Men At Work Trivia

1. In the first lines of the songs we hear: "Traveling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie" What type of vehicle is a Kombi?

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Answer: Volkswagen

The VW Kombi (US = Volkswagen Van) was almost the vehicle of choice for Australian surfies of the 60s and 70s. My brother owned an orange one, and what a heap of junk it was! Although I was too young, in retrospect, I suspect that the first two lines of the song are very accurate!

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Answer: It's a Mistake

A cold war 'protest' song, if you will.

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Answer: He was spaced out on drugs

Whilst the other three answers are all 'possibles', the song lyrics combined with the video clip of the time (the Kombi had smoke pouring out of it) left little doubt that drugs were the inference. According to www.songfacts.con: "Zombie was a particularly strong batch of marijuana which was floating around Australia for a long time. People called it "Zombie Grass".

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Answer: Overkill

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Answer: Breakfast

"I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast"

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Answer: Colin Hay

What was up with his eyes anyway?

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Answer: Belgium

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels" Although Belgium isn't mentioned specifically in the song, that's where one finds Brussels!

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Answer: those feelings again

Lyrics from 'Who Can It Be Now?' - Men at Work's first American hit.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Down Under"

Answer: Six foot four

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscles" According to www.songfacts.com: "The quirky video became a huge hit on MTV. The network had been on the air for only a year, and they didn't have many videos to choose from. Men At Work didn't know much about MTV, but British and Australian bands had been making videos for some time. The band made videos that fit their personality, often improvising scenes and using their friends for help. The guy who stands up and offers the Vegemite sandwich is the band's drummer, Jerry Speiser. He wasn't really "6 foot 4 and full of muscles," he had to stand on something to get extra height. He also wore a wig".

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Answer: six foot four

'He was six foot four..and full of muscle..' And no, I don't like vegemite, either.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Down Under"

Answer: Vegemite

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscles I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich" According to www.songfacts.com: "This song is often misinterpreted as a patriotic anthem. Says Colin: "It's ironic to me that so many people thought it was about a specific thing and that really wasn't the intention behind the song. If you listen to 'Born In The USA', it's a similar song in that there's a lot of nuance missed because people like drinking beer and throwing their arms up in the air and feeling nationalistic. It's ultimately a song about celebration, but it's a matter of what you choose to celebrate about a country or a place. White people haven't been in Australia all that long, and it's truly an awesome place, but one of the most interesting and exciting things about the country is what was there before. The true heritage of a country often gets lost in the name of progress and development".

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Answer: implications

'of diving in too deep...and possibly the complications..'

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Answer: Australia

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Answer: Mumbai

According to www.geography.com: "Calcutta will become the third large Indian city to change its name over the past few years. Name changes began in 1996 when Bombay became Mumbai and then Madras became Chennai". This was in part in recognition of discarding the links to British colonialism.

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Answer: Air Supply

I also bet you know the lyrics to 'Lost to Love'. Come on, admit it!

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Answer: The land of plenty

"I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me Because I come from the land of plenty?" The alternate answers "sunburnt country" and "land of sweeping plains" are taken from Dorothea McKellar's poem "My Country": "I love a sunburnt country A land of sweeping plains Of ragged mountain ranges Of droughts and flooding rains I love her far horizons I love her jewel-sea Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me"

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Answer: Jack Nicholson

Can you handle the truth?!

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Answer: Nervous

"I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast" Perhaps he would have been better off if the answer had been hungry!

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