You Don't Mess Around with Jims

This jim-dandy trivia game features famous artists and characters named Jim, Jimmy, and James.

15 questions · Published January 3, 2023

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

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1. Which of these songs was NOT written by American folk-rock singer Jim Croce?
"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" singer Jim Croce had several hits in the 1970s before tragically dying in a plane crash in 1973.
The 1972 song "Taxi" was written by Harry Chapin.
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2. Which of these 1980s fantasy films was directed by "Muppets" creator Jim Henson?
Jim Henson directed the 1986 musical fantasy "Labyrinth," written by Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones and produced by George Lucas.
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3. What famous Jimmy's fans are collectively known as "parrotheads"?
Timothy Schmit, bass player in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, coined the term "parrothead" in 1985 after Buffett commented on the fans in Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats that would frequently pop up at his shows like Grateful Dead Deadheads.
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4. Jim Morrison, vocalist for counterculture rockers The Doors, was nicknamed "The ____________ King."
In the Doors' seventeen-minute spoken verse song/poem "Celebration of the Lizard" (1970), Morrison says:
"I am the Lizard King
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready."
He later claimed that he chose the nickname because it was catchy, ironic, and simple.
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5. What is "Star Trek" Captain James T. Kirk's middle name?
USS Enterprise Captain James Tiberius Kirk debuted in the 1966 "Star Trek" episode "The Man Trap."

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