rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (08/17/84)
Another of my more unusual quizzes. Again the quiz has a theme and I'm not going to tell you what it is. But you don't get any points for knowing it. Thirteen lyrical excerpts plus ten straight ahead questions which will be useless if you don't know the theme. But I think either you'll know the theme and get a good chunk of the questions, or you won't and the whole thing will make very little sense. (That's why you don't get any points for knowing it.) Here goes: (1-13: Give song title, artist, and album) 1. "Just a fable that we sometimes try with passion to recall." 2. "I somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day." 3. "If you'd be my flotsam, I could be half the man I used to." 4. "Splish splash I was raking in the cash." 5. "I want to be the wandering sailor." 6. "Share my fehlingtzo, kirline, kirline, kirline, kirline, breitzen zie sherli sherli sherli om" 7. "I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare." 8. "Do what you do in a tiny canoe." 9. "Except that it rhymes with dissolute." 10. "Do what you do in a tiny canoe." 11. "He's the knife and he's the waiter." 12. "Spitting ions in the ether... " 13. "I've got a sweetheart. Treats me good, just like an armchair." 14. One of the above thirteen songs does not belong in the list. Obviously it is because it does not fit in with the theme of the quiz. Which song? For what very tenuous reason was it included? (Not as easy as it sounds.) 15. On one song on the second solo album, three bands' names are mentioned. One of the three bands actually got their name from this song, and the other two may have already existed at the time the song was written. Name the song, the album it was on, and the three band names. 16. Whose abilities include distinguishing the subtleties a spectrograph would miss? With what part of the body? What is the reward for using this ability? 17. On the third solo album, two instrumental cuts were exactly the same harmonically, but with different instrumentation. Name them. 18. How many title tracks from solo albums were NOT instrumentals? 19. Name two feature films that featured this person's music. Name the pieces used in each film. 20. Name the song whose title is an anagram of the name of a group later produced by this person, and of course name the group. 21. Name three groups that this person performed with live? 22. Name three collaborative efforts CREDITED on the album to X & Y, where Y is the person we're talking about. 23. What brand of synthesizer was this person known for using? What was the name for his/her method of processing other sounds through the synth? -- "Now, Benson, I'm going to have to turn you into a dog for a while." "Ohhhh, thank you, Master!!" Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/24/84)
{Whoops! In typical Rich Rosen fashion, I goofed. Question 10 on the original
quiz was a duplicate of question 8. This quiz contains the corrected question
10 plus one more question for good measure...}
Another of my more unusual quizzes. Again the quiz has a theme and I'm not
going to tell you what it is. But you don't get any points for knowing it.
Thirteen lyrical excerpts plus ten straight ahead questions which will be
useless if you don't know the theme. But I think either you'll know the
theme and get a good chunk of the questions, or you won't and the whole thing
will make very little sense. (That's why you don't get any points for knowing
it.) Here goes:
(1-13: Give song title, artist, and album)
1. "Just a fable that we sometimes try with passion to recall."
2. "I somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day."
3. "If you'd be my flotsam, I could be half the man I used to."
4. "Splish splash I was raking in the cash."
5. "I want to be the wandering sailor."
6. "Share my fehlingtzo, kirline, kirline, kirline, kirline,
breitzen zie sherli sherli sherli om"
7. "I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare."
8. "Do what you do in a tiny canoe."
9. "Except that it rhymes with dissolute."
10. "Gigolos and governments have tumbled through that door."
11. "He's the knife and he's the waiter."
12. "Spitting ions in the ether... "
13. "I've got a sweetheart. Treats me good, just like an armchair."
14. One of the above thirteen songs does not belong in the list. Obviously it
is because it does not fit in with the theme of the quiz. Which song?
For what very tenuous reason was it included? (Not as easy as it
sounds.)
15. On one song on the second solo album, three bands' names are mentioned.
One of the three bands actually got their name from this song, and
the other two may have already existed at the time the song was
written. Name the song, the album it was on, and the three band names.
16. Whose abilities include distinguishing the subtleties a spectrograph would
miss? With what part of the body? What is the reward for using this
ability?
17. On the third solo album, two instrumental cuts were exactly the same
harmonically, but with different instrumentation. Name them.
18. How many title tracks from solo albums were NOT instrumentals?
19. Name two feature films that featured this person's music. Name the
pieces used in each film.
20. Name the song whose title is an anagram of the name of a group later
produced by this person, and of course name the group.
21. Name three groups that this person performed with live?
22. Name three collaborative efforts CREDITED on the album to X & Y, where
Y is the person we're talking about.
23. What brand of synthesizer was this person known for using? What was the
name for his/her method of processing other sounds through the synth?
24. On this person's most recent solo album, what is the significance of the
liner notes? [HINT: it has to do with "when"...]
--
"So, it was all a dream!" --Mr. Pither
"No, dear, this is the dream; you're still in the cell." --his mother
Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr