| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 16 11:15AM Mark Brader wrote: > "Big MacLean Stevenson". > 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's > office is currently located. Kanye West Wing > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Pope Francis Bacon > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Stephen Harper Lee > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". North Dakota Fanning > and nickname for a Canadian province. > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Conrad Black Lives Matter > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Penn > to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with > a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two > words for full points. Far Rockaway > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Hammurabi > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Omaha > six stories, then concludes them in the second half of > the book. All the stories are linked, as by the protagonist > of one reading or hearing another. Cloud Atlas > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 16 02:33PM > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Word Mash-Ups, or Before-and-Afters > 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's > office is currently located. Kanye West Wing > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Prince Philip Sidney > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd-Frank Sinatra > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Stephen Harper Lee > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". North Dakota Fanning > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Conrad Black Lives Matter > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Pennsylvania Station > to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with > a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two > words for full points. Staten Island Ferry Terminal > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman Empire > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Hammurabi > C1. A solar flare is often accompanied by an unusually large > release of plasma and electro-magnetic radiation. What is > the term for this phenomenon? corona discharge > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? aurora > * D. Entertainment: Peplum -- Films > D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? Buster Crabbe > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? Conan the Barbarian > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Chicago > E2. What is the highest point value of a hand in the game > of baccarat? 5; 21 > six stories, then concludes them in the second half of > the book. All the stories are linked, as by the protagonist > of one reading or hearing another. Cloud Stories > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. Catch-22 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jul 16 01:56PM -0700 On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 1:40:01 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Word Mash-Ups, or Before-and-Afters > 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's > office is currently located. kanye west wing > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. pope francis bacon > 3. Very recently injured Toronto Raptors forward and the actor > who was Archie Bunker. demarre carroll o'connor > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. dodd-frank sinatra > 5. A potassium nitrate compound that was wrongly thought to reduce > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. salt peter jennings > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. stephen harper lee > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". north dakota fanning > 8. The name of the main female character in the Terminator movies -- > and, arguably, the best young hockey player in the world today. sara connor mcdavid > 9. Grammy-Award-winning rhythm-and-blues singer originally known for > iconic disco song "Lady Marmalade", with its lascivious lyrics -- > and nickname for a Canadian province. patti la belle province > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. conrad black lives matter > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? penn station > to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with > a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two > words for full points. rockaway beach > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? ottoman empire > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? hammurabi > C1. A solar flare is often accompanied by an unusually large > release of plasma and electro-magnetic radiation. What is > the term for this phenomenon? coronal mass ejection > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? northern lights > dominated the Italian movie industry from 1958 to 1965. > D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? steve reeves (not familiar with that specific movie, so this is a wag) > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? conan the barbarian > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? omaha > E2. What is the highest point value of a hand in the game > of baccarat? 9 > six stories, then concludes them in the second half of > the book. All the stories are linked, as by the protagonist > of one reading or hearing another. cloud atlas > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. catch-22 swp |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 16 04:11PM -0700 On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 3:40:01 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Pope Francis Bacon > who was Archie Bunker. > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd Frank Sinatra > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Stephen Harper Lee > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". North Dakota Fanning > 8. The name of the main female character in the Terminator movies -- > and, arguably, the best young hockey player in the world today. Sarah Connor Johnson > and nickname for a Canadian province. > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Lord Black Hand, Lord Black September > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Union Station? > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Darius, Xerces > C1. A solar flare is often accompanied by an unusually large > release of plasma and electro-magnetic radiation. What is > the term for this phenomenon? Solar wind > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? Aurora Australis > dominated the Italian movie industry from 1958 to 1965. > D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? Hartingay > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? Conan the Barbarian > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Omaha > E2. What is the highest point value of a hand in the game > of baccarat? 9 > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. Catch-22 cheers, calvin |
| The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org>: Jul 16 11:05AM -0700 RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #365 (GOLQ365) Congratulations to the the EJ'S & Co. and the Village Idiots, who, with scores of 500++, took first place in this quiz. This turned out to be a harder quiz than I should have anticipated because of one particular mini-theme. A few months ago, one of the many oldies-music- oriented YouTube channels to which I subscribe posted some segments from the 1950s TV show, YOUR HIT PARADE. This brought back memories from my pre-school childhood of watching this show with my parents on our living room RCA black- and-white TV. I did some research on this show and learned that it had originated on radio in the 1930s and transferred to TV around 1950. During the prime TV years of this show, the four main singers were, in reverse alphabetical order, Gisele MacKenzie, Snooky Lanson, Dorothy Collins, and Russell Arms. This particular sequence was how I remembered these singers as my memories came back to me. To be honest, I didn't remember Russell Arms at all. I remembered Gisele and Snooky because of their fairly unusual names (Lanson's real first name was Roy) and Dorothy because she was a beautiful blonde with a lovely voice. When I learned that all four of them had a charting song in the GOLQ era, I decided to use them in this GOLQ. However, the Lanson and MacKenzie songs were among three songs tied for last place in the identification category, and the Arms and Collins songs were not far ahead of them. DEC & Friends and Mike Weaver identified this mini-theme. Another mini-theme was a tribute to Ilene Berns Biscoe, who died in February 2017. Her husband, Bert Berns, was a founder of Bang Records and ran this label in its first few years of existence. After his sudden death in late 1967, she took over the label, becoming one of the first female record company executives. The label started in New York, but after she took it over, she moved it first to Atlanta and then to Nashville. Eventually, it was sold to Columbia Records. Bang is notable for launching the careers of Neil Diamond, Van Morrison (as a solo artist), and post-GOLQ-era hitmaker Paul Davis. You could probably add McCoys member Rick Derringer, who had some success as a solo artist in the 1970s, to this list, too. This GOLQ includes four songs that were hits on the Bang label, three of which, coincidentally, appear in succession. Team Teitelbaum identified the Bang mini-theme but only noted the three songs in succession. The fourth song was the one that was tied with the Snooky Lanson and Gisele MacKenzie songs for last place. Another mini-theme was song titles or lyrics snippets that mention the time of day. In retrospect, I should not have used "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" in this GOLQ. With two of the YOUR HIT PARADE songs also peaking in 1955 and a third one entering the chart that year, some participants may have decided that the inclusion of 1955 in the years range was satisfied by this song and didn't look further once they got this very easy one. Two years in this GOLQ were overrepresented, in my opinion: 1955 and 1967. The latter was intentional because I thought it was a very important year in music, and this is its 50th anniversary year. Ironically, 1969 only had one song in this GOLQ. That one does not fit any of the mini-themes. I chose it because I had originally hoped to use a different song by this artist, from another year, whose title mentions a time of day, but it turned out that that one had been used too recently in a GOLQ. Team Teitelbaum and Vito and the Salutations mentioned this "clocks/clock" mini-theme. By coincidence, my turn came up for GOLQ365 in the month in which I turned 65. 65 x 365 days, plus several more to account for leap years. Am I really that old? I guess I am if I can remember watching YOUR HIT PARADE. I chose this opportunity to retire from my day job. Therefore, one of the mini-themes is songs about the work life grind. Team Teitelbaum, Vito and the Salutations, and Will McCorry mentioned this mini-theme. Finally, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Beatles album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, there are two songs that are on this album. This album did not produce any singles by the Beatles that charted in the GOLQ era, so I used one as a tie-breaker. I also used a charting remake of one of the songs by another artist in the regular portion of this GOLQ. I guess I really am 65 because I got this album as a present for my 15th birthday. Team Teitelbaum, Vito and the Salutations, and Will McCorry identified this mini- theme. GOLQ365's mean score was 421.33, and the median was 430. My thanks to everyone who participated. Tom Pillion has posted GOLQ366. -- Regina Litman <golq365@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++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Kevin, Mitch, Kyra, Vinnie 5 30+ <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 4 (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 03 490+- DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 grey fogies 04 488++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 2 Various 05 478+. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 60s,70s 06 440++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 07 420+. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 59 08 418++ NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 70 09 396++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers T10 360+. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 55-67 <hat_pat&yahoo.com> T10 360+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 64-68 Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com> 12 206.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 43 ---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+------- Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on Age(s) Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have one correction from GOLQ361. The entry was ranked in the proper position, and the individual scoring breakdown was correct. However, the score shown was incorrect. Here is what it should have been: 05 490.+ TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 54-67 <hat_pat&yahoo.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 10 20 20 20 20 20 EM 20 20 20 18 20 20 18 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RR 20 20 20 20 18 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 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 NA 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 20 20 - 20 LB - 20 20 - 18 - 20 20 20 20 20 18 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 20 20 JR - 20 - - 20 - - 20 10 20 20 - 18 18 10 - - - - - - 20 10 - 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 #365 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 ============================================================================= One for your beauty And one for your smile And the last hill to hold you again #01) Arms, Russell: "Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)" (1957) [22] {-} This was one of the singers from the peak TV years of YOUR HIT PARADE. YOUR HIT PARADE debuted on TV in 1949 or 1950 (I've seen both years given) and lasted through 1959. The core of Arms, Collins, Lanson, and MacKenzie were the regulars from 1953-1957. Russell Arms joined in 1952. After the show was revamped in 1957, a new group of singers took over to give it a younger sound. Among these later singers, Virginia Gibson, Jill Corey, Johnny Desmond, and Tommy Leonetti all had charting songs in the GOLQ era. June Valli, who was on the TV show before 1953, also had GOLQ-era charting songs. At least one of the radio era stars, Frank Sinatra, had a lot of GOLQ-era charting songs. I did not consider using any songs by these artists because I felt that we had enough songs from the category I call "Your Mother (and Father) Should Know." I have used songs by Gibson and Desmond in past GOLQs, and I remember another quizmaster using a song by Corey not too long ago. The EJ'S & Co. and The Village Idiots mentioned that this was with Pete King and Orch. There's one more thing I got the pink slip, Daddy #02) Beach Boys, The: "Little Deuce Coupe" (1963) [15] {28} In addition to YOUR HIT PARADE, another research project I undertook recently was to listen to all of the Beach Boys albums, including solo ones by the five "core" members (Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson; Al Jardine; and Mike Love), that I could find on Google Play and YouTube. I had been under the mistaken impression that the group pretty much stopped putting out albums after Brian Wilson agonized over the SMILE album in the late 1960s. Occasionally, a hit single such as "I Can Hear Music," "Sail On Sailor," "It's O.K." (which I thought for many years, until my recent research, was called "Fun Is"), or "Kokomo" would slip out. And they were always touring and doing special performances such as July 4 at the Washington Monument. But they really had some top notch new albums well into the new millennium. (The most recent studio album of new material put out under the group's name was THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO, in 2012.) I chose this song because of the existence of two different colloquial meanings of the phrase "pink slip." One is well-known throughout the U.S. and possibly elsewhere--a "pink slip" is the notice of someone being terminated from a job. Until 1988, I thought the guy in the song got his little deuce coupe, but, oh by the way, he's lost his job, and now, how is he going to afford it without Daddy's help? In 1988, I heard on a short-lived oldies show hosted by Harvey Holiday in Philadelphia the other meaning of "pink slip" as used in this song. It was a slip of paper in California that denotes that the car is now registered. I asked a friend who recently moved from Philadelphia to California if these are still being issued, but she said there was nothing pink in the registration process. Really Rockin' In Boston--"Trivia: Name 5 Beach Boy hits that start with the word 'well.'" I should do really "well" on this since I listed to so much of their music recently. Right now, I can think of three: this one, "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "Help Me, Rhonda." Up in the mornin' Out on the job I work like the devil for my pay #03) Charles, Ray: "That Lucky Old Sun" (1963/64) [20] {n/c} Originally, this spot in this GOLQ was going to be for a tribute to Chuck Berry, who died earlier this year. I chose "Roll Over Beethoven" because it was his only charting hit in 1956, an unrepresented year (until I learned that Snooky Lanson's song actually peaked in that year). In addition, it was the first Chuck Berry song I ever heard of, although it was through the Beatles' remake on BEATLES SECOND ALBUM (beating Johnny Rivers' remake of "Memphis" by several weeks). I only reluctantly chose this, though, because the Beatles did chart with their remake and also fit alphabetically. However, I figured that the tie- breaker by the Beatles would be so easily identifiable that the artist for this song would undoubtably be chosen as Chuck Berry by everyone who recognized the lyrics. Then I saw a very preliminary attempt at this quiz by one member of a team that had gotten a "beta" copy of this quiz and saw that this person did not identify that tie-breaker and was left up in the air as to which artist to use for "Roll Over Beethoven." That's when I knew I had to change this song. One other Chuck Berry song I considered as a replacement was "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," which I thought would have gone well with "Brown Eyed Woman" on this GOLQ and "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison from the last GOLQ I did, but it did not chart for him. I discovered a really good version of "That Lucky Old Sun" on a Brian Wilson album during my recent Beach Boys research. These lyrics struck me as being appropriate for this quiz. I knew of a version by Cash McCall that was played briefly on WEAM in the DC area in the late 1960s and wondered if it had charted. It hadn't, but I found that one by Ray Charles did chart, and it would fit here alphabetically. Thus, I inserted it here. I thought I might get one or more entries with Solomon Burke as the artist, because he recorded it, too. His version only bubbled under at #129 in 1969. Another alphabetically-fitting artist who recorded this song but didn't chart with it is Johnny Cash. In 1949, versions by Herb Lance (#6) and Louis Armstrong (#14) made the r&b chart. The "other" Ray Charles, of the Ray Charles Singers fame, was the music director of YOUR HIT PARADE. Got to get up in the mornin' About a quarter to eight (Don't you know I'm bound) I'm bound to my job #04) Coasters, The: "Wake Me, Shake Me" (1960) [51] {14} This is the second song in this GOLQ about which I gained some knowledge from that short-lived Harvey Holiday show. I had never heard it before Harvey began playing it at 7:45 every morning. He didn't usually give the title and artist, but eventually I learned them. This is not to be confused with two songs later recorded by the Four Tops: "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and "I Got A Feeling," with its lines "You shake me up, break me up" (also recorded by Barbara Randolph). |
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