Date: 10 Jul 2012 02:55:59 -0000
Message-ID: <20120710025559.75827.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Rich Ardini <golq305@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 305 (GOLQ305)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #305 (GOLQ305)
Four teams tied for first this time. In order of receipt they are:
- Lehigh Valley Trivia Club
- the team of Roxanne, Doug, Michael, Andrew and Andy
- Delphi Trivia Club
- Coasters.
Two teams just missed by the tie-breaker:
- Mick Tursky
- Will McCorry.
Three songs were difference makers:
- #T1 and T2 stopped two teams from perfect scores.
- #11 kept two teams from 500 scores.
The median score was 480, the mean 464.
GOLQ306 has been posted.
-- Rich Ardini
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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.
Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@".
# on
Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address Team Age(s)
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T01 500++ LV Lehigh Valley Trivia Gang
T01 500++ RX Roxanne, Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy
<{Roxie1971,A_RE7,MfPing,Clete,MrJaded}&aol.com> 5 1
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (Russell, DVALPirate, HQR0,
Clueless139, J12752, lauren001,
broadwa, und) <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 8 40+
T01 500++ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 5 59-63
T05 500.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
T05 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 54
7 480++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. (Ellis, Kevin, Vinnie,
Mitch, Danda, Kyra) <brombere&matc.edu> 6 25+
8 480+. MW Mike Weaver 1
T09 460++ DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 4
T09 460++ VS Vito & the Salutations <bailey1&colorado.edu> 8-9 boomers
11 460.+ NV NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 65,60
12 440.+ GT THE GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 1 64
T13 440.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 6 50s60s
T13 440.. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 31
15 300.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 54
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
LV 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
RX 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
CO 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
MT 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
MT 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
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
DC 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 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 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
NV 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20
GT 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -
RR 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20
VH 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20
HT 20 20 20 20 20 - - 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 #305 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
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#01) Anita And Th' So-And-So's: "Joey Baby" (1962) [91] {-}
#02) B. Bumble & The Stingers: "Bumble Boogie" (1961) [89] {-}
GT: #5 in Sydney in March 1962
#03) Bee Gees: "First Of May" (1969) [39] {-}
#04) Bonds, Gary (U.S.): "Twist, Twist Senora" (1962) [9] {-}
#05) Castaways: "Liar, Liar" (1965) [12] {-}
#06) Christie, Dean: "Heart Breaker" (1962) [87] {-}
QM: A sound very similar to Dion, see #14
#07) Drake, Charlie: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" (1962) [21] {-}
MW: early example of political correctness as "black in the face" was
changed to "blue in the face" in later recordings
#08) Four Tops: "Bernadette" (1967) [4] {3}
#09) Grammer, Billy: "Gotta Travel On" (1958) [4] {-}
#10) James, Joni: "You Are My Love" (1955) [6] {-}
#11) Jim & Jean: "People World" (1968) [94] {-}
QM: A husband-wife folk-rock duo with close ties to Phil Ochs and early
Greenwich Village. Their version of the Phil Ochs song "Changes", a
chart entry for Crispian St. Peters, sometimes appears on compilations
of that era.
#12) Lee, Michele: "L. David Sloane" (1968) [52] {-}
#13) Lester, Ketty: "Love Letters" (1962) [5] {2}
#14) Maresca, Ernie: "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" (1962) [6] {25}
QM: another song with ties to Dion, Ernie wrote "Runaround Sue"
and "The Wanderer".
#15) McPhatter, Clyde: "Deep In The Heart Of Harlem" (1964) [90] {90}
MW: Walter Jackson had a 1967 bubbling under version
#16) Ohio Express: "Mercy" (1969) [30] {-}
#17) Peter And Gordon: "A World Without Love" (1964) [1] {-}
#18) Platters: "With This Ring" (1967) [14] {12}
MW: original member Herb Reed passed away during this quiz.
#19) Revere, Paul, And The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay: "Hungry"
(1966) [6] {-}
#20) Ryles, John Wesley, I: "Kay" (1968) [83] {-}
#21) Secrets: "The Boy Next Door" (1963) [18] {-}
MW: A couple of the Secrets operated (and may still operate) a restaurant
in Mentor, OH.
#22) Shannon, Del: "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)" (1964) [9] {-}
#23) Traffic featuring Stevie Winwood: "Paper Sun" (1967) [94] {-}
#24) Vera, Billy: "With Pen In Hand" (1968) [43] {-}
#25) Whitcomb, Ian and Bluesville: "This Sporting Life" (1965) [100] {-}
#T1) Fuller, Bobby, Four: "Never To Be Forgotten" (1965) [-] {-}
QM: A regional hit released just prior to "Let Her Dance" and
"I Fought The Law".
#T2) Ruben and The Jets: "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" (1968) [-] {-}
QM: Several correctly commented that this is really Frank Zappa and group,
from a doo-wop inspired concept album.
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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.
Rank Avg. Song
---+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------
T01 20.0 #03) Bee Gees: "First Of May"
T01 20.0 #04) Bonds, Gary (U.S.): "Twist, Twist Senora"
T01 20.0 #05) Castaways: "Liar, Liar"
T01 20.0 #09) Grammer, Billy: "Gotta Travel On"
T01 20.0 #13) Lester, Ketty: "Love Letters"
T01 20.0 #14) Maresca, Ernie: "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)"
T01 20.0 #17) Peter And Gordon: "A World Without Love"
T01 20.0 #18) Platters: "With This Ring"
T01 20.0 #19) Revere, Paul, And The Raiders: "Hungry"
T01 20.0 #22) Shannon, Del: "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)"
T01 20.0 #23) Traffic featuring Stevie Winwood: "Paper Sun"
12 19.3 #08) Four Tops: "Bernadette"
T13 18.7 #01) Anita And Th' So-And-So's: "Joey Baby"
T13 18.7 #07) Drake, Charlie: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
T13 18.7 #10) James, Joni: "You Are My Love"
T13 18.7 #15) McPhatter, Clyde: "Deep In The Heart Of Harlem"
T13 18.7 #16) Ohio Express: "Mercy"
T13 18.7 #21) Secrets: "The Boy Next Door"
T13 18.7 #25) Whitcomb, Ian and Bluesville: "This Sporting Life"
20 18.0 #02) B. Bumble & The Stingers: "Bumble Boogie"
T21 17.3 #06) Christie, Dean: "Heart Breaker"
T21 17.3 #12) Lee, Michele: "L. David Sloane"
T21 17.3 #24) Vera, Billy: "With Pen In Hand"
24 14.7 #20) Ryles, John Wesley, I: "Kay"
T25 12.0 #T2) Ruben and The Jets: "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"
T25 10.7 #T1) Fuller, Bobby, Four: "Never To Be Forgotten"
27 9.3 #11) Jim & Jean: "People World"
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Rich Ardini <golq305@golq.org>