Music Trivia Game - Page 5

capnhowdy · 06-21-2006, 09:25 PM

Bonaphone?

glatt · 06-21-2006, 09:47 PM

she's playing a PVC pipe. She's smacking the top of it with a floppy rubber paddle, kinda like a ping pong paddle.

wolf · 06-21-2006, 11:21 PM

Nope, and nope.

*ding*

Time's up ...

The correct answer is: Microphone Stand

Which is why UT got closest with "performed into a metallic pipe-like thing and micd at the other end of that thing."

He just missed the leap of illogic necessary for a wholly correct response.

But I will hit the tip jar in honor of the effort. Actually, I'll hit the tip jar because I want to, the response is just a handy excuse.

Undertoad · 06-22-2006, 05:45 AM

Try something easier then... What beautiful, tasteful Brit singer/songwriter only found success after Eminem sampled one of her songs... many years after it was originally recorded?

Clodfobble · 06-22-2006, 08:23 AM

Dido

But that song totally got airplay when it came out, at least around here... I was under the impression she was pretty successful before Eminem, though he definitely introduced her to a new demographic.

Name the popular 60s musician who has since retired from music completely, and now teaches high-level math courses at a university in California.

Shawnee123 · 06-22-2006, 12:55 PM

Zappa?

Elspode · 06-22-2006, 01:14 PM

Zappa is, regrettably, deceased.

Shawnee123 · 06-22-2006, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

Zappa is, regrettably, deceased.

Oh, I guess he isn't teaching anymore either?

Happy Monkey · 06-22-2006, 01:55 PM

No, he's still teaching. Maybe not higher level math courses, though.

Clodfobble · 06-22-2006, 03:06 PM

No, not Zappa.

And I've realized it's not entirely accurate to place him squarely in the sixties, so I wish to amend the clue to note that he was also popular in the late fifties, and mostly already retired by the late sixties.

Shawnee123 · 06-22-2006, 03:16 PM

If I go to a "dead/not dead" website, would that be cheating?

Elspode · 06-22-2006, 09:37 PM

This *is* a pop performer and not a novelty performer, right? We're not talking about Tom Lehrer, I am assuming?

Clodfobble · 06-23-2006, 09:27 AM

You would be assuming wrong. I count Tom Lehrer as a fine musician!

Elspode is correct...

Undertoad · 06-23-2006, 09:45 AM

Always check IotD -- Lehrer retired from teaching five years ago.

Clodfobble · 06-23-2006, 10:48 AM

Crap, I hadn't realized that! I suck. At least you're not telling me he died, I'd be really upset then.

06-21-2006, 09:25 PM	#61
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Bonaphone? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-21-2006, 11:21 PM	#63
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Nope, and nope. ding Time's up ... The correct answer is: Microphone Stand Which is why UT got closest with "performed into a metallic pipe-like thing and micd at the other end of that thing." He just missed the leap of illogic necessary for a wholly correct response. But I will hit the tip jar in honor of the effort. Actually, I'll hit the tip jar because I want to, the response is just a handy excuse. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-22-2006, 12:55 PM	#66
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Zappa? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-22-2006, 01:14 PM	#67
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Zappa is, regrettably, deceased. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-22-2006, 01:55 PM	#69
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No, he's still teaching. Maybe not higher level math courses, though. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-21-2006, 09:47 PM	#62
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	she's playing a PVC pipe. She's smacking the top of it with a floppy rubber paddle, kinda like a ping pong paddle.

06-22-2006, 05:45 AM	#64
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Try something easier then... What beautiful, tasteful Brit singer/songwriter only found success after Eminem sampled one of her songs... many years after it was originally recorded?

06-22-2006, 08:23 AM	#65
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Dido But that song totally got airplay when it came out, at least around here... I was under the impression she was pretty successful before Eminem, though he definitely introduced her to a new demographic. Name the popular 60s musician who has since retired from music completely, and now teaches high-level math courses at a university in California.

06-22-2006, 03:06 PM	#70
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	No, not Zappa. And I've realized it's not entirely accurate to place him squarely in the sixties, so I wish to amend the clue to note that he was also popular in the late fifties, and mostly already retired by the late sixties.

06-22-2006, 03:16 PM	#71
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If I go to a "dead/not dead" website, would that be cheating? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-22-2006, 09:37 PM	#72
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This is a pop performer and not a novelty performer, right? We're not talking about Tom Lehrer, I am assuming? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-23-2006, 09:27 AM	#73
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You would be assuming wrong. I count Tom Lehrer as a fine musician! Elspode is correct...

06-23-2006, 09:45 AM	#74
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Always check IotD -- Lehrer retired from teaching five years ago.

06-23-2006, 10:48 AM	#75
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Crap, I hadn't realized that! I suck. At least you're not telling me he died, I'd be really upset then.

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