Friday, December 02, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 12 updates in 6 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 01 08:50PM -0800

1 Which reality TV show has been set in Orange County, Beverly Hills, New York and Miami among others?
2 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport?
3 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body?
4 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written?
5 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
6 How many arrondissements does Paris have?
7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film?
8 What is the capital city of Bali?
9 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony?
10 Which British university is known by the acronym KCL?
 
cheers,
Calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 02 12:01AM -0600

Calvin:
> 1 Which reality TV show has been set in Orange County, Beverly
> Hills, New York and Miami among others?
 
"Real Housewives"?
 
> 2 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport?
 
Tennis?
 
> 3 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body?
 
Tonsils.
 
> 4 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written?
 
German.
 
> 5 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
 
Galle and d'Arrest, based on the predictions by Adams and Leverrier,
discovered it Neptune.
 
> 6 How many arrondissements does Paris have?
 
20.
 
> 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film?
 
"The Jungle Book"?
 
> 8 What is the capital city of Bali?
 
Bora Bora?
 
> 9 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which
> Beethoven symphony?
 
9th.
 
> 10 Which British university is known by the acronym KCL?
 
Potassium Chloride University. :-)
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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 02 09:33AM +0100

On 2016-12-02 05:50, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which reality TV show has been set in Orange County, Beverly Hills, New York and Miami among others?
Housewifes of ...
> 2 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport?
Tennis
> 3 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body?
> 4 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written?
German or English. I think he was in London at the time, so
I go with English
> 5 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
Uranus
> 6 How many arrondissements does Paris have?
78
> 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film?
The Jungle Book
> 8 What is the capital city of Bali?
> 9 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony?
9th
 
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Björn
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 02 02:53AM -0800

Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which reality TV show has been set in Orange County, Beverly Hills, New York and Miami among others?
 
Real Housewives
 
> 2 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport?
 
skiing
 
> 3 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body?
> 4 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written?
 
German
 
> 5 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
 
Neptune
 
> 6 How many arrondissements does Paris have?
 
20
 
> 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film?
 
Beauty and the Beast
 
> 8 What is the capital city of Bali?
> 9 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony?
 
9th
 
> 10 Which British university is known by the acronym KCL?
 
King's College, London
 
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 02 03:00AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
 
>> 5 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
 
> Galle and d'Arrest, based on the predictions by Adams and Leverrier,
> discovered it Neptune.
 
Nitpicking your nitpick: They actually only used Leverrier's prediction.
Adams sent his to the Astronomer Royal, George Airy.
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 01 08:42PM -0800

On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 12:21:22 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 In which city is the Kentucky Derby run?
 
Louisville
 
> 2 In 2008 which American financier (and one-time friend of Prince Andrew) began an 18 month prison sentence for soliciting under-age sex?
 
Jeffrey Epstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
 
> 3 Which country's national symbol is a lotus flower?
 
India
 
> 4 Originally a Latin term, what two-word name was commonly given to the study of nature and the physical universe before the development of modern science?
 
Natural Philosophy
 
> 5 How many chromosomes do most humans have?
 
46
 
> 6 With which musical instrument does one associate Sir Yehudi Menuhin?
 
Violin
 
> 7 What nationality was tennis player Michael Chang?
 
American
 
> 8 A manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, Asko is based in which European country?
 
Sweden
 
> 9 In basketball, which eight-letter term is used to describe someone who regularly plays in both the guard and forward positions?
 
Swingman
 
> 10 Who was the Greek god of wealth?
 
Plutus / Ploutus
http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Ploutos.html
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 465
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 38 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 35 Gareth Owen
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 32 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 32 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 27 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 23 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 19 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 Erland S
 
That was a tough set. Congratulations Marc.
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 02 09:12AM +0100

>> 8 A manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, Asko is based in
which European country?
 
> Sweden
 
Nope.
 
As people started to answer Sweden, I got a little curious and did some
research. Once having found the answer I said to myself "no one will get
this right, not even the quiz master".
 
The correct answer is Slovenia.
 
Indeed Asko, has a Swedish origin. On http://www.asko.se/om-asko/historik
I learnt that the first washing machine from Asko was produced in 1950 in
Vara, which is in Sweden. 1952 they produced their first refrigerator in
Lathi, which is in Finland, the answer given by me and one more entrant.
 
In 2000, ASKO was acquired by Antonio Merloni, which sounds like an Italian
name.
 
In 2010, ASKO was acquired by Gorenje Group, which is a Slovenian company.
And in 2013, the production of washing and laundry appliances were moved
from Sweden to Slovenia. Whether there still is any production in Sweden
or Finland, I don't know.
 
There is still a company ASKO Applicance AB, and according to
http://www.allabolag.se/5565779054/asko-appliances-ab they are based in
Lidköping, which is not too far from Vara. However, the managing director
has a name which appears to be Slovenian. To confuse matters more, the
owning company is said to be Gorenje Nederland BV.
 
Had the question been were Asko originates from, Sweden would be the
only reasonable answer. But now the question is where they are based,
and this case I would suggest that Finland and Sweden are on equal
level. That is, either Slovenia is the only correct answer, but if
Calvin wants to approve Sweden, Finland should be scored correct too.
 
Now you may ask, why I answered Finland and not Sweden. The truth is
that was just a quick guess. You see, Asko is not a particularly well-
known brand in Sweden. Their consumer products goes under the brand
Cylinda (from a company ASKO bought in 1988. The ASKO brand is more
used for appliances sold to industrial and other commercial customers.
For instance, I recall now that when we last year bought some new
washing machines to the laundry room in our block of flats, we were
offered prices for some ASKO machines. (But we eventually went with
Electrolux.)
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 02 02:52AM -0600

"Calvin":
>>> 8 A manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, Asko is based in
>>> which European country?
 
Erland Sommarskog:
> Lidköping, which is not too far from Vara. However, the managing director
> has a name which appears to be Slovenian. To confuse matters more, the
> owning company is said to be Gorenje Nederland BV.
 
The question was about where they are based, i.e. headquartered, not
where the ownership or production is located, or the nationality of the
management. From what you say, it appears that Calvin's expected answer
is the only correct answer, no matter whether or not any of us were aware
of the details behind it.
--
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Toronto | attracts so many improvements that it eventually
msb@vex.net | rolls over and sinks..." --Ben & Peter Laurie
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 02 12:21AM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-09-19,
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 Misplaced Modifiers
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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 1, Round 7 - Minerals
 
Where the question asks for a product, we want a generic term for
the relevant type of product, not a brand name.
 
1. This crystalline form of carbon used to be called "black lead",
a term still misleadingly applied to it today. Its current and
correct name was coined in 1789 and comes from the Greek word
that describes its primary use. What is this mineral called?
 
2. This daily-use product contains a number of abrasives --
including calcium carbonate, mica and titanium -- all held
together by a silica sludge. Artificial sweeteners are added
to make it more appealing. Name the product.
 
3. This mineral is composed of a calcium sulfate dehydrate.
We know it by a name that comes from the Greek for "chalk"
or "plaster". Varieties include alabaster, desert rose,
and selenite. It's used in a range of products but, by far,
it's most commonly found in a widely used building material.
What is this mineral?
 
4. Not so popular these days, this mineral is cheap and
fire-resistant with excellent sound absorption properties,
all of which made it great for use in the home -- if you could
put up with the lung cancer and mesothelioma. What is it?
 
5. Titanium dioxide is used as a whitener to make a number of
products more appealing -- from paper to plastic to sunscreen.
Over a century ago, it was introduced as a non-toxic alternative
to lead in what common renovation product?
 
6. Kaolin is a common aluminum- and silicon-based clay. It's a
component of porcelain and used in paint. Its most common use
is in the production of specialty paper. Besides reducing ink
absorption for a cleaner print, what quality does it impart
to paper?
 
7. Halite is a common mineral. After it's mined and processed,
we can pick it up at the local supermarket or hardware store
under what name?
 
8. This material is by definition a mineral, though it's hard to
see it as such. While unstable at room temperature, its solid
state has a hardness of 1.5 on the Mohs scale, a specific gravity
of 0.91, and a hexagonal crystal system. Natural sources of
this mineral are shrinking, but you can still buy a bag of it
for a couple of dollars at a supermarket. What is it?
 
9. This element, named from the Swedish for "heavy stone", has
the highest melting point of any metal which makes it useful
in drills and missile warheads. We like it because it's used
in the manufacture of light-bulb filaments and the ball of a
ballpoint pen. What is it?
 
10. In making stainless steel, what is the principal element that
is alloyed with the iron?
 
 
* Game 1, Round 8 - Art - Paintings by Country
 
Please see the handout:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1-8/national/art.jpg
 
(Or if you like, you can see the 12 paintings individually in higher
resolution -- than we got in the original game -- by replacing "art"
in the above URL successively with "A", "B", etc. up to "L".)
 
Sometimes we can tell an artwork's nationality even if we don't
know or have forgotten the artist's name. For questions #1-4,
we'll give you the name of a country, and you give the letter of
the painting by a native of that country.
 
1. Scotland.
2. Germany.
3. Denmark.
4. Norway.
 
After that, please decode the rot13 below to see which letters were
unused and in each case name the country where the artist was born.
As you might guess from question #1, the countries of the UK count
separately for purposes of this round; do not answer "UK".
 
Countries do not repeat. There were 2 decoys; answer them if you
like for fun, but for no points.
 
5. O.
6. R.
7. S.
8. T (qrpbl).
9. V.
10. W.
11. X.
12. Y (qrpbl).
 
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msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 02 12:07AM -0600

Mark Brader:
 
> * Game 1, Round 4 - History - Pacifism and Non-Violence
 
> 1. Who advocated non-violent resistance to South African apartheid
> and was awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize?
 
Desmond Tutu. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Erland, Pete,
Gareth, and Calvin. 3 for Björn.
 
> 2. Which Central American country has had no standing army since
> 1948 -- and is, in fact, constitutionally forbidden from
> having one?
 
Costa Rica. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc,
Stephen, and Erland. 3 for Björn. 2 for Peter and Calvin.
 
> if we do something that will create hatred in the minds of the
> Chinese people." *What event* was he urging his followers not
> to demonstrate against?
 
The then-upcoming Olympics in Beijing. Since the date was in
the question, I decided to accept "summer Olympics", and not the
annexation of Tibet". 4 for Marc, Peter, Stephen, Pete, and Calvin.
 
> 4. Woodrow Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his
> role in establishing what?
 
The League of Nations. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce,
Marc, Peter, Stephen, Erland, Pete, Gareth, Calvin, and Björn.
 
> 5. The word "conchie" was coined in the early 20th century.
> What does it mean?
 
Conscientious objector. (That is, someone who on principle refused
to enter military service.) 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, Stephen,
Gareth, and Calvin.
 
> 6. Which British philosopher was the first president of the Campaign
> for Nuclear Disarmament?
 
Bertrand Russell. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Stephen,
Erland, Gareth, and Calvin.
 
> 7. The only vote in Parliament against Canada's entry into World
> War II was that of the CCF leader. Name that MP.
 
James Shaver Woodsworth. 3 for Stephen.
 
> 8. On February 22, 1943, Nazi Germany guillotined three founding
> members of a non-violent resistance movement, including
> University of Munich student Sophie Scholl. Name the *movement*.
 
Weiße (White) Rose. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
 
> exemptions from military obligations. Three of these groups were
> the Quakers, the Mennonites, and the Hutterites. Which group
> was the fourth?
 
The Doukhobors. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 10. Shot in the head in 1981, this White House press secretary
> subsequently campaigned for gun control. An act of Congress
> mandating background checks on gun purchasers bears his name.
 
James Brady. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc,
Stephen, and Gareth.
 
 
> you have to name is the composer. Some are well-known beyond
> their theme-song work, but others were studio staffers.
 
> 1. "The Big Bang Theory". Name the *band* that composed this theme.
 
Barenaked Ladies. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Stephen,
Pete, and Gareth.
 
> 2. "Jeopardy!". Originally composed as a lullaby for his son,
> he used it later for the program that he executive-produced.
 
Merv Griffin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
 
> 3. "Mission: Impossible". Name this busy TV theme composer,
> also famous for "Hawaii 5-0".
 
Lalo Schifrin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Marc
and Gareth.
 
> 4. "Peter Gunn". Name this famous theme writer.
 
Henry Mancini. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Garteh,
and Calvin.
 
> 5. "Sanford and Son". This 1970s sitcom theme was written for
> the show by one of the most influential music producers of the
> last 50 years.
 
Quincy Jones. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, Pete, and Gareth.
 
> 6. "Star Trek" (the original series). No clue needed here.
 
Alexander Courage. 4 for Stephen and Pete.
 
> 7. "The Simpsons". This composer started with the band Oingo Boingo
> in the late '70s and has garnered Emmy and Oscar nominations
> for his work, particularly with Tim Burton.
 
Danny Elfman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Gareth,
and Calvin.
 
> 8. "Welcome Back, Kotter". The name of the program was changed
> to match the lyrics of this theme song written by a member of
> a popular '60s band.
 
John Sebastian. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
 
> 9. "Saturday Night Live" (the closing theme). More Canadians!
> He was a member of the band Lighthouse in the late 1960s,
> and more recently has won Academy Awards for his film scores.
 
Howard Shore. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
 
> 10. "The Tonight Show" (the Johnny Carson version). Another
> Canadian! He's famous for a number of golden oldies.
 
Paul Anka. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
 
 
> the same time; they are just terms from the same sport or pastime.
 
> The thing will always come first.
 
> 1. "Biter stick"; "blank end".
 
Curling. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Gareth.
 
The device for measuring which stone is closest to the button;
an end where no points are scored.
 
> 2. "Trapper" or "catch glove"; "butterfly style".
 
Hockey. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Gareth, and Don.
 
A goalie's glove; the goalie's action of dropping to the knees and
spreading the blocking pads to stop a shot.
 
> 3. "Cushion" or "rail"; "English".
 
Billiards (or pool, etc.). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Bruce, Marc, Peter, Stephen, Pete, Gareth, Calvin, and Don.
 
The sides of the table that the ball bounces off; a type of spin
put on the cue ball.
 
> 4. "Mainstrings"; "deuce".
 
Tennis. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Erland, Pete, Gareth,
and Don.
 
The lengthwise strings on a tennis racket; a score of, as they say,
40-40.
 
> 5. "Speed bag"; "peekaboo style".
 
Boxing. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Peter, Stephen, Pete, Gareth,
Calvin, and Don.
 
A small air-filled bag used during training; a stance with both
gloves in front of the face.
 
> 6. "Poles"; "dig".
 
Volleyball. (Not skiing.) 4 for Bruce, Pete, and Gareth.
 
The two poles that hold up the net; the action of preventing a spiked
ball from hitting the floor.
 
> 7. "Lob wedge"; "buried lie" or "fried egg".
 
Golf. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Peter,
Stephen, Pete, Gareth, Calvin, and Don.
 
A type of golf club; a ball that's half-buried in sand.
 
> 8. "Spider" or "spider web"; "diddle for the middle" or "bull-off".
 
Darts. 4 for Bruce, Peter, and Stephen.
 
The wire frame that covers the dartboard; throwing a single dart
each to determine who throws first in the game.
 
> 9. "Perimeter"; "pick and roll".
 
Basketball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Marc, Peter, Stephen,
Pete, Gareth, Calvin, and Don.
 
The area on the court just inside the 3-point line; a 2-person
offensive screening maneuver.
 
> 10. "Doughnut"; "brush-back".
 
Baseball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Stephen,
Pete, and Gareth.
 
A weight placed on a baseball bat for practice swings; a pitch
intentionally thrown near the batter's head by way of intimidation.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 4 6 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Can His Aud Spo THREE
Stephen Perry -- -- 35 40 36 111
Joshua Kreitzer 40 7 28 36 24 104
Pete Gayde 24 4 12 32 36 92
Marc Dashevsky 32 0 28 27 24 87
Gareth Owen 32 0 20 19 35 87
Dan Blum 32 0 24 16 12 72
Bruce Bowler -- -- 16 16 36 68
"Calvin" 12 0 22 8 16 50
Peter Smyth -- -- 18 4 28 50
Dan Tilque 12 0 12 0 20 44
Don Piven -- -- 0 0 24 24
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 16 0 4 20
Björn Lundin 0 0 10 0 0 10
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Unjutsly malinged? I think not."
msb@vex.net -- Ross Howard
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 02 12:03AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> choice for Canada's national bird. It's not the loon or snowy
> owl, which are already honored as provincial birds of Ontario
> and Quebec respectively. So what is the Society's pick?
 
Gray jay, also known as the whisky jack or Canada jay.
 
> 2. To which position in Trump's administration has ex-general
> Michael Flynn been appointed?
 
National Security Advisor. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, and Erland.
 
> 3. The US president-elect has already had a meeting with one
> foreign head of government. Name, please?
 
Shinzo Abe (Japan). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 4. Heather Moyse, winner of two Olympic gold medals in bobsleigh,
> has just been named to the World Hall of Fame of which other
> sport?
 
Rugby.
 
> 5. Which country this past week withdrew from the treaty founding
> the International Criminal Court, which it called "ineffective
> and one-sided"?
 
Russia. 4 for Pete.
 
> 6. Last week Prime Minister Trudeau got Mauricio Macri to allow
> the importation of Canadian pork for the first time since 2002.
> Which country is Macri president of?
 
Argentina. 4 for Erland.
 
> 7. Last Thursday at the ACC, the visiting team's goalie was booed.
> Name him.
 
James Reimer ["RYE-mer"].
 
> 8. In a book published last week, art historian Bogomila
> Welsh-Ovcharov controversially claims to present lost
> sketches by which 19th-century artist?
 
Vincent van Gogh.
 
> 9. What did authors Rohinton Mistry and Joseph Boyden become
> members of last Thursday?
 
Order of Canada.
 
> 10. The heritage building that in the 1890s was home to the first
> movie theater in Canada has been gutted by fire. In which city?
 
Montreal.
 
 
> * Game 10 (2016-11-28), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. A Canadian art record was broken last week when a Canadian
> masterpiece was auctioned for $11,200,000. Name the painter.
 
Lawren Harris. ("Mountain Forms", 1926.)
 
> 2. Mrs. Brady is dead. Who was she?
 
Florence Henderson. (That is, she played that character on "The Brady
Bunch".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete.
 
> 3. Name the new Las Vegas NHL team.
 
Vegas Golden Knights. (Yes, with no "Las".) 4 for Joshua and Erland.
 
> 4. Name the Dundas, Ontario, native who won his first title at
> the RSM Golf Classic last week.
 
Mackenzie Hughes.
 
> 5. Who just released his book subtitled "Two Brothers, One Vision"?
 
Doug Ford. ("Ford Nation".)
 
> 6. US gold medalist Laurie Hernandez has another trophy to add
> to her collection. What competition did she win last week,
> along with her partner Val Chmerkovskiy?
 
"Dancing with the Stars". 4 for Joshua, B/ce, Peter, and Pete.
 
> 7. Who won four awards, including Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist,
> at the American Music Awards last week -- and three days later
> punched a fan in the face?
 
Justin Bieber. 4 for Peter and Pete.
 
> 8. Wind Mobile is rebranding itself. What's its new name?
 
Freedom Mobile.
 
> 9. Name either of the two Canadians who won the Presidential Medal
> of Freedom.
 
Frank Gehry, Lorne Michaels. 4 for Bruce.
 
> 10. Trudeau spoke at the Francophone Summit last weekend.
> Which country hosted it?
 
Madagascar.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT
Pete Gayde 4 12 19 27 0 20 8 7 8 12 113
Joshua Kreitzer 4 8 20 18 12 20 4 12 0 12 106
Peter Smyth 8 4 16 14 8 24 2 12 4 8 94
Dan Tilque 4 8 12 16 12 20 0 8 8 4 88
Dan Blum 7 8 12 19 10 13 3 12 4 4 85
Marc Dashevsky 4 8 12 15 12 0 4 12 4 4 71
Stephen Perry 32 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66
Erland Sommarskog 4 4 4 12 4 12 0 12 12 4 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 -- -- -- -- 0 12 52
 
--
Mark Brader "I would love to make it, more than
Toronto anything else I've not written."
msb@vex.net --William Goldman
 
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The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org>: Dec 01 09:21AM -0800

RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #357 (GOLQ357)
 
Congratulations to the Delphi Trivia Club and the EJ'S & Co., who, with scores
of 500++, took first place in this quiz. The Village Idiots were next with a
score of 498++.
 
The mini-theme was songs written (and, in one case, performed) by John D.
Loudermilk, who died on September 21, 2016. Over the years, I've noticed a
lot of songs he wrote. I could have probably put together a whole GOLQ of his
songs if I weren't limited by the re-use rule and a deisre to keep things
spread out in the alphabet. The re-use rule caused me to have to omit
"Tobacco Road" by the Nashville Teens, which I really wanted to use so I could
correct some incorrect lyrics I used in GOLQ281. Someone else used this song
in GOLQ345. I also used another Loudermilk song, "Waterloo" by Stonewall
Jackson, in the last GOLQ I did before this one, GOLQ352. It seems like quite
a few artists who charted Loudermilk songs have names that start with C and D,
a part of the alphabet from which I had already chosen several artists for
this quiz when I decided on this mini-theme.
 
Team Teitelbaum, The EJ'S & Co., Will McCorry, Really Rockin' In Boston, and
Vito and the Salutations identified the theme. Three of these teams attempted
to list all of the songs, of which there were seven total. One team only
identified six, while another listed eight, including a song that does sound
like it could be a Loudermilk song but isn't. Will McCorry listed the correct
seven: "Songs by John D. Loudermilk, who passed away recently (songs 2, 9,
11, 15, 17, 23, T2)."
 
But don't be surprised if you do eventually see "Tobacco Road", "Waterloo", or
a Loudermilk song done by a C or D artist on a future GOLQ of mine. I did
have an unannounced second mini-theme: Songs that would have fit the themes
or mini-themes of previous GOLQs I did but which I did not use for one reason
or another. This includes the reason that the song had been used too recently
in another GOLQ. Twenty-four of the 27 songs in this GOLQ fit either one of
these mini-themes, including one two-fer, a John D. Loudermilk song by a group
I considered for inclusion in my siblings-themed GOLQ but decided not to use.
The only three songs that did not fit either mini-theme were #10, #20, and #T1
(another tribute to a recently-deceased artist).
 
For those of you who watched the World Series, this GOLQ has a song with
"Indian" in the title and a record that was released on the Cub label. At the
time I put this GOLQ together, I didn't know who would be playing in the World
Series, and I didn't know that "Handy Man" by Jimmy Jones was on the Cub
label. For those of you who play Bridge, we have "one Diamond" in an artist
name, "one Heart" in a song title, but no clubs or spades, and unlike
elsewhere, "no Trump." But we do have an artist with the real first name of
Donald, doing our "Indian" song at #09. No artist here are named Hillary
(which is also not unheard of as a male first name, as well as a last name and
is sometimes spelled with one "l"), although there is one by a group with a
member who sometimes used the name Chelsea (#T1).
 
GOLQ357's mean score was 415.17, and the median was 436.
 
My thanks to everyone who participated.
 
Tom Pillion has posted GOLQ358.
 
-- Regina Litman <golq357@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++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 5 greying
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Everett, Kyra, Mitch, Vinnie, 6 30+
Kevin, <ellisbromberg&gmail.com>
03 498++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 4
(Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy)
04 476++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 3 Various
05 460.+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 58
06 454++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 3-4 boomers
07 418.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 60s,70s
08 416++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
09 394.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 70
10 360.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 54-66
<hat_pat&yahoo.com>
10 320.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 63-67
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
12 186.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 42
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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
VI 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EM 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 18 20 20 10 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
LB 20 20 18 18 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 - 20
RR 20 20 18 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MW 20 20 18 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 18 20 20 - 20 20 - 20
NA 20 20 18 18 - 20 20 18 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
CO 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - - - 20 - - 20
JR 20 20 18 - - 20 20 - 10 20 - - 8 10 - - - - 20 - - - - - 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 #357 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
=============================================================================
 
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
#01) Beatles, The: "Hey Jude" (1968/69) [1] {-}
 
Considered for use in GOLQ344 because it was the top hit determined by
Whitburn for 1968, but I chose the 1964 top hit by the same group, "I Want To
Hold Your Hand."
 
Wilson Pickett's version went to #23/#13 R&B in 1969.
 
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
#02) Casinos, The: "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (1967) [6] {-}
 
Written by John D. Loudermilk.
 
Other notable versions:
Eddy Arnold - #84 in 1968 (and probably did well on the country chart).
Glen Campbell, a medley of this and "Don't Pull Your Love" - #27 in 1976.
 
Oh woman oh woman
Don't treat me so mean
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen
#03) Charles, Ray, and his Orchestra: "Hit The Road Jack" (1961) [1] {-}
 
I always wanted to put Ray Charles and the unrelated Ray Charles Singers in
the same GOLQ, but I missed a good chance to do so in GOLQ336, which included
several artists with the same or similar names. This song was #1 in October
1961, 55 years ago, so when I decided to use it in this GOLQ for that reason,
I decided that this was the time to include both of these artists.
 
This Ray Charles' original name was Ray Charles Robinson.
 
Love me always
As you've loved me
From the start
With every beat of your heart
#04) Charles, Ray, Singers: "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El
Sol)" (1964) [3] {-}
 
I was curious if there was any song that was recorded by both Ray Charles and
the Ray Charles Singers. So far, I have found one--The Beatles' song
"Yesterday" (a #25 hit for the "Hit The Road Jack" Ray Charles in 1967).
 
This Ray Charles' original name was Charles Raymond Offenberg.
 
Other notable versions:
Steve Allen (as "Cuando Calienta") - #85 in 1963
The Bachelors - #38 in 1966
 
And as they gently caressed
The lovers looked up to find
The branches of the two trees
Were intertwined
#05) Dale, Alan: "Cherry Blossom Pink (And Apple Blossom White)" (1955) [14]
{-}
 
This is a vocal version of a song that is better known as an instrumental, a
mini-theme from GOLQ352. I didn't know about this recording until after I did
this GOLQ. The well-known Perez "Prez" Prado instrumental was the top hit of
1955 as determined by Whitburn but was not used in GOLQ344 because it was an
instrumental.
 
In addition to the Alan Dale and Perez "Prez" Prado versions, one by Jerry
Murad's Harmonicats reached #56 in 1961. Other vocal versions were recorded
by Georgia Gibbs and Pat Boone.
 
I didn't know the name of this song until the 1990s, even though I heard it
played a lot before then. I thought that part of it sounded like a song I
heard on the radio in 1964 that had lyrics that went something like, "Big
Daddy's got a family now." As luck would have it, that other song, whose
title, artist, and real lyrics I also didn't know until the 1990s, was written
by John D. Loudermilk and is also in this GOLQ.
 
Incidentally, one other instrumental was determined to be the top Whitburn hit
of a year and thus wasn't used in GOLQ344. I am aware of a vocal hit version
of that song, and had hoped to use it in GOLQ352. However, it had been used
too recently then, and it was still too soon to use it in this GOLQ, too.
Perhaps it will turn up in one of my future GOLQs.
 
Now did you hear about Louie Miller
He disappeared babe
After drawin' out
All his hard-earned cash
#06) Darin, Bobby: "Mack The Knife" (1959/60) [1] {6}
 
Originally inserted into GOLQ344 because it was determined by Whitburn to be
the top hit of 1959 only to have to withdraw it because an instrumental
version, "Moritat" by Lawrence Welk, had been used too recently. Enough time
has elapsed since then, so here it is.
 
There were several other charting versions of this under various titles in the
GOLQ era:
Dick Hyman Trio - #8 in 1956
Richard Hayman & Jan August - #11 in 1956
Lawrence Welk - #17 in 1956
Louis Armstrong - #20 in 1956
Billy Vaughn - #37 in 1956
Les Paul - #49 in 1956
Ella Fitzgerald - #27/#6 R&B in 1960
 
Jessica Raine: "Written by Kurt Weill for his opera 'The Threepenny Opera,'
with lyrics in German by Bertolt Brecht. Marc Blitzstein's English
translation of the opera is most commonly performed today (there are better
translations, but the performance rights for them are difficult and expensive,
don't even get me started) and is the source for Darin's lyrics."
 
The EJ'S & Co. - "Orchestra directed by Richard Wess."
 
Belinda was mine till the time that I found her
Holdin' Jim
Lovin' him
#07) Diamond, Neil: "Solitary Man" (1966, 1970) [55, 21] {-, -}
 
This was supposed to be the song featuring Neil Diamond as an artist in the
Sandy/Jones/Neil Diamond-themed GOLQ316, but I got confused as to which Neil
Diamond song originally released on Bang Records in 1966 was covered in the
U.K. by an artist just known as Sandy. It was this song, not "Cherry,
Cherry."
 
Many others have covered this song. No other versions have reached #99 or
higher on the Billboard Hot 100. T.G. Sheppard's version spent the week of
July 24, 1976, at #100. Johnny Cash's 2000 recording, the title song of a
Grammy-winning album he did, is listed by Whitburn as a classic recording.
Several other GOLQ-era chartmakers, including Johnny Rivers, Eddie Rambeau,
and B.J. Thomas, have also recorded it on albums or non-charting 45s. Della
Reese did a gender bender version, "Solitary Woman," which was on the b-side
of her single "It Was A Very Good Year," which spent two weeks at #99 in
September 1966. (One notch higher and twice as long as T.G. Sheppard!) In
more recent years, Chris Isaak and the Swedish group HIM have done notable
versions. It is also no doubt in the regular repertoire of all of the
countless Neil Diamond imitator and tribute artists that have sprouted up in
the past two decades.
 
It's hard to believe that Neil Diamond has been a hit artist for 50 years now.
In an alternate universe, the Cleveland Indians broke a 68-year World Series
drought this year, the Chicago Cubs failed to win it for the 109th straight
year, the U.S. has just elected its first woman President, and Bob Lind, whose
first hit was "Elusive Butterfly" in 1966 but didn't have much success after
that, is an international superstar well-known for wearing glittery shirts in
1970s and 1980s concerts. Who the heck is Neil Diamond? Oh, that's right,
he's a Canadian Cree Indian filmmaker. (That last sentence is true.
Different Neil Diamond.)
 
If something is wrong
Give me just one little sigh
If there's someone else
Please tell me
#08) Duke, Patty: "Don't Just Stand There" (1965) [8] {-}
 
How did I ever overlook Patty Duke, born December 14, 1946, died March 29,
2016, when I was looking for an artist born in December that would fit between
the Doors and where Jose Feliciano would go in GOLQ348? I see that her date
of birth is even in the Whitburn book whose pages I turned in that section to
find someone other than Marianne Faithfull. I think I would have certainly
used this song instead of the one by Marianne Faithfull if I had noticed it.
 
As just noted, Patty Duke died earlier this year. Sadly, two other stars of
THE PATTY DUKE SHOW have died this year: William Schallert, who played her
father, and Eddie Applegate, who played her boyfried. Actually, Schallert
played the father of her character Patty and the uncle of her character Cathy,
while Applegate played Patty's boyfriend. Patty is also not the only GOLQ-
era-charting artist originally from the East Coast but eventually living in
Idaho to have died this year. The other was Don Ciccone of the Critters.
 
Took away our way of life
Tommy hawk and the bow and knife
#09) Fardon, Don: "(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation" (1968)
[20] {-}
 
Written by John D. Loudermilk. #1 hit song by the Raiders (without the Paul
Revere and in their name) in 1971, their only #1 song. This song was
originally recorded as "The Pale Faced Indian" by Marvin Rainwater in 1959. I
accepted the shorter title "Indian Reservation" because this song is so widely
known by this name, too.
 
Don Fardon's original name was Donald Maughn. He was once the lead singer of
the British rock group The Sorrows.
 
Although the Raiders didn't write their only #1 hit, a group member co-wrote a
song by another artist that reached #1.
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