David K. Israel
Lunchtime Quiz: Cars in Songs
by David K. Israel - October 24, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Cars have often provided the inspiration for not only song lyrics, but entire songs. Can you match the artists and bands with the car that appears in one of their songs?

Take the Quiz and find out.

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Comments (9)

  1. One small issue — the Eagles could go two ways. ” . . . a girl my lord in a flat bed ford . . .” also fits. But I figured it out before I submitted.

    posted by ev on 10-24-2008 at 10:40 am

  2. Likewise for Jan and Dean — the other car in the race in Dead Man’s Curve was a jaguar (. . . when an XKE pulled up on my right. He rolled down the window on his shiny new Jag . . .).
    Good quiz, though.

    posted by Matt on 10-24-2008 at 11:21 am

  3. I usually get 100% on the music quiz, but this one stumped me.

    posted by fanniefarkle on 10-24-2008 at 11:38 am

  4. Wow, what a challenging quiz. However, I have to point out that Jaguar was referenced in “Welcome to the Machine”, not “Have A Cigar”.

    posted by Johnny Cat on 10-24-2008 at 12:32 pm

  5. ha! good catch Johnny. those two have always seemed to me like one giant song.

    and, yes, many cars could go more than one way. but there’s only one way that they all work together.

    posted by David K. Israel on 10-24-2008 at 1:36 pm

  6. Scored 55%, but like ev pointed out, I had Ford on Eagles, so really a 67%. Note the average! Pretty tough one.

    posted by sparkytube on 10-24-2008 at 2:35 pm

  7. Also in Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good”:

    My Maserati does one-eighty-five
    I lost my license, now I don’t drive
    I have a limo, ride in the back

    So the limo could go that way as well.

    posted by sparkytube on 10-24-2008 at 2:38 pm

  8. I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt cheated on this quiz. There are way too many ways for the answers to be wrong and still be right. The only specific thing that I can add that hasn’t been mentioned yet is that a Stingray IS a Corvette (indeed a Chevrolet, but that wasn’t an option), a Mustang IS a Ford, and the Beach Boys mentioned more cars than could even be isolated.

    Quiz fail.

    posted by Dave on 10-25-2008 at 8:00 am

  9. Quiz Win!

    It was challenging, and that’s what puzzlers love, a good challenge. David, you’re a great puzzler, as evidenced frequently. I look forward to a sequel, perhaps names of cities in popular music.

    posted by Johnny Cat on 10-25-2008 at 9:18 pm

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