Weird Al Lyric Mathematics Trivia Quiz

Answer: 255

The lyrics state 'But don't try to call me. I'll be in a meeting every afternoon. For a year. Maybe longer. Keep in touch.' A year is 52 weeks + 1 day. A standard business week runs Monday through Friday, or 5 days. The standard business year observes 6 mandatory legal holidays. ((5 * 52)+1)-6 = 255

Answer: 68

'Coming this Christmas to a theatre near you, The most horrifying film to hit the screen. There's a homicidal maniac who finds a Cub Scout troop, And he hacks up two or three in every scene.' If there are 27 scenes in the movie, the death toll is 27 * 2.5 (the average of '2 or 3'), which is 67.5. Rounded up, that's 68.

Answer: 49

Opening line: 'I eat filet mignon seven times a day.' Seven days in a week * 7 times a day = 49 times per week.

Answer: 20 percent

The 'Polka Party' album has a total of 10 songs. 'Christmas At Ground Zero' mentions 'Everywhere the atom bombs are droppin' It's the end of all humanity'. Near the end of 'One of Those Days' one finds the lyrics 'And I cut myself shaving and they're dropping the bomb. . . .

The world blows up and now everybody's dead. You just can't deny it, it's just like I said Just...just one of those, one of those days'. No other mention is made about the end of humanity in the other songs. That's 2 songs out of 10, or 20 percent.

Answer: 22 to 1

The song contains the line 'When you're only having seconds, I'm having twenty-thirds.' Thus, the listener is obtaining a second helping after having consumed one helping. Meanwhile, the singer is obtaining a twenty-third helping after having consumed twenty-two helpings.

Therefore, the singer's helpings to listener's helpings ratio is 22 to 1. At this rate, if the listener goes for thirds, the singer should be on 45ths.

Answer: 60 MPH

From 'The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota': 'Well, we crossed the state line about 6:39, And we saw the sign that said, 'Twine Ball Exit - fifty miles.' . . . we pulled off the road at the last chance gas station, Got a few more pickled wieners and a diet chocolate soda, . . . Finally at 7:37 early Wednesday evening, as the sun was setting in the Minnesota sky, Out in the distance, on the horizon it appeared to me like a vision before my unbelieving eyes.' 7:37 - 6:39 = 58 minutes. Minus 8 minutes for the stop leaves 50 minutes. Distance from state line to exit (based upon lyrics and assumptions) is 50 miles. Travelling 50 miles in 50 minutes = travelling 1 mile in 1 minute = travelling 60 miles in 60 minutes = travelling 60 miles in 1 hour. Mathematically, this is one of the easier ones.

Answer: 365 cu. ft.

The song contains the line 'There were seventy three of us living in a cardboard box.' 73 * 5 cu. ft. = 365 cu. ft.

Answer: 100 ft.

According to the song 'Frank's 2000 Inch TV', Frank's TV size is 2000 inches. TV size is always measured on the diagonal. With a height to width ratio of 3 to 4, a screen that is 2000' would be 1200 inches high and 1600 inches wide. 1200 inches easily converts to 100 feet.

Answer: Between 9:54 AM and 10:03 AM

The song starts out with 'Hit my snooze alarm for the 27th time just don't feel like goin' to work - I think I'll call my boss, then I'm . . . callin' in sick today'. If the alarm is set for 6:00 AM and the snooze delay is 9 minutes, the 1st time he hits the snooze alarm is at 6:00 AM, the 2nd time is at 6:09 AM, the 3rd time is at 6:18 AM, the 7th time is at 6:54 AM, the 20th time is at 8:51 AM, and the 27th time is at 9:54 AM.

After hitting the snooze button for the 27th time, he decides he's 'Callin' in Sick'.

Answer: About 71 percent

From 'Your Horoscope For Today': 'AQUARIUS: There's travel in your future when your tongue freezes to the back of a speeding bus. Fill that void in your pathetic life by playing Whack-A-Mole 17 hours a day.' 17 divided by 24 = 0.7083333333333333333333333, or approx. 71 percent.