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Tom Lehrer

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Introduction:
"Okay, this is my attempt to get together the toughest questions I can muster up on fifties song satirist Tom Lehrer."


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


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


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


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


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


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 pub
    The street
    The club
    The loo


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"?
    Flogging
    Bondage
    Burning
    Dismembering


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


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 pigeons
    Kill Squirrels
    Experiment on Squirrels


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


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 _______"
    Without complaining
    Instantaneous
    Simultaneous
    Not said


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


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


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


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


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