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We Didn't Start the Fire - Sudden Death

You know that catchy Billy Joel tune from 1989 ... but can you select only the things that mentioned in the song without clicking things that aren't mentioned?
Three mistakes ends the quiz
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First submittedDecember 19, 2024
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Sudden Death. Clicking 3 wrong answers ends the quiz!
Al Gore
Archie comics
Beatlemania
Belgians in the Congo
Berlin
Big Brother
Bilbo Baggins
Birth Control
Cola Wars
Communist Bloc
Disneyland
Dylan
Fire
Frank Sinatra
Harry Truman
Heroin
Hula hoops
James Dean
Jane Fonda
Joseph Stalin
Jumping ropes
Liberace
Marilyn Monroe
Michael Jackson
Ole Miss
Orson Wells
Pink Cadillacs
Punk rock
Red China
Steal this Book
Steve McQueen
Stranger in a Strange Land
Studebaker
Television
The Catcher in the Rye
The Jetsons
Trouble in the Suez
Twister
Underdog
Vaccine
Watergate
Wheel of Fortune
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19 Comments
Hollygomerryround
+6
Level 60
Jan 19, 2025
I thought fire was a trick
RandomMensch
+1
Level 41
Mar 12, 2025
Shouldn‘t H-Bomb count as nuclear fission?
Muncie
+1
Level 75
Mar 15, 2025
I was thinking of the actual words in the song, but you made a good point. I've changed it.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Mar 25, 2025
D'oh! Got down to the very last one with no errors and then guessed incorrectly. The only one I missed was...fire. I was so fixated on the verses that I didn't even think about the chorus. Also, including "Cadillacs" is diabolical, because it's so easy to hum along and mistake it for "Kerouac."
Muncie
+1
Level 75
Mar 25, 2025
Glad you enjoyed it! Sorry about being diabolical, tho!
toowise
+1
Level 81
Mar 25, 2025
Great Quiz, nominated. By the way, sorry to hijack the comments, but why not try my picture quiz on the same song...

HERE

Sorry again, couldn't help it!

Muncie
+1
Level 75
Mar 25, 2025
OMG, this is amazing, toowise! I am drugged up on cold medicine right now, but this is on my list to do when I recover the ability to think.
cathlete
+1
Level 78
May 9, 2025
Great quiz! (Ball St grad?)
Muncie
+1
Level 75
May 9, 2025
Yes. You?
cathlete
+2
Level 78
May 10, 2025
No, but you could say I'm familiar with the MAC. But I have been to Mounds State Park not too far away!
LegoBuilderOne
+3
Level 55
May 13, 2026
The features are coming rolling in! Great quiz!
buck1017
+1
Level 78
May 13, 2026
Couple points.

1. It's "vaccine" and not "vaccines"

2. He never says "Rock and Roll" In the last verse he says "rock and roller cola wars"

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 13, 2026
Changed vaccines to vaccine and rock and roll to James Dean.
Muncie
+1
Level 75
May 13, 2026
Thank you!
HubertThePhoenix
+3
Level 62
May 13, 2026
Glad this got featured.
Qikiq
+1
Level 89
May 14, 2026
Is fire really a cultural event in the song? Or is it just a way to describe what all those events led to?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 14, 2026
Changed "cultural moments" to "things" in the description.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
May 15, 2026
Billy Joel uses cue cards and teleprompters to get through this song so he might actually get a whammy on this quiz.
Muncie
+1
Level 75
May 15, 2026
Interesting! Always wondered how singers keep their place -- and their breath! -- in fast songs.
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