Date: 11 Aug 2010 03:10:12 -0000
Message-ID: <20100811031012.89835.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Tom and Rick <golq282@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 282 (GOLQ282)
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #282 (GOLQ282)
Congratulations to all you good sports who played our "clowns" and "fools"
quiz, which proved to be a bit more challenging than we initially intended.
Here's why.
Initially, we wanted all 27 songs to be related to the one "clown" theme, and
we envisioned a moderately easy quiz. However, many of the more classic songs
we planned to use, such as "Cathy's Clown," and "Everybody Loves A Clown,"
turned out to be ineligible, so we had to scrape the barrel for enough tunes.
When it came time to publish, we only had 21 clown songs. More eligible ones
probably exist, but in an effort to get the quiz out on time, we had to stop
looking. Instead, we expanded the theme to include "fool(s)" and were easily
able to come up with the remaining additional songs. We could have eliminated
a couple of the "clown" stumpers and added more easier "fool" songs, but time
was of the essence so we kept the "clown" stumpers in.
Nonetheless, we couldn't "fool" many of you, because five teams still turned
n perfect scores. Congratulations to Gypsy's Caravan; Village Idiots; Delphi
Trivia Club; Die, Monster, Die; and, the EJ's for their perfect entries, and
to Will McCorry who missed only a tiebreaker.
Tom and Rick <golq282@Golq.org>
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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++ GC The Gypsy's Caravan <IrisS&aol.com> 3 39+
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <Clete6&aol.com> 5 60+
Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&pd.jaring.my> 6 35-67
ClueLess, Logot, HQR, Russ, JuliaMD
T01 500++ DM Die, Monster, Die! <bob_homeo&entermail.net> 3 50
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <brombere&matc.edu> 5 40+
Ellis, Kevin, Mitch, Vinnie, Danda
06 500+. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 52
07 440++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 63
08 420+. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 5 50+
09 400++ GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&OptusNet.com.au> 6 42-62
10 360.+ CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 6 57-64
Rick & Kathy Schubert, Bigfoot Mae, Magic Marc,
Norm Katuna, Regina Litman
11 340++ BP BP Oz (Brian & Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 B'mers
12 320.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
13 270+. VS Vito & Salutations <Lori.Bailey&Colorado.edu> 6 B'mers
14 210+. DD D. DiNardo <djdinard&comcast.net> ? ?
15 200++ TT Team Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 4 48-60
Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
GC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 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 20 20 20 20 20 20
DM 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
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
WM 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
RR 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 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 - -
CO - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - -
BP - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 10 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20
MT - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20
VS - - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 10 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 - -
DD - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 10 20 20 - 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - - -
TT - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 - - - - 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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #272 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
{n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period
of peak popularity
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My daughter didn't listen
I told her you're a clown
She should've taken my advice
She should've shopped around
#01) Brown, Louise: "Son-In-Law" (1961) [76] {-}
Well, you treat me just like dirt
And you think that it doesn't hurt
You say I look so funny
Every time you put me down
#02) Charles, Ray: "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown" (1966) [91] {-}
He's a clown, that
#03) Coasters, The: "Charlie Brown" (1959) [2] {2}
And I'm as happy as a clown
With my two fists of iron
But I'm goin' nowhere
#04) Dion: "The Wanderer" (1961) [2] {-}
Your daddy told you long ago
Not to come in late no more
Running over town just like a clown
#05) Dukays, The: "Nite Owl" (1962) [73] {-}
You've got me jumping
Like a crazy clown
#06) Francis, Connie: "Stupid Cupid" (1958) [14] {-}
His girl just walked away
And to this very day he says
He never loved her anyway
#07) Goldsboro, Bobby: "See The Funny Little Clown" (1964) [9] {n/c}
He plays a winning part while memories crush his heart
Yet he goes on laughing like a clown
#08) Hilltoppers, The: "The Joker (That's What They Call Me)" (1957/58) [22] {-}
Time after time
I have tried to say goodbye to you
But somehow when I try to leave you
I just can't go, I love you so
#09) Hyland, Brian: "Holiday For Clowns" (1967) [94] {-}
Now when I ask for some money
To go out on the town
I want you to hand it to me smiling
And don't you be no clown
#10) King, B.B.: "I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me" (1968) [74] {26}
Make way for the fool hearted clown
#11) Kuban, Bob, and The In-Men: "The Cheater" (1966) [12] {-}
I suppose that the number
Is far from being small
#12) Lee, Brenda: "Fool #1" (1961/62) [3] {-}
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears
#13) Lee, Peggy: "Is That All There Is" (1969) [11] {-}
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
#14) Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66: "The Fool On The Hill" (1968) [6] {-}
When he looked around he saw a clown
And the clown seemed very gay
#15) Northcott, Tom: "1941" (1968) [88] {-}
After all you`ve done to me
The times you`ve turned me down
I still will be your clown
#16) Orbison, Roy: "Crawling Back" (1965) [46] {-}
You taught me how to love
And now you say that we are through
#17) Presley, Elvis, with The Jordanaires: "(Now And Then There's)
A Fool Such As I" (1959) [2] {16}
Can`t let you know,
I love you so,
You love someone else, so on with the show
#18) Randazzo, Teddy: "The Way Of A Clown" (1960) [44] {-}
Gather round all you clowns
#19) Silkie, The: "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (1965/66) [10] {-}
Who knows where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
#20) Sinatra, Frank: "All The Way" (1957) [2] {-}
Clouds and clowns
You don't have to come down
#21) Sly & The Family Stone: "Life" (1968) [93] {-}
Be-bop and jive
Rock and roll
Come on everybody let's do the stroll
#22) Smith, Huey (Piano), and The Clowns: "Don't You Know Yockomo"
(1958/59) [56] {-}
We live in a world
Of carnivals and clowns
And buildings to the sky
That make us want to fly
#23) Strawberry Alarm Clock, The: "Tomorrow" (1967/68) [23] {-}
Like a clown
Don't let your heart break down
Yeah
#24) Velvets, The: "Laugh" (1961) [90] {-}
They're saying I am just your clown
And any fool could see
That you're just having fun
And you're not in love with me
#25) Wood, Bobby: "If I'm A Fool For Loving You" (1964) [74] {n/c}
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Tie-Breakers
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Although I laugh and I act like a clown
#T1) Beatles, The: "I'm A Loser" (1964/65) [-] {n/c}
From the album, "Beatles '65" (US release) and "Beatles For Sale"
(British release)
It's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind
#T2) Dylan, Bob: "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965) [-] {-}
From the album, "Bringing It All Back Home." Lyrics from a verse not
included in the shorter Byrds version.
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The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Avg. Song
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20.00 #03) Coasters: "Charlie Brown"
20.00 #04) Dion: "The Wanderer"
20.00 #06) Francis, Connie: "Stupid Cupid"
20.00 #07) Goldsboro, Bobby: "See The Funny Little Clown"
20.00 #11) Kuban, Bob & The In-Men: "The Cheater"
20.00 #12) Lee, Brenda: "Fool #1"
20.00 #14) Mendes, Sergio, & Brazil '66: "Fool On The Hill"
20.00 #19) Silkie, The: "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
18.65 #20) Sinatra, Frank: "All The Way"
18.57 #18) Randazzo, Teddy: "The Way Of A Clown"
18.57 #23) Strawberry Alarm Clock, The: "Tomorrow"
18.57 #T1) Beatles, The: "I'm A Loser
16.00 #02) Charles, Ray: "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown"
16.00 #09) Hyland, Brian: "Holiday For Clowns"
16.00 #13) Lee, Peggy: "Is That All There Is"
16.00 #17) Presley, Elvis: "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I"
14.67 #08) Hilltoppers, The: "The Joker (That's What They Call Me)"
14.67 #22) Smith, Huey (Piano), And The Clowns: "Don't You Know Yockomo"
13.33 #16) Orbison, Roy: "Crawling Back"
13.33 #21) Sly & The Family Stone: "Life"
13.33 #25) Wood, Bobby: "If I'm A Fool For Loving You"
13.33 #T2) Bob Dylan: "Mr. Tambourine Man"
12.00 #01) Brown, Louise: "Son-In-Law"
10.67 #05) Dukays, The: "Night Owl"
10.67 #24) Velvets, The: "Laugh"
8.67 #10) King, B.B.: "I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me"
8.67 #15) Northcott, Tom: "1941"
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Tom note: A high number of songs--eight--were easily identifiable by everyone.
I was surprised that several relatively low charting and obscure songs, i.e.,
#02, #09, #21, and #25 were more easily, or as easily, identified than Dylan's
"Mr. Tambourine Man." Though Dylan did not chart his version, and the Byrds
charted version did not include the quiz verse, the song is pretty well
regarded as a classic. I was equally surprised that more people identified
"You're Just About To Lose Your Clown" (peaked at 91) and "Holiday For Clowns"
(peaked at 94) than than identified Elvis' "Now and Then There's) A Fool Such
as I," which peaked at #2 and was on the charts for 15 weeks.
Tom and Rick <golq282@Golq.org>