This week’s Nickel Quiz is all about chances and luck. The year that the song was released is listed after each lyric as an extra clue.
As usual, scoring is on the honor system (no Googling):
- Correct Artist: 1 point
- Correct Song Title: 1 point
- Maximum Score: 10 points
- If it wasn’t for bad luck, you know, I wouldn’t have no luck at all (1967)
- A lady doesn’t wander all over the room and blow on some other guy’s dice (1965)
- The willow turns his back on inclement weather (1978)
- I’ve been acting like a fool, Pauline, I’ll swear I’ll change (1980)
- I get to hear you talk, see you walk, take me in your arms and let your luck begin to run (1982)
[Difficulty: ♫♫♫♫ / Good luck, friend, you’re on your own]
Answers to The Nickel Quiz #12: At the Zoo:
- “I Am The Walrus” (originally by The Beatles)
- “Muskrat Love” (originally Willis Alan Ramsey’s “Muskrat Candlelight”; renamed and popularized by America)
- “Barracuda” (originally by Heart)
- “Fly Like An Eagle” (originally by The Steve Miller Band)
- “War Pigs” (originally by Black Sabbath)
