(May 12, 2025). Welcome to this 9th edition of Music Jeopardy! The blog provides the clues, you provide the responses AND figure out the mystery category to which they all belong.
We lost a great soul vocalist this past weekend, and his passing at age 80 is what inspired the latest Music Jeopardy category and clues. This one should be easy if you know your ‘70s soul (sprinkled with a lot of pop). If you do, provide your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box at the bottom of the article or DM me on any of the social media platforms where this is posted. You can also post your answers publicly, but then you’d be spoiling it for others (do you really want that?). All correct entries will be acknowledged in the next Music Jeopardy, but the best one will win the prize, which is absolutely nothing but bragging rights!
Below this puzzle’s clues are the results of Music Jeopardy 8. But first, here are your five clues for today’s post:
Clue 1:
Clue 2:
Clue 3:
Clue 4:
Clue 5:
It’s another easy category, so provide your responses to the clues and guess the category. Have fun and good luck!
Here are the Results from Music Jeopardy 8:
Clue 1: Ronnie Milsap (1980)
Makin you a snort man: What is “Smoky Mountain Rain”?
Clue 2: Brownsville Station (1973):
So they boink in morons: What is “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”?
Clue 3: Deep Purple (1973):
Women stoke earth: What is “Smoke on the Water”?
Clue 4: The Platters (1959)
Ok yo musty geese risen: What is “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”?
Clue 5: Sanford Townsend Band (1977):
Different storms aim oak: What is “Smoke from a Distant Fire”?
Category: Smokin’ Anagrams (or anything close to that)
Winners: Bob Ridge, Luis Ortiz, Matt Mullen
Good luck with today’s puzzle 9! The correct responses and the results will be revealed Thursday (5/15).
DJRob
DJRob (he/him) is a freelance music blogger from the East Coast who covers R&B, hip-hop, disco, pop, rock and country genres – plus lots of music news and current stuff! You can follow him on Bluesky at @djrobblog.bsky.social, X (formerly Twitter) at @djrobblog, on Facebook or on Meta’s Threads.
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