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Tom Lehrer
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Tom Lehrer
"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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