The Blues Exam

By Mike Felknor, Peter Felknor, and John McMaster

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete each blues couplet with the appropriate word or phrase. Answers appear a few lines beneath the "scoring" section.

 

 

  1. I woke up this morning and I smelled

    2. a) cappucino b) fields of daisies c) gasoline

  2. I gave her all my lovin’ and she turned out to be a

    3. a) Republican b) ho c) he

  3. Woke up this mornin’ and I found myself in

    4. a) jail b) Aspen c) Starbuck’s

  4. I got the ____________ woman that you ever seen

    5. a) loveliest b) meanest c) wealthiest

  5. Gimme ____________ when I’m thirsty

    6. a) Evian b) the Un-Cola c) whiskey

  6. My baby went to Vegas and all I got was

    7. a) the clap b) this stupid T-shirt c) 10% of her proceeds

  7. I can’t never be

    8. a) Johnny Cash b) satisfied c) using faulty English

  8. Sometimes I feel like a

    9. a) latte b) nut c) motherless child

  9. You better not complain, boy, or you get in trouble with

    10. a) The Man b) your broker c) those radical feminists

  10. I feel like I’m tied to

    11. a) this job b) the whippin’ post c) matrimony

  11. Baby you shook me

    12. a) and I woke right up b) all night long c) from ten till ten-oh-eight

  12. Baby please

    13. a) be nice to me b) pour me a latte c) stop messin’ around

  13. I believe I’ll

    14. a) dust my broom b) buy a mountain bike c) go to Saint-Tropez

     

  14. I went down to

    15. a) Victor Allen’s b) the temple c) the crossroads

  15. It ain’t my

    16. a) dry cleaning b) cross to bear c) condominium

  16. I shot a man

    17. a) in Memphis b) in Seattle c) I did not!

  17. She loved me so hard that I

    18. a) broke my fingernail b) got a bad headache c) fell right off the bed

  18. Wanna buy a new car--

    19. a) a Lexus, I think b) but the price ain’t right c) or a minivan

  19. Had an old dog, his name was

    20. a) Skipper b) Blue c) Spanky

  20. If my baby won’t love me, I know

a) I’ll feel real bad b) there’s always Paris c) her sister will

 

 

SCORING:

16-20 right: You probably converse with Robert Johnson

11-15 right: You’ve seen a bad neighborhood or two

6-10 right: Did you go to grad school?

0-5 right: Go back to Cambridge!

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS: 1-c

2-b

3-a

4-b

5-c

6-a

7-b

8-c

9-a

10-b

11-b

12-c

13-a

14-c

15-b

16-a

17-c

18-b

19-b

20-c