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Boomers Ascending Two Trivia Quiz

We've ventured out of the mainstream on some questions. If you have to get out and pull the boat along, use leech repellent. Unlike me, these quiz songs are in the early 60s. And as always, facts ≠ facts.

A multiple-choice quiz by gfitz47. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gfitz47

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
388,216

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell wrote it. Ray Charles recorded it and it made number one on the Hot 100 in 1960. Know the song?

"A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pine
Other arms reach out to me"
Hint

I Got a Woman

Georgia on My Mind

Let's Go Get Stoned

Hallelujah, I Love Her So

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Question 2 of 10

2. This Sam Cooke recording made number 12 on the Hot 100. Louis Armstrong has a "homonymical" hit with the song. So it is?

"Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book,
Don't know much about the French I took"
Hint

What Did You Learn in School?

School Daze

School's Out for Summer

Wonderful World

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Question 3 of 10

3. This song was written by Mike "Marc" Anthony and Paul "George S." Kaufman. Johnny Tillotson's version made number two in 1960. This song was followed up by the not so great "Ode to a Nightingale" written by Johnny Keats. Can you name it?

"I love every movement
And there's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange"
Hint

Poetry in Motion

Walking Down the Street

Tell Laura I Love Her

Hello Mary Lou, You're Lookin' Fine

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Question 4 of 10

4. The song is "You Talk too Much" written by Reginald Hall and Joe Jones. It made it to number three on the Hot 100. Can you name the singer? It's a common name, something you always have in the morning. Note: There's no dangling duck nor $100 prize for a correct answer.

"You talk about people
That you've never seen
You talk about people
You can make me scream" Hint

Joe Jones

Recep "Ray" Tayyip Erdogan

Al Smith

Michael Martin Murphy

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Question 5 of 10

5. This country and western song was written by Harlan Howard. Guy Mitchell's recording made it to the top spot on the Hot 100. And of course the top spot was number one and the song is?

"Everyday you love me less
Each day I love you more"
Hint

If You Got the Money I Got the Time

Hello Walls

Heartaches by the Number

Poor Man's Riches

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Question 6 of 10

6. This song written by Maurice Williams and, recorded by the Zodiacs, made it to number one on the Hot 100. It was borrowed and modified by Jackson Browne and Bryan Garofalo and used in "The Load-Out". Where was I going with this? Oh, what is it?

"Now, your daddy don't mind
And your mommy don't mind
If we have another dance
Just one more
One more time"
Hint

Quarter to Three

Stay

This Magic Moment

Let's Dance

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Question 7 of 10

7. This bossa nova song was written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the instrumental version was on the Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd "Jazz Samba" album which was a Grammy winner. The lyric is given below. If you can guess the number you are one-third of the way there. So?

"There's so many people who can
Talk and talk and talk
And just say nothing
Or nearly nothing
I have used up all the scale I know
And at the end I've come to nothing
Or nearly nothing."
Hint

Three Little Birds

Mas Que Nada

One Note Samba

O Segundo Sol

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Question 8 of 10

8. This song came from the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie". Paul Lynde sang it on Broadway and in the movie. He used this musical as a stepping stone to his ultimate role, center square on Hollywood Squares where he mastered the art of double entendre and sometimes single entendre without getting censored. Enough of the joshing, "To the song!" What is it?

"But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?"
Hint

Kids

Put on a Happy Face

I'm an Ordinary Man

The Perfect Song

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Question 9 of 10

9. Ferlin Husky's version of this Bob Ferguson song made number one on the Billboard country chart and number twelve on the Hot 100. It was a Country and Christian blend in the Venti size. Can you name it?

"He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above (sign from above)" Hint

Tennessee Flat Top Box

Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

We'll Walk Along Together

The Wings of a Dove

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Question 10 of 10

10. This song was written by Rosie Hamlin or David Ponci or David Ponce or some combination thereof. Rosie and the Riveters recorded it but the Originals' version reached number five on the Hot 100 in 1961. Who loves ya? Figure that out and you're on the road to the song title, which is?

"Whoo who, I love you
Whoo, I do
No one could love you
Like, I do"
Hint

Angel Eyes

Angel of the Morning

Devil or Angel

Angel Baby

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell wrote it. Ray Charles recorded it and it made number one on the Hot 100 in 1960. Know the song? "A song of you Comes as sweet and clear As moonlight through the pine Other arms reach out to me"

Answer: Georgia on My Mind

The song became a state song in 1979. Oddly enough it was Maine that adopted it and after a protracted court battle with Georgia a settlement was reached. Georgia agreed to cede the rights to the song. In return Maine gave the rights to the Whoopie Pies and Lobstah to Georgia. Facts in this quiz are courtesy of Wakopedia.

Switching tracks, "As Long as He Needs Me" was from the musical "Oliver". The role of Nancy in the original London production who sang it was a Georgia too. Sweet.

2. This Sam Cooke recording made number 12 on the Hot 100. Louis Armstrong has a "homonymical" hit with the song. So it is? "Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book, Don't know much about the French I took"

Answer: Wonderful World

The song got new life courtesy of the movie, "Animal House" in 1978. Art Garfunkel recorded it and his version added a new verse which starts with "Don't know much about astrophysics. Don't know much about molecular biology." He was trying to reach the STEM crowd.

3. This song was written by Mike "Marc" Anthony and Paul "George S." Kaufman. Johnny Tillotson's version made number two in 1960. This song was followed up by the not so great "Ode to a Nightingale" written by Johnny Keats. Can you name it? "I love every movement And there's nothing I would change She doesn't need improvement She's much too nice to rearrange"

Answer: Poetry in Motion

My apologies to Ricky Nelson. Of the "quoted" authors, one said, "Satire is what closes on Saturday night." and the other, "Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none." And from neither of them, "Some people are like clouds. When they go away, it's a brighter day." I'll be leaving now.

4. The song is "You Talk too Much" written by Reginald Hall and Joe Jones. It made it to number three on the Hot 100. Can you name the singer? It's a common name, something you always have in the morning. Note: There's no dangling duck nor $100 prize for a correct answer. "You talk about people That you've never seen You talk about people You can make me scream"

Answer: Joe Jones

Teed this one up. Al was the decoy. It was Al all the time and you doesn't has to call me Ray! Michael did a cowboy album. So that left "Joe". Cup of joe, get it? He went to Julliard and you can tell its influence on this song and its lyric. Another "Talk" song was part of the musical "South Pacific".

5. This country and western song was written by Harlan Howard. Guy Mitchell's recording made it to the top spot on the Hot 100. And of course the top spot was number one and the song is? "Everyday you love me less Each day I love you more"

Answer: Heartaches by the Number

I remember paint by numbers. I only did the Dali ones. On one, I screwed up the colors and went outside the lines but it didn't matter. The painting ended up looking eerily like "American Gothic". Still it met the spirit of the original. If you only considered number one hits then Guy would be a two hit wonder.

He did have a long career with plenty of hits. Another "Guy" was a folk singer who wrote "LA Freeway".

6. This song written by Maurice Williams and, recorded by the Zodiacs, made it to number one on the Hot 100. It was borrowed and modified by Jackson Browne and Bryan Garofalo and used in "The Load-Out". Where was I going with this? Oh, what is it? "Now, your daddy don't mind And your mommy don't mind If we have another dance Just one more One more time"

Answer: Stay

Every time I see the name Maurice, I think of "The Joker". Arieson to read these notes is to be amused (or irritated). I can certify all of the words are mine. Virgos the lame joke, I vent. Gem in, i think "To Kill a Mockingbird", was played by Phillip Alford. Ariest my case. Had enough? No? I had an imaginary friend when I was little but time taurus apart. That and the civil law suit he filed against me.

7. This bossa nova song was written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the instrumental version was on the Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd "Jazz Samba" album which was a Grammy winner. The lyric is given below. If you can guess the number you are one-third of the way there. So? "There's so many people who can Talk and talk and talk And just say nothing Or nearly nothing I have used up all the scale I know And at the end I've come to nothing Or nearly nothing."

Answer: One Note Samba

Charlie Byrd was a jazz guitarist not to be confused with Charlie "Bird" Parker who was a little used third baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sadly the song did not make the charts. But then the "Rhubarb-Gingersnap Icebox Pie" did not chart either but that did not detract from it being a great dessert with a de facto rhubarb ice cream.

8. This song came from the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie". Paul Lynde sang it on Broadway and in the movie. He used this musical as a stepping stone to his ultimate role, center square on Hollywood Squares where he mastered the art of double entendre and sometimes single entendre without getting censored. Enough of the joshing, "To the song!" What is it? "But they still just do what they want to do! Why can't they be like we were, Perfect in every way?"

Answer: Kids

Looking at the lyrics on multiple sites they reference "Sammy Caine". I always thought and still believe it was Sammy Kaye. Could it be synchronized typos? Alternate facts? Swing and swain with Sammy Caine just isn't the same. It has a "nuh" sound in it.

9. Ferlin Husky's version of this Bob Ferguson song made number one on the Billboard country chart and number twelve on the Hot 100. It was a Country and Christian blend in the Venti size. Can you name it? "He sends His pure sweet love A sign from above (sign from above)"

Answer: The Wings of a Dove

You must learn the ways of the rhyme scheme if you're to guess the right answer, Luke. The song leads me to remember Pete Seeger's "The Dove", a plaintive song of hope. You may say, "So what.". So what.

10. This song was written by Rosie Hamlin or David Ponci or David Ponce or some combination thereof. Rosie and the Riveters recorded it but the Originals' version reached number five on the Hot 100 in 1961. Who loves ya? Figure that out and you're on the road to the song title, which is? "Whoo who, I love you Whoo, I do No one could love you Like, I do"

Answer: Angel Baby

The Kojak hint was a stretch and probably won't be of much use to a lot of people. Rosie was a one hit wonder but it was a great hit and propelled her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ran out of yuks.

Source: Author gfitz47

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