Tom Lehrer

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1. Tom Lehrer attended which university? Harvard Oxford Yale Cambridge

2. Which of the following does Tom Lehrer NOT parody? The sonnet The Ballad The football song The Christmas Carol

3. "The Elements" takes its tune from which opera? La Boheme The Marriage of Figaro The Pirates of Penzance The Barber of Seville

4. Who did Agnes "Get it" from? Pierre Daniel Louise Jim

5. Who did Daniel "Give it" to? Helen The Dentist His Spaniel Ellen

6. And who did their dentist "Get it" from? They won't say Agnes The Spaniel They don't know

7. Where does Tom Lehrer not suggest one might "Get it"? The loo The pub The street The club

8. Which of the following songs has not been orchestrated? The Hunting Song The Masochism Tango My Home Town Poisoning Pigeons in the park

9. Which of the following is NOT covered in "The Masochism Tango"? Flogging Dismembering Burning Bondage

10. What is the secret of success in mathematics? Work Cheat Plagiarize Copy

11. Complete the quote: "But perhaps you had better let it go at that or you may find yourself with a quite ______ complex." Answer: (one word)

12. Which of the following does Tom Lehrer not make use of? The Morris Dance The Waltz The Tango The Cowboy song

13. Which of the following does Tom Lehrer not claim to do in "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"? Kill Pigeons Experiment on Squirrels Kill Squirrels Experiment on pigeons

14. Ingrid Bergman gets which role in "The Eternal Triangle"? The Eponymous Triangle Angle Lobachevsky Hypotenuse

15. How does the girl in "The Irish Ballad" kill her sister? Drowns her in the creek Sets her hair on fire Feeds her cyanide soup Cuts her in two

16. Complete the quote "When the air becomes Uraneous we will all go _______" Simultaneous Not said Instantaneous Without complaining

17. The inside cover of "Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer" features Mr Lehrer doing what? Poisoning Pigeons in the Park Raising his glasses on high Peddling dope Dancing the Masochism Tango

18. Which of the following did not appear on "Songs By Tom Lehrer"? Fight Fiercely Harvard The Irish Ballad Lobachevsky The Elements

19. Which of the following is not from "More From Tom Lehrer"? Poisoning Pigeons in the Park The Masochism Tango Oedipus Rex The Hunting Song

20. Which song was not released until "Songs and More Songs By Tom Lehrer"? We will all go together when we go My Home Town Clementine I Got it From Agnes