From: wietske@kub.nl (W. Sijtsma)
Subject: The movie star quiz
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 13:06:34 GMT
Organization: KUB, The Netherlands
Reply-To: wietske@kub.nl



ALL SINGING! ALL TALKING! ALL DANCING! : THE MOVIE STAR QUIZ
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(composed by the makers of the quiz "What are words worth")



This quiz consists of five segments:
     A. a general segment devoted to various movie stars (26
          questions);
followed by three segments devoted to stars who have received a
more than average amount of attention from songwriters, to wit:
     B. Humphrey Bogart (5 questions);
     C. James Dean (5 questions);
     D. Marilyn Monroe (7 questions);
(although Dietrich, Garbo and Valentino turn out to be pretty
popular too;) and finally
     E. a last miscellaneous segment devoted to quotes dealing not
          with the names of stars but with other (and often more
          anonymous) aspects of Tinseltown (7 questions).

RULES AND REGULATIONS
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* Requested are the title of the song from which the quote is
     taken, plus the name of the act. Do not give any film titles!
* The acts are listed alphabetically within each segment of the
     quiz.
* An act can occur only once within the same segment, but may
     occur more than once across different segments. (And remember
     that Phil Collins and Genesis are of course two different
     acts!)
* Government warning: some of these acts are pretty obscure, so
     you'd better round up some alternative music lovers.
* Every answer may score two points: one for the title of the
     song, and one for the name of the act. (Which gives you a
     maximum 100 points if you have correctly answered all 50
     questions.)
* Closing date: 20 January 1993 
* Answers ONLY per email (wietske@kub.nl)
* Composed by Casper Oliemans (with a little help from W.O.W.)

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A. GENERAL QUESTIONS
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 1.  If you gave me a pound for all the moments I missed
     And I got dancing lessons for all the lips I should have
          kissed
     I'd be a millionaire
     I'd be a Fred Astaire

 2.  We need the ecstasy, the jealousy, the comedy of love
     Like the Cary Grants and Kellys once before

 3.  Like the FBI and the CIA
     And the BBC... B.B. King, and Doris Day.

 4.  I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
     I'm living proof of Churchill's lies
     I'm destiny

 5.  So you perform like it's your very best show
     You turn her on but she's never gonna know
     Then you can shuffle your hips
     Or M-M-Mae West your lips
     But you're the same old thing we've always known

 6.  At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo
     And I loved her then - but how was she to know?

 7.  Jean-Paul Belmondo and-a Mary Quant got stoned to say the
          least;
     Ginsberg, he ended up-a dry and so he a-took a trip out the
          east.

 8.  Well my telephone rang, it would not stop
     It's President Kennedy calling me up
     He said, "My friend [...], what do we need to make this
          country grow?"
     I said, "My friend John: Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg,
          Sophia Loren.
     Country'll grow!"

 9.  Introduce me to that big blonde
     She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld
     She's wearing Ambush and a French twist
     She's got us wild and she can tell

10.  Groucho with his movies trailing
     Stands alone with his punchline failing

11.  Things ain't what they used to be
     Cary Grant on L.S.D.

12.  With you at my side Ginger Rogers up and cried
     Busby Berkeley ate his heart out over you
     With you on my arm Betty Grable lost her charm
     And Florenz Ziegfeld Follies looked like Brooklyn Zoo

13.  We had no home front, we had no soft soap
     They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope

14.  So I'm sitting in the classroom
     I'm looking like a zombie
     I'm waiting for the bell to ring
     I've got John Wayne stances
     I've got Errol Flynn advances
     And it doesn't mean a doggone thing

15.  It's the meanest blues of all
     I don't care if you're John Wayne
     I just don't wanna take no calls

16.  There was a woman from the ghetto
     Who made funny faces just like Clara Bow
     How was I to know?

17.  I'll be your Valentino
     We'll ride upon an omnibus and then the casino
     Get a new facial - so sensational

18.  Betty Grable on my wall keeps the cabin warm
     From Casablanca down to Rio she won't feel the storm

19.  You talk like Marlene Dietrich...

20.  And then somebody grabbed me, threw me out of my chair
     He said "Before you can eat, you gotta dance like Fred
          Astaire"

21.  One thousand names that spring up in my mind
     One thousand names that spring up in my mind
     Like... Robert de Niro... Natassia Kinski...

22.  I was born blue and weathered
     But I burst just like a supernova
     I could walk like Brando right into the sun
     Then dance just like a Casanova

23.  Me and the boys thought we had it sussed
     Valentinos all of us
     My dad said we looked ridiculous
     But boy, we broke some hearts

24.  If Garbo played guitar with Valentino on the drums
     Then we'd be nothing more than a bunch of Dharma bums
     So tune up, tune up

25.  Marlene watches from the wall
     Her mocking smile says it all
     As she records the rise and fall
     Of every soldier passing

26.  And when you kissed Robert Mitchum
     Gee but I thought you'd never catch him

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B. HUMPHREY BOGART
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27.  Both my partners act like actors
     You are Bogart, he is George Raft
     That leaves Cagney and me

28.  Hey there Bogart, could you help me out
     Talk to me Bogart, what is it all about?
     Help me Bogart, if time and space allow
     Talk to me Bogart, what would you do now?

29.  And did you ever wonder
     What happened to our heroine
     When her aeroplane rose like a bluebird
     And the titles closed in?
     Is she selling shoes in Lisbon
     Or was she caught by the Occupation Force
     And if you asked her who her favourite film star is
     Would she say "Bogart, of course"?

30.  Here's looking at you kid, celebrate years
     Here's looking at you kid, wipe away the tears
     Long time since we're together
     Now I hope it's forever

31.  On a morning from a Bogart movie
     In a country where they turned back time
     You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
     Contemplating a crime

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C. JAMES DEAN
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32.  James Dean, James Dean, I know just what you mean
     James Dean, you said it all so clean
     And I know my life would look all right
     If I could see it on the silver screen

33.  And where do we go from here?
     Which is a way that's clear?
     Still looking for that blue jean baby queen
     Prettiest girl I ever seen
     See her shake on the silver screen
     Jimmy Dean... James Dean

34.  Jackie is just speeding away
     Thought she was James Dean for a day

35.  He was born in the belly of the country
     Over East of Eden
     Confused by the big city blues
     He didn't know whose life he's leading

36.  James Dean in that Mercury '49
     Junior Johnson runnin' thru the woods of Caroline
     Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans-Am
     All gonna meet...

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D. MARILYN MONROE
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37.  Talking 'bout Monroe and walking on Snow White
     New York's a go-go and everything tastes nice

38.  Norma Jean wants to see her name in lights
     She wants to dance, she wants to live the good life

39.  Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
     You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you
          crawled

40.  Don't step on dearest Marilyn
     'Cause she's not very tough
     She should have been made of iron and steel
     But she was only made of flesh and blood

41.  Greta Garbo and Monroe
     Dietrich and DiMaggio
     Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
     On the cover of a magazine

42.  She had the walk, the look, the talk that shook the world
     (Read about it)
     Some like it hot, some like it cool
     Too much for her to handle
     Another scandal, she burnt the candle

43.  And just like an old time movie queen
     When the wind blew through her hair
     Taylor and Monroe could not compare

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E. MISCELLANEOUS
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44.  I've come on a few years from my Hollywood Highs
     The best of the last, the cleanest star they ever had
     I'm stiff on my legend, the films that I made
     Forget that I'm fifty 'cause you just got paid

45.  Vincent Price had a long speaking part in Michael Jackson's
     song "Thriller" (1983). However, eight years before that he
     performed the same service for another artist, this time in
     the capacity of a museum curator. Which song by which act am
     I talking about?

46.  Ugh! she was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene

47.  Friday nights, 1969
     ATV - you murdered every line
     Too old to be a child star, too young to take leads
     Four seasons passed and they axed you
     Did that swift eclipse torture you?
     A star at eighteen and then suddenly gone
     
48.  Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
     Trying to learn to walk like the heroes we thought we had to
          be

49.  Kids if you want some fun
     Mr. LaPage is your man
     He's always laughing, having fun
     Showing his films in the den

50.  A while ago, somewhere, I don't know when
     I was watching a movie with a friend
     I fell in love with the actress
     She was playing a part that I could understand

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