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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 22 10:31PM +0100 RQ #170 is over - although it remains to see how long the the aftermath will be. :-) The quiz is based on my vacation trip in the Carolinas and Georgia in 2013. It was certainly brave (or foolish if you like) for me to run a quiz about the US, when there so many of regulars here are from North America, and I am fully aware of that I will be proven wrong on more than one question. (Which has already happened.) I mean, when no one has a question right that I assumed not to be too difficult, I get the feeling that I may have screwed up. So I am perfectly willing to adjust the scoring. But given the current standings, there is nothing to going change that the winner is STEPHEN W PERRY!. Congrats Stephen, and please set RQ #171 when you find time and inspiration. Here is the score board: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOTAL Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Marc D 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7,5 Mark B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 sqp 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 13 Pete 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 Dan T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 Below follows a travelogue with the *intended* answers interleaved. In a follow-up posting I will comment on selected questions. (So please hold your objections until you have seen that post.) The travelogue is intended, so that you can easily skip it if you like. I flew in to the biggest city in North Carolina where my friend Alejandro works. > 0. In direct continuation of RQ #168 (Sounds better in French), what > is the name of the region that stretches over several states, and which > has the highest population density in North Carolina? Piedmont. I stayed the night at Alejandro's place and the next day I set of towards the coast by train and bus to arrive in New Bern > 1. What popular beverage origins from New Bern, NC? Pepsi-Cola. In New Bern I picked up a rental car and drove around the coastal area and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Amongst other places I visited the Brothers Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk > 2. How many machine-powered flights were conducted on 1903-12-17? 4. I continued along the Banks and stopped to climb the lighthouse at > 3. What is the southeasternmost point of the US? Cape Hatteras Eventually I was back in New Bern, and by train and bus I travelled to > 4. In what US city were people in older days divided into SOB and SNOB? Charleston, SC SOB = South of Broad, SNOB = Slightly North of Broad. Broad here meaning Broad Street. SOB was the more plosh side. Charleston is a city of many sights, and one place I stopped at was the Huguenot church, supposedly the only active one in the US. In the church there was a board with all US presidents of Huguenot descent. > in the US. Despite this, according to them, quite a few of US > Presidents have been of Huguenot descent. Which is the most recent > one? Gerald Ford. You can view the board here: http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/P1020175.jpg A very taking place to visit in Charleson was a museum that is housed in a building where the street commerce that was outlawed in 1856 was relocated for a few years: > 6. In <answer 4> a law or regulation was enacted in 1856 to prohibit > buying and selling in the streets of what? Slaves. When you are in Charleston, don't miss the Old Slave Mart Museum! It's certainly a sobering experience. Thankfully, the commerce in the slave marts did not last for very many years. Charleston is a great place not only for the sights in the city itself, but there are also some nice sites in the surroundings. I went to the Magnolia Plantation which was a very good full-day experience, as well as the Boone-Hall Plantation. Before I left home, I had booked a two-day tour in the Okefenokee swamp in southern Georgia, and I had booked a rental car to drive down to Folkston, GA from Charleston. However, the swamp is a National Wildlife Refuge, which means that it was closed down due to the brawl between the President and the Tea Party clowns in the Congress. > 7. In what country do you find the cities of Usa and Obama? Japan. I cancelled the car, and took the train to Savannah which had been on my list anyway, and I enjoyed a day in the historic city. > 8. The historic centre of Savannah is dotted with lush and relaxing > squares. The first and the largest square is named after whom? Robert Johnson, colonial governor of South Carlonia, and a friend of General Oglethorpe, the founder of the city. I jumped on a greyhound going west, and the bus made a short stop in > that occurred one year and three blocks apart that took the life > of two of the members in Allman Brothers Band. In which city did > these accidents occur? Macon, GA. The bus continued to > 10. In which metropolitan area are you if you are riding the MARTA? Atlanta, GA. Atlanta is a confusing city where about every second street is called something with Peachtree. There are also some worthwhile sights. A fun museum is the one which had a statue of this guy outside of it: > 11. What is John S. Pemberton's claim to fame? Coca-Cola. After having seen the World of Coca-Cola (and the nearby Aquarium which was not really my place), I went across downtown to Sweet Auburn which is the area where this great man grew up: > 12. The tomb of which Nobel laurate reads "Free at last"? Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Just outside Atlanta, perfectly reachable by public transport, is Stone Mountain Park. Not only a geological wonder, the park is also home to various Confederate memoribilia. In front of the mountain wall there is an open space, and around the open space there is a platform for each one of the Confederate states with a memorial stone table that gives a short history of how the state seceeded, fared in the war and when it was finally re-admitted into the union. It was here that I learnt that: > 13. Which was the only of the Confederate states to hold a referendum > on secession from the Union? Tennesee. And then there is this huge carving on the mountain of three Confederate leaders: > 14. Name any of the three persons depitcted on the engraving on > Stone Mountain. Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. (Now "Stonewall" isn't that a very apt name for someone who ended up in that place?) As a tropical storm reached Atlanta in the evening, I went to the train station in the pouring rain and rode to Greenville and spent some nice days exploring some state parks in > 15. Where would you find the places with the illustrious names > Pumpkintown and Traveler's Rest? I need not only the state name, > but some direction of where in the state. South Carolina upstate. I had picked up a rental car in Greenville, and after some nice hiking in Caesar's Head State Park, I continued into North Carolina and > 16. In which city do you find North America's largest private home? Asheville, NC. More precisely, this is the Biltmore Estate, certainly a place worth visiting. While Asheville is kind of nice in the evening, the city itself (outside the Biltmore Estate, that is) is not worth a full day in my opinion. But I liked the pinball museum. From Asheville I continued to Blowing Rock, a small place in the Appalachian mountains. I did not directly drive the fastest road, but it certainly was a wonderful experience. > 17. If you want to drive from Cherokee NC to Waynesboro VA and you > want as much as possible stay on the same road all the time, > which road would drive along? Blue Ridge Parkway For a European like me, it was certainly a sort of weird concept to have a road which is intended for sightseeing only. But it was brilliant sunshine, and the colours of autumn had just arrived. After Blowing Rock (where I managed to miss the blowing rock itself), I took the car back to my starting point, and Alejandro was kind to drive me to my hotel in: > 18. In which city do you find the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Charlotte, NC. I stayed in Charlotte for the week, as my main reason for going to the area was to attend a conference at the convention centre in Charlotte. I'm not into racing of any sort, but the conference party as at the NASCAR place (which also is adjacent to the convention centre.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 22 10:58PM +0100 Here are comments to selected questions in the quiz: >> 3. What is the southeasternmost point of the US? > Cape Hatteras No, it is not Cape Hatteras. I know that I read this somewhere, but I can't find it. In any case, it was surely not any reliable source. Wikipedia says: "It is the point that protrudes the farthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line[clarification needed] of the Atlantic coast of North America.", but that is not really the same thing. Taking a map of the US and tilting it 45° in Irfan View makes it painfully clear that the correct answer is in Florida. From this exercise, I'm ruling Key Largo as correct, but not Key West. My apologies for not checking this better in advance. There are some other possible interesting questions that can be asked about Cape Hatteras and the lighthouse. >> 4. In what US city were people in older days divided into SOB and SNOB? > Charleston, SC I decided that I needed the state to award full points, why only "Charleston" got half a point. While certainly far more known than the city in West Virginia, the latter is after all a state captial. And it is also in a lady state, and thus fits the title of the quiz. >> one? > Gerald Ford. > You can view the board here: http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/P1020175.jpg Yeah, that's suspiciously very many. About every second one. And no one after Ford? Hmm... >> 7. In what country do you find the cities of Usa and Obama? > Japan. See, I managed to sneak in Japan even in this quiz! >> squares. The first and the largest square is named after whom? > Robert Johnson, colonial governor of South Carlonia, and a friend of > General Oglethorpe, the founder of the city. As you might have guessed, this question was designed to give Mark Brader a free point. Pity he didn't take it. >> 13. Which was the only of the Confederate states to hold a referendum >> on secession from the Union? > Tennesee. I did not execpt this one to be a stumper. Several suggested Virginia. I can't go back to the stone tablets, but what I understand from Wikiepdia, Virginia had elections for an assembly which in their turn made the decision on whether to secede or not. The stone table for Tennesse clearly said that it was the only state to hold a referendum on secession. >> 14. Name any of the three persons depitcted on the engraving on >> Stone Mountain. > Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. On the other hand, everyone knew this one. I am particularly impressed that so many named anyone else than Davis, the Confederate President. >> Pumpkintown and Traveler's Rest? I need not only the state name, >> but some direction of where in the state. > South Carolina upstate. Yeah, this was a lousy question, but the place was too nice to be left without a question in the quiz. "North Central South Carolina" is not exactly right - that's more like Lake Wylie where Alejandro lives - but I had decided to award that anything far enough from the coast. >> want as much as possible stay on the same road all the time, >> which road would drive along? > Blue Ridge Parkway I should have taken more care to make sure that there were no other road that fits the bill and phrased the question more strictly. The I-81 fits, but I nevertheless decided to only give half a point, as the Blue Ridge Parkway is a better fit. You drive some 5 km from Cherokee to reach it, and you arrive some 5 km outside Waynesboro. The distances to I-81 is quite longer. Nevermind that the I-81 will be a lot faster. The speed limit on the Blue Ridge Parkway never exceeds 70 km/h. And since commerical traffic is not permitted on it, you will have to leave it if you want to grab some food along the way. But - it is a very nice drive. I can definitely recommend it! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 22 06:14AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > sqp 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 13 > Pete 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 > Dan T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 Not that it makes any difference to the results (unless that "sqp" guy decides not to do the next quiz) but I got #7 right too. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 23 08:15AM > Not that it makes any difference to the results (unless that "sqp" guy > decides not to do the next quiz) but I got #7 right too. Oops! Sorry about that! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org>: Feb 23 12:37AM -0600 RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #336 (GOLQ336) Congratulations to The Village Idiots and Delphi Trivia Club, who, with scores of 500+., took first place in this quiz. Close behind with a score of 498+. were Vito and the Salutations. No entry correctly identified #T2. This was a late substitution that wasn't well thought out. When I chose my original tie- breakers, I was not aware of a version of #T1 that is apparently better known than the one I had in mind. Since the artist for that version comes after the one for my original #T2, I had to scramble to replace one of them. (Even my original #T2 turns out to have other versions that are spread all over the alphabet.) I inserted a new #T2 for which I knew of two recorded versions, both of them close enough to the end of the alphabet to come after the appar- ently best known version of the #T1 song. More details about these songs in the tie-breakers section below. Although there were no special themes for this GOLQ, I did have a few mini-themes: 1. For this first GOLQ of the half-decade of the latter half of the 2010s, I was able to include four first #1s of four other half-decades--1955 (#04), 1960 (#18), 1965 (#01), and even 1970 (#23), because this song entered the chart in 1969. I had hoped to do this with the R&B chart too, but I was only able to use the one from 1965 (#22). The one from 1955 never made the pop chart, the one from 1960 was an instrumental, and the one from 1970 had been used in another GOLQ too recently. 2. I used a few duplicate names, some of which are obvious and some of which aren't: a. Two different groups called the Temptations (which is permitted under the rules). b. Two different songs called "Ain't That Loving You Baby" (with the third word spelled as "Lovin'" in some versions of both songs). c. A song called "Over and Over" and one which I used to think was called "Over and Over" because this phrase appears so much in the song (#16). d. Two groups with members named Mike Smith (#05 and #17). e. Two groups with members named Jim McCarty (#19 and #25) (and one with a member named James P. McCartney - #01). f. A singer named Maxine Brown and a group with a member named Maxine Brown who is a different person (#03). g. A song called "Ups and Downs" and one called "Up and Down," which was done by a group that, before they were famous, had a name similar to that of the group that did "Ups and Downs." Some unintentional mini-themes also arose: 1. The wild, wild west, represented by the subject matter of #14 and #18, plus #23 won the Best Song Oscar after being included in a western movie. 2. Cadence Records--The first three years of the GOLQ era were only represented by one song each in this quiz, but I realized after I finished it that each was released on Archie Bleyer's Cadence record label. The Chordettes, the Everly Brothers, and Andy Williams were also probably the three biggest artists on this label. GOLQ336's mean score was 414.85, and the median was 460. My thanks to everyone who participated. Howard Teitelbaum has posted GOLQ337. -- Regina Litman <golq336@golq.org> Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tie Breaker Scoring Key + after numeric score below indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly. - indicates partial credit. x indicates a totally incorrect guess. . indicates no guess. # on Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address Team Age(s) ---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+------- T01 500+. VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 4 (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) T01 500+. DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 5 48+ 03 498+. LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 3-4 boomers 04 480+. EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 4 Various 05 480.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Denise, Everett, Mitch, 8 28+ Kyra, Vinnie, Kevin <brombere&matc.edu> T06 460.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s T06 460.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 57 08 410.. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 09 380.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 68 10 340+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 62-65 Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com> 11 340.. BP BP Oz <briancad&netspace.net.au> 2 Boomers 12 300.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat) 4 52-65 <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 13 245xx ZL Zachariah Love <zoofus&gmail.com> 1 55 ---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+------- Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on Age(s) Team The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. A '-' is used to indicate that no guess was made for a question, whereas a zero indicates that a completely incorrect response was submitted. Song# 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- VI 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 DT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 LB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 EM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 EJ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RR 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 WM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 10 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 NA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 20 - - - 20 20 - - BP 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - - 20 20 20 20 TT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - 20 20 - - ZL 20 0 0 20 20 15 20 10 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 20 0 20 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ============================================================================= GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #336 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: Title (year[s]) [peak position on Pop chart] {peak R&B} [-] = did not make pop chart {-} = did not make R&B chart {F} = made R&B chart as a flip side {n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period of peak popularity ============================================================================= Baby says she's mine You know she tells me all the time You know she said so I'm in love with her #01) Beatles, The: I Feel Fine (1964/65) [1] {nc} This was the first #1 song of 1965 and thus the first #1 song of the second half of the 1960s. My mama told me when rumors spread There's truth somewhere and I should use my head But I didn't listen to what she said #02) Brown, Maxine: Oh No Not My Baby (1964/65) [24] {nc} This is the first time that I used a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in a GOLQ since Goffin died last June, so this serves as my tribute to him. There's a village Hidden deep in the valley Beneath the mountains high above And there twenty years thereafter #03) Browns, The: The Three Bells (1959) [1] {-} The Browns were three siblings--Bonnie, Maxine, and James "Jim Ed" Brown. Yes, I could have used a namesake of Jim Ed Brown's given name, too, but I wanted to spread things out more alphabetically. The EJ'S & Co. also gave the title of the French song on which this one is based, "Les Trois Cloches." Someone to hold (someone to hold) Would be so peachy before we're too old So please turn on your magic beam #04) Chordettes, The: Mr. Sandman (1954/55) [1] {-} This was the first #1 song of 1955 and thus the first #1 song of the second half of the 1950s and the first #1 song of the GOLQ era. This and "Lollipop" are my two favorite songs by the Chordettes. I love the following video of "Lollipop," in which the other two Cadence stars, Andy Williams and the Everly Brothers also appear. I think that's Andy pretending to do the pops in this lip-synched version. I'm also guessing that the pianist is Archie Bleyer. If this is from a TV show featuring all of these artists, I'd love to see the rest of it, but I haven't found it so far. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0 The EJ'S and Co.: Knees played by Archie Bleyer, Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer. All at once it happened The prettiest in the world I said a-won't you come over and a-talk to me And be my girl #05) Clark, Dave, Five: Over And Over (1965) [1] {-} Group member Mike Smith played keyboards and sang lead on most of their recordings, including this one. This song was written and originally recorded by Bobby Day, who released on the B-side of his big hit song, "Rock-in Robin." Despite being the B-side, it also charted, reaching #41 in 1958. This was the Dave Clark Five's only #1 hit and in fact was the last #1 song of 1965. The DC5's version only reached #45 in the U.K. Play that song called "Soul Twist" Play that one called "I Know" Don't forget them mashed potatoes No other songs will do #06) Cooke, Sam: Having A Party (1962) [17] {4} This was mainly chosen to insert a fairly well known song between the Dave Clark Five and where anything by Bobby Day would go in the alphabet to increase the chance that Mike Smith's group would be the artist named for "Over and Over." The EJ'S and Co.: Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall. And here's the reason that I'm so free My lovin' baby is through with me #07) Everly Brothers: Bye Bye Love (1957) [2] {5} This was their first hit record. It reached #1 in Cashbox and on the country chart. What was the use of cryin' You know I brought it on myself There's no denyin' But it seems awful funny That I didn't understand Until I lost my upright man #08) Franklin, Aretha: The House That Jack Built (1968) [6] {2} The B-side, a remake of Dionne Warwick's hit of the previous year, "I Say A Little Prayer," charted separately and reached #10. And I don't wanna be hurted any more (no more) Any more (no more) Yeah yeah I've loved so hard Everything I did was no joy #09) George, Barbara: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) (1961/62) [3] {1} After I chose "Having A Party" and the particular lyrics I used, I decided to include one of the three songs that were named or referred to. The Dave Clark Five's Mike Smith sang lead on most of their recordings, but Paul Revere and the Raiders' Mike "Smitty" Smith rarely handled lead vocals. However, on a remake of this song on their album JUST LIKE US, "Smitty" did sing lead. You can hear it at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GRsuzuvY0Fs The EJ'S and Co.: Music by A.F.O. Studio Combo. You smiled, you smiled Oh and then the spell was cast And here we are in heaven #10) James, Etta: At Last (1961) [47] {2} This is a song I never heard or even heard of until late October or early November 2011, when I received an email recapping a relative's wedding that took place just before that time. This song was noted as having been played. I figured it was some album cut or lesser-known single that one of them liked. In fact, this relative was a disc jockey around the time it would have been a hit, so he may have had the chance to hear songs that most people didn't hear back then. However, since that time, I've heard of it in even more contexts. Was it used in some 21st century movie or other context that brought it to the attention of a wider audience than the people who made it an R&B #2 song but only a pop #47 song 50 years earlier? And when I see the sign that Points one way The lot we used to pass by Every day #11) Left Banke, The: Walk Away Renee (1966) [5] {-} The Four Tops' version reached #14 (#15 R&B) in 1968. Feelin' sad Sugar hurt so bad That's how it is girl yeah Till it comes #12) McCoys, The: Up And Down (1966) [46] {-} The lead member of the McCoys was Rick Zehringer (later Rick Derringer, a name under which he had a few charting entries in the 1970s, most notably "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo"). The group was originally called Rick and the Raiders but changed it to avoid confusion with Paul Revere and the Raiders. The name McCoys comes from a record by The Ventures called "The McCoy." Now he to-o-old you That he'd love you much more than I But he left you And you don't, you just don't know why #13) Mimms, Garnet, & the Enchanters: Cry Baby (1963) [4] {1} I think the first version of this song that I knew was by Janis Joplin, whose posthumously-released version reached #42 in 1971. Eventually I heard this one and like it a lot more. It was written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy. Wyatt Earp and Big Cheyenne Comin' through the TV Shootin' up the land #14) Olympics, The: Western Movies (1958) [8] {7} If they gave me nine lives like an alley cat I'd give them all to you and never take one back #15) Presley, Elvis: Ain't That Loving You Baby (1964) [16] {nc} Elvis is in this GOLQ in honor of what would have been his 80th birthday on January 8, 2015. I chose this song of all of his many GOLQ-era charting hits for two reasons. One is that it's one of the few such songs by him that had never been used in a GOLQ before. Because it wasn't used before, there was no easy way to find out if the Jordanaires are part of the artist name. Thus, I gave credit for both forms of the artist name, although it turns out that their name is not on the label. The other reason is that there were two different songs called "Ain't That Loving You Baby" played on radio station WWDC in Washington, DC, in the fall of 1964, and I wanted to use both of them in this GOLQ. However, the other one, by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler, turns out to have not made the Hot 100, although it did make the Bubbling Under and R&B charts as well as the radio station's own Top 40 survey, which was distributed in record stores. Thus, I had to go the tie-breaker route with the other song, only to find that the Everett/Butler version is not the best known one of that song. By the way, these are two different songs, even though the 2009 version of the Whitburn TOP POP SINGLES book, in the alphabetical song titles section, lists the Presley and Everett/Butler versions as being the same song (along with two other versions of the one done by Everett and Butler). The Whitburn book is usually pretty good about separating different songs with the same title as well as grouping separate recordings of the same song, even when the titles are different, but this is the second GOLQ in a row that I've done in which they "messed up." The other one was the opposite |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Feb 22 09:14AM -0500 On 2015-02-22, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who was the last monarch of England but not Scotland? Elizabeth I > 2 Which species of ape is native to the Rock of Gibraltar? Barbary ape > 3 To two decimal places, what is Usain Bolt's world record for the men's 100 metre sprint? > 4 The 1987 film Cry Freedom centres around the life of which black activist? Steve Biko > 5 Thomas Beckett was Archbishop of Canterbury during which king's reign? Henry II > 6 Which popular song contains the line, "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss"? As Time Goes By > 7 What is Australia's most densely populated state? Victoria > 8 Which science fiction author wrote the 1965 novel Dune? Frank Herbert > 9 Who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus? Barabas > 10 Karl Marx died and is buried in which city? London -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 22 03:29PM -0600 In article <4ceb4530-52b1-4944-8d7d-80ae8bfb6814@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Who was the last monarch of England but not Scotland? > 2 Which species of ape is native to the Rock of Gibraltar? Barbary ape > 3 To two decimal places, what is Usain Bolt's world record for the men's 100 metre sprint? > 4 The 1987 film Cry Freedom centres around the life of which black activist? Biko > 5 Thomas Beckett was Archbishop of Canterbury during which king's reign? Henry x, where x < VIII > 6 Which popular song contains the line, "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss"? As Time Goes By > 7 What is Australia's most densely populated state? Capital Territory > 8 Which science fiction author wrote the 1965 novel Dune? Herbert > 9 Who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus? > 10 Karl Marx died and is buried in which city? Berlin -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 22 10:59PM +0100 On 2015-02-22 01:40, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who was the last monarch of England but not Scotland? Richard III > 2 Which species of ape is native to the Rock of Gibraltar? The Gibraltar monkey > 3 To two decimal places, what is Usain Bolt's world record for the men's 100 metre sprint? 9,68 > 4 The 1987 film Cry Freedom centres around the life of which black activist? Bikou > 5 Thomas Beckett was Archbishop of Canterbury during which king's reign? Richard III > 6 Which popular song contains the line, "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss"? As star goes by > 7 What is Australia's most densely populated state? Queensland > 8 Which science fiction author wrote the 1965 novel Dune? Arthur C Clarke > 9 Who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus? Barabas > 10 Karl Marx died and is buried in which city? Dresden -- -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 22 12:24PM +0100 On 2015-02-22 05:13, Pete wrote: > (If I'm not too late) > June 1 > Pete I'm sorry, but luckily enough for Erland, you were too late. -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 22 03:11PM > Ceausescu - leader/dictator of Romania was executed on what date > in 1989 ? November 15 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 22 03:20AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 19th-century weekend get-together in Villa Diodati on Lake > Geneva, with a horror-story-writing challenge that resulted > in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Whose villa was it? Lord Byron > A2. Vincent Minnelli's 1956 film "Lust for Life" was not about > Iggy Pop; in fact it starred Kirk Douglas as which famous > artist? van Gogh > is Donald Sutherland famous for playing? > B2. Which American president was Raymond Massey most famous > for playing? Nixon ?? > B3. Born on the Six Nations reserve near Brantford, Jay > Silverheels became most famous for what role? Tonto > C1. Besides being terrible, John Wayne's "The Conqueror" may > have irradiated its cast, being shot 137 miles downwind of > 1950s US above-ground atomic testing -- in what state? Nevada > In real life, it's rumored to be at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, > or on Mount Nebo in Jordan, or in an Ethiopian Orthodox > Church in Axum. What is it? Arc of the Covenant > D1. In 1961, Charlton Heston played an 11th Century Spanish > warrior named Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. He's better known by > a nickname which is also the name of the movie. El Cid > D2. Ingrid Bergman, Jean Seberg, and Milla Jovovich have all > played this French heroine on film. Joan of Arc > D3. "Kingdom Of Heaven" was a 2005 Ridley Scott film about the > 12th-century defense of Jerusalem from which Muslim warrior? Saladin -- Dan Tilque |
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