Monday, September 12, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 5 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 11 11:51PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-04,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
 
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
I did not write either of these rounds.
 
 
* Game 7, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Regional, Cultural,
Sub-Provincial, Organizational, and Just Plain Unofficial Flags
 
Please see the handout at:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-2/flags.pdf
 
I have decided to post this round in essentially its original form
despite the mixture of questions that give the flag number and
those that ask for the flag number. This means that by reading
ahead you'll have a bit of extra information on some questions,
but I think this won't be too damaging. The alternatives would
have been to regroup the questions according to which way they go
(making some of them harder) or to require a lot of separate rot13's
(making it inconvenient).
 
1. Which flag on the handout is the ensign of the Royal Canadian
Air Force?
 
2. Flag #5 represents a Canadian cultural group. Which one?
3. Flag #7 belongs to which southern Ontario city?
4. Which flag is for the Métis Nation of Canada?
5. Which flag is for the City of Vancouver?
6. Which fraternal organization does flag #21 represent?
7. Flag #16 belongs to which Canadian Crown Corporation?
 
8. The unofficial flag in picture #9 represents a geographically
distinct region of a Canadian province. Name the region *or*
the province.
 
9. Flag #13 represents the francophone community in which province?
10. Which flag belongs to a Canadian religious organization?
 
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
dhrfgvba, vs lbh tnir n qrfpevcgvba bs gur phygheny tebhc, cyrnfr
tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gurve anzr.
 
 
So there were 12 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see
what they represent, and in each case identify the flag number
for fun, but for no points.
 
11. Pnytnel.
12. Pnanqn.
13. Pnanqvna Nezl.
14. Pnanqvna Sbeprf.
15. Senapbcubarf va OP (Senapb-Pbyhzovraf).
16. Senapbcubarf va Bagnevb (Senapb-Bagnevraf).
17. Senapbcubarf va Fnfxngpurjna (Senafnfxbvf).
18. Ybjre Pnanqn "cngevbgf", orsber gur 1837 eroryyvba.
19. Zrgebcbyvgna Gbebagb, orsber 1998.
20. Zv'xznd crbcyr bs Anghndnarx, bgurejvfr xabja nf Rry Tebhaq, AO.
 
21. Arjsbhaqynaq (habssvpvny synt sbe gur vfynaq be fbzrgvzrf
gur cebivapr).
 
22. Gur EPZC.
 
 
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - "Popular" Religious Writers
 
This round is about authors whose writings on religion (both fiction
and non-fiction) have been aimed at, or crossed over to, the general
public -- or who have otherwise gotten widespread notice. We've tried to
avoid crackpots, inspirational writing, New Age, and, for the most
part, Dan Brown. In all cases, name the writer.
 
1. This author's reputation, at least within the field of theology,
would have been made if he'd stopped with his influential
1906 book "The Quest of the Historical Jesus". However, he
was also an accomplished organist and music scholar -- and
then he gained wider renown when he became a medical doctor,
and a missionary in Gabon. In 1952 he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
 
2. This American Trappist monk, who lived 1915-68, wrote over 70
books, the best-known of which is the spiritual autobiography
"The Seven Storey Mountain". A school near Dundas West subway
station is partly named after him.
 
3. Name the former Catholic nun who left the convent and became a
writer on spiritual subjects, authoring at least two dozen
books on diverse topics, such as biographies of Muhammad and
the Buddha, and a history of the idea of God.
 
4. This Swiss theologian, academic, and priest has butted heads
with the Vatican throughout his career, eventually losing his
licence to teach Catholic theology but not his priestly vocation.
He is the author of "Does God Exist?" and "On Being a Christian".
 
5. Though he rejected the label of "Catholic novelist", religious
themes are present throughout many of this writer's works,
such as "The End of the Affair" and "The Power and the Glory".
The latter novel, incidentally, resulted in his being "read
the Riot Act" by the Church for his portrayal of an alcoholic
Mexican priest. Name this British author, who died in 1991.
 
6. This British writer, who lived 1874-1936, was first an Anglican
and later a Roman Catholic, and was an explicit Christian
apologist. In addition to his theological works, he produced
an impressive body of fiction, including many stories of a
clergyman who was a sometime detective.
 
7. This Lutheran pastor's writings on the encounter of Christian
faith with secularism have been theologically influential, but
he is perhaps just as well known for his involvement with the
resistance to Nazism and his (at least peripheral) connection
to the 1944 plot on Hitler's life. This led to him being hanged
in 1945, just three weeks before the downfall of the Third Reich.
 
8. This American psychologist, philosopher, and seeker of mystical
experiences through drug use was the author of the 1902 work
"The Varieties of Religious Experience".
 
9. This Iranian-American scholar became known for his 2013 book
"Zealot", which argued that what Jesus was working for
was to incite an uprising against Roman authority and the
Jewish priesthood. When the author appeared on Fox News, the
interviewer evinced incredulity that a Muslim could validly
write about Jesus.
 
10. This American, who died in 1987, followed his bliss and wrote
numerous books on myth, including "The Hero with a Thousand
Faces", which George Lucas credited with influencing his
screenplay for "Star Wars". Dan Brown claims that the character
of Robert Langdon (in "The Da Vinci Code" and other books)
was based on him.
 
--
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Toronto | and therefore can have no influence on the Earth
msb@vex.net | and therefore would be useless
| and therefore do not exist." -- Francesco Sizi
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 12 02:45AM -0500

In article <SK-dnSyCyN31qUvKnZ2dnUU7-d_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> with the Vatican throughout his career, eventually losing his
> licence to teach Catholic theology but not his priestly vocation.
> He is the author of "Does God Exist?" and "On Being a Christian".
the German guy
 
> The latter novel, incidentally, resulted in his being "read
> the Riot Act" by the Church for his portrayal of an alcoholic
> Mexican priest. Name this British author, who died in 1991.
Graham Greene
 
 
> 8. This American psychologist, philosopher, and seeker of mystical
> experiences through drug use was the author of the 1902 work
> "The Varieties of Religious Experience".
William James
 
> screenplay for "Star Wars". Dan Brown claims that the character
> of Robert Langdon (in "The Da Vinci Code" and other books)
> was based on him.
Joseph Campbell
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 11 11:27PM -0700

On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 3:34:55 AM UTC+10, Peter Smyth wrote:
 
> You mean you haven't read "Cockfighting Heritage: The Royal Sport" by
> Narciso T. Arong? Shame on you!
 
> https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Cockfighting_Heritage.html?id=pDYzkgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
Be warned- I am scouring it for more cockfighting questions! :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 11 11:44PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 6 is over and STEPHEN PERRY wins -- the hard way, and by the
narrowest possible margin! Hearty congratulations, unless there
was an error affecting this result!
 
I meant to say before, I wrote one of these rounds. Specifically,
I wrote the challenge round so that I could ask question E2.
 
 
> popular TV shows of the past few decades. Many of these sets
> happen to be living rooms, where most of the interesting action
> seems to take place.
 
This was the easiest round in the original game.
 
> page of the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sets.pdf
 
> 1. "Will and Grace".
 
O. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
 
> 2. "How I Met Your Mother".
 
P. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 3. "The Big Bang Theory".
 
E. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Stephen, and Jason.
 
> 4. "The Brady Bunch".
 
M. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Jason.
 
> Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> above questions.
 
> 5. Picture B.
 
"All in the Family". 4 for Marc, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> 6. Picture C.
 
"Orange is the New Black". 4 for Marc and Stephen.
 
> 7. Picture D.
 
"Coronation Street". 4 for Peter.
 
> 8. Picture F.
 
"Frasier". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> 9. Picture J.
 
"Downton Abbey". 4 for Pete and Stephen.
 
> 10. Picture L.
 
"Mad Men". 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
 
> the rot13 and identify the picture if you like for fun, but for
> no points.
 
> 11. "Grey's Anatomy".
 
N. Joshua, Peter, Marc, and Stephen got this.
 
> 12. "The Waltons".
 
A. Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Stephen got this.
 
> 13. "That '70s Show".
 
G. Joshua, Marc, and Stephen got this.
 
> 14. "The Sopranos".
 
I. 4 for Peter.
 
> 15. "Seinfeld".
 
H. Peter, Marc, and Pete got this.
 
> 16. "Breaking Bad".
 
K. Joshua, Peter, Marc, Pete, and Stephen got this.
 
 
 
 
> A1. "Babe" Zaharias, who lived only from 1914 to 1956, was
> a leading athlete in many sports. She was also known by
> her maiden name; give the *correct spelling* of that name.
 
Didrikson. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Stephen. 2 for Joshua.
 
> A2. What was Babe's real first name?
 
Mildred. 4 for Peter and Stephen.
 
 
> * B. Zane (Literature)
 
Zane Grey was also the subject of a question on "Jeopardy!" on
2016-07-11. The weird thing is that on the same episode they also
asked about P.T. Barnum, who came up in an audio question we used
in Game 8, played the *same day*; and they *also* asked about the
Spanish Civil War starting in Morocco, which we asked about in Game 2;
and on top of *that*, the winner of that day's game was a guy named
Jason George, and one of the pubs where our league plays is named
the Jason George!
 
> 1912 saga featuring a Mormon woman named Jane Withersteen.
> The title is 5 words and mentions a certain color of plant.
> Name that plant or give the full title.
 
("Riders of the...") Purple Sage. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc,
Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
> B2. Zane Grey was born in a small city which, you won't be
> surprised, was founded by a relative of his. Name the city
> or the state.
 
Zanesville, Ohio. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> * C. Z-Axis (Science)
 
> C1. What is the simple name for the shape represented by the
> equation x² + y² + z² = 100? We just need a one-word answer.
 
Sphere. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
 
I scored "ellipsoid" as almost correct. A sphere *is* an ellipsoid,
but that's not really as simple a name as "sphere", being derived
from the more basic term "ellipse".
 
> C2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one. What is the radius of that sphere?
 
10. (Also generously accepting 10 of any particular unit, e.g.
10 cm). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
 
> D1. Georgy ["Gay-ORG-ee"] Zhukov was born in a village near
> Moscow. Eventually he rose to play a leading role in his
> country's war against *what enemy*?
 
(Nazi) Germany. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter,
Marc, Pete, Stephen, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
 
> rot13 for this one. We call it a part of World War II,
> but the Russians have their own name for their war against
> Nazi Germany. In English, what is that name?
 
Great Patriotic War. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, Jason,
Dan Tilque, and Erland.
 
 
> * E. Zoo (Geography)
 
> E1. In what US city would you find the National Zoo?
 
Washington. 4 for everyone.
 
> E2. During the Cold War era, in what European city was Zoo
> Station the primary terminus for long-distance trains?
 
West Berlin. "West" was not required, but East Berlin was wrong.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> * F. Zorro (Entertainment)
 
> F1. What is the real name, or secret identity, of the famous
> character generally known as Zorro?
 
Don Diego de la Vega (accepting Diego or Vega). 4 for Joshua
and Stephen.
 
> the title "The Mark of Zorro". (Note, that's Mark with
> an R.) Name *any one* of the three men who played Zorro
> in them.
 
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in 1920, Tyrone Power in 1940, Frank Langella
["lang-JELL-uh"] in 1974.
 
The 1998 movie with Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas was "The
Mask of Zorro", with an S (now you know, Erland), and Guy Williams
played Zorro in a TV series (it ran 1957-61), not a movie or TV-movie.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Lit Spo Geo His Ent Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 36 -- -- -- -- 36 44 156
Dan Blum 36 16 16 24 6 27 16 36 155
Joshua Kreitzer 20 28 16 20 12 20 16 38 142
Dan Tilque 40 8 0 20 12 12 0 32 124
Marc Dashevsky 36 20 8 20 4 4 16 16 116
Peter Smyth 32 8 -- -- 0 20 16 28 104
Pete Gayde 16 16 4 8 20 4 20 16 96
Erland Sommarskog 28 0 0 8 12 12 0 19 79
"Calvin" 35 12 0 12 0 16 -- -- 75
Bruce Bowler 36 0 0 20 -- -- -- -- 56
Jason Kreitzer 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 12 28
Björn Lundin 24 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 24
 
--
Mark Brader | ...politicians are forever seeking a "level playing field":
Toronto | it lets them talk out of both sides of their mouth.
msb@vex.net | --Roland Hutchinson
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 11 07:55AM -0700

On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 12:14:29 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> this is rotating quiz #230.
 
> the winner will be the first choice to set rq 231, in a manner of their choosing.
 
and it's going to come down to the tie breakers folks! stay tuned!
 
> please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
 
> answer slates must be posted before 9pm edt (philadelphia/toronto time) on saturday, 2016-09-10, which gives aa bit over 6 days from the time of this posting.
 
it's the next day as I score this. september 11th. the memories are still fresh from 15 years ago.
 
> in case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
 
> correct answers are worth 1 point each.
 
> have fun!
 
up first, the expected answers.
 
current events
 
1. on september 4th 2016, who was declared a saint in a canonization Mass held by Pope Francis in the Vatican?
 
mother teresa
 
2. a magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolted the north-central portion of what u.s. state on september 3rd?
 
oklahoma
 
3. what is the name of the hurricane that made landfall in florida on september 2nd, 2016?
 
hermine [note: am I the only one who kept saying 'hermione' first before correcting myself?]
 
 
sports
 
4. college football season has begun in the u.s. what team was declared last season's national champion?
 
alabama
 
5. name any of the 3 teams with 3 wins in 3 games in the english premier league as of september 4th
 
manchester city, chelsea, manchester united
 
6. what team has the best record in major league baseball?
 
chicago cubs
 
 
politics
 
7. president obama is meeting with leaders from the g-20 major world economies in what eastern chinese city?
 
hangzhou
 
8. name either the green party candidate or libertarian party candidate for president of the united states
 
jill stein, gary johnson
 
9. who is the president of mexico?
 
enrique peña nieto
 
 
actors
 
10. dan aykroyd was nominated for an oscar in what 1989 film?
 
driving miss daisy
 
11. born jerome silberman in milwaukee, he starred in such classic films as 'young frankenstein', 'blazing saddles', and 'willy wonka & the chocolate factory'
 
gene wilder
 
12. the wife of <answer #11>, a comedic genius of the highest caliber
 
gilda radner
 
 
potpourri
 
13. nyc's russian tea room serves 31 varieties of this
 
vodka
 
14. this canal, very near where I was born, officially opened august 15, 1914
 
panama canal
 
15. where would you find eyjafjallajökull?
 
iceland
 
 
 
name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 total
----------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Dan T 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 11
Dan B 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11
Marc D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10
Gareth 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 9
Erland 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
Peter S 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Calvin 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Mark B 1 1 1 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
----------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
totals 8 3 6 4 5 4 2 6 3 3 7 3 2 5 8 69
 
Dan answered on the harder questions, so the first tie-breaker rule is in effect. Dan Tilque is the winner! Congratulations Dan!! D! A! N! Dan! Dan! Dan! RQ 231 is yours to do with as you please.
 
* Mark Brader's protest on question #6 is upheld. however, after lengthy discussion, this means that this type of wording regarding major league baseball can no longer be protested based on this precedent. I ruled this way because I can foresee a time when a similar question will come up regarding cricket or some other sport I am not familiar with, and I want to be able to protest that based on my ignorance as well.
 
thank you each for playing.
 
swp
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 11 04:56PM -0700

swp wrote:
 
 
> Dan answered on the harder questions, so the first tie-breaker rule is in effect. Dan Tilque is the winner! Congratulations Dan!! D! A! N! Dan! Dan! Dan! RQ 231 is yours to do with as you please.
 
Thank you. It'll be up either later tonight or tomorrow. (OK, later
tonight is tomorrow for many or you. Not sure, but I think I may be the
only regular in the Pacific time zone.)
 
--
Dan Tilque
GOLQ Mailing List <list@golq.org>: Sep 11 04:19PM -0700

RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #355 (GOLQ355) (Correction)
 
This correction is being issued due to an entry being inadvertently
left out of the original issue. Changes were made to the team
scoring list, individual song scores and song rating list. My
apologies to the Village Idiots for this oversight.
***************************************************************************
 
As this is being written it is raining here in NE Ohio. We need it, having had
a hot and dry July and August.
Thus was the inspiration for the theme: Wind and Rain. Every entrant ID'd it.
 
Congratulations go out to the five top scoring teams: DEC & Friends,
Dale Latimer, Delphi Trivia Club, The EJ'S & Co., and Village Idiots who
only (like everyone else) missed T2
 
I hope everyone had fun with this; thanks to all who entered.
 
Howard Teitelbaum has already posted the September quiz (GOLQ 356)
 
 
- Mike Weaver
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
After each score below are two characters representing the two tie-breakers:
+ indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly.
- indicates partial credit.
x indicates a totally incorrect guess.
. indicates no guess.
 
(For anti-spamming purposes, all occurrences of "@" in e-mail addresses have
been replaced with "&".)
 
Place ID # on
Score Name <E-mail address> team Age(s)
---+-----+--+-----------------------------------------------------+--+---------
T01 500+. DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 2 various
T01 500+. DL Dale Latimer <bob_homeo&intermail.net> 2 56
T01 500+. DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 5 going grey
T01 500+. EJ The EJ'S & Co. <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 8 30+
T01 500+. VI Village Idiots (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 4 --
<MrJaded/MFPing/ARE7/Clete6&aol.com>
T06 500.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 60s,70s
T06 500.. VH Virve Harkonen <Virve_Harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 35
T06 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 58
09 440.. TT Team Teitelbaum <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 3 54-66
10 360.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 69
T11 340.. CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 5 63-67
T11 340.. VS Vito & The Salutations <Baileyl&colorado.edu> 5 boomers
13 100.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 42
---+-----+--+-----------------------------------------------------+--+---------
Place ID # on
Score Name <E-mail address> team Age(s)
______________________________________________________________________________
 
The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown:
#01-#25 #T1-#T2
. no answer .
0 incorrect answer x
1-19 partial credit -
20 full credit +
 
Song# TT
ID 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 12
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
DC 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 +.
DL 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 +.
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 20 +.
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 +.
RR 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 ..
VH 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 ..
WM 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 ..
TT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 . 20 . 20 20 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ..
NA 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 . ..
VS 20 20 20 20 . 20 . 20 . 20 20 20 20 20 20 . . . 20 . 20 20 20 20 . ..
JR . 20 10 . . 20 . . . . . 10 . 10 . . . . . . . 10 20 . . ..
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
ID 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 12
Song# TT
 
______________________________________________________________________________
 
GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #355 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
 
#number) Artist: "Title" (chart year) [peak Pop] {peak R&B} <xxx>...<yyy>
where:
"peak Pop" = Peak position achieved on the weekly Billboard Pop chart.
"peak R&B" = Peak position on the weekly Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart.
(Billboard didn't publish an R&B chart between 11/30/63 and 1/23/65,
so recordings in that interval show peak R&B of {n/c} ("no chart").)
"xxx",...,"yyy" = prior GOLQ(s) in which the song appeared, if any.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
The secret way you hold my hand
To let me know you understand
The wind and rain upon your face
The breathless world of your embrace
#01) Anka, Paul: "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (1958/59) [15] {-} <42><205>
 
Who's tripping down
The streets of the city
Smiling at everybody she sees
Who's reaching out to capture a moment
#02) Association, The: "Windy" (1967) [1] {-} <93><225><306>
 
I may go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I could
Go to working for
#03) Bare, Bobby: "Four Strong Winds" (1964) [60] {n/c} <212>
 
Well folks (he said blushing and shuffling his feet) it turns out that this is
actually a song that was not eligible due to the "re-use" rule. It was used
as a tie-breaker in GOLQ 334 (as by Ian & Sylvia) so it does not meet the 2 year
minimum time period criteria. Fortunately, all the entrants knew at least the
song title so I treated this as usual for scoring purposes. I am awaiting
sentencing for my crime at the hands of the GOLQ executive committee. I hope
they will temper justice with mercy, but I hear they can be pretty harsh.
 
Dale Latimer commented: Most commonly associated with Canadian folk icons
Ian & Sylvia, who (AFAIK) never charted with it stateside. The Brothers Four
bubbled under with it in 1963, while Neil Young took it to #61 in 1979.
 
Saving up your money for a rainy day
Giving all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said
Oh boy when you're dead
#04) Beatles, The: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" (1969) [8] {-} <126><258>
 
Team Teitelbaum: Written by John during their honeymoon. Only he & Paul appear
on the recording; John doing lead & rhythm guitar, and Paul bass & drums.
 
Now it will be
My favorite memory
That vision of you
Standing there
Oh, there in the mist
How you sighed when we kissed
#05) Boone, Pat: "With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair" (1959) [21] {-}
 
The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
#06) Cascades, The: "Rhythm Of The Rain" (1963) [3] {7} <16><88><139>
 
Lead singer John Gummoe was born in Cleveland OH.
 
Since my love has left me
I'm so all alone
I would bring her back to me
But I don't know where she's gone
I don't know where she's gone
#07) Clark, Dee: "Raindrops" (1961) [2] {3} <22><120>
 
A heart beats softly
About to die
Wandering alone at night
Waiting for the
Storm to pass away
#08) Critters, The: "Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me" (1967) [39] {-} <204>
 
And we went a little further
You wanna hear the rest of it
I might as well
The wind blew her hair in the street
#09) Diddley, Bo: "Say Man" (1959) [20] {3} <103>
 
Although uncredited on the record, this insult fest features Diddley band
member Jerome Green.
 
Once on a high and windy hill
In the morning mist
Two lovers kissed
And the world stood still
#10) Four Aces featuring Al Alberts: "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing"
(1955/56) [1] {-} <140><267>
 
In the spring of my life
She came to me
She brought sunshine
Where winter winds had blown
#11) Goldsboro, Bobby: "Autumn Of My Life" (1968) [19] {-} <218>
 
Everything that's wonderful
Is sure to come your way
When you're in love to stay
#12) Gore, Lesley: "Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows" (1965) [13] {-} <29><129>
 
Thunder, lightning, wind and rain
Love is storming inside my brain
#13) Hamilton, Roy: "Don't Let Go" (1958) [13] {2} <4><139><279>
 
Wind and storm
Gone's the sun
From the stars
My dark has come
#14) Hyland, Brian: "Tragedy" (1969) [56] {-}
 
Several entrants said they were not aware of this version, but the lyrics
pretty much duplicate the Thomas Wayne tune of 10 years earlier. If you have
not heard it previously, here is a Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXaq4xkxTd4
 
Caught up in a summer shower
Drying while it soaks the flowers
Maybe we`ll be caught for hours
Waiting out the sun
#15) Lovin' Spoonful, The: "Rain On The Roof" (1966) [10] {-} <36><192>
 
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me, and with your kiss the world begins
You're Spring to me, all things to me
You're life itselF
#16) Mathis, Johnny: "Wild Is The Wind" (1957/58) [22] {-} <139>
 
Now the days are lonely
The song of love is still
They say that I'll forget you
But I say I never will
#17) Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66: "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" (1966/67)
[71] {-}
 
A nod to the Olympic games in Rio.
 
Is it wetter underwater if you're there when it rains
Is it shorter to New York, than it is by plane
Between myself and I, I wonder who's the dumber
Is it hotter down south than it is in the Summer
#18) Pullins, Leroy: "I'm A Nut" (1966) [57] {-}
 
There was a time my love was needed
My life completed
My dreams come true
Then came the time my life was haunted
My love unwanted
All for you
#19) Rainwater, Marvin: "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" (1957) [18] {-} <141><228>
 
The Hawk
The Almighty Hawk
Mister Wind
Takes care of plenty business
'Round winter time
#20) Rawls, Lou: "Dead End Street" (1967) [29] {3} <29><201><312>
 
Like the winds that bring high tides
You bring sorrow and grief
You made me ashamed to face Mary
Barely had the strength to tell
Skies are not so black
Mary took me back
Mary has broken your spell
#21) Robbins, Marty: "Devil Woman" (1962) [16] {-} <76><303>
 
Every time it rains it rains
#22) Skyliners, The: "Pennies From Heaven" (1960) [24] {-} <44><161><327>
 
Sunshine, blue skies
Please go away
My girl has found another
And gone away
With her went my future
#23) Temptations, The: "I Wish It Would Rain" (1968) [4] {1} <47><216><302>
 
From Central Park
To Pasadena's such a long way
I feel so out of it
Walkin' down Broadway
#24) Trade Winds, The: "New York's A Lonely Town" (1965) [32] {-} <9><120><173>
 
I love your love,
All the things that lovers do now, baby,
I can tell
#25) Wind: "Make Believe" (1969) [28] {-} <139>
 
For (by ranking) a reasonably popular song I was surprised that not many
entrants recognized it.
 
Dale Latimer commented: Produced by Bo Gentry, co-written by Joey Levine
(Ohio Express, Reunion, etc.), lead vocal by Tony Orlando.
 
My sweetheart's name is Sally Brown
She used to live in Nassau town
In a jealous fight I shot a man
Now I have to run away to a far-off land
So I roamed and I roamed for a long long time
Trying to find peace of mind
#T1) Aleong, Aki: "Trade Winds, Trade Winds" (1961) [101] {-}
 
This song strongly reminds of of "Jamaica Farewell" See if you agree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9IPPRA9BIY .
 
Dale Latimer: Much better known as an actor with 60 years of experience in
films and TV.
 
The lovely day we met
I still remember well
Who cared if it was wet
'Cause like the rain we fell
An April afternoon
#T2) Carson, Mindy: "A Rainy Day Refrain" (1950) [24] {-}
 
I included this song for a couple of reasons. It fit the theme and it happens
to be one first songs I can remember hearing on the radio often enough to
sing(?) to my mother (poor Mom). At four years old my vocal talents had not
yet come to full bloom. What I remember most is the "Da-dim Da-dum" part and
probably drove Mom nuts with it. Here is a Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-pxbxQe__w
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
 
Avg. Song
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 #02) Association, The: "Windy"
20.00 #06) Cascades, The: "Rhythm Of The Rain"
20.00 #23) Temptations, The: "I Wish It Would Rain"
19.23 #03) Bare, Bobby: "Four Strong Winds"
19.23 #12) Gore, Lesley: "Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows"
19.23 #14) Hyland, Brian: "Tragedy"
19.23 #22) Skyliners, The: "Pennies From Heaven"
18.46 #01) Anka, Paul: "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings"
18.46 #04) Beatles, The: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"
18.46 #10) Four Aces featuring Al Alberts: "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing"
18.46 #13) Hamilton, Roy: "Don't Let Go"
18.46 #15) Hyland, Brian: "Tragedy"
16.92 #07) Clark, Dee: "Raindrops"
16.92 #08) Critters, The: "Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me"
16.92 #11) Goldsboro, Bobby: "Autumn Of My Life"
16.92 #19) Rainwater, Marvin: "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird"
16.92 #21) Robbins, Marty: "Devil Woman"
16.92 #24) Trade Winds, The: "New York's A Lonely Town"
15.38 #05) Boone, Pat: "With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair"
15.38 #20) Rawls, Lou: "Dead End Street"
13.85 #09) Diddley, Bo: "Say Man"
13.85 #16) Mathis, Johnny: "Wild Is The Wind"
13.85 #17) Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66: "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)"
13.85 #25) Wind: "Make Believe"
12.31 #18) Pullins, Leroy: "I'm A Nut"
7.69 #T1) Aleong, Aki: "Trade Winds, Trade Winds"
0.00 #T2) Carson, Mindy: "A Rainy Day Refrain
 
I had guessed that T2 would be tough, but thought that "Say Man" and
"Make Believe" would have been more recognized than they were. "I'm A Nut"
scored much higher on the country charts, so I thought there would be more
recognition carry-over.
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