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Weird Al/Tom Lehrer

'Weird Al' Yankovic

  1. Name all the full length Weird Al albums in chonological order.
    At the time: "Weird Al Yankovic, "Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D", "Dare to be Stupid", "Polka Party", "Even Worse", "UHF and other Songs", and "Off the Deep End", "Alapalooza". Pedants would include "Peter and the Wolf" between "Even Worse" and "UHF", though that was a collaboration.

  2. What songs are these following Al songs parodies of?

    1. "My Bologna":
      "My Sharona" (The Knack)

    2. "Yoda":
      "Lola" (Kinks)

    3. "Living with a Hernia":
      "Living in America" (James Brown)

    4. "Dog Eat Dog":
      Contains many elements of The Talking Heads, especially "Once is a Lifetime", but isn't a specific parody.

    5. "Plumbing Song":
      "Blame it on the Rain/Don't Forget My Number" (Milli Vanilli)

    6. "Taco Grande":
      "Rico Suave" (Gerardo)

    7. "Six Words Long":
      "Got My Mind Set On You" (George Harrison)

    8. "Jurassic Park":
      "MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris (or Donna Summer))

    9. "Brady Bunch":
      "Safety Dance" (Men Without Hats)

    10. "Mr. Frump and the Iron Lung":
      This isn't a parody.

    11. "Midnight Star":
      Nor is this.

  3. What's the Weird Al fan club called?
    Close Personal Friends of Al

  4. When's Al's birthday? What's his sign?

  5. What job did Al hold prior to being a rock star?

  6. What does Al have a degree in, and from what college?
    Architecture - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

  7. What radio show did Al get his start on?
    "Dr. Demento," who played Al's homemade tapes of "My Bologna" and "Another One Rides the Bus."

  8. What's Al's favorite TV show? Favorite food?

  9. What 3 movies (aside from "UHF") does Al make an appearance in?
    Naked Gun, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Naked Gun 33 1/3

AL SONG TRIVIA...

  1. What didn't Al win on "Jeopardy"?
    A case of Turtle Wax, a set of the Encyclopedia Americana and a year's supply of Rice-a-roni, the San Frnacisco Treat

  2. What was Al's class rank in medical school?
    Last

  3. What do top psychics all agree will be the next new telephone service?
    A brand new service that lets you talk to the dead

  4. What was the first city levelled by the Slime Creatures?
    Tokyo

  5. How much does fat Al's shadow weigh?
    42 pounds

  6. What does Al propose to name his duck?
    Bruce

  7. What does Al do on the Starship Enterprise during his Vanna dream?
    Bowl

  8. What reason does Yoda give to Skywalker for not killing Darth Vader?
    "You'll be unemployed"

  9. What did Al buy at a drive-in swap meet that changed his life forever?
    A Velvet Elvis

  10. What did Al do to his homecoming date back in the good ole days?
    Tied her to a chair and shaved off all her hair, then left her in the desert all alone.

  11. Where is the King of Suede's shop located?
    Next door to Willy's Fun Arcade

  12. What non-traditional uses does Al find for Oreo filling?
    Rub it on your roast, mix it in with your coffee or spread it on your toast

  13. When Al was your age, how did he entertain himself instead of Nintendo?
    Pulled the wings off flies

  14. What artists' 8-track does Al emphatically NOT have in his car?
    Billy Ray Cyrus (although the specific 8-track lyric refers to Tiffany)

  15. What movie does Al recommend, if you like the 6:00 news?
    Nature Trail to Hell

  16. What is the Groovy Guy's idea of a romantic proposal?
    Maybe you would like to tie me up with dental floss. I'll make you wear a harness and I'll show you who's the boss.

  17. Who is Al's very best friend whom he brings flowers and candy to every afternoon?
    Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung

  18. What are some of the different kinds of common hernias you can get? (the more the better)
    Egonplese, Episgastric, Bladder, Strangulated, Lumbar, Rictus, Obstructed, Inguinal, and Direct

  19. What program is on Al's cable channel 3?
    Midget Wrestling

  20. Why does Al like to watch his boss get angry?
    'Cause he can count the veins in his neck

"UHF"

  1. What precious object does Indiana Al get from the ancient ruins?
    An oscar

  2. What show turned Channel 62 into a success?
    Stanley Spadowski's Playhouse

  3. What planet does 62's chief engineer come from?

  4. How much money does the Channel 62 telethon need to raise?
    $50,000

  5. What cartoon villian is Big Louie modeled after?

  6. What game show does Kunni host?
    Wheel of Fish

  7. Name a neat pet trick that "Raul's Wild Kingdom" demonstrates for us.
    He shows how to make several (non-avian) animals fly by throwing them out the window.

  8. To get us all in the holiday spirit AL-style, sing along as you fill in the blanks:

    "Christmas at Ground Zero"

    It's Christmas at ground zero
    There's ______ in the air
    The ______ are ringin'
    And the ______ are singin'
    While the air raid sirens _____.

    It's Christmas at ground zero
    The ______ has been ______
    The ______ just let us know
    That this is not a ______.

    ______ the atom bombs are ______
    It's the ______ of all humanity
    No more time for last minute ______
    Its time to ______ your ______ destiny.
    music; sleigh bells; carolers; blare; button; pressed; radio; test; Everywhere; dropping; end; shopping; face; final.

  9. VISUAL: Name the missing items on Weird Al, "Dare to be Stupid" cover.

Tom Lehrer

  1. According to Tom Lehrer, why shouldn't you smoke when the scoutmaster's around?
    "He only will insist that they be shared."

  2. Why did Tom stop writing songs?

  3. What is he doing now?
    He's a math professor.

  4. What was "the year that was"?
    It's the title of Tom's last album (to date). Or 1965, if you prefer. (Tom wrote songs for the short-lived satiric show "That Was The Week That Was.")

  5. Why was Dr. Samuel Gall kicked out of Agricultural School?
    He majored in animal husbandry, until they caught him at it one day.

  6. How many Disc Jockey friends does Tom have?
    None.

  7. What was the name of his brother's dog?
    Rover

  8. What are the complete circumstances of the death of his brother's dog?
    Rover was killed by a Pointiac. And it was done with such grace and artistry that witnesses awarded the driver both ears and the tail. But I digress...

  9. What is the topic of his first paper?
    Analytical Algebraic Topology of Locally Euclidean Metrization of Infinitely Differentiable Riemannian Manifolds

  10. What was the nicest gift he received last Christmas?
    A gift certificate for a lobotomy.

  11. In his prelude to singing his version of the motion picture song for "Oedipus Rex," T.L. mentions three other popular motion picture title songs. What are they? (Two for 1 pt, and all three for 2 pts.)
    "The Ten Commandments Mambo," "Brothers Karamazov Cha-Cha," and "Incredible Shrinking Man, I Love You."

  12. If you've taken Chem 101, you've probably heard the song. Fill in the blanks... chlorine _______ cobalt ________ tungsten _________ & sodium.
    "Chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium."

  13. After graduation, what did Dr. Gall specialize in?
    Diseases of the rich.

  14. Where is Morie's Pub?
    "Wherever that may be."

  15. What is the maximum the game laws allow a hunter to kill?
    "Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."

  16. Why was his hunting license suspended?
    Cows were out of season (and one of the hunters wasn't insured).

  17. I got it from Agnes, but who did Agnes get it from?

  18. How did his individualist friend spell his name?
    "Hen3ry"-- the 3 being silent.

  19. What year did TL give a performance at Williams?

  20. In the love story, "Pythagoras's Triangle," who played the part of the hypotenuse?
    Doris Day.

  21. What kids' show did Tom Lehrer write music for?
    "The Electric Company." (You may remember the theme from "Letter-Man.")

  22. Before Tom made it to Haaaaaahvaaaahd, he supposedly translated something into Latin, which supposedly gained him great academic claim. What scholarly work did he ostensibly translate?

  23. How did Mr. Lehrer get his start?

  24. How'd the Irish maid do in her family?
    Drowned her father in the creek; made cyanide soup for mother; set her sister's hair on fire; weighted her brother down with stones; cut her baby brother in two.

  25. And, well, we need a gratutitous Harvard question, just cause Tom loves it so. What on earth does Harvard have to do with the founding of Williams?

  26. T.L once received a letter that said "Marry me, or I will kill myself!" To whom was the letter addressed?
    "Occupant."

  27. Who's dancing cheek-to-cheek with Sheriff Clark during National Brotherhood Week?
    Lena Horne.

  28. "Once, the Germans were warlike & mean." Why couldn't that happen again?
    "We taught them a lesson in 1918/And they've hardly bothered us since then."

  29. What instrument should we imagine that TL is playing during the Folk Song Army?
    An 88-string guitar (rather than an 88-key piano).

  30. How long will World War III last, according to TL?
    "An hour and a half (from now)."

  31. What is the subtraction problem base 10?
    342 minus 173 = 169.

  32. Base 8?
    324 minus 173 = 147.

  33. Who's an example of "a good old American"?
    Dr. Wernher von Braun.

  34. First get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, then... what?
    "Bow your head with great respect, and.... genuflect! Genuflect! Genuflect! Genuflect!"

  35. Complete the sentence "Bring on the obscene..." (7 items)
    ".....movies, murals, postcards, neckties, samplers, stained-glass windows, tattoos (anything, I'm still not satisfied)...."

  36. What are the danger of American streets?

  37. What two news caster can we watch on our TV during WWIII?
    "Brink-a-ley and Hunt-a-ley."

  38. TL once said "It's people like that who make you realize how little you've accomplished. It's a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he'd been dead for two years." Who was he talking about?
    Alma Mahler-Gropius-Wehrfel.