Moronika
General Boards => Quiz Corner => Topic started by: Giff me dat fill-em! on August 30, 2006, 10:55:02 PM
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As per Dunrobin’s advice, in order to save space in the upload folders, I am altering the way the Quiz Corner threads are moderated. In particular, in the Music Quiz thread, only the previous quiz and the current quiz attachments will be displayed. All previously posted attachments in the thread will be deleted. This will keep the upload folder from becoming too large. Thanks
Okay, folks - enuff of nitpicking for awhile. Let's have some fun with music trivia and lyrics.
For instance, here are some television program theme songs from the 70's and 80's ...
The Dastardly and Mutley theme is from a spinoff of an earlier cartoon show titled Wacky Racers, in which Dick Dastardly and his sidekick dog, Mutley, wreak havoc on the other racers with their dirty tricks.
Of course, Dudley Do-Right is the bumbling Canadian Mounty who loves his horse more than Sweet Nell.
The Bob Newhart Show ... a psychiatrist with his own problems at home.
And, of course, the ever-famous Muppet Show.
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Now for the quiz ...
Name these four TV shows by their theme songs.
(Extra points for naming the principal actors and their characters)
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HINT:
These TV themes are from network television in the mid to late 70's ...
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More Hints:
TV Theme Song #1:
One of the principal characters went on to become a well known personality in the movie industry, including many starring roles ... one of the movies this person starred in was titled Twins.
TV Theme Song #2:
The lead character for this TV show was seen recently in TV ads addressing "your Medicare benefits concerning the new prescription drug plan".
TV Theme Song #3:
The principal character for this show was no newbie to television. This person appeared as the main character for TV shows as far back as 1957 when appearing as a gambler/reluctant hero in the American West, choosing to weasel out of trouble. Buy 'em a drink, offer a cigar, play a few hands of cards - anything but gunplay at which the person wasn't especially adept. A movie of this particular TV show was made in 1994 in which this person also starred.
TV Theme Song #4:
The misadventures of a cantankerous person who finds monetary enrichment in other people's throw-away stuff.
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More Hints:
TV Theme Song #1:
One of the principal characters went on to become a well known personality in the movie industry, including many starring roles ... one of the movies this person starred in was titled Twins.
TV Theme Song #2:
The lead character for this TV show was seen recently in TV ads addressing "your Medicare benefits concerning the new prescription drug plan".
TV Theme Song #3:
The principal character for this show was no newbie to television. This person appeared as the main character for TV shows as far back as 1957 when appearing as a gambler/reluctant hero in the American West, choosing to weasel out of trouble. Buy 'em a drink, offer a cigar, play a few hands of cards - anything but gunplay at which the person wasn't especially adept. A movie of this particular TV show was made in 1994 in which this person also starred.
TV Theme Song #4:
The misadventures of a cantankerous person who finds monetary enrichment in other people's throw-away stuff.
1. Taxi - Danny DeVito - Louis DePalma
2. ? (I can't download the files)
3. The Rockford Files - James Garner - Jim Rockford
4. Sanford & Son - Redd Foxx - Fred G. Sanford
How'd I do with just the clues?
James
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1. Taxi - Danny DeVito - Louis DePalma
2. ? (I can't download the files)
3. The Rockford Files - James Garner - Jim Rockford
4. Sanford & Son - Redd Foxx - Fred G. Sanford
How'd I do with just the clues?
James
I had the same problem. I could hear numbers 1,3,and 4, but #2 was blank.
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Actually I can't download any of them. It's a firewall issue.
James
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Jrvass / JazzBill ...
So far, right on!
Now, I had no problem with downloading and playing #2, but I'll post it as a WAV file just in case thats the problem.
Here's the breakdown of the three correct answers:
TV Theme Song #1 – TAXI
Judd Hirsch – Alex Reiger
Marilu Henner – Elaine O’Conner
Danny DeVito – Louie De Palma
Tony Danza – Tony Banta
Andy Kaufman – Latka Gravas
Christopher Lloyd - Reverend Jim Ignatowski
TV Theme Song #3 – THE ROCKFORD FILES
James Garner – Jim Rockford
Noah Beery, Jr. - Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
Joe Santos - Dennis Becker
Stuart Margolin - Evelyn 'Angel' Martin
TV Theme Song #4 – SANFORD and SON
Redd Foxx – Fred G. Sanford
Demond Wilson – Lamont Sanford
LaWanda Page – Aunt Esther
Whitman Mayo – Grady Wilson
Nathaniel Taylor – Rollo Larson
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In the 1995 movie Tommy Boy, there was a scene in which Tommy and Richard had made their quota of brake pad sales and were returning to the factory in Richard's car. Name the three songs they sang along to in the car.
extra points if you can name the artist(s)
bonus points if you can name the song/artist(s) that they sang along to in the car on the way to their first sale.
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Funny - I had no problem downloading #2, which I think is Barney Miller (1975-1982), starring Hal Linden, Max Gail, Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass and Steve Landesberg.
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Dunrobin gets the wax lips ... correct!
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In the 1995 movie Tommy Boy, there was a scene in which Tommy and Richard had made their quota of brake pad sales and were returning to the factory in Richard's car. Name the three songs they sang along to in the car.
extra points if you can name the artist(s)
bonus points if you can name the song/artist(s) that they sang along to in the car on the way to their first sale.
A few hints:
First song:
This song was from 1983 by a band that had only one other notable hit song titled Geno.
Second song:
This song appeared in the band's album titled Document in the eighties and quickly rose up in the charts.
Third song:
This song was released in the USA in 1972 and rose quickly in the charts, even though the singer was relatively unknown and the words were not sung in English.
Bonus song:
This tune was released in 1971 and was one of the biggest hits by this brother-sister group, although they made many, many top hit songs before and thereafter.
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Okay … I’ll put everyone out of their misery. The answers to the Tommy Boy quiz!
1. Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
2. It’s the End of the World as We Know It – REM
3. Eres Tu – Juan Carlos Calderon
Bonus: Superstar – The Carpenters
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Next new quiz ...
Name the songs/group (the same group sang all three tunes)
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was driving.
Now all the vampires walking through the valley,
Move west down Ventura Boulevard.
They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
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Well, all three are by Tom Petty. #1 is "Running Down a Dream". #2 is "Free Falling". Can't remember title of #3. Thought the common link would be the album "Full Moon Fever" but #3 isn't off that album.
BTW do I get extra points for knowing "Full Moon Fever" is a Tom Petty solo album on which only a few of the Heartbreakers were used?
*Eureka! #3 is "Great Wide Open".
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Eureka!
You don't smell so great, yerself! >:D
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You don't smell so great, yerself! >:D
Dang, I just got pwned again.
Or else somebody's upset I got the question right before he did...
You can't see me!
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Bruckman,
(You may be right, I think the first two songs were Tom without his heart broken, and the last one with his breakers)
Since you supplied unsolicited info on Tom Petty, extra points are hereby granted.
(pushes point redeption toy box forward)
You may redeem your points by selecting a prize from the prize box.
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Bruckman,
(You may be right, I think the first two songs were Tom without his heart broken, and the last one with his breakers)
Since you supplied unsolicited info on Tom Petty, extra points are hereby granted.
(pushes point redeption toy box forward)
You may redeem your points by selecting a prize from the prize box.
Neato, I'll take the Tren/Test dispenser w/the head of Jose Canseco (these steroid jokes would work better on Getbig.com).
Hah, the big blockhead actually won a question on pop music, thanks to many hours of being subjected to Tom Petty as a passenger in crewcabs during his career in forestry. Just had to gloat over this!
Wuzzup next - do I have to supply a quiz question seeing as I answered the last, or will someone else do it? Because I really got nothing, or else my selection will involve some western Canadian band no one else here's ever heard of.
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Go ahead, Bruck, if you think it will help you get into the toybox, however, I got gobs of music questions left before I run low. Frinstance ...
Name the song/artist from this snippet of lyrics
(please be advised that a lot of the spellings are phonetic, since I have no idea what the true spellings may be)
extra points if you can name the movie in the recent past a portion of this song was sung by a principal actor in.
Sambo leajeh seji moya
Yeah, jumbo jumbo
Way to party, oh, we go and
Oh, jumbolah
Sambo leajeh seji moya
Yeah, jumbo jumbo
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Isn't that from some Lionel Richie lyric? (Shoot, where's Slipp when we need him?)
I think "jumbo" is actually "jambo" (Swahili for hello, greetings, welcome, etc.) although to my ear the last two lines of the lyrics quoted always sounded like:
"Don't ya leave for California,
Hey, mumbo jumbo!"
Title just came to me: "All Night Long". I put my street cred at risk for that. But I can't think of a movie in which it figured on the soundtrack.
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Well ...
It wasn't ON the soundtrack, but the recent movie it was used in was "Rush Hour" ... (Chris Tucker stops the bad guy at the first of the movie, dances in the street and sings this song - okay, so it wasn't USED in the movie, just quoted)
Bruckman is racking up the points - if he saves them up, he could trade them in for an mp3 of The Curly Shuffle!!
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Perhaps I can stump Bruckman with this one ...
Name the song, group, and movie this tune is from:
For six long years I’ve been in trouble
No pleasure here on Earth I find
For in this world I’m bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
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Perhaps I can stump Bruckman with this one ...
Name the song, group, and movie this tune is from:
For six long years I’ve been in trouble
No pleasure here on Earth I find
For in this world I’m bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
I've got this one:
"Man of Constant Sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys, from O Brother, Where Art Thou. (I love that movie, and I have the music video for the song.)
(I was going to put the video on Youtube, but of course a number of people already have. Here's one of them (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81itpTpuCSA).) ;)
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Okee-dokee, den, Dunrobin ... you can trade in the wax lips along with the points you've earned and pick a prize from the ThreeStooges prize box, or you can take two socks of fives. (Be advised that Bruckman has already taken the Tren/Test dispenser w/the head of Jose Canseco)
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Which 1966 rock ‘n roll song was a musical interpretation of a passage of scripture and soared to #1? Name the group (just for completeness). Name the passage of scripture, and win the jackpot!
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Which 1966 rock ‘n roll song was a musical interpretation of a passage of scripture and soared to #1? Name the group (just for completeness). Name the passage of scripture, and win the jackpot!
Could that be "Land of Milk and Honey" by the Vogues?
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey: unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
-- Exodus 3: 8 (KJV)
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Which 1966 rock ‘n roll song was a musical interpretation of a passage of scripture and soared to #1? Name the group (just for completeness). Name the passage of scripture, and win the jackpot!
Turn Turn Turn, written by Pete Seeger. Made popular by the Byrds. Book of Ecclesiestes.
Turn! Turn! Turn!," also known by its full title "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is A Season)," is a song written by Pete Seeger, wherein Seeger set text from The Bible to music, specifically, a reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes, 3:1-8, in the Jewish Bible. Although he wrote it in the 1950s, Seeger waited until 1962 to record it, releasing the song on his The Bitter and The Sweet album on Columbia Records
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DOH! Can't believe I missed that one. (I was just guessing from a quick Google search. That'll teach me to not look further.) [doh]
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DOH! Can't believe I missed that one. (I was just guessing from a quick Google search. That'll teach me to not look further.) [doh]
Unfortunately, I remember when the song came out. I just had to Google it to find the exact details.
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Can you imagine the conversation between Mom and Dad when that child was born?
Dad: What shall we name him?
Mom: Bill? ... George? ... Sue? ...
Dad: I got it!! We'll name him Ecclesiastes!
Mom: Bill is easier to spell ...
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Who will play at Steve Irwin's wake?
Sting!
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Apparently Steve Irwin isn't getting buried in a coffin but in a Croc Pot
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Apparently Steve Irwin isn't getting buried in a coffin but in a Croc Pot
This joke is destine for the classics, percy!! [rotflmao] [stooges] [dance]
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next quiz ... (not Sting related)
From these two words of lyrics, name the song and the artist ...
Serious Moonlight
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David Bowie, "Let's Dance". Serious Moonlight was also the name of his tour circa 1983 I believe. OK, I'm not aging myself as much as Jazzbill, but still we're talking history - I can distinctly remember talking to a girl in one of my undergrad classes who'd attended a concert from this tour.
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Try this one. Same band for both, and let's see if you can guess the songs.
"Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty, and Dracula."
"Here's wishing you the bluest sky,
And hoping something better comes tomorrow.
Hoping all the verses rhyme,
And the very best of choruses too."
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As a service to metaldams, I will supply a clue or two to the quiz posed by him.
The first lyrics were released in the UK and Denmark late in 1968, with the album having the same name as the song.
The second lyrics was first released as a single in the UK and USA in mid 1981 on a 45 rpm record, then in late summer of the same year, was released on the album titled Give The People What They Want.
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God Save the Kinks
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The first lyrics were released in the UK and Denmark late in 1968, with the album having the same name as the song.
I guess since this is the nitpicker's forum, it's OK to point out that the song is named "The Village Green Preservation Society", but the album is actually named "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society".
Gary
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Bah! If I knew Gary was lurking, I'd try something much more difficult than the Kinks. I don't think anybody has said it, but the second lyric is from "Better Things," which I think a couple of you guys already know. By the way, I love the GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT album.
I may possibly even teach Gary something about The Kinks here, so let's go for it. It's obvious Ray Davies is ripping himself off in "Destroyer," (using the riff from "All Day and All of the Night" and referencing "Lola"), but in the song "Yo-Yo," the heavy guitar/organ chord progression in the pre-chorus is identical in both chords and tone to a song from a rocker in the 70's who went "solo" in 1975 and released a made for TV theatrical special this same year. The song I am referring to even appears on this special. Whether Ray Davies ever heard this song I have no clue, so the similarities could possibly be coincidence. Nonetheless, the similarities are identical. What song does "Yo-Yo" partially "rip off," and from whom?
If anybody else wants to give it a crack, my computer is crap and I can't offer MP3 downloads, so feel free to download "Yo-Yo" from The Kinks and give it a shot yourself.
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OK, listening to the two songs back to back for the first time, The Kinks version is just slightly heavier in tone and the rhythm is a tad different, so maybe my question is too obscure and only in the ears of metaldams. The song I was thinking was "Department of Youth" off Alice Cooper's 1975 WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE album. Very similar chord progression, and the first time I heard "Yo-Yo," I instantly thought of "Department of Youth."
Let's see if anybody can guess this band and songs. The only clue I'll give is that if sickdrjoe is reading this, he'll wince, 'casue he HATES these guys! As for me, I dig them.
"He told me tales and he drank my wine,
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine."
"With the day, came the resolution, I'll be looking for you.
La la la, la-la. La la la, la-la. La, la....laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, ah." (The "la la la's" sound much better sung than written, of course)
"Take me across the water, 'cause I need some place to hide.
I've done the rancher's daughter, and I sure did hurt his pride."
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Here's two out of three (I don't know the first song):
July Morning and Stealin' by URIAH HEEP
To go a bit further, July Morning was from the album 'Look at Yourself' which I actually own and still enjoy once in a great while. Stealin' I'm guessing was from 'Demons and Wizards'.
And, I think it was Manfred Mann who played a moog synthesizer on 'July Morning'.
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"He told me tales and he drank my wine,
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine."
"The Wizard" is off "Demons And Wizards" Uriah Heep
"Stealin" is off "Sweet Freedom" Uriah Heep
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You guys are correct with the answers, it's Uriah Heep. The first lyric is "The Wizard" off DEMONS and WIZARDS, the second is "July Morning" off LOOK AT YOURSELF, and the third is "Stealin'" from SWEET FREEDOM.
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OK, listening to the two songs back to back for the first time, The Kinks version is just slightly heavier in tone and the rhythm is a tad different, so maybe my question is too obscure and only in the ears of metaldams. The song I was thinking was "Department of Youth" off Alice Cooper's 1975 WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE album.
I'm not really familiar with the post-1973 Alice Cooper stuff so I would never have know that one. The most blatant Kinks sound-alike is "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" which basically steals the main riff from "Jumpin Jack Flash". And I believe the Kinks were thinking of suing the Doors over "Hello I Love You" which smacks of "All Day and All of the Night". Of course nothing Like John Fogerty being sued for plagiarizing himself!
Gary
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I'm not really familiar with the post-1973 Alice Cooper stuff so I would never have know that one. The most blatant Kinks sound-alike is "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" which basically steals the main riff from "Jumpin Jack Flash". And I believe the Kinks were thinking of suing the Doors over "Hello I Love You" which smacks of "All Day and All of the Night". Of course nothing Like John Fogerty being sued for plagiarizing himself!
Gary
LOVE IT TO DEATH, KILLER, and BILLION DOLLAR BABIES are among the best rock albums ever made (SCHOOL'S OUT ain't bad either, just a notch below the others). The latter two especially may be the most cinematic albums I can think of, as those songs really paint a picture in your head. I attribute this to both Alice's quirky personality and the brilliance of Bob Ezrin, my favorite rock producer ever along with George Martin.
As for post '73 Cooper, WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE is worth checking out. It's schmaltzier than the earlier albums, but still maintains those cinematic qualities I was speaking of earlier (heck, Vincent Price even makes a cameo). THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF ALICE COOPER box set is the best way to go for a career overview of Alice. It's by far my favorite box set. Perfect booklet, packaging, length, and Alice's musical career was/is so varied it's easy to listen to the whole way through.
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LOVE IT TO DEATH, KILLER, and BILLION DOLLAR BABIES are among the best rock albums ever made
AGREED! And that was one great band to see live during that era. I think Alice is one of the best examples of someone who's a great lead vocalist without having a great voice.
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Next Quiz A: Name the song/group from these verses of lyrics:
She's sweet on Wagner,
I think she'd die for Beethoven,
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Next Quiz B: What do these four items have in common?
1. The liberty bell
2. A naked person
3. A serpent that squeezes the life from it's victims
4. Le Cirque Du Soleil
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Maybe I have ESP but I had this odd feeling a couple days ago there'd be a question involving ELO. (ESP? ELO? Hiya, how YOU doin'?")
Sorry, I'm punchy this morning.
Anyway, answer to part A is ELO, "Rockaria" (or is it "Rock Aria"?)
What do the things in part B have in common, I dunno. "Things That Are Cracked"? "Things That Suffer From Shrinkage"?
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Hints for Quiz B:
Only #1 is music related
#2, #3 and #4 are in reference to a TV show in which #1 is the theme song
As for Quiz A - Bruckman is correct.
I wonder just exactly which works of these masters would be wafting from her room -
I have a few suggestions ...
1. Wagner ... would HAVE to be "Ride of the Valkyries"
2. Beethoven ... my guess is his Symphony No. 6, "The Pastoral"
3. Puccini ... his opera "La Bohème" would be a good choice
4. Verdi ... perhaps "La Forza del Destino" would be a telling tune
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Hints for Quiz B:
Only #1 is music related
#2, #3 and #4 are in reference to a TV show in which #1 is the theme song
Other Hints for Quiz B:
#2 can be further refined to mean "a completely naked person in the UK", and the meaning is the same as the title of of a 1997 movie.
#4 Le Cirque Du Soleil is a veiled reference to barnstorming as a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s in which stunt pilots would perform tricks with airplanes, often in groups.
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OK, B is "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
I was trying to figure out how the Liberty Bell fit into this (#2 is obviously a ref. to "The Full Monty" though I think you may have given the game away w/the assistance). Then I remembered the opening music playing under the opening titles is John Philip Sousa's "Liberty Bell March", et voila! - there ya go.
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Bruckman wins the cupie doll ...
Here's the song the 2. Monty 3. Python 4. Flying Circus troop used for their theme song (minus the "squished-with-a-giant-foot" sound at the end. I suppose there are many that have never heard the entire song.
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Put on yer thinkin' caps!
This next quiz question refers to the 1964 movie Baby The Rain Must Fall starring Steve McQueen as a brawling, guitar-pickin' ex-con who tries to start over with his wife and daughter, but runs into one roadblock after another.
The quiz question is, name the artist who sang the theme song for that movie. (posted below)
Extra points if you can name the trio he sang with before becoming a solo artist.
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Hard to come up with hints for this one ... but here goes:
This artist began his career with a folk trio in 1959 who had contemporaries such as The Kingston Trio and The Weavers, and remained with the group until 1976, despite launching his own solo career in the mid 60's. The group began by performing at the Hungry-I in San Francisco after the trio had honed their act from a small club in Aspen, Colorado called The Limelite.
I'll post some pics from the web as soon as I can resolve some upload problems I'm having at present.
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Here are those promised photos of the trio (and quiz question artist) ...
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Go to "Moronika.com" and look at the picture on the right, then look at hintpic3, and tell me who hintpic3 looks like.
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Why do all that work ... take a look fer yersef!
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Hey! I represent that remark! ;D
(The likeness is a little scary, but I'm not that old - honest!)
The quiz question is, name the artist who sang the theme song for that movie. (posted below)
Extra points if you can name the trio he sang with before becoming a solo artist.
Glen Yarborough, and the group was the Limeliters.
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Correct, Mr. Limeliter, er, I mean, Dunrobin ...
I'll play the nitpicker here and correct the spelling -
Glenn Yarbrough
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Its time for the next quiz ...
The topic is musical "duos" ... List the GROUP name from the following first names of the band members:
1. Phil and Don
2. Dick and Tom
3. Paul and Art
4. Daryl and John
5. Lester and Earl
6. Per and Marie
Speaking of Phil and Don ... can anyone name the popular song in 1976 that these first names were used in?
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1. The Everly Brothers
2. The Smothers Brothers
3. Simon & Garfunkle
4. Hall & Oates
5. Flatt & Scruggs
6. Roxette
Admittedly I had to look that last one up...never heard of them. Is the "Phil & Don" song McCartney's "Let 'Em In"?
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Roxette had a short burst of popularity in the early 90's with their hit songs It Must Have Been Love and Joyride, then faded into the woodwork.
The song that references "Phil and Don" is indeed Paul McCartney's tune Let 'Em In.
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Since garystooge knocked that one out in jig-time, we'll press on ... and we'll also stick with the 90's:
Name the song/group from this snippet of lyrics:
You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do I'm a fool
These times I've spent, I've realized
I'm gonna shoot through
And leave you
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*Hints*
If you were born between 1973 and 1975, you would’ve been an acne-ridden teenager when this hit song was a chart topping single in 1991. The band, consisting of five young British males, formed in 1989 in Cinderford, England. All five were “veterans” of the local music scene before founding the band. The 1991 album Schubert Dip was also successful, spawning another hit single in Lies. (The LP also garnered considerable press when Yoko Ono objected to the group's use of a voice sample of Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon; the offending sound bite was later removed from future pressings.)
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Name the song/group from this snippet of lyrics:
You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do I'm a fool
These times I've spent, I've realized
I'm gonna shoot through
And leave you
*Hints*
If you were born between 1973 and 1975, you would’ve been an acne-ridden teenager when this hit song was a chart topping single in 1991. The band, consisting of five young British males, formed in 1989 in Cinderford, England. All five were “veterans” of the local music scene before founding the band. The 1991 album Schubert Dip was also successful, spawning another hit single in Lies. (The LP also garnered considerable press when Yoko Ono objected to the group's use of a voice sample of Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon; the offending sound bite was later removed from future pressings.)
Okay ... the answer to the quiz:
The title of the song is Unbelievable performed by the group EMF in 1991.
Here's a music video of the tune, and ...
[youtube=425,350]kV1mmggE29I[/youtube]
... an mp3 of the same tune.
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Here's an "Oldie-But-Goodie" (in the true sense of the phrase) that will test your brainpower ...
Give the name of the song (easy part) AND the name of the group that performed it (hard part), and try to restrain from using the internet instead of your memory for a few hours before answering.
Quadruple-Extra-Bonus-Points if you can name the year the song was released!
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Hint#1:
After four albums for Roulette, the group -- which was as known for its between-song comedy and banter as it was for its repertoire -- broke up in 1964.
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I'll make a post just so the 17th won't be devoid ... what a bunch of dilatory, indolent and languid folks you are! (that takes care of my quota of big words for the day) ;D :D
Okay ... since only three of you even bothered to download the tune, I'll give ya the answer.
The group is "The Playmates" ...
The Playmates were a late 1950s vocal group lead by pianist Carl Cicchetti and drummer Donny Conn (Donald Claps) of Waterbury, Connecticut. Signed to Morris Levy's Roulette Records in 1958, they released two notable singles -- Joanne and Don't Go Home -- before having a surprise #4 hit with the tempo-changing novelty record Beep, Beep (The Little Nash Rambler) lyrics that became a regular spin for Dr. Demento.
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Sorry, I wanted to try, but I couldn't get the song to play. I had a problem with my computer. Too much security. I finally got fed up and straightened it all out . I uninstalled the "Webroot", "AdAware", "Widows Defender" and the biggest pain in the ass of all "Norton". I then downloaded "McAfee", everything is all right now.
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You can easily guess who sang this song ... but tell me the TITLE! (not a hard chore)
(extra points for for knowing which tune was covered ... and TRIPLE extra points for knowing the album name of the cover singer.)
[Okay, JazzBill, here's your chance to prove your 'pooter is "up to snuff"]
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Your Mystery Song is "Little Ole Man" 1967 by Bill Cosby, cover of TAMLA Lp Stevie Wonder UP TIGHT 1966.
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Here's one for you Giff. Do you know what this is a cover (Spoof) of ?
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... a piece of yak, er ... cake. The song is a parody of Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-La's.
The Cosby tune came from my mother's LP title "Silver Throat - Bill Cosby Sings". The Little Ole Man song is the best one on the album. All the rest of the songs I classify as a "Tin Throat".
BTW ... some interesting facts about The Leader of the Pack, as reported by a quick search of the net:
This is a tale of young love and parental disapproval.
The sound of the motorcycle is the engineer's Harley Davidson.
A young Billy Joel played the piano on this song.
The metal band Twisted Sister covered this song in 1985 on their album Come Out And Play.
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See if you remember this tune ...
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Hints:
1) this song is a cover for an earlier work of the same name.
2) contemporary artists when this one was released are –
Roberta Flack
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Don McLean
Joe Tex
Bill Withers
Mac Davis
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This tune is #28 on the Top 100 Hits of its Year, while Rocket Man (Elton John) comes in at #40.
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More hints:
The earlier work is from an album titled "Music to Moog By", composed by Gershon Kingsley of Perrey & Kingsley. The song was re-recorded two years later by Kingsley's band The First Moog Quartet. The mystery tune you've listened to was recorded the following year by a member of the First Moog Quartet and his newly formed band. This tune became the first primarily electronic based piece of music to reach the American pop music charts.
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Since this "mystery song" has been downloaded so many times, I'll give the answer so you can add this info into the file that was downloaded. (I know I always like to know where and when my tunes came from.)
Song Title: "Popcorn"
Performing Group: Hot Butter
Year of Release: 1972
Album Title: "Popcorn"
This song saturated the airwaves along with the other popular tunes of that year, especially when I and my buddy would go bowling - it seemed the alley jukebox would play that song every other turn.
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Here's an oldie (sorta-kinda) that was written to promote plastic models made by Hawk ...
Gremmie Out of Control ... can you name the band that covered this tune?
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As Ripley used to say ... "Believe it or not", the band that covered this tune is Pearl Jam, from an album in 2003 titled "Lost Dogs". :P
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This singer had a successful career singing in a group and then a fine solo career to follow. He then moved into an acting career by co-starring in a famous television show of the '60s.
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That's "Who Will Answer?" by Ed Ames of The Ames Brothers on RCA from Dec. 1967. I still have the original 45 (with picture sleeve) I bought in 1968.
The 1960's TV show he was in was "Daniel Boone" as the character "Mingo".
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Right-o, man!
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Ed Ames, wasn't he the tomahawk thrower on the Carson Tonight Show?
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Yes that was Ed Ames.
It must have been because of Ed Ames' role as Mingo the Indian on the "Daniel Boone" show that Carson had him demonstrate how to throw a tomahawk.
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Yes that was Ed Ames.
It must have been because of Ed Ames' role as Mingo the Indian on the "Daniel Boone" show that Carson had him demonstrate how to throw a tomahawk.
Oh, I gotta put this clip on!
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That's the dude! And the clip! Good job FineBari3!
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That's the dude! And the clip! Good job FineBari3!
Thanks, man! I love watching old Tonight Show stuff on YouTube, but especially the band clips, as you can't seem to find those on a released DVD or VHS.
I loved watching Johnny, ever since I was young enough to stay up! Hell, I haven't watched the Tonight Show in years....
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Nifty crap, FineBari3 ...
You just don't know what priceless gems will come from these "innocuous" quiz questions. I watched "Daniel Boone" as a child and listened to my mothers LP's of Ed Ames ... hence the question posted. Thanks for the wondrous foray into the recent past!
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And speaking of the '60's ... (at least I think its from the '60's)
Name this tune and in what television commercial was it used ... extra points for naming the group that performed it.
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You know, when you said name the TV commercial, I had a feeling it would be this tune, before I even played it.
The song is called "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" and was originally done by the group The T-Bones (hit 45 on Liberty Records, entered most charts in Dec. 1965, was a hit through early 1966).
But this version you have here is not The T-Bones. It sounds close to the original, but even the first drum beat told me it's someone else. The info that appears at the top of the screen while it's playing says Spooky Pie. Could that be the name of some new band that covered the song? Whoever it is did a good job, but it's not the original hit version by The T-Bones.
The TV commercial it was used in was for Alka-Seltzer. In fact, the front cover of the T-Bones' 1966 album featuring the song is a montage of images from the commercials, showing various shaped stomachs.
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Regarding Johnny Carson:
He was a class act. I enjoyed watching him whenever I could over the years.
Mentions of Carson sometimes remind me of one fond memory I have of my late brother David. In the 1970's he'd come home from working or somewhere, or if I'd been out and he was home, we'd ask each other "Is Johnny on Johnny tonight?" meaning is Johnny Carson going to be on the show, or will it be a guest host? If Johnny wasn't on, we usually wouldn't watch it.
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Sir Rich;
Perhaps this sounds better.
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This is not really any kind of Music Quiz, but I wasn't sure of a better place to post this.
Here's a fun recording from a great performer. It's from 1957 and should be of special interest to Three Stooges fans:
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This is not really any kind of Music Quiz, but I wasn't sure of a better place to post this.
Here's a fun recording from a great performer. It's from 1957 and should be of special interest to Three Stooges fans:
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Kick ass!
I think I remember discussing this version of this song and Three Stooges connection recently on some message group.
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I just remembered that it was you told me about this before, Rich!!! [doh]