Each of the lyric lines in this week's quiz mentions a real person - politicians, actors, painters, historical figures, etc. Sometimes only the first or last name is mentioned. The number of X's in the line indicates the number of missing words.

1. "Tonight you're gonna go down in flames, just like XX" (Cher)
2. "I was kissing X by a crystal blue Italian stream" (The Bangles)
3. "XX in the wrestling match, yeah yeah yeah yeah" (REM)
4. "When a man named XX, tried to make that town his own" (Paper Lace)
5. "She got XX stand-off sighs" (Kim Carnes)
6. "Don't ask me what I want it for, ah, ah, XX" (Beatles)
7. "OK, so you're XX, that don't impress me much" (Shania Twain)
8. "I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill, with X, X, and X" (Dion)
9. "XX with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes" (Grateful Dead)
10. "Just like the old man in that book by X" (The Police)
11. "Killed the czar and his ministers, X screamed in vain" (Rolling Stones)
12. "Where is my XX, where is my prairie son" (Paula Cole)
13. "Man, you should have seen them kicking XXX" (Beatles)
14. "For in peace our hearts will sing, thanks to XXX" (Stevie Wonder)
15. "I'm real, even on X" (Jennifer Lopez)
16. "Avoid stepping on XX, 'cause he's liable to turn and bite" (The Kinks)
17."XX, dance on air" (Madonna)

Bonus: "X moon, shattered light, diamond bullets ripping up the night" (Grateful Dead)