Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner but I just been busy

[venta]

OK, answer, scores, etc to the lyrics quiz.

Thanks to all who played :)

Answers:


(The artist attribution is the artist whom I regard as most strongly associated with the song. This isn't necessarily the original. Your opinion may vary :)

1. Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more.
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

2. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
Not, as a few people thought, anything to do with Evita.

3. Billie Jean is not my lover. She's just a girl who claims that I am the one.
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

4. Okay, so you're Brad Pitt? That don't impress me much.
That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
Pedants note: the line about Elvis is slightly different :)

5. Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.
Roxanne - The Police

6. 'Right' said Fred
Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbins

7. Oh Deborah do you recall, your house was very small, with wood-chip on the wall.
Disco 2000 - Pulp

8. Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name.
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

9. Ziggy played guitar.
Ziggy Stardst - David Bowie

10. He talks about you in his sleep, there's nothing I can do to keep from crying when he calls your name, Jolene.
Jolene - Dolly Parton
(Although currently The White Stripes' version may well be better known.)

11. I know he's a moron. Gordon is a moron.
Jilted John - Jilted John

12. Sheila take a bow. Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear.
Sheila Take A Bow - The Smiths

13. With you in that dress, oh my thoughts I confess, verge on dirty - Ah, come on Eileen!
Come On, Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

14. Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez

15. Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor. Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore.
Michael - Franz Ferdinand

16. Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me.
Fight The Power - Public Enemy
Special mention should go here to jiggery_pokery, bless his game-theory-loving heart. He answered "Elvis" to every question he didn't know, thus (I assume?) getting this one right by accident.

17. Last night Jackie Chan came round. I played pool with him and we hung out.
Kung Fu - Ash

18. Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the medicine
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

19. There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, where lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode.
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

20. But ya ought to thank me, before I die, for the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye, cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you Sue.
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

21. Denis Denis, avec tes yeux si bleux.
Denis - Blondie

22. I'm sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real. Never meant to make your daughter cry.
Sorry Ms Jackson - Outkast

23. Alice what's the matter ?
Alice, What's The Matter - Terrorvision

24. Why, why, why Delilah?
Delilah - Tome Jones

25. Well, well, well you just can't tell. Well, well, well my Michelle.
My Michelle - Guns N Roses

26. Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me.
Lucretia, My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy

27. We're only making plans for Nigel.
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC

28. My aim is true, my message is clear. It's curtains for you, Elizabeth my dear.
Elizabeth My Dear - The Stone Roses

29. I know a girl called Elsa, she's into Alka-Seltzer.
Supersonic - Oasis

30. Damn it, Janet, I love you.
Damn It, Janet - The Rocky Horror Pictures Show

31. Johnny ain't so crazy, he's always got a line for the ladies
Rocks - Primal Scream
Quite a few people could identify the song this came from, but didn't know the name.

32. Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen.
Rah Rah Rasputin - Boney M

33. I look like Robert de Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero.
Sexuality - Billy Bragg

34. It's a shame about Ray.
It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads

35. There's a guy in the place, he's got a bittersweet face, and he goes by the name of Ebeneezer Goode.
Ebeneezer Goode - The Shamen

36. Why they called me that I do not know, for my name was Eliza Day.
Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds feat. Kylie Minogue

37. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.
Er, yeah, the nursery rhyme.

38. But the more I look through them the more I see, I'm becoming more likeAlfie.
Alfie - The Divine Comedy

39. Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station every Friday night.
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

40. If you knew Peggy Sue, then you'd know why I feel blue.
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

41. My name is Michael Caine. And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home.
Michael Caine - Madness

42. Ooh-wee-ooh. I look just like Buddy Holly.
Buddy Holly - Weezer

43. Help me, Rhonda, yeah, get her out of my heart.
Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys

44. Hey Jude, refrain.
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Y'know, I really thought everyone would get this one. To the extent we were even going to ask "Hey _____" until we realised it clashed with the Hendrix song "Hey Joe".

45. Wake up MaggieI think I got something to say to you.
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
(No, it wasn't Wake Up Boo or Wake Up Little Susie.)

46. Sheena is a punk rocker.
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - The Ramones

47. John's got brewer's droop. He gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons.
Parklife - Blur

48. Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla - Eric Clapton

49. Rock me Amadeus.
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

50. They called me up in Tennessee, they said "Tammy, stand by The Jams".
Justified and Ancient - The KLF



Scores:


The judges' decision is final, and in some cases arbitrary :) Since it made no difference to the top placings, we marked answers "generously".

Many thanks to ChrisC and his experimental perl script for marking the answers from the poll. However, the script relied on me providing data in the correct format, and results rely on me having correctly collated by hand some answers which were sent in by email. So any mistakes are almost certainly my fault.

38	triskellianandsmiorgan
       Fiona
37	phlebas
       Ralph
       Ranko
36	purple_pen
35	kauket
34      Jackie
32	pookee
	sushidog
	mr_tom
	nja
31	white_hart
	marjory
	zotz
	deeteeuk
	verlaine
30	mejoff
29	wimble
	leathellinandmetame
	ruudboy
28	onebyone
27	cuthbertcross
	lanfykins
26	broadmeadow
24	eostar
23	uitlander
	liriselei
	mr_flay
22	redcountess
	sciolist
	mrph
21	beckyc
	feanelwa
20      pm215
18	jiggery_pokery
        Alan/Terry
17	stegzy
15	satyrica
	ringbark
	nalsa
	killalla
	_corpse_
14	dr_bob
	beckyl
	brrm
	nisaba
13	narenek
	olethros
	condign
12	secretrebel
11	bateleur
10	elle_       
        Davek
8	kneeshooter
	cardinalsin
6	snow_leopard

Meaningless extra data:

How many people answered each question correctly?

<table>

Q6 'Right' said ________	55 people
Q1 Hit the road, ________, and don't you come back no more.	54 people
Q5 ________, you don't have to put on the red light.	49 people
Q32 ________, lover of the Russian Queen.	49 people
Q24 Why, why, why ________?	48 people
Q49 Rock me ________.	46 people
Q14 Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, I'm still, I'm still ________ from the block.	42 people
Q3 ________ is not my lover. She's just a girl who claims that I am the one.	42 people
Q7 Oh ________ do you recall, your house was very small, with wood-chip on the wall.	41 people
Q9 ________ played guitar.	41 people
Q37 ________ sat on the wall.	40 people
Q8 ________ died in the church and was buried along with her name.	38 people
Q30 Damn it, ________, I love you.	37 people
Q13 With you in that dress, oh my thoughts I confess, verge on dirty - Ah, come on ________!	37 people
Q27 ________, my reflection, dance the ghost with me?	36 people
Q4 Okay, so you're ________? That don't impress me much.	34 people
Q11 I know he's a moron. ________ is a moron.	31 people
Q26 We're only making plans for ________.	30 people
Q2 Where have you gone, ________, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.	30 people
Q19 There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, where lived a country boy named ________.	28 people
Q46 ________ is a punk rocker.	26 people
Q20 But ya ought to thank me, before I die, for the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye, cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you ________.	25 people
Q44 Hey ________, refrain.	24 people
Q38 But the more I look through them the more I see, I'm becoming more like ________.	24 people
Q36 Why they called me that I do not know, for my name was ________.	23 people
Q48 ________, you've got me on my knees.	22 people
Q25 Well, well, well you just can't tell. Well, well, well my ________.	20 people
Q23 ________ what's the matter ?	19 people
Q35 There's a guy in the place, he's got a bittersweet face, and he goes by the name of ________.	19 people
Q39 ________ meets Julie, Waterloo Station every Friday night.	19 people
Q47 ________'s got brewer's droop. He gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons.	19 people
Q42 Ooh-wee-ooh. I look just like ________.	18 people
Q22 I'm sorry ________, I am for real. Never meant to make your daughter cry.	17 people
Q12 ________ take a bow. Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear.	17 people
Q34 It's a shame about ________.	17 people
Q43 Help me, ________, yeah, get her out of my heart.	16 people
Q50 They called me up in Tennessee, they said "________, stand by The Jams".	16 people
Q10 He talks about you in his sleep, there's nothing I can do to keep from crying when he calls your name ________.	15 people
Q18 ________'s in the basement, mixing up the medicine	15 people
Q41 My name is ________. And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home.	15 people
Q45 Wake up ________I think I got something to say to you.	15 people
Q21 ________, avec tes yeux si bleux.	15 people
Q16 ________ was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me.	14 people
Q33 I look like ________, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero.	12 people
Q29 I know a girl called ________, she's into Alka-Seltzer.	11 people
Q28 My aim is true, my message is clear. It's curtains for you, ________ my dear.	10 people
Q40 If you knew ________, then you'd know why I feel blue.	6 people
Q17 Last night ________ came round. I played pool with him and we hung out.	6 people
Q31 ________ ain't so crazy, he's always got a line for the ladies.	5 people
Q15 Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor. ________, you're dancing like a beautiful dancewhore.	5 people

Comments

[wimble.livejournal.com]

You have a second list of "13 easiest", and setup a mechanism whereby, as soon as he rings your doorbell, the published list is automagically replace with the second list.

Then, after he beats you up, we'll have him bang to rights!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Well, dredging around in the enormous mass of statistics produced by Chris' perl script, I find:

narenek gave the following correct answers:

1. jack
2. joe demagio, from Mrs Robinson by Simon
4. brad pitt, from That don't impress me much by shania twain
6. fred, from Right said fred, sung by Bernard Cribbens
7. debra, From disco 2000 by pulp?
14. jenny, from jenny from the Block by J'Lo
23. alice, from the same by terrorvision
24. delilah, from delilah by tom jones
25. michelle, my michelle, guns and roses
30. janet, something from rocky horror
32. rasputin, by boney m
42. buddy holly, weezer
49. amadeus by falco

[narenek.livejournal.com]

And which of these "Easy" ones did wimble fail to answer?

[venta.livejournal.com]

Disappointingly, only one of them :)

wimble obviously doesn't know his Weezer. Shame on him.

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I don't know anybody else's Weezer either, thank you very much.


Wheezer & Chips, on the other hand...