Special Sub-Topic: I Write the Songs Authored by: professorjon Sub-topic of: Thematic 10Q Average

"She loves Ben in 2002, Yeah Yeah Yeah. She loves Ben in 2002, Yeah Yeah Yeah. And with a love like that you know he should be glad".

Jennifer Lopez. Sure to be a big hit, this song will debut at the Grammys. Of course, by the time this quiz goes online, Jennifer Lopez might not love Ben Affleck anymore. (update-Oct 2004-See what did I tell you?)

"Now I wonder wonder wonder, wonder WHO, WHO, WHO wrote the book of Silas Marner"?

George Eliot. Written by Mary Ann Evans (pen name George Eliot) in 1861. The song of course, will be a bigger hit. Someday campers will sit around the campfire and sing "Who Wrote the Book of Silas Marner?"

"Oh I've been through this desert on a horse with no mane It felt good to be out in Mongolia In this desert I can remember my name cuz the cactus there gives me a royal pain La la la la. So tell me, where, oh where, AMMM I"?

Gobi. "The Gobi desert covers a great expanse in Mongolia, yeah yeah yeah. The Negev is in Israel and the Sahara is in Africa yeah, yeah yeah Unless you are singin' about the mighty hotel Located on the Las Vegas Strip Now I don't want to put you in a crimp But I hope you did not choose Kalamari Kalahari is the name of a desert in Africa Kalamari is deep fried squid. Everybody Yeah, yeah yeah".

"Oh I have seen fire and I have seen rain And I have seen days at work that I thought would never end I have seen lonely times when I could not buy a friend But I always thought that I would see this relative of the Giraffe one more time again. Ooh Ooh Ooh".

Okapi. "Oh yeah an Okapi is related to the giraffe, but smaller like an ox Yeah yeah yeah If they had crossed a turtle with a giraffe They would have got an animal that sticks its neck out for nobody Oopity oopity ooh".

"Row Row Row your ship across the icy Atlantic Merrily Merrily Merrily who directed the movie 'Titanic'"?

James Cameron. Sure to be a hit at parties. Don't forget the ice.

"Sailing Sailing over the Ocean Blue Captain Kidd is an ugly pirate and he has a mean crew Ooh ooh, Yeah yeah And I want to know have you ever seen the rain? And if you can explain The name of Captain Kidd's Ship"?

The Adventure Galley. "Oh yeah, that Captain Kidd, he went sailing after Pirates, but he sacked a couple of ships Ooh ooh ooh The next thing you know he was hanging from the slips Ooh ooh ooh".

"Now I met a man he was an educated man, an educated man was he. He wrote of tales from the South Pacific, to outer Space, to the shores of Hawaiiieeeee Now this man also wrote a tale, a very good tale of three families They were the nobility, the gentry and the peasant folks, the folks just like you and me So can you tell me what, what, what is the name of this tale"?

Poland. "Oh Yeah, James Michener wrote many things, like "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii". But he also wrote a novel in 1983 entitled "Poland" which featured the Counts Lubonski, (the Nobles) the Bukowskis (Gentry) and the Buks (everybody else). I have not read this 600 page novel yet, cuz I am waiting for the pop-up version. Yeah yeah yeah".

"Somewhere over the rainbow and beyond Japan Lies this mythical Kingdom that somehow sank in the sand Now I don't know where this kingdom really is mainly because it's lost I only know it is probably by a sea and not Japan But you try rhyming Mediterranean".

Atlantis. "Oh if I knew where Atlantis is One thing is completely sure Either I found the lost mythical city Or I am lost too Yeah Yeah Yeah".

"The Time is come to talk of many things Of mice and men and toys on strings Of Furballs and litter boxes and cats with tails Speaking of the latter Stop this chatter And tell me Yeah yeah yeah Which of the following cats has no tail"?

Manx. My sister's cat wrote this question. She thinks she's so smart. I had to tell her how to spell litterbox. And I informed her that the Manx was named after the Isle of Man, where the tailess cat came to flourish.

"Here's the story of a lovely lady Who's name Gaea means the earth She was busy bringing up lots of children None of whom were named Mearth Here's the story of a God name Uranus Who ruled the universe from his throne He was a Sky God and created the Titans And he was all alone. Then one day the God met this Goddess And Everyone knew it was in the stars That this Dynamic Duo would form a union And hang around in bars". You know comedy is hard, but please tell me which of the following Greek Gods is not the name of a child of Uranus and Gaea?

Zeus. "Oh yeah Zeus is the grandson. His father was Cronus. And that's the way I end this quiz, I end this Quiz".