― blueski, Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, no right answers in ten minutes or so. I'll leave it there for a bit, but also fire out...
2. Whose first recordings were as part of a group called The Creations, in the mid-'60s?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
And no - there is no Yardbirds connection at all.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
3. Who co-wrote, with Sonny Burke, the songs for Lady And The Tramp?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
4. Who wrote I Write The Songs?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld, Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sorry sj, nope.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
5. Who wrote the lines "I believe in the web of fate, and I believe I'm going to be late, so I'll be leaving"?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
6. What is Tom Jones' real surname?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 13:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
Okay, Q4 is withdrawn: the answer was Bruce Johnston out of the Beach Boys.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
7. Who were Bob Marley's two partners in the Wailers?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
8. Who wrote Solitaire, a hit for Andy Williams and the Carpenters?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sj (sinner), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
38. Which 'new country' star covered Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is there anyone else out there? Q33 is now closed - all of those people were at the same school, Hollywood High, at about the same time.
Q35 and Q39 are both still open, but here's another (I'm pretty sure my answer is still true):
40. What is the shortest single ever to be a US number 1?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 16:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 17:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
41. Which pop star once changed his name by deed poll to Clark Kent?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 18:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 18:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
As for Q41 I think it may be Stewart Copeland of the Police.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 19:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Let's try to get through the last few. I'll withdraw Q41, which is an obscure nugget about Shakin' Stevens, and move on:
42. What was the Electric Light Orchestra's first single?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
43. Who is responsible for the music in The Prodigy?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
44. Whose 'Just Waiting' have the Fall covered?45. Who is Vincent Van Gogh the baddest painter since?46. What Cyndi Lauper single was covered by Miles Davis?47. What soul singer sued Otis Redding for plagiarism over These Arms Of Mine?48. Who did Johnny Rotten describe as "punk's Perry Como"?49. Which rock star shares his real name with one of the Monkees?50. Who wrote the music for 'Annie Get Your Gun'?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 August 2002 20:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
Goddamit, I knew the answer to that McCarthy question. I just woke up a few hours too late
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 25 August 2002 21:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 25 August 2002 22:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
Am I right or am I wrong?
And I knew about Bruce Johnston out of the Beach Boys and Frans Hals of Laughing Cavalier fame too. Can I have the points? The points are very lonely and they need an owner, they are crying in fact.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 26 August 2002 08:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 26 August 2002 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 August 2002 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link