Date: 4 May 2008 17:20:29 -0000
Message-ID: <20080504172029.19147.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Rich Ardini <golq255@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 255 (GOLQ255)
RESULTS AND ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #255
Four teams had perfect scores: RANDY PRICE/PETER MORLEY, THE VILLAGE IDIOTS,
ACROSS THE BOARDER, and DELPHI TRIVIA CLUB. BARRY SILK identified all
25 regular songs, but missed on one tie-breaker. Welcome back to long-time
player MIKE WEAVER.
The average score on this quiz was a relatively low 411.
Thanks to all who entered. GOLQ 256 will be posted shortly.
-- Rich Ardini
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After each score below are two characters representing the two tie-breakers:
A "+" indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly; a "-" indicates partial
credit; an "x" indicates a totally incorrect guess; a "." indicates no guess.
E-mail addresses have been altered to reduce spam to entrants.
Replace '&' with '@' to correct an address.
# on
Pos Score ID Name <E-mail address> team Age(s)
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T01 500++ RP Randy Price & Peter Morley
<randypny&aol.com, pmorley&nyc.rr.com> 2 56,38
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping)
<Clete6&aol.com> 5 <58
T01 500++ AB Across The Boarder <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 2 -
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&pd.jaring.my> - -
05 500.+ BS Barry Silk <bcs00&hotmail.com> 1 50+
T06 480.+ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&bcglobal.net> 1 61
T06 480.+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 50
08 460++ EM EMC & Friends <Cochran_david&emc.com> 3 various
09 460.. CO Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc,
Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 4 55-59
10 450.. NV NavairHeads <tompillion&Comcast.net> 2 56,61
11 440+- GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 40-64
12 440x- RC Ron and Sally Crandall <rmc&psu.edu> 2 57,56
13 420+. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 4 50s,60s
14 410.. LB Vito and The Salutations <baileyl&Colorado.edu> 5-6 boomers
15 340.+ BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 60s
16 320.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 49
17 300.. EJ The EJ'S & Co: Ellis, Jean, Vinnie, Danda,
Denise & Norm, Mitch, Kyra <brombere&matc.edu> 8 21+
18 260+- MH Mitch Herczeg <yherzcg1&013.net> 1 -
19 050.. DT Dulait Thierry <Thierry.dulait&belgacom.net> 1 -
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Pos Score ID Name <E-mail address> # on Age(s)
team
The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. For songs 01-25,
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#
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
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RP 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
AB 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
BS 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
MW 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 0 20 20 20
EM 20 20 20 20 20 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 - 20 20 20 20 20
NV 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20
GT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - 20
RC 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
LB 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20
BP 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 20 - 10 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 0 20
HT 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
MH 20 20 10 - - 0 10 - - - 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20
DT - 10 - - - - - - - - 0 - 20 - - - - 20 - - - - - - -
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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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #255 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak Pop] {peak R&B}
where "peak Pop" = Peak position achieved on the weekly Billboard Pop chart
"peak R&B" = Peak position on the weekly Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart
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#01) Joan Baez: "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word" (1969) [86] {-}
EM: On her live album 'From Every Stage' there is a hyphen as shown.
On 'Best of the Vanguard Years' there is no hyphen.
#02) Chuck Berry: "School Day" (1957) [3] {1}
#03) Bobby Bland: "Stormy Monday Blues" (1962) [43] {5}
#04) Petula Clark: "You'd Better Come Home" (1965) [22] {-}
#05) Nat "King" Cole: "Let Me Tell You, Babe" (1966) [90] {-}
HT: One of two posthumous chart entries -- the other being the 1991
duet/remix with his daughter Natalie.
#06) Corsairs featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell: "Smoky Places" (1961) [12] {10}
#07) Dion: "Kissin Game" (1961) [82] {-}
#08) Dukays: "The Girl's A Devil" (1961) [64] {-}
#09) 5th Dimension: "Carpet Man" (1968) [29] {-}
#10) Freddie & The Dreamers: "A Little You" (1965) [48] {-}
#11) Lorne Greene: "Ringo" (1964) [1] {-}
#12) George Hamilton IV: "Abilene" (1963) [15] {-}
#13) Tom Jones: "Delilah" (1968) [15] {-}
#14) Dickey Lee: "I Saw Linda Yesterday" (1962) [14] {12}
#15) Monkees: "It's Nice To Be With You" (1968) [51] {-}
#16) Roy Orbison: "Breakin' Up Is Breaking My Heart" (1966) [31] {-}
#17) Peppermint Trolley Company: "Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind"
(1968) [59] {-}
#18) Rebels: "Wild Weekend" (1962) [8] {28}
DT: The "hit" pressing of the Swan 45 credited the name of the band as
Rockin' Rebels, as Duane Eddy's backing band was already called The
Rebels, and this group from Buffalo was completely different
#19) Diane Renay: "Navy Blue" (1964) [6] {-}
#20) Barry Ryan: "Eloise" (1968) [86] {-}
#21) Supremes: "The Happening" (1967) [1] {12}
#22) Vacels: "You're My Baby (And Don't You Forget It)" (1965) [63] {-}
#23) Bobby Vee & The Strangers: "Come Back When You Grow Up" (1967) [3] {-}
#24) Bobby Womack: "How I Miss You Baby" (1969) [93] {14}
#25) Glenn Yarbrough: "Baby The Rain Must Fall" (1965) [12] {-}
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Tie-breakers:
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#T1) Tim Buckley: "Once I Was" (1967) [-] {-}
Heard in the climactic scene of the movie "Coming Home".
#T2) Ike & Tina Turner: "A Love Like Yours" (1966) [-] {-}
From the Phil Spector-produced River Deep-Mountain High album.
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This chart ranks the songs/artists from most recognized to least recognized.
The 2nd number on the line denotes the average number of points scored on that
song (total points divided by number of entrants).
Rank Avg. Song
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01 20.0 #13) Tom Jones: "Delilah"
T02 18.9 #02) Chuck Berry: "School Day"
T02 18.9 #11) Lorne Greene: "Ringo"
T02 18.9 #16) Roy Orbison: "Breakin' Up Is Breaking My Heart"
T02 18.9 #19) Diane Renay: "Navy Blue"
06 18.4 #01) Joan Baez: "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word"
T07 17.9 #03) Bobby Bland: "Stormy Monday Blues"
T07 17.9 #04) Petula Clark: "You'd Better Come Home"
T07 17.9 #12) George Hamilton IV: "Abilene"
T07 17.9 #18) Rebels: "Wild Weekend"
T07 17.9 #21) Supremes: "The Happening"
T07 17.9 #25) Glenn Yarbrough: "Baby The Rain Must Fall"
13 17.4 #07) Dion: "Kissin Game"
T14 16.8 #23) Bobby Vee & The Strangers: "Come Back When You Grow Up"
T14 16.8 #06) Corsairs featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell: "Smoky Places"
T16 16.3 #05) Nat "King" Cole: "Let Me Tell You, Babe"
T16 16.3 #09) 5th Dimension: "Carpet Man"
18 15.8 #14) Dickey Lee: "I Saw Linda Yesterday"
19 15.3 #15) Monkees: "It's Nice To Be With You"
20 14.2 #10) Freddie & The Dreamers: "A Little You"
T21 13.7 #17) Peppermint Trolley Company: "Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind"
T21 13.7 #24) Bobby Womack: "How I Miss You Baby"
23 13.2 #08) Dukays: "The Girl's A Devil"
24 12.6 #20) Barry Ryan: "Eloise"
25 11.1 #T2) Ike & Tina Turner: "A Love Like Yours"
26 8.4 #T1) Tim Buckley: "Once I Was"
27 7.4 #22) Vacels: "You're My Baby (And Don't You Forget It)"
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