Can you remember the lyrics to Billy Joel's ''We Didn't Start the Fire''?

It was always burning, since the world's been turning

 The Everett Collection

As the band at the Catalina Wine Mixer in Step Brothers proclaimed, "We strictly do '80s Joel music, sir!"

With that, a quiz about one of Billy's final singles of that decade. But, Joel looks back at the eras before, so the lyrics touch on events from the previous forty or so years!

So let's see how well you can recall the finer details of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire". Try your best to fill in the blanks, and then be sure to share your score in the comments section below!

Good luck, have fun, and try not to do any arsons today.

  1. "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, _________"
  2. "Studebaker, _________, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe"
  3. "________, The King And I, And The Catcher In The Rye"
  4. "Davy Crockett, _________, Elvis Presley, Disneyland"
  5. "Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the _______"
  6. "Little Rock, Pasternak, _________, Kerouac"
  7. "Hula Hoops, Castro, ______ is a no-go"
  8. "Ole Miss, John Glenn, ______ beats Patterson"
  9. "Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, _________"
  10. "Rock and Roller _____ wars, I can't take it anymore"

Can you remember the lyrics to Billy Joel's ''We Didn't Start the Fire''?

Your Result...

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74 Comments

marmetv20 1 month ago
2/10. I don't care for Billy Joel and it shows.
gbell marmetv20 1 month ago
I don’t mind him but I also got 2/10 🤣
Amalthea 1 month ago
One of my daughter's high school classes asked kids to work in partners and come up with another verse to follow a verse they were given. My daughter & her partner were called up first. Since they were both in the music department, not only did they come up with a credible verse...but they SANG it! Nobody wanted to follow them. (Side note: my daughter is now in college, majoring in vocal performance.)
Doug 1 month ago
I thought it was "trouble in the Silhouettes" a misunderstanding between group members. Thought "Tricky Dick" would be in the quiz. At least once.
CurleyHoward 1 month ago
2/10 Couldn’t even start a smolder 👎🏽
IdaKnow56 1 month ago
"Look at you, ya pyromaniac!" I may be quite a red-hot gal, but I'm nobody's fuel.
scp 1 month ago
Ten out of ten. In a few cases it helps that the correct answer was the one that fit the rhythm best.
8176Morgan 1 month ago
10/10 Way to go a perfect score I only wish I could get them more. I didn't know the lyrics to the song but you can figure out the right answers just by the time period of each question, plus a little bit of guess work!🙂
CortneyNicole 1 month ago
4/10 Not a fan of Billy Joe's music but I took a randomly guess tho..😄
chris70 1 month ago
8 of 10....any guy who could get Christy brinkley to marry him, I've got to be s fan of.
JHP chris70 1 month ago
YO! she still has her fastball:)
BenSobeleone 1 month ago
Well anyway, a bottle of white. A bottle of red. Perhaps a bottle of rose instead.
JHP BenSobeleone 1 month ago
for me sipping and I DO mean sipping Woodford Reserve
Moverfan BenSobeleone 1 month ago
You can have anything you want at our Italian restaurant...
MaryAnn 2 months ago
A very, VERY easy 10/10 for me. Back in the day, I watched the video and looked up every single name/ event mentioned that
I was unfamiliar with. Lol, I used to think it said, “Trouble in the sewers!” 🐀
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