This is the fifth installment of The Nickel Quiz. To celebrate this milestone, this week you’ll find some form of U.S. currency in each song’s lyrics, title, or in the artist’s name.
As usual, scoring is on the honor system (no Googling):
- Correct Artist: 1 point
- Correct Song Title: 1 point
- Maximum Score: 10 points
- Four of fish and finger pies in summer
- If you’ve got a nickel, won’t you lay your money down
- Little things remind me of you / Cheap cologne and that damn song too
- All of my life, I’ve been waitin’ in the rain / I’ve been waitin’ for a feeling that never, ever came
- I’d buy you a fur coat (But not a real fur coat, that’s cruel)
[Difficulty: ♫ ♫ / A little bit louder now]
Answers to The Nickel Quiz #4: Lit Rock:
- “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (originally by Bruce Springsteen) is about The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- “House at Pooh Corner” (originally by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and covered by Loggins and Messina) is about The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
- “Moon Over Bourbon Street” (originally by Sting) was inspired by Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire
- “Popular” (originally by Nada Surf) is based on Penny’s Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity by Gloria Winters
- “Wuthering Heights” (originally by Kate Bush, notably covered by Pat Benatar) is about Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights