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Weird Al/Tom Lehrer

'Weird Al' Yankovic

  1. Name all the full length Weird Al albums in chonological order.

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

    1. "My Bologna":

    2. "Yoda":

    3. "Living with a Hernia":

    4. "Dog Eat Dog":

    5. "Plumbing Song":

    6. "Taco Grande":

    7. "Six Words Long":

    8. "Jurassic Park":

    9. "Brady Bunch":

    10. "Mr. Frump and the Iron Lung":

    11. "Midnight Star":

  3. What's the Weird Al fan club called?

  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?

  7. What radio show did Al get his start on?

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

  9. What 3 movies (aside from "UHF") does Al make an appearance in?

AL SONG TRIVIA...

  1. What didn't Al win on "Jeopardy"?

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

  3. What do top psychics all agree will be the next new telephone service?

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

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

  6. What does Al propose to name his duck?

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

  8. What reason does Yoda give to Skywalker for not killing Darth Vader?

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

  10. What did Al do to his homecoming date back in the good ole days?

  11. Where is the King of Suede's shop located?

  12. What non-traditional uses does Al find for Oreo filling?

  13. When Al was your age, how did he entertain himself instead of Nintendo?

  14. What artists' 8-track does Al emphatically NOT have in his car?

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

  16. What is the Groovy Guy's idea of a romantic proposal?

  17. Who is Al's very best friend whom he brings flowers and candy to every afternoon?

  18. What are some of the different kinds of common hernias you can get? (the more the better)

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

  20. Why does Al like to watch his boss get angry?

"UHF"

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

  2. What show turned Channel 62 into a success?

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

  4. How much money does the Channel 62 telethon need to raise?

  5. What cartoon villian is Big Louie modeled after?

  6. What game show does Kunni host?

  7. Name a neat pet trick that "Raul's Wild Kingdom" demonstrates for us.

  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.

  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?

  2. Why did Tom stop writing songs?

  3. What is he doing now?

  4. What was "the year that was"?

  5. Why was Dr. Samuel Gall kicked out of Agricultural School?

  6. How many Disc Jockey friends does Tom have?

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

  8. What are the complete circumstances of the death of his brother's dog?

  9. What is the topic of his first paper?

  10. What was the nicest gift he received last Christmas?

  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.)

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

  13. After graduation, what did Dr. Gall specialize in?

  14. Where is Morie's Pub?

  15. What is the maximum the game laws allow a hunter to kill?

  16. Why was his hunting license suspended?

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

  18. How did his individualist friend spell his name?

  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?

  21. What kids' show did Tom Lehrer write music for?

  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?

  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?

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

  28. "Once, the Germans were warlike & mean." Why couldn't that happen again?

  29. What instrument should we imagine that TL is playing during the Folk Song Army?

  30. How long will World War III last, according to TL?

  31. What is the subtraction problem base 10?

  32. Base 8?

  33. Who's an example of "a good old American"?

  34. First get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, then... what?

  35. Complete the sentence "Bring on the obscene..." (7 items)

  36. What are the danger of American streets?

  37. What two news caster can we watch on our TV during WWIII?

  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?