Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ulysses!burl!we13!ihnp4!fortune!grw From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) Newsgroups: net.games.trivia,net.music Subject: Answers to 21 lines quiz Message-ID: <3057@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 19:08:16 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.3057 Posted: Fri Apr 13 19:08:16 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Apr-84 01:32:39 EST Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 151 [Heilige Heilbut, Wombatmensch] Although only 1 person even attempted to answer my musical trivia quiz, I have gotten some requests to post the answers. (The person who attempted, ihuxl!seifert ("Snoopy"), got three right out of three tries). I have also added a "difficulty" rating of 1-12, which is my personal opinion. So here are the answers: 1 A billion hearts are beating, far across the water... Song: China Artist: Randy Stonehill Album: Equator Difficulty: 9 2 And if she had to die trying she had one little promise she was going to keep Song: American Girl Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Album: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Difficulty: 5 3 My father was a fisherman, my mama was a fisherman's friend... Song: Duncan Artist: Paul Simon Album: [dunno -- I have it on "Greatest Hits, etc"] Difficulty: 4 4 I'd rather have a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack than all the bean sprouts in Japan Song: I'll be Mellow When I'm Dead Artist: Wierd Al Yankovic Album: Wierd Al Yankovic Difficulty: 10 5 Leave blue-green footprints that glow in the dark... Song: Mr. Spaceman Artist: The Byrds Album: [dunno -- I have it on "Byrd's Singles" or something] Difficulty: 8 6 You say go slow, I fall behind... Song: Time After Time Artist: Cyndi Lauper Album: She's so Unusual Difficulty: 3 7 Watch the wise & wizend druid palm the unembalming fluid... Song: Marinated Alligator Artist: Van Rozay Album: Van Rozay from San Jose' Difficulty: 12 8 I feel a storm all wet and warm, not ten miles away... Song: Mexican Home Artist: John Prine Album: Sweet Revenge Difficulty: 9 9 I ain't no good in bed, but babe I'm hell on wheels... Song: I'm an Automobile Artist: Steve Forbert Album: Little Stevie Orbit Difficulty: 9 10 I change the channel but to my surprise they still press their faces to the window... Song: Faces to the Window Artist: Daniel Amos Album: !Alarma! (vol. 1 of the Alarma Chronicles) Difficulty: 10 11 Who lived here? He must have been a gardener that cared a lot... Song: Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnnie) Artist: Elton John Album: Jump Up Difficulty: 2 12 Man alive, it's a hell of a reach from Hollywood to Mission Beach... Song: Final Stand Artist: ???? [Okay, so I don't even know all the answers myself. Sorry] Album: Homegrown IV Difficulty: 12 13 But please, you must forgive me, I'm old but still a child. Song: All Dead Artist: Queen Album: News of the World Difficulty: 4 14 We are but a moments sunlight, fading in the grass... Song: Right now [?] Artist: Yardbirds Album: ???? Difficulty: 7 15 Rocks fell from the mountains in a chorus line... Song: The Sun Began to Rain Artist: Larry Norman Album: In Another Land Difficulty: 8 16 I have no more than I did before, but now I've got all that I need Song: Papa Gene's Blues Artist: The Monkees Album: Meet the Monkees Difficulty: 7 17 ...is forbidden as a device too suspect for human conveyance Song: Europa Artist: Blondie Album: AutoAmerican Difficulty: 6 18 Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born... Song: Your Mother Should Know Artist: The Beatles Album: Magical Mystery Tour Difficulty: 1 19 Be my guest, you got nothing to lose... Song: Sea Cruise Artist: The Beach Boys, Herman's Hermits, Glenn Frey, Don McLean, etc. Album: Ten Years..., Greatest Hits, No Fun Aloud, Believers, etc. Difficulty: 2 20 Everyone's made out of little thin lines, and sometimes their fingers are blue. Song: Tonight (Television Song) Artist: Michael Nesmith Album: Elephant Parts (laserdisc) Difficulty: 7 21 Girls as sharp as her are something rare... Song: Mrs. Brown, You've got a Lovely Daughter Artist: Herman's Hermits Album: [I've got it on "Greatest Hits"] Difficulty: 7 I hope you had fun pondering over these lines, even if you didn't send in an answer. Now I don't know if I should: 1) Give up on music quizzes 2) Try to come up with an easier quiz 3) Encourage people to send in answers even if they only know a couple of them. My personal choice would be #3. What do YOU think? No cute signoff, -Glenn