Piano Man Challenge: Take This Billy Joel Trivia!
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In the Billy Joel song titled "Anthony's Song" what profession did Sergeant O'Leary have at night?
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Bartender
2.
What Billy Joel song starts "Slow down you crazy child/You're so ambitious for a juvenile"?
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Vienna
3.
The lyrics for "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)" by Billy Joel were written for whom?
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His Daughter, Alexa
4.
Who married Brenda in a Billy Joel song?
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Eddie
5.
What was Paul's occupation in the Billy Joel hit song "Piano Man"?
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He Was In Real Estate
6.
What is the name of Billy Joel's first wife?
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Elizabeth
7.
What country music artist popularized a song from the album "Storm Front"?
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Garth Brooks
8.
Who did Billy Joel tour with in 1994?
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Elton John
9.
Before his first solo album, Billy Joel released an album with which of these bands?
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Atilla
10.
What is Billy Joel's full name?
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William Martin Joel
11.
What is Billy Joel's birthday?
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09/May/49
12.
In Billy Joel's "Allentown", what are they doing in Bethlehem?
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Standing In Line
13.
Billy Joel recorded albums with what two other bands before going solo?
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Attila And The Hassles
14.
Who was the first historical figure mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire"?
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Harry Truman
15.
According to Billy Joel's song "Movin' Out", who works in the grocery store?
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Anthony
16.
In the Billy Joel hit song "We Didn't Start The Fire", what comes after the line "JFK blown away"?
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What Else Do I Have To Say?
17.
What's the name of the Catholic girl in Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young"?
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Virginia
18.
Which President was not mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"?
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Lyndon Johnson
19.
What Billy Joel song was the theme song to the show "Bosom Buddies"?
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My Life
20.
Which Billy Joel song contains a line about numbered corpses?
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Goodnight, Saigon
21.
Who is Billy Joel's longtime drummer?
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Liberty DeVitto
22.
Which Billy Joel song was on the soundtrack of a Rodney Dangerfield movie?
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Easy Money
23.
Which Billy Joel album featured the song "Shameless"?
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Storm Front
24.
Which is a Billy Joel song sung almost half in French?
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C'Etait Toi
25.
What is the grand in the song "Baby Grand" that is sung by Billy Joel and Ray Charles?
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Their Pianos
26.
What comes after the Billy Joel lyrics "Goodnight, my angel"?
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Now It's Time To Sleep
27.
In "You May Be Right" what day did Billy Joel say he was sorry?
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Saturday
28.
What Billy Joel album was "Big Shot" originally on?
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52nd Street
29.
What town does Billy Joel hail from?
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Hicksville, Long Island
30.
Which of Billy Joel's videos was set in a courtroom?
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Keepin The Faith
31.
In Billy Joel's hit "Piano Man", who is the pianist he is singing about?
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Himself
32.
Which Billy Joel song features the lyrics "Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the summer of '75"?
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Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
33.
The chorus of "This Night" is borrowed from what classical piece?
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Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
34.
What is the next line of the Billy Joel song, "What's the use of always dreaming if tomorrow is"?
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Today
35.
What Billy Joel song isn't an instrumental?
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Travelin' Prayer
36.
What four materials compose the faces mentioned in the lyrics of "The Stranger" by Billy Joel?
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Satin, Steel, Silk, Leather
37.
How many children did Billy Joel have with his first wife?
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0
38.
Billy Joel and the drummer from what band formed Attila?
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The Hassles
39.
What did Billy Joel sing "is such a lonely word"?
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Honesty
40.
Who did Billy Joel join in Central Park in the summer of 1997?
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Garth Brooks
41.
In which Billy Joel song does someone "sit in his room with the locks on the door"?
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The Angry Young Man
42.
In the song of the same name, what was the "Downeaster Alexa"?
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A Fishing Boat
43.
In the "Ballad of Billy the Kid", where was the second Billy from?
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Oyster Bay, Long Island
44.
Billy Joel wrote "Vienna" after visiting the city to see whom?
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His Father
45.
In an original studio recording, "Lullaby" was first an instrumental part of what other song?
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River Of Dreams
46.
In "The Entertainer", how long must this entertainer cut his hit song down to?
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3:05
47.
In Billy Joel's "Movin' Out", what is Sergeant O'Leary's part-time job?
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Bartender
48.
What city do you hear about when you drop a "dime in the box" in Billy Joel's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"?
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New Orleans
49.
What fictional character is mentioned in Billy Joel's "Pressure"?
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Peter Pan
50.
Billy Joel has spoken in public numerous times on behalf of which industry?
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Fishing Industry
51.
According Billy Joel, who "took over Mexico in Miami 2017"?
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The Mafia
52.
What song starts off with Billy Joel playing an accordion?
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Downeaster Alexa
53.
Whose eyes does Billy Joel sing about in his 1978 album "52nd Street"?
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Rosalinda
54.
When did Brenda and Eddie decide to get married in a Billy Joel song?
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End Of July
55.
"I'll have my fears like every man; you'll have your tears like every woman" are lyrics from which Billy Joel song?
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Until The Night
56.
According to the Billy Joel song lyric who "calls me in the middle of the night"?
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Laura
57.
On the concert album "Live from Leningrad", Billy Joel performed which other band's song?
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The Beatles
58.
In CD 4 of Billy Joel's "Complete Greatest Hits", which of these words is accented when Billy Joel talks about "my first ex-wife"?
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First
59.
Which of Billy Joel's songs has an excerpt from the song "Happy Trails"?
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The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
60.
Which is a Billy Joel song?
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Get It Right The First Time
61.
Who played the saxophone for Billy Joel, before Mark Rivera?
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Richie Cannata
62.
On which Billy Joel album is the song "James"?
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Turnstiles
63.
Which Billy Joel song begins with the line "A picture postcard, a folded stub"?
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Souvenir
64.
In which sitcom did Billy Joel make an appearance?
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Mad About You
65.
What is the name of Billy Joel's oldest daughter?
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Alexa
66.
Billy Joel's old manager was related to him; what was the relationship?
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Brother-In-Law
67.
In "Vienna" by Billy Joel, "you can get" what?
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What You Want Or You Can Just Get Old
68.
What classic Disney song did Billy Joel perform on the children's compilation disc "Mad About the Mouse"?
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When You Wish Upon A Star
69.
On what album's cover is Billy Joel seen holding a trumpet?
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52nd Street
70.
When Billy Joel plays to Australian audiences he (nearly) always plays one very Aussie tune; what is it?
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Waltzing Matilda
71.
What male band provided background vocals to the song "All About Soul" by Billy Joel?
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Color Me Badd
72.
In the song "Goodnight Saigon", who left their childhood on every acre?
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Charlie And Baker
73.
What was the title of Billy Joel's first album?
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Cold Spring Harbor
74.
On New Year's Eve, 1999, where did Billy Joel perform his concert to bring in the new millennium?
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Madison Square Garden
75.
What was the name of the newsletter put out by the official Billy Joel Fan Club?
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The Root Beer Rag
76.
In what hotel did Billy Joel meet someone in the song "I Don't Want to be Alone"?
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The Plaza Hotel
77.
What does Billy Joel say to the audience at the end of every concert?
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Don't Take Any Shit From Anybody!
78.
On the Billy Joel classical CD entitled "Fantasies & Delusions", who plays the piano?
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Richard Joo
79.
Billy Joel was a member of which heavy metal band in the 70's?
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Attila
80.
Billy Joel's 1983 album "An Innocent Man" had songs about which then-fiance, later wife and ex-wife?
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Christie Brinkley
81.
What decade is the hit single "Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel from?
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Seventies
82.
What decade is the hit single "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel from?
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Eighties
83.
What decade is the hit single "An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel from?
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Eighties
84.
What decade is the hit single "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel from?
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Eighties
85.
What decade is the hit single "The River Of Dreams" by Billy Joel from?
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Nineties
86.
Which song was a hit single for Billy Joel in 1993?
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The River Of Dreams
87.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "Just The Way You Are" on Columbia?
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1978
88.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "My Life" on Columbia?
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1979
89.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" on Columbia?
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1980
90.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "You May Be Right" on Columbia?
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1980
91.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "Allentown" on Columbia?
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1983
92.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "Tell Her About It" on Columbia?
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1983
93.
What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "Uptown Girl" on Columbia?
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1984
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What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "An Innocent Man" on Columbia?
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1984
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What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "I Go To Extremes" on Columbia?
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1990
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What year did Billy Joel have the hit single "The River Of Dreams" on Columbia?
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1993
97.
In Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young", who starts much too late?
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Catholic Girls
98.
What is singer Billy Joel's real name?
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William Joseph Martin Joel
99.
What is the name of the Broadway musical based on the songs of Billy Joel?
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Movin' Out
100.
Why was Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young" controversial when it was released?
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Catholic References
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