelly bean eggs?
3. mother
4. big and bright
5. knife
6. ?
7. ain't got no brakes
8. bicycle built for two
9. lost my poor meatball - it rolled out the door
10. he's gonna die - he'll be hangin' from a white oak tree in the morning.
11. chicken and dumplin's (I knew this one!)
12. 10,000; noble duke of york
13. ?
14. green
15. his billy to boil (and along came a jumbuck)
16. cockles and mussels alive, alive-o!
17. ?
18. the very next day (I knew this one myself)
19. ?
20. a lovely bunch of coconuts!
Seriously, my mom gets all the credit (except 11 and 18) - she knew these off the top of her head as we talked! She pointed out most of these are folk songs, not camp songs, since we need to be particular. But excellent questions. To sharpen folk song skills, you can attend the
John C. Campbell Folk School in NC.
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