Sailing The Seas of Cheese Trivia Quiz

Answer: Some trendy new atrocity

"When the going gets tough
And the stomach acids flow
The cold wind of conformity
Is nipping at your nose
When some trendy new atrocity
Has brought you to your knees
Come with us we'll sail the
Seas of Cheese"

Answer: Cyanide and Polyester

The lyrics in "Is It Luck" question whether it is lucky that certain things happen in the manner that they do:

"Is It Luck?
My socks and shoes always match
Is it Luck?
There's a foot at the end of each of my legs
Is it Luck?
I can play my bass for you
Is it Luck?
Some gals like to kiss my face
Is it Luck? Is it Luck?
There was food inside your mouth today
Is it Luck?
Your barber cuts your hair just so
Is it Luck?
When the taste of sex is on your lips
Is it Luck? Is it Luck?

Cyanide works oh so fast
Is it Luck?
Polyester makes you sweat
Is it Luck?
If a graham cracker gets you off
Is it Luck
Love. Love?
Is it Luck? Is it Luck?"

Answer: Sgt. Baker

Sgt. Baker is a mean, militant drill Sargeant discussing how he is going to turn his recruits into his own image:

"Sgt. Baker is my name
I'm gonna teach you how to
play the game of warfare
Suddenly it appears to me
You got a bit much dignity
For your own good, boy
Yes sir, yes sir.

I will rape your personality
Pummel you with my own philosophy
Strip you of your self-integrity
To make you all a bit like me
I said right, left"

These are the first two lyrical paragraphs in the song "Sgt. Baker". The final two have not been included as they are inappropriate.

The three other characters given as answers are all characters that are included in lyrics on other Primus albums.

Answer: A fireman

"Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" describes the life events that "Jerry" has experienced before his death due to drinking and driving. "Captain Pierce" was a fireman and although it does not directly say so in the lyrics, one can assume that he was a retired fireman that went to try and rescue "Jerry" from the wreckage.

"Jerry was a race car driver
And he drove so goddamned fast
He never did win no checkered flag
But he never did come in last
Jerry was a race car driver
He'd say "El solo number one"
With a bocephus sticker
On his 442 he'd light 'em up
Just for fun

Captain Pierce was a fireman
Richmond engine #3
I'll be a wealthy man when I get
A dime for all the things that
Man taught to me
Captain Pierce was a strong man
Strong as any man alive
It stuck in his craw that they
Made him retire at the age of 65

Jerry was a race car driver
22 years old
Had too many cold beers one night
And wrapped himself around a telephone pole."

Answer: False

"Grandad's Little Ditty" is essentially not even a song at all. You can hear an elderly man singing in the shower, mumbling about operas, however, this track has been classified by Primus as an instrumental song. Although it has been classified as "instrumental", there are no instruments actually playing.

Answer: San Pablo Bay

"Fish On" describes various fishing events and includes members of the band in the lyrics:

"Felt a pang late one afternoon
I was fishin' off Muir Beach
With Larry LaLonde
Grabbed a tuna salad sandwich
And I started to chew
Pretty soon Ler's yellin

Fish on. Fish on

I was just a little pup
And it was derby day
Was dad and me and Darrell
Out in San Pablo Bay
Taco flavored Doritos
And my orange life vest
Dad caught a hundred pound sturgeon
On twenty-pound test
Now he fought that fish for an hour
And a half
Darrell'd say "Jump ya sons a bitch!"
And he grabbed for the gaff
When we got him in the boat
He measured six feet long
I was so danged impressed I had
To write a song called

Fish on

T'was a bright and sunny day
It was me and Todd Huth
Fishin' shark & Stingray
Out of Bauhaus Lagoon

Well hey, hey, hey I'll be screwed,
Blued and tatooed
Looks like I got me one of them

Fish on. Fish on."

Answer: "I remember as if it were a meal ago"

"Tommy The Cat" is a song depicting the sometimes viscious, crazy life of alley cats.

"'I remember as if it were a meal ago'

Said Tommy the Cat as he reeled back to clear whatever foreign matter may have nestled its way into his mighty throat.
Many a fat alley rat had met its demise while staring point blank down the cavernous barrel of this awesome prowling machine.
Truly a wonder of nature this urban predator.
Tommy the cat had many a story to tell,
But it was a rare occasion such as this that he did.

"She came slidin' down the alleyway like butter drippin' off a hot biscuit.
The aroma, the mean scent, was enough to arouse suspicion in even the oldest of Tigers that hung around the hot spot in those days.
The sight was beyond belief.
Many a head snapped for double - even triple - takes as this vivacious feline made her her way into the delta of the alleyway where the most virile of the young tabbys were known to hang out.

They hung in droves. Such a multitude of masculinity could only be found in one place...
And that was O'malley's Alley.

The air was thick with cat calls (no pun intended),
But not even a muscle in her neck did twitch as she sauntered up into the heart of the alley.
She knew what she wanted.
She was lookin' for that stud bull, the he cat.
And that was me.

Tommy the Cat is my name and I say unto thee...

'Say baby do you wanna lay down by me'"

Answer: A cardboard box

"Bob is an unemployed veteran
Born and bred in the South Bronx
He's living off the streets down in east L.A.
Residing in a cardboard box
Now he plays a little quit and he has a small dog
Searching for aluminum cans
And he hold on tight to his dignity
He was born into American Life"

Answer: The truckers on the interstate

Primus played "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" at Woodstock '94. Unlike the album version, the Woodstock '94 includes a partial version of the "Star Spangled Banner" about half way through that lead singer Les Claypool plays on his bass guitar.

"Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" is about a town that relies on its hard labouring blue-collared workers in order to survive.

" I've seen them out at Soco
They're pounding sixteen penny nails
The truckers on the interstate
Have been known to ride the rails
The sweat is beating on the brow
Can't keep these fellas down
'Cause those damned blue-collared tweekers
Are runnin' this here town

I knew a man who hung drywall
He hung it mighty quick
A trip or two to the blue room
Would help him do the trick
His foreman would pat him on the back
Whenever he would come around
'Cause these dammed blue-collar tweekers
Are beloved in this here town

Now the union boys are there
To protect us from all the corporate type
While curious George's drug patrol
Is out here hunting snipe
Now they try to tell me different
But you know I ain't no clown
'Cause those damned blue-collar tweekers
Are the backbone of this town

Now the flame that burns twice as bright
Burns only half as long
My eyes are growing weary
As I finalize this song
So sit back and have a cup o' joe
And watch the wheels go round
'Cause those damned blue-collar tweekers
Have always run this town."

Answer: "Leave me alone ya salty sea hags..."

Primus has many songs that contain only one lyric. The incorrect answers are all one lyric songs from other Primus albums. "Ah, the good old reprise..." comes from the song "To Defy" which can be found on the "Frizzle Fry" album.

"It's another song without words, me croanies" is from the song "Pork Chops Little Ditty" from the "Pork Soda" album. "I'm the guy from the hamburger train" can be heard in the song "Hamburger Train", also off of the "Pork Soda" album.

The lyrics from this quiz have been taken from Primus' official website: www.primussucks.com