Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 08:22:40 +0100 (MET)
From: Eric van Gorkom
Subject: Sixth 40 years of music lyrics quiz
Welcome to the sixth edition of the "40 years of music" lyrics quiz. It
contains songs that were a hit between 1955 and 1994, with a song for every
year. Some were big hits, some are almost unknown nowadays, but all of them
were in the Billboard Hot 100.
Rules are as follows :
* 5 points for the song title, 5 for the artist. There are also 8 bonus
questions in this quiz, each can add 5 points, so you can get a
total of 440. Bonus questions are always asked AFTER the lyrics to
which the question refers.
* All songs were in the Billboard Hot 100
* The year is the year that a song was a hit in the US (According to
Joel Whitburn's Billboard Hot 100 book), so not when it was recorded
* When a song was a hit in several years, all those years can be used
* Cover hits are allowed. When two or more artists/groups had a hit with
it in the same year, all possible answers are correct, except if there
is a difference in lyrics between them (of course in the part that
is given in this quiz)
* Artists/groups and songs can be in the quiz more than once
* Songs/artists can be repeated from previous a quiz
* It can always be that some lyrics are incorrect, I apologize for it
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 15:02:41 +0100 (MET)
From: Eric van Gorkom (---quizmeister
Subject: RESULTS : Sixth 40 years of music lyrics quiz
Here are the results and answers of my sixth "40 years of music"
lyrics quiz. Thanks to all participants (41) for the effort you
all put in it, and for the positive reactions.
The next one is already mailed to the participants of this quiz
and posted to UseNet (rec.games.trivia and nl.muziek). I hope you
all join in again.
If you find mistakes (always possible) in the results, please let me
know.
Again a victory for DOT (with the same score as the previous quiz), but
this time Maryland's Finest came in real close. Too bad they probably can't
join the next one... If we look at the scores from individual participants,
Daniel Bruce came out first.
Participants :
Rank Points Code Name
1. 405 {DOT} IDIOTS (8) dot@xs4all.nl
2. 400 {MAF} Maryland's Finest (6) voyager@annap.infi.net
3. 385 {TBK} The Bass Kickers (?) sbass56@ix.netcom.com
4. 364 {LAB} The Lab Rats (5) jen@ll.mit.edu
5. 335 {PAH} The Parrot Heads (5) fesparker@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil
6. 300 {DAB} Daniel Bruce (1) Daniel.BRUCE@DBRUCE.LMS.WBC.westpac
7. 290 {V&M} Vincent & Maurice (2) mtbeek@dtalk.inf.elte.hu
8. 271 {DTC} Delphi Trivia Club (9) ARLENEJ@delphi.com
9. 270 {TOC} Tom O'Connor (1) tommyo@tellabs.com
10. 268 {BOB} Bob Bluestein (1) bobb@world.std.com
11. 260 {ADS} Adam Small (1) admeiste@gate.net
12. 241 {MBY} Mark Byrne (1) mark@paradigm.co.nz
13. 235 {P&C} Peter & Company (2) GREENB3_@bentley.edu
14. 231 {IKE} Greg Eichelberger (1) ike@ccrwest.org
15. 220 {MDA} Marc Dashevsky (1) marc@world.std.com
16. 213 {TWE} Tony Weatherley (1) tony@band1.demon.co.uk
17. 210 {TAR} The Aural Retentives (?) bcs@sc.harris.com
210 {GWC} GweepCo (?) mistress@sidehack.gweep.net
19. 175 {ILA} The "I *LOVE* Abstracts"-Team (5) THIEL@kub.nl
20. 170 {JCC} James C Carson (1) jcarson@hubcap.clemson.edu
21. 160 {LKB} Lori K Bailey (1) lbailey@ofps.ucar.edu
22. 150 {DEW} David Ewing (1) dewing@avalanche.com
23. 145 {PJF} Phil Fernandez (1) pjf@lsil.com
24. 135 {MJP} Marissa Jeaninne Polsky (1) marteena@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
135 {BRC} Bret Colburn (2) colburn@dsd.northrop.com
26. 133 {LPB} Lord of the pit band (1) ST923058@PIP.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
27. 130 {L&R} Laura & Rick (2) sabel@CS.Cornell.EDU
28. 107 {HFB} Happy Fun Ball (1) fike@picante.com
29. 106 {MIH} Mike Hanafin (1) hanafinm@cork.cig.mot.com
30. 105 {DKM} Deb Kelly Matteson (1) dck@cadre.com
31. 103 {JSC} Jeff Schwartz (1) jas@sannsm.sandiegoca.
32. 80 {DHR} Dave Robinson (1) dhr@dsbc.icl.co.uk
33. 60 {MVD} Michiel van Duin (1) Michiel.van.Duin@inter.nl.net
34. 35 {JTH} John Thornton (1) THORNTON@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU
[An ! means 10 points]
55555 66 66 6666 66 77 77 77 777 7 8 888 8888 889 9999
Who 56789 01Q23 4567Q 89Q01 23Q45 678Q9 0Q123 4567Q 890Q 1234 Total
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ADS -!!!0 !!5!- !!!!5 !!0!- !!5!! ----! !---- !!!-- ---- -!!5 260
BOB !!!!! !!5!! !!!!0 !00!! !!5!! --0-! -0000 !-!00 0!00 -8-! 268
BRC 5!--- 550-5 ----- ---!! !!5!- ----! !---- -!!-- !--- ---- 135
DAB !!!!! !!5!! !!!!5 !0-!! !!5!- -!--- ---0! !!5!5 -!!5 --0! 300
DEW !!--! -!50- !-!-- !---- !!5-! ----- !---- -!!-- ---- --!- 150
DHR 0!-!- -5!-- ----- !---- !!5-- ----- ----- -!--- ---- ---- 80
DKM -!5-5 -!--5 ----- 0---! ---!! ----! !--0- -!--- -50- ---5 105
DOT !!0!! !!5!! !-!!5 !--!! !!5!! !!!5! !5!!! !!!!5 !!!5 !!!! 405
DTC !!!!! !!50! !!!!5 !0-!! !!5!! !---! !---- -!!-- -!-- ---6 271
GWC -!!-! 0!--5 --0-- -0--- !!5!! --!55 !---- !!5!- !!!0 !!50 210
HFB !!--0 -!--5 ----- ----- !75!0 ----! ----- !!!-- ---- ---- 107
IKE !!!!! !!5-! -!!-- 0--!! -!-!! ----! -0-!- !!!51 0!-- !--- 231
ILA -!--- -!--- ----- ----- -!-!! -!--! !-!!- !!!!5 -!!- ---! 175
JCC ---!0 !!50! -!!!0 !--!- !!5!! ----! ----- -!!-- ---- ---- 170
JSC --5-0 -!-55 --!-- !--!- !-5-! !---7 ----- ----- ---- ---6 103
JTH ----- ----5 ----- ----- ---!- ----- ----- !!--- ---- ---- 35
L&R ----- ----- --0-- !---- !-5!! ----! !--!- !!!-- -!!5 ---- 130
LAB 55!!5 !!-57 -!!!- 2--!5 !!5!! !!!5! !-!!! !!!!5 !!!5 !!!! 364
LKB !!!!! !5-05 -!!!5 !--!! ---!- ----- !0--- --5-- ---- ---0 160
LPB ---!! -!--! !-5-- ---!- -!0!- ----5 ----- --!90 -7-- -7-! 133
MAF !!!!! !!5!! !0!!5 0!5!! !!5!! !!!0! !0!!! !!!!5 !!!5 !!!0 400
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55555 66 66 6666 66 77 77 77 777 7 8 888 8888 889 9999
Who 56789 01Q23 4567Q 89Q01 23Q45 678Q9 0Q123 4567Q 890Q 1234 Total
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MBY 0!--- -!5-! --000 !00!- 6!5!! -!--! !00!! !!!!5 0!!0 -!!! 241
MDA !!!!0 !!5!! 5!!!5 !!5!! !!5!- ----- ----- ----- -!-- ---5 220
MIH 05--0 -!150 ----- ----- -!0!- ----- ----- !!!00 !-!- --5! 106
MJP -5!!5 -!--- -!5-- ----- !!5!- ----- ----- !!!-- -!5- ---- 135
MVD ----- ----- ----- ----- -!5!- ----! ----- 0!--- --!5 ---- 60
P&C --!!! !!5!- ---!- !--!! -!-!! !---! !--!- !!!00 -!!- !--- 235
PAH !!-!0 !!5!! --!!5 000!! !!5!! !!!5! !5--- !!!!5 !!!5 -!!! 335
PJF -!--- !!5-- --0-- ---!- !!5-- ----! !---- !!--- -!!5 --!- 145
TAR 0!--- 0!--- -0-!5 !--!- !!5!! !!!5! !0-!- !!00- 5!-- --!- 210
TBK !!-!! !!5!! !!0!5 ---!! !!5!! !!!-! !-!!! !!!!5 !!!5 !!!! 385
TOC !!!!! !!-!! !!!-- ---!! !-0!! ----! !-!!- !-!-- -!!- -!-! 270
TWE !!6!! -!5!! -!!-- !---! -70-- -!--0 00--! !!!!5 !--- ---! 213
V&M !--!! !!0-! !-0-- --0-- !!5!! !-!5! !-!!- !!!!5 !!!5 !!!0 290
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The answers :
55. You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalie
But [The Yellow Rose of Texas] is the only girl for me
=55= The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller and Orchestra/Johnny Desmond
56. Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother "What will I be?"
=56= Que Sera (Whatever will be will be) - Doris Day
57. Baby, oh baby, my sweet baby, you're the one
=57= Love is strange - Mickey & Sylvia
58. He even made the teacher let him sit next to my baby
=58= Bird dog - Everly Brothers
59. Don't forget to say you will
Don't forget to say ye-ye-ye-ye-yeah
Say you will
Say it right now baby
=59= Shout - Isley Brothers
Many people thought it was Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
60. My daddy is sleepin'
And mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy's just sleepin'
And mama ain't around
=60= The twist - Chubby Checker
61. Wise men say
Only fools rush in
[Q] From which movie is this song ?
=61= Can't help falling in love - Elvis Presley
=Q= From the movie Blue Hawaii
62. Hey baby, if you're all alone
Maybe you'll let me walk you home
=62= Let's dance - Chris Montez
63. When we danced he held me tight
And when he walked me home that night
All the stars where shining bright
=63= Then he kissed me - Crystals
64. As the trees reach for the sun above
So my arms reach out to you for love
=64= You're my world - Cilla Black
65. I never had no money
I bought at the second hand store
The way this old town laughs at me
I just can't take it no more
=65= Baby don't go - Sonny & Cher
66. What can I do
Cause I-I-I-I-I I'm feeling blue
=66= Black is black - Los Bravos
67. For the great relief of having you to talk to
=67= Darling be home soon - Lovin' Spoonful
[Q] Who wrote this song?
John Sebastian
68. What will we touch there?
We'll touch the sky!
=68= Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
69. We like to thank all of our beautiful friends all
over the country for all the beautiful vibrations, we love you
=69= Mendocino - Sir Douglas Quintet
[Q] Who plays the characteristic instrument during the solo-parts in this
song?
Augie Meyers
For the people who don't recognize this part : It's just at the start,
after "Sir Douglas Quintet is back"
70. Dinosaur Victrola
Listening to Buck Owens
=70= Looking out my back door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
71. I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you won't find roses growing on stocks of clover
So you better think it over
=71= Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
72. Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my loves in vain
=72= Layla - Derek and the Domino's
73. Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them any-more
=73= Knockin' on heavens door - Bob Dylan
[Q] Which solo artist has not only recorded song 72, but also this one?
Eric Clapton. Layla on the Unplugged CD, and Knockin' on heavens door on
Timepieces
74. Theres an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
=74= Piano Man - Billy Joel
75. I been bad, I been good
Dallas, Texas, Hollywood
I ain't askin' for much
=75= Tush - Z.Z. Top
76. Rolled in from another town
Hit some gold too hot to settle down
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways
And you found a fool lyin' in a daze
=76= Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
77. You know I've been waiting for 24 years
And then the big limousine disappeared
=77= Living next door to Alice - Smokie
78. In your arms
I feel so safe and so secure
Everyday is such a perfect day to spend
Alone with you
=78= Follow you follow me - Genesis
[Q] How many people formed this band by then?
Three 8*) (Album : "And then there were three")
79. Won't you sign up your name
We'd like to feel you're
Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
=79= The Logical Song - Supertramp
80. I met her in a Kingstown bar
We fell in love I knew it had to end
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in Kingston again
=80= Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
[Q] For which group was this song originally written?
The Ramones
Several guesses on Bob Marley
81. But I was a fool
Playing by the rules
=81= The winner takes it all - ABBA
82. Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing
=82= Eye in the sky - Alan Parsons Project
83. I've got to be near you
Every night, every day
I couldn't be happy
Any other way
=83= It must be love - Madness
84. But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
=84= Like a virgin - Madonna
85. Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
=85= Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
86. I won't cry
I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
=86= Stand by me - Ben E King
Originally a hit in 1961
87. How am I gonna get through?
How am I gonna get through?
=87= What have I done to deserve this? - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
[Q] Name the group that the female vocalist was in before she started a
solo career
The Springfields. Almost a giveaway
88. That's what you get for falling in love
And now this boy's addicted cause your kiss is the drug
=88= Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
89. We've all got our own funny moods
I've got mine, woman, you've got yours too
=89= If you don't know me by know - Simply Red
The original was of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
90. When I built my world around
The hope that someday we'd be so much more than friends
And I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming
When even now it's more than I can take
=90= How am I supposed to live without you - Michael Bolton
[Q] From which album is this song?
Soul Provider
91. It's been a long time since I've kissed you
It always used to feel so good
And if you knew how much I missed you
You'd forgive me if you could
=91= One more try - Timmy T
92. I can't find oh, the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
=92= Don't let the sun go down on me - George Michael & Elton John
93. Like a moth to a flame
Burned by the fire
My love is blind
=93= That's the way love goes - Janet Jackson
94. I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my soul
=94= Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet
Several guesses on Peter Gabriel
Have fun,
EvG