Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia Subject: Answers to and Results of Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #2 Organization: NCR Corporation, Systems Engineering - San Diego Here are the results of The Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #2. First the answers, then the scores. It's getting harder and harder to avoid duplicating songs from other people's quizzes. Even though my rules allow me to, I try to minimize doing so. I duplicate a song intentionally on occasion if I like my lyrics or chose my lyrics without realizing they were in someone's quiz (some of my lyrics I chose several months ago, but they are just now finding their way into my quiz). I intentionally duplicated #13. Valentino Herrera also had this song on his first quiz, but with different lyrics. I liked these lyrics and decided to keep it. #5 and #15 were unintentional duplicates, although the lyrics weren't duplicates. and Rich Kulawiec recently had #5 Deb Smith in their quiz, but our machine never got their quiz, just the answers, which came out after I posted my quiz. Valentino Herrera had this #15 in his quiz #5; his lyrics were different and he had his song by X. I didn't recognize his lyrics. Also, his answers didn't come out until after I posted my quiz. #10 and #15 are entries in my Grammar Hall of Fame] Solutions are in the form: #number) "Title" -- Artist (year) [peak position on Billboard Chart] ___________________________________________________________________ And he's cute In his mohair suit #01) "The Boy From New York City" -- Ad Libs (1965) [8] Just like a thousand other guys Who say they love you With all the rest of their lies #02) "Cherish" -- Association (1966) [1] All over La Jolla And Wainiha Bay [Don't hold me to that spelling] #03) "Surfin' U.S.A." -- Beach Boys (1963) [3] [Ex Surfer Boy Dave Ewing informed me that it is "Waimea Bay"] All over St. Louie And down in New Orleans #04) "Sweet Little Sixteen" -- Chuck Berry (1958) [2] [I didn't fool too many people with #03 and #04; I wonder if having both of them - and in alphabetical order by artist - made it even easier] I took a ride on a Chute-de-Chute The girl I sat beside was awful cute #05) "Palisades Park" -- Freddie Cannon (1962) [3] My world used to be sunny And jokes used to be funny #06) "It's Cold Outside" -- Choir (1967) [68] [This was my one complete stumper. I somewhat apologize for having such an obscure song. I think I only heard this song on the radio once, but I happened to tape it and got to like it. This was the Choir's only "hit," but they later changed their name to the Raspberries and became more successful. The main reason I included this song was to see if anyone else ever heard it. I made it as easy as possible by selecting the opening lines to the song. If anyone else ever heard of this song, please write me and let me know.] Now we gotta ru-un, mmmm No more time for fu-un, mmmm #07) "Catch Us If You Can" -- Dave Clark Five (1965) [4] So girl you'd better shut your mouth #08) "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" -- Cookies (1963) [7] [Only Dan Murphy and Doug Sager got this one. To me it's a classic line, but my wife hates it.] Spring is here The sky is blue Birds all sing As if they knew #09) "Chapel Of Love" -- Dixie Cups (1964) [1] I wants to hold your hand Please let me hold your hand #10) "I Want To Walk You Home" -- Fats Domino (1959) [8] [2 people guessed this one to be "I Want To Hold Your Hand." I assume they figured there's no harm in guessing. 2 others guessed that it was "Little Darlin'." I couldn't figure out why until I looked over the lyrics that I had planned for my next quiz, and "Little Darlin'" was on it. The words from that song are: My Darling I need you To call my own And never do wrong To hold in mine Your little hand I know too soon That all's so grand Please hold my hand ] Right to the end Just like a friend I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Now you must pay #11) "Who's Sorry Now" -- Connie Francis (1958) [4] [Apparently, her real name is something like Consuela Rosa Maria Francocanera] [According to Sheldon Duffney, Vera Lynn originally did this song. I never heard of her, and my reference, Joel Whitburn's "Top Pop" lists 2 songs by her in 1956 and 1957. The book starts with 1955, so maybe she did it before then, or maybe she didn't release it as a single.] When I say, "I love you" I love you Maybe you'll believe me When I'm finally Through, through, through, through #12) "I'm Telling You Now" -- Freddie & the Dreamers (1965) [1] You've been good to me baby Better than I've been to myself #13) "Shout - Part 1" -- Isley Brothers (1959, 1962) [47, 94] [No one included "Part 1" as part of the title, but I gave full credit for "Shout," mainly because I'm not sure Part 1 is really part of the title] They had some cat shouting the blues #14) "I Like It Like That, Part 1" -- Chris Kenner (1961) [2] [One person said this was by the Dave Clark 5; while they did it too, they don't fit alphabetically. Apparently Loggins & Messina also did it.] Come on, Baby, don't be shy This love was made for you and I #15) "Breathless" -- Jerry Lee Lewis (1958) [7] If we could start anew I wouldn't hesitate I'd gladly take you back And tempt the hands of fate #16) "Tears On My Pillow" -- Little Anthony and the Imperials (1958) [4] Oh every guy would make her his If he just could If she just would #17) "Pretty Flamingo" -- Manfred Mann (1966) [29] [Only Barry Silk got this one. It did moderately well but I don't think it's played on the radio very much these days.] Down in New Orleans Up in New York City #18) "Dancing In The Streets" -- Martha and the Vandellas (1964) [2] [Didn't fool too many people with this one, either. I included this one because of the similarity to #03 and #04.] When I taste your lips Oh I start to shiver Can't control the quivering inside #19) "A Groovy Kind Of Love" -- Mindbenders (1966) [2] I went for some candy And along came Jim Dandy #20) "Little Sister" -- Elvis Presley (1961) [5] I've been this way since 1956 #21) "Love Potion Number Nine" -- Searchers (1964) [3] And you read your Emily Dickinson And I my Robert Frost #22) "The Dangling Conversation" -- Simon and Garfunkel (1966) [25] Well it's 3 o'clock in the morning Baby I just can't get right Well, I hate to leave you baby Don't mean maybe Because I love you so #23) "Good Night Sweetheart" -- Spaniels (1953) [?] [This song is so old it's not even listed in my book, so I don't know how well it did on the charts. Because it was so old, I gave more lines than usual.] A wave out on the ocean Could never move that way #24) "Poetry In Motion" -- Johnny Tillotson (1960) [2] Tradin' my time for the pay I get Livin' on money that I ain't made yet #25) "Five O'Clock World" -- Vogues (1965) [4] ___________________________________________________________________ And now the results. Once again, Dan Murphy did extremely well. His close competition from last time, Laura Eppright, didn't enter this time. Place score Name Age(s) members _____________________________________________________________________________ [ 1] 428 Dan Murphy 36 1 [ 2] 378 Doug Sager - - [ 3] 338 Barry Silk thirtysomething 1 [ 4] 283 Scott R. Turner 30 2 [ 5] 258 Tom O'Connor - - [ 6] 249 Deb Smith and Rich Kulawiec - 2 [ 7] 240 Sheldon Duffney 20 1 [ 8] 200 Team NCR Compilers & ~Rick 34,35,27 3 [ 9] 190 Jeff/Jim/Kevin/Gina/Russell 24 5 [10] 190 Charles Carraher 26 1 [11] 139 NCR Vigilantes - 6 [12] 90 Jeremy Johnson (et al.) - 7 [13] 30 dugie. - - [14] 9 snark 22 1 _____________________________________________________________________________ [Sorry, I didn't have time to gather the information about what references, if any, were used. It's late Friday afternoon, and I want to get this posted already.] And the 2-week cumulative standings: [ 1] 870 Dan Murphy danielm@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM [ 2] 572 Tom O'Connor ncr-sd!att!ihlpy!tommyo [ 3] 469 Rich Kulawiec & Deb Smith [ 4] 439 Laura A Eppright [ 5] 378 Doug Sager [ 6] 342 Charles Carraher ccarrah@wright.edu [ 7] 338 Barry Silk [ 8] 337 Patti and Wayne Hathaway [ 9] 312 Jeff/Jim/Kevin/Gina/Russell [10] 283 Scott R. Turner [11] 279 Team NCR Compilers & ~Rick [12] 260 NCR Vigilantes [13] 240 Sheldon Duffney [14] 90 Jeremy Johnson (et al.) [15] 71 teaf@unmvm.unm.edu [16] 54 the flying circus [17] 30 dugie [18] 10 Brian Utterback blu@millipore.millipore.com [19] 9 snark Here is a song-by-song breakdown of the scoring. Each row represents one person's/team's score, while each column represents one song. The last row of the table is the average. By some coincidence, the "easiest" songs were at the beginning, although only the alphabet determined the order. 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 |sum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--- 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 19 10 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 |428 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 19 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 20 0 19 20 0 |378 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 20 10 0 20 20 20 20 0 19 10 19 20 0 |338 10 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 0 0 5 18 10 20 10 0 20 0 20 10 20 0 0 20 |283 20 0 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 18 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 20 20 0 20 0 |258 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 9 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 20 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 |249 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 0 |240 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 |200 20 20 20 20 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 20 0 |190 10 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 20 10 0 10 20 10 0 0 |190 10 20 20 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 20 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 |139 10 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 | 90 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 30 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--- 14 14 16 16 14 0 12 3 9 4 4 8 9 4 7 11 1 15 8 7 11 10 6 9 3 |216 In case anyone is interested, this is a corrected matrix from Quiz #1. Charles Carraher pointed out to me that my original one was erroneous for him (and I discovered, for several others). The problem was caused by a bug in my awk program that I used to print the matrix; the total scores weren't affected. 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 |sum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--- 17 20 10 20 20 20 20 19 19 20 20 19 0 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 |442 19 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 |439 19 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 20 20 20 18 20 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 |337 0 20 20 20 20 18 20 0 18 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 18 0 20 0 20 20 0 20 0 |314 16 10 0 20 20 0 10 0 19 0 0 0 0 19 18 20 18 0 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 |220 16 0 0 20 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 19 0 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 |152 16 0 0 20 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 |122 16 7 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 18 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 |121 16 10 4 10 0 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 71 16 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 54 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--- 14 10 5 15 9 7 9 8 9 5 4 3 4 14 14 15 10 5 11 5 10 6 5 7 2 |207 ___________________________________________________________________ Thanks again to all the participants. I hope to have quiz #3 out next week. -- Rick Schubert (rns@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM)