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Tom Lehrer

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

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



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

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