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Steely Dan

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Steely Dan game quiz
"Great tunes by great musicians! Mostly about the lyrics of Steely Dan (SD), with some misc questions. I believe all these great tunes are on 1978's Greatest Hits."

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1. Who is the keyboardist and co-founder of Steely Dan?
    Donald Fagen
    Michael McDonald
    Walter Becker
    Liberace


2. Primary influences and idols of the founders of SD are who?
    Chuck Berry and Little Richard
    Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
    Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters
    Burt Bacharach and Frank Sinatra


3. Who was the lead guitarist on Steely Dan's first album, "Can't But a Thrill"?
    Mark Knopfler
    Rick Derringer
    Larry Carlton
    Jeff "Skunk" Baxter


4. Which tune contains the lyrics "She's the raw flame, the live wire. She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire"?
    Josie
    Rikki Don't Lose That Number
    Peg
    Hot Stuff


5. Which tune contains the lyrics "Then you love a little wild one, and she brings you only sorrow. All the time you know she's smilin' you'll be on your knees tomorrow"?
    Aja
    Do It Again
    Reelin in the Years
    Peg


6. Which tune contains the lyrics
"You been tellin' me you're a genius
since you were seventeen.
In all the time I've known you
I still don't know what you mean"?
    Show Biz Kids
    Everything You Did
    Kid Charlamange
    Reelin' in the Years


7. The name "Steely Dan" came from where?
    They knew a woman in college who had one
    They saw one in a "store."
    They read it in a book
    They heard the term in a movie


8. Which tune contains the lyrics
"Gonna do just what I please.
Gonna wear no socks and shoes.
With nothing to do but feed
all the kangaroos"?
    Black and Blue
    Black Cow
    Black Friday
    Black and White


9. Steely Dan's first album was released in what year?
    1972
    1974
    1973
    None of these


10. Which tune contains the lyrics
"Feed her some hungry reggae,
she'll love you twice"?
    Josie
    Do It Again
    FM
    Here at the Western World


11. Which of these is false?
    Walter Becker has played guitar solos on SD recordings
    Fagan and Becker did the soundtrack for a Richard Pryor film
    Fagan and Becker wrote songs for ABC artist Three Dog Night
    Dave Palmer was hired as the original lead singer


12. Which tune contains the lyrics
"On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene,
but yours was kitchen clean.
Everyone stopped to stare
at your technicolor motor home"?
    Babylon Sisters
    FM
    The Right Stuff
    Kid Charlemagne


13. Which tune contains the lyrics
"It was still September,
when your daddy was quite surprised
to find you with the working girls
in the county jail"?
    Kid Charlemange
    Can't Buy a Thrill
    My Old School
    Katy Lied


14. Which tune contains the lyrics
"I stepped up on the platform.
The man gave me the news. He said,
You must be joking son,
where did you get those shoes"?
    Pretzel Logic
    Bodhisattva
    Here in the Western World
    Bad Sneakers


15. Which famous person once played drums in a band with the founding members of Steely Dan?
    Dan Akroyd
    Steve Martin
    Chevy Chase
    Dana Carvey


16. Which tune contains the lyrics
"I'll learn to work the saxophone.
I'll play just what I feel.
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel"?
    Don't Take Me Alive
    Crimson Tide
    Deacon Blues
    Parker's Band


17. Which tune contains the lyrics
"Have you ever seen a squonk's tears?
Well, look at mine.
The people on the street
have all seen better times"?
    Here at the Western World
    Don't Cry
    Any Major Dude
    Don't Take Me Alive


18. Which tune contains the lyrics "I've seen your picture, your name in lights above it"?
    West of Hollywood
    Josie
    Peg
    Everyone's Gone to the Movies


19. Which tune contains the lyrics "Can you show me, the shine of your Japan, the sparkle of your china.."?
    Here in the Western World
    Bodhisattva
    Babylon Sisters
    Little Kawai


20. True or false: In 2001, Steely Dan won Grammy Awards in ALL of the following categories: Album of the Year; Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals; Best Pop Vocal Album; and Best Engineered Album/Non Classical.
    True
    False


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