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Home: Quiz List: Tom Lehrer for Laughs

Bringing together some quizzes inspired by one of the great satirical singer/pianists of the 20th century.

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1.
  Tom Lehrer's "The Vatican Rag"   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Vatican Rag" is a humorous take on the impact of Vatican II on the everyday life of members of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s. The more familiar you are with traditional rituals, the funnier it is.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 05 08
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796 plays
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  An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
On the live album "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer", recorded during a series of concerts in 1959, a number of Tom Lehrer's humorous songs are presented along with his witty introductions. Can you recognize the songs from their introductions?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 31 12
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802 plays
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  That Was Tom Lehrer's Year That Was   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The spoken introductions on Tom Lehrer's album "That Was the Year That Was" provide humorous links and contexts for the songs. How well do you recall this satirical masterpiece?
Average, 15 Qns, looney_tunes, Jun 13 09
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495 plays
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  The Physical Revue Featuring Tom Lehrer   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In 1951 and 1952 members of the Harvard Physics Department performed a revue featuring the songs of Tom Lehrer. Norman Ramsey recorded one of the shows, from which ten songs have been selected for this quiz. Caution: some physics involved!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 06 23
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Apr 06 23
4340 plays
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  Lobachevsky   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
My daughter uses this family favorite as a humorous way to open discussion in her first-year university classes on the subject of plagiarism. Here, you can just enjoy the wit of Tom Lehrer as you match some of the song's elements appropriately.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Nov 19 17
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Nov 19 17
244 plays
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Travels with Lobachevsky
  Travels with 'Lobachevsky'   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Tom Lehrer's 1953 song 'Lobachevsky', which he says was inspired by Danny Kaye's routine about Stanislavsky, mentions a number of locations in what was then the USSR. Let's visit ten of the places listed on his trail of mathematical plagiarism.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 24 15
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823 plays

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