From: jhopkins@cbacc.cba.uga.edu (John Hopkins)
Subject: Answers to Seventies Pop Lyrics Quiz
Organization: Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:10:09 GMT


Thank you all for your responses.  The answers to the quiz, along
with some discussion, are below, followed by a breakdown of the
scoring.

Congratulations to Richard Copeland of Corning (the company that
brings you blue cornflower cookware) who won the quiz.

In case your mailers choke during the holidays, I will send these
answers again in early January.  Happy Holidays to all!

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> 1.  Well I didn't want to bring her
>     and I know it will make her worse.

"Edge Of The Universe"  Bee Gees
[From the last flurry of good stuff before they descended into disco.]
0 correct answers

> 2.  And they whirl and they twirl and they tango.

"Muskrat Love"  Captain And Tennille (also America)
[I'm not sure which group did it first, but they both ought to be
ashamed of themselves.]
10 correct answers

> 3.  So here I am with pockets full of good intentions,
>     but none of them will comfort me tonight.

"I Need To Be In Love"  Carpenters
[From the album entitled "A Kind Of Hush" which was one of their
best, although not terribly popular.  Congrats to Simon Parsons for
knowing this.]
1 correct answer
1 partial answer

> 4.  One chromosome too many.

"Mongoloid"  Devo
[For a good laugh, listen to their cover of "Don't Be Cruel" on the
album "Total Devo."]
4 correct answers

> 5.  We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

"Hotel California"  Eagles
[The easiest one on here, admitedly.]
20 correct answers
1 partial answer

> 6.  There's an open road that leads to nowhere,
>     so just make some miles between here and there.

"Evil Woman"  Electric Light Orchestra
0 correct answers

> 7.  Know that the Lord is well and inside of you.

"Crackerbox Palace"  George Harrison
0 correct answers
2 partial answers

> 8.  It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
>     to set you on your feet again.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"  Elton John
[I could never figure out the words to this song until he sang it on
The Muppet Show.]
9 correct answers

> 9.  She's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out.

"Brick House"  The Commodores
[I can remember when people were actually offended by this song!]
7 correct answers
4 partial answers

> 10. A woman that I know just came from Majorca, Spain.

"The No-No Song"  Ringo Starr
6 correct answers
1 partial answer

> 11. Don't play B-17, it was our song, it was his song.

"Please Mister Please"  Olivia Newton-John
[From the good old days before "Physical" and "Xanadu."]
8 correct answers
1 partial answer

> 12. I was on the dance floor acting strange.

"Disco Duck"  Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots
[I think this guy hosts a late-night talk show now.  You've come a
long way, baby.]
2 correct answers

> 13. Writing something nasty on the wall.

"I Wish"  Stevie Wonder
2 correct answers

> 14. We were at the beach;
>     everybody had matching towels.

"Rock Lobster"  B-52s
[I had to include some fellow Athenians.]
10 correct answers

> 15. Have you ever had to push push push push?

"Car Trouble"  Adam And The Ants
[This was the first incarnation of the Ants, which went on without
Adam to form Bow Wow Wow.]
0 correct answers

> 16. You may feel a little sick.

"Comfortably Numb"  Pink Floyd
[Another easy one.]
11 correct answers
2 partial answers

> 17. Ain't no beauty queens in this locality, I'll tell you.

"Fat Bottomed Girls"  Queen
[My personal theme song, along with "Goody Two Shoes."]  :-)
8 correct answers

> 18. Well your big brown eyes are all filled with tears
>     from the bitterness of those lonely years.

"C'mon Marianne"  Donny Osmond
[Hey, it could have been worse -- I could have used "Deep Purple"
instead.]
0 correct answers

> 19. I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside.

"Heart Of Glass"  Blondie
6 correct answers

> 20. In a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain.

"Year Of The Cat"  Al Stewart
6 correct answers
2 partial answers

> 21. I think I had met my match.
>     He was singing.

"Sara"  Fleetwood Mac
2 correct answers

> 22. I got the world calling me up here tonight on the phone.

"I Need A Lover"  John Cougar (also Pat Benatar)
2 correct answers

> 23. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

"Vincent"  Don McLean
[It's gratifying that a good number of people knew this classic.]
10 correct answers
2 partial answers

> 24. You can get yourself clean,
>     you can have a good meal,
>     you can do whatever you feel.

"YMCA"  Village People
[I used to think these guys were the worst band in the history of the
universe.  Then I heard Kris Kross.]
14 correct answers

> 25. In these old familiar rooms, children would play.

"Knowing Me, Knowing You"  Abba
4 correct answers

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Now for the scoring.  I gave one point for song title, one point for
"artist," and no negative points for wrong answers.  This makes a
possible 50 points on a quiz.  I also added one bonus point if you
were the only person to get a song right.  To get the bonus points,
you had to get both the title and artist correct.  Bonus points are
listed in parentheses.

Richard Copeland  32 points
Adri Verhoef  29 points
The Prisoners of Sociology  24 points
Christina Powell  24 points
Lisa Houdek  20 points
Greg Sroka  19 points
Simon Parsons  18 points (+1 bonus) = 19 points
<mattc@npg-sd.sandiegoca.NCR.COM>  17 points
Michael P. Colburn  16 points
Ronald Chrisley  15 points
James Lalopoulos  13 points
Charles E Carraher  12 points
Mike Rahilly  11 points
Dave Robinson  8 points
Kristjan Gaukur Kristjansson  8 points
David A. Mattingly  7 points
John R. Hiatt  5 points
Patrick Chou  4 points
Matt Messinger  4 points
Ashley Edward Collins  4 points
Tei Laine  3 points
Josh Brandt  2 points
Teemu Mottonen  2 points
<U15289@UICVM.BITNET>  2 points
Adrian Bradley  1 point
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