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Flanders and Swann

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Introduction:
"Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were a British musical comedy team who performed their works in London and on Broadway, as well as recording several albums. Here are some questions about their songs and routines."


1. First, according to Michael Flanders, where does the Rain in Spain stay?
    In the plain.
    Almost invariably in the hills.
    In Portugal.
    In my house.


2. What do Flanders and Swann have in common with the Beatles?
    They both founded record labels.
    They had the same business manager, Brian Epstein.
    They had the same record producer, George Martin.
    They both recorded versions of "Till There Was You".


3. Flanders and Swann wrote "Ill Wind", about the narrator's attempts to learn to play the french horn. What music did they use to set the words?
    Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite"
    Mozart's third horn concerto
    "The Nutcracker Suite"
    Pulcinella Suite


4. Who is the nicest work of nature in the zoo?
    The Antelope
    The Hippo
    The Gnu
    The Aardvark


5. Who was "Tried by the Centre Court"?
    A bullfighter
    A piano player
    A tennis umpire
    A drunken singer


6. In "Sounding Brass", what is "more fun than playing polo with the Duke?"
    Playing in glorious mud
    Playing on the status symbols
    Driving a London bus
    Riding in a boat


7. Flanders and Swann called their first show "At the Drop of a Hat". What did they call their second show?
    The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann
    Hats Off
    Flanders and Swann's Gnu Review
    At the Drop of Another Hat


8. Michael Flanders wrote the music for the duo's songs.
    True
    False


9. In which language did Swann write "In the Desert"?
    French
    Arabic
    Russian
    Greek


10. Who sings about "Mud, mud, glorious mud, Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!"
    The Crocodile
    The Turtle
    The Otter
    The Hippo


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