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1. There are a few nonsense songs that try to explain the nonsense. For instance in the song "Mairzy Doats", what does mairzy doats mean?
2. "The Hut-Sut Song-A Swedish Serenade" baffled fans in the 1940s. From what language were the lyrics "Hut-Sut Rawlson on the rillerah and a brawla, brawla sooit" developed?
3. In the nonsense song "Cement Mixer" what two words follow 'mixer'?
4. A hit song came out of the 1933 film "Joe Palooka" called "Ink, a Dink a Dink, a Dink a Dink, a Dink a Doo" and one of the composers used it as his theme song for the rest of his career. Who was he?
5. Please tell me who made this piece of nonsense famous:
"Tutti frutti, oh rutti,
Tutti frutti, oh rutti,
Tutti frutti, oh rutti,
Tutti frutti, oh rutti,
Tutti frutti, oh rutti,
Wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba!"?
6. On some charts it was the number one hit song of 1939, introduced by Kay Kyser and his band. What was the name of the song that had these words in the chorus:
"Boop boop diten datem whatem choo
Boop boop diten datem whatem choo
Boop boop diten datem whatem choo"?
7. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is on many lists as one of the most annoying modern songs ever. What group (probably destined to be one-hit wonders) had this hit of 2000?
8. In 1969 it was hard to get away from Johnny Cash's rendition of a boy with an unfortunate feminine name as it crossed the lines as both a country and contemporary hit. What was the boy's name?
9. "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" won the 1964 Grammy for the best comedy record. It was a rendition of a young boy's experiences at summer camp. Do you remember who wrote and sang it?
10. In a 2008 assessment of novelty songs by website digitaldream, which of these was at the top of the list? The artist is listed as Napoleon XVI.
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