Tom Lehrer

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

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? The Marriage of Figaro The Pirates of Penzance The Barber of Seville La Boheme

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

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

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

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 Masochism Tango The Hunting Song Poisoning Pigeons in the park My Home Town

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

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 Tango The Cowboy song The Waltz The Morris Dance

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"? Angle The Eponymous Triangle Hypotenuse Lobachevsky

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

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

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 Elements Lobachevsky The Irish Ballad

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

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