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Musical Arithmetic, Part I Trivia Quiz

Gottfried Leibniz: "Music is a secret exercise in arithmetic of the soul unaware of its act of counting." Just add/subtract/multiply/divide the clues to arrive at a total. All songs and groups have appeared in the Billboard Top/Hot 100.

A multiple-choice quiz by lowtechmaster. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
lowtechmaster

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
385,027

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Add the missing numbers: "____ Faces Have I," + "____ Candles" (Crests), + Duane Eddy's "____ Miles Of Bad Road." What is the total? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Multiply the number of Mary Well's lovers ("____ Lovers") by the number of the Brown's bells ("____ Bells). Then add the number of days Dave Dudley spent on the road ("____ Days On The Road). What is the correct answer? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Subtract the walls of Jim Reeves (___ Walls") from the hours Gene Pitney was from Tulsa (" ____ Hours From Tulsa"), then add the summer nights of the Danleers ("____ Summer Night(s)." The result is? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. Divide the number of Nena's Luftballoons ("____ Luftballoons") by the group ____ Dog Night. Then subtract the days in the Beatles' week (" ____ Days A Week"). What is the number? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Multiply the number of Teens who sang "A Casual Look" (The ____ Teens) by the number of days in Gary U. S. Bonds weekend ("____ Day Weekend"), then subtract the hours in an Al Hibbler song ("___th Hour Melody"). What is the result? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. Start with the number of miles Bobby Bare was away from home ("____ Miles Away From Home). Multiply by the different worlds of Don Rondo ("____ Different Worlds"). Then subtract the flavors of Alana Davis ("____ Flavors"). What is the total? Hint

986

968

234

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Question 7 of 10

7. Add the number of Bobby Darin's yellow roses ("____ Yellow Roses") to the number of nevers of Johnny Mathis ("The ____th of Never"), then add the number of steps Def Leppard is behind ("___ Steps Behind"). What is the answer? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Divide the number of stars of Kathy Young & The Innocents ("A ______ Stars") by the number of Blobs who sang "The Blob." Then multiply by the bells the Fifth Dimension did not have to answer ("___ Less Bell(s) To Answer"). Which number should you have gotten? Hint

200

300

180

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Question 9 of 10

9. If you add the years Guy Mitchell was to spend in jail ("_______ Years Dead Or Alive") to the "age" of the Fontaine sisters in 1955 ("_____"), then divide by the seasons of loneliness of Boyz II Men ("___ Seasons Of Loneliness"), what number do you get? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Take the number of tears of ? and The Mysterians ("____ Tears") and add the number of Satins who sang "In The Still Of The Night." Subtract the reasons of Connie Stevens ("____ Reasons"). Then multiply by Tommy Dee's stars ("____ Stars"). Then divide by the time of the Vogues ("____ O'Clock World"). Which number is the result? Hint

111

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Add the missing numbers: "____ Faces Have I," + "____ Candles" (Crests), + Duane Eddy's "____ Miles Of Bad Road." What is the total?

Answer: 58

"Two Faces Have I" was a Billboard Hot 100 number six hit in 1963. "Sixteen Candles" reached number two for The Crests in 1959. "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" peaked at number nine for Duane Eddy in 1959. [2 + 16 = 18 + 40 = 58.]

Answer: 12

"Two Lovers" (Billboard Hot 100 number seven in 1963) X "Three Bells" (number one in 1959) plus "Six Days On The Road" (number 32 in 1963) equals 12. [2 X 3 = 6 + 6 = 12.]

Answer: 21

"Four Walls" reached number 11 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957. "Twenty-four Hours From Tulsa" got to number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, and "One Summer Night" hit number seven in 1958. [4 from 24 = 20 + 1 = 21.]

4. Divide the number of Nena's Luftballoons ("____ Luftballoons") by the group ____ Dog Night. Then subtract the days in the Beatles' week (" ____ Days A Week"). What is the number?

Answer: 25

"99 Luftballoons" was a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. Three Dog Night had 21 songs in the top 40 of Billboard Hot 100. "Eight Days A Week" topped the Hot 100 chart in 1965. [99 divided by 3 = 33 minus 8 = 25.]

Answer: 31

The Six Teens sang "A Casual Look" that got to number 25 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. "Seven Day Weekend" rose to number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Al Hibbler's "11th Hour Melody" peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. [6 x 7 = 42 - 11 = 31.]

Answer: 968

Bobby Bare's "500 Miles From Home" hit number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. "Two Different Worlds" by Don Rondo reached number 11 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. And in 1998, "32 Flavors" by Alana Davis made it to number 37 on the Hot 100. [500 x 2 = 1000 - 32 = 968.]

Answer: 32

For Bobby Darin, "18 Yellow Roses" reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. "The Twelfth Of Never" gave Johnny Mathis a number nine hit in 1957 on the Billboard Top 100. And Def Leppard's "Two Steps Behind" charted at number 12 on the Hot 100 in 1993. [18 + 12 + 2 = 32.]

Answer: 200

"A Thousand Stars" was a number three hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. "The Blob" by The 5 Blobs reached number 33 on the Hot 100 in 1958. The Fifth Dimension had "One Less Bell To Answer," a number two song on the Hot 100 in 1970.
[1000 divided by 5 = 200 x 1 = 200.]

Answer: 29

Guy Mitchell's "Ninety-Nine Years (Dead Or Alive)" was a number 23 hit on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. The Fontaine Sisters' "Seventeen" hit number three on the Top 100 in 1955. "4 Seasons Of Loneliness" topped the Billboard Hot 100 at number one in 1997. [99 + 17 = 116 divided by 4 = 29.]

Answer: 51

"96 Tears" was a Billboard Hot 100 number one hit in 1966. "In The Still Of The Night" by the Five Satins reached number 24 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. Connie Stevens had "Sixteen Reasons" that scored at number three on the Hot 100 in 1960. "Three Stars" peaked on the Hot 100 at number 11 in 1959. And "Five O'Clock World" by the Vogues was number four on the Hot 100 in 1966. [96 + 5 = 101 -16 = 85 x 3 =255 divided by 5 = 51.]

Source: Author lowtechmaster

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