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Tom Lehrer

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"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?
    Cambridge
    Yale
    Harvard
    Oxford


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


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


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


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


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


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


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 Cowboy song
    The Tango
    The Morris Dance
    The Waltz


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"?
    Hypotenuse
    Lobachevsky
    The Eponymous Triangle
    Angle


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


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?
    Peddling dope
    Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
    Raising his glasses on high
    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 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


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