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[progdirjim]

a literary theme. each grouping of song(s) suggests an author. Name the author for 5 points. Each clue is also worth a point, so explain how you got the answer. (So question 1 is actually worth 9 points - 5 for the answer, and 1 for the explanation of each clue...) The most points wins...

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark "GOSPEL OF MARK"
Iona - Luke , The Calf "GOSPEL OF LUKE"
Mike Rutherford - Romani "EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS"
Traffic - John Barleycorn "GOSPEL OF JOHN"
NEW TESTAMENT - RICK AND ROLL

2.Heon - The Punishment "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
Porcupine Tree - Idiot Prayer "THE IDIOT"
Salada - Local Do Crime "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY - JAMFORTE

3. Dominic Miller - Otis "THE MILLER'S TALE"
Afterglow - Knight Of The Sun "THE KNIGHT'S TALE"
Leah Waybright - Monkshood "THE MONK'S TALE"
Jane Siberry - Caravan "CANTERBURY"
GEOFFERY CHAUCER - KEITH WAYE

4. Journey - Cookie Duster "THE GRAPES OF WRATH"
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger "EAST OF EDEN"
Marillion - Sugar Mice "OF MICE AND MEN"
JOHN STEINBECK - RICK AND ROLL

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast "DICK"
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale "WHALE"
HERMAN MELVILLE - MOSES

6.Steely Dan - Home At Last "THE ODYSSEY"
HOMER - JAMFORTE

7. Counting Crows - The Rain King "HENDERSON THE RAIN KING"
SAUL BELLOW - JAMFORTE

8. Rush - Losing It "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS"
Galleon - Before The Sunrise "THE SUN ALSO RISES"
ERNEST HEMINGWAY - ZVINKI

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl "LITTLE WOMEN"
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl "LITTLE WOMEN"
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT - MOSES

10. Paranoise - Private Power "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
Brian Eno - Another Green World "GRAHAM GREENE"
Steve Cochrane - To The Glory Of Man "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
GRAHAM GREENE - YESSPAZ

11. my favorite book..."TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE"
ROBERT HEINLEIN - RICK AND ROLL

Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life

JamForte - 21 points
Yesspaz - 12 points
Moses - 14 points
Zvinki - 7 points
Rick - 18 points
Keithie - 9 points
others - 0

[Rick and Roll]

I know as much about literary happenings as the San Diego Chargers know about winning, so I will step aside, and watch the battle rage.............................

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark
Iona - Luke . The Calf
Mike Rutherford - Romani
Traffic John Barleycorn


Wow, what a hard quiz!

John Barleycorn is a book by Jack London, John Barleycorn, or Alcoholic Memoirs. Luke is the Gospel of Luke from the Bible, written by, uh, Luke. Connection? No stinking idea....

[progdirjim]

hard? I was worried they might be too easy. Seems like my last two were easy compared to everyone else's, so I'm glad these are challenging.

You may be a little too literal here Spaz. Be a little looser in your associations and I think you'll guess #1 quickly.

[moses]

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale

This one seems to remind me of Melville. Dear Prudence - Bartleby the Scrivener, and the other two are of course Moby Dick. However, I've only ever read Billy Budd and have only a passing knowledge of the others, so maybe I'm way off.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by moses


This one seems to remind me of Melville. Dear Prudence - Bartleby the Scrivener, and the other two are of course Moby Dick. However, I've only ever read Billy Budd and have only a passing knowledge of the others, so maybe I'm way off.

Melville is correct, as is your reasoning for the second two clues. The first clue is simpler than your guess. 7 points for Moses...

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

4. Journey - Cookie Duster
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger
Marillion - Sugar Mice


Emeril. He writes cookbooks :rolleyes:

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim


Melville is correct, as is your reasoning for the second two clues. The first clue is simpler than your guess. 7 points for Moses...


Maybe Prudence was as big as a whale, and....

:D sorry, I did say I would take a pass on these didn't I?

ps may know the Rush but ............

[zvinki]

8. Rush - Losing It
Galleon - Before The Sunrise


I believe that Ernest Hemingway is the answer to this one.

Rush's Losing It has a line "The bell tolls for thee" in reference to Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

Galleon's Before the Sunrise probably refers to Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"

Did I get one!?!?!!?

[Rick and Roll]

Zvinki got one! Let me get up from the floor!

Could have used "For Whom The Bell Tolls". Hey you snuck Counting Crows in there, so why not?

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by zvinki


I believe that Ernest Hemingway is the answer to this one.

Rush's Losing It has a line "The bell tolls for thee" in reference to Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

Galleon's Before the Sunrise probably refers to Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"

Did I get one!?!?!!?

oui, bien sur!

Hemingway is correct, as is "The Bell Tolls.." and "The Sun Also..."
I don't know if Galleon intended the Hemingway reference with their song, but I did...

[JamForte]

Saul Bellow ...

Henderson the Rain King.

henderson gets at least a direct mention in the lyric of the song. erm maybe that's the inspiration of the song ... but I never read the book.

:D

[JamForte]

something makes me want to put:
Fyodor Dostoevsky .. I guess it's the crime and punishment in the titles of two of the songs.

but I can't figure out the PT reference .. and it's another one I haven't actually read. :(

[JamForte]

it seems that (maybe) Melville was noted for making references to the desirability of prudence....

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
Saul Bellow ...

Henderson the Rain King.

henderson gets at least a direct mention in the lyric of the song. erm maybe that's the inspiration of the song ... but I never read the book.

:D

correct! It's an interesting book, and it is the direct inspiration for the song.

also correct on Dostoyevsky.

[moses]

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
for #9?

[Rick and Roll]

Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love"?

Saw it on the deset island post:)

Doesn't Sting mention Nabokov in the Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me"? I was confused since the Ian Anderson is there twice (although it's probably intentional).

[progdirjim]

No to Emeril (Spaz)
No to Nabokov (for Moses, but good guess)
Yes to Heinlein, from the desert Island post - 6 points for Rick...

Sting does indeed mention Nabokov in "Don't Stand So..." And yes, listing the Ian Anderson song more than once was intentional.

[progdirjim]

on number one, I guess it's more a book I'm asking for than an author.

[JamForte]

can't decide between
William Burroughs (Steely Dan's name) or
Sara Giffin (Home at Last) .. or I'm on the wrong track (quite likely)...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
can't decide between
William Burroughs (Steely Dan's name) or
Sara Giffin (Home at Last) .. or I'm on the wrong track (quite likely)...

wrong on both counts...

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

2.Porcupine Tree - Idiot Prayer


"The Idiot" is a novel by Dosty that is about a wealthy prince who doesn't know the power of money over his soul. He's the ideal philanthropist.

Score 1 for Spaz!

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

10. Paranoise - Private Power
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Steve Cochrane - To The Glory Of Man


Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl


LONG shot, but:

Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon?

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
6.Steely Dan - Home At Last


Katherine Stone?

[progdirjim]

Spaz on a roll...

Yes to the Idiot
Yes to Graham Greene (I thought that might be one of the harder ones)
No to Katherine Stone
No to Daniel Keyes

[JamForte]

O.k. something about the lyric of Home at Last makes me think of The Odyssey ..

So I'm going for Homer.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
O.k. something about the lyric of Home at Last makes me think of The Odyssey ..

So I'm going for Homer.

exactly right. "The danger on the rocks is surely past; still I remain tied to the mast; could it be that I have found my home at last" The song is the Dan's take on "The Odyssey." 6 more points for Jam

[Rick and Roll]

I went to Ian's website and heard his intro, and read the lyrics. I couldn't figure out who the writer is, but I do need a smoke!

He does mention an artist, but it doesn't seem like you want that. Could the mention of the clue twice have something to do with the girl's features? (ok just kidding)

[JamForte]

:p I was gonna say that .. (was also my Sea Of Tranq book)...

Well from memory .. the Kate Bush lyric has enough references to aspects of TEFL that it could have been inspired by it...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by progdirjim

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark
Iona - Luke , The Calf
Mike Rutherford - Romani
Traffic - John Barleycorn

OK, c'mon, this one is easy. Just the book. A VERY famous book.

3. Dominic Miller - Otis
Afterglow - Knight Of The Sun
Leah Waybright - Monkshood
Jane Siberry - Caravan

think old. first three clues reference parts of the book, the fourth hints at part of the title

4. Journey - Cookie Duster
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger
Marillion - Sugar Mice

first clue is tricky. second should give it away.

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl

if you have two little girls, what do you have in a really generic sense?

Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life

OK, you'll probably never guess this one, but I'll leave it without clues in case we need a tiebreaker...

[Rick and Roll]

could # 1 be the Bible?

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
could # 1 be the Bible?

it is indeed, specifically the new testament. Want to explain the clues for the extra points?

[KeithieW]

Chaucer's - Canterbury Tales.

Knight's tale
Monk's tale
Caravan are from Canterbury.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Chaucer's - Canterbury Tales.

Knight's tale
Monk's tale
Caravan are from Canterbury.

correct! there's one more clue you didn't explain - Domininc Miller - Otis...

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim


it is indeed, specifically the new testament. Want to explain the clues for the extra points?

Barleycorn mentions the three wise men (no not Jam Keith and Jim).

Romani - North Star?

other two i'll leave for the buzzards

[JamForte]

buzzards... hm

Luke .. would be oneof the contributors to the New testament..

:D

[Rick and Roll]

East of Eden
Of Mice and Men

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by JamForte
buzzards... hm

Luke .. would be oneof the contributors to the New testament..

:D

I said buzzards, not bastards!:D

[JamForte]

Miller's Tale? .. or was that Procul Harum lyric .. ;)

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark
Iona - Luke , The Calf
Mike Rutherford - Romani
Traffic - John Barleycorn
NEW TESTAMENT - RICK AND ROLL


The Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, and Paul's letter to the Romans.

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim


correct! there's one more clue you didn't explain - Domininc Miller - Otis...

The Miller's Tale

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men

Aww crap. I thought of this the other day, but couldn't think of anything for Cookie Duster, so I skipped it. :(

[JamForte]

do these :
Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life


relate to Q11 .. or are they a spearate book/author?

[Rick and Roll]

please (when you can of course)?

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
buzzards... hm

Luke .. would be oneof the contributors to the New testament..

:D
correct

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men

correct.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
Miller's Tale? .. or was that Procul Harum lyric .. ;)

correct (Miller's Tale)

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


The Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, and Paul's letter to the Romans.

correct.

[progdirjim]

still open -
question 4 clue 1
question 5 clue 1
question 9
tiebreaker (don't answer this yet)

Originally posted by progdirjim

1.Eric Johnson - Trademark "GOSPEL OF MARK"
Iona - Luke , The Calf "GOSPEL OF LUKE"
Mike Rutherford - Romani "EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS"
Traffic - John Barleycorn "GOSPEL OF JOHN"
NEW TESTAMENT - RICK AND ROLL

2.Heon - The Punishment "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
Porcupine Tree - Idiot Prayer "THE IDIOT"
Salada - Local Do Crime "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY - JAMFORTE

3. Dominic Miller - Otis "THE MILLER'S TALE"
Afterglow - Knight Of The Sun "THE KNIGHT'S TALE"
Leah Waybright - Monkshood "THE MONK'S TALE"
Jane Siberry - Caravan "CANTERBURY"
GEOFFERY CHAUCER - KEITH WAYE

4. Journey - Cookie Duster
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger "EAST OF EDEN"
Marillion - Sugar Mice "OF MICE AND MEN"
JOHN STEINBECK - RICK AND ROLL

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast "DICK"
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale "WHALE"
HERMAN MELVILLE - MOSES

6.Steely Dan - Home At Last "THE ODYSSEY"
HOMER - JAMFORTE

7. Counting Crows - The Rain King "HENDERSON THE RAIN KING"
SAUL BELLOW - JAMFORTE

8. Rush - Losing It "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS"
Galleon - Before The Sunrise "THE SUN ALSO RISES"
ERNEST HEMINGWAY - ZVINKI

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl

10. Paranoise - Private Power "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
Brian Eno - Another Green World "GRAHAM GREENE"
Steve Cochrane - To The Glory Of Man "THE POWER & THE GLORY"
GRAHAM GREENE - YESSPAZ

11. my favorite book..."TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE"
ROBERT HEINLEIN - RICK AND ROLL

Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life

JamForte - 21 points
Rick - 18 points
Yesspaz - 12 points
Keithie - 8 points
Moses - 7 points
Zvinki - 7 points
others - 0

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
do these :
Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life


relate to Q11 .. or are they a spearate book/author?

separate author/book/question altogether

[Yesspaz]

I got nothing.

[Rick and Roll]

but i have to be out for a bit:mad:


this is fun!

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by progdirjim
4. Journey - Cookie Duster
East Of Eden - Nymphenburger "EAST OF EDEN"
Marillion - Sugar Mice "OF MICE AND MEN"
JOHN STEINBECK - RICK AND ROLL


contained somewhere in the first clue is a term that is a clue to a Steinbeck novel not yet mentioned. You've heard of the novel.

5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast "DICK"
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale "WHALE"
HERMAN MELVILLE - MOSES


the first clue also references Moby Dick, not one of Melville's other novels.

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl

the repetition is intentional. female author.

[KeithieW]

Journey - Cookie Duster (The Grapes of wrath)

[moses]

9. Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl
Ian Anderson - The Little Flower Girl

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

[Rick and Roll]

It seems obvious now....

I can't get the Prudence one.....looks like the Jam man is the one..

nice quiz!

[JamForte]

think rick...... think .. please ... ;)
short on time for quizzie-writing at the mo.. :rolleyes:

great quiz Jim ....

[Rick and Roll]

I'm officially shut out....if it's a week gap, I'm sure no one will mind!

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Journey - Cookie Duster (The Grapes of wrath)

that's it. coOKIE - the Joad family and the real life folks like them were referred to as Okies, being from Oklahoma. Not to mention they took a JOURNEY, and the DUST bowl... this was probably the hardest clue, which was why I threw in the "East of Eden" near-freebie in there...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by moses


Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

yep!

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by progdirjim
5.Beatles - Dear Prudence
Richard Leo Johnson - Heart Of The Beast "DICK"
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale "WHALE"
HERMAN MELVILLE - MOSES

Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life

JamForte - 21 points
Rick - 18 points
Moses - 14 points
Yesspaz - 12 points
Keithie - 9 points
Zvinki - 7 points


With only one point left, JamForte is the winner. While we're waiting for Jam to come up with a quiz, here's some clues for the remaining clue and the not needed tiebreaker:

for the Moby Dick clue, I could substitute: Beatles - Back In The USSR, and the answer is the same.

for the tiebreaker, the author is a male from the US, still writing. The first clue contains a word in common with one of his titles; the second clue you may need to look at the album to get the clue pointing to a different tile; and the third and fourth clues each contain one word from a third title.

that should make it fairly easy...

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
Tiebreaker if needed:
Yanni - Within Attraction
Godspeed YBE - Static (etc etc)
Curlew - Still
Kate Bush - The Jig Of Life


Tom Robbins

Godspeed's Static is from Life Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, = Skinny Legs and All

Curlew and Kate Bush = Still Life with Woodpecker

Yanni = Another Roadside Attraction

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim

for the Moby Dick clue, I could substitute: Beatles - Back In The USSR, and the answer is the same.


Well, I was thinking the USS from USSR is a reference to the boat, but the boat's name is the Pequod...

No idea.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


Tom Robbins

Godspeed's Static is from Life Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, = Skinny Legs and All

Curlew and Kate Bush = Still Life with Woodpecker

Yanni = Another Roadside Attraction

bingo!

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


Well, I was thinking the USS from USSR is a reference to the boat, but the boat's name is the Pequod...

No idea.

maybe I can make it more obvious.

Beatles - Dear Prudence
Beatles - Back In The USSR
Beatles - Revolution 9
Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

all would be the exact same clue. this clue is in reference to Moby Dick, in addition to "DICK" and "WHALE"

:D

[progdirjim]

oh yeah, before this quiz morphed into a literary exercise, I was thinking Hollywood. So, just for giggles, while we're waiting for Jam, who is suggested by the following grouping of songs?

Jon and Vangelis - Italian Song
Gordon Giltrap - Awakening
Moody Blues - The Actor

Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Ambrosia - Cowboy Star
Castanarc - Journey To The East

Trace - Penny
Steve Adams - Tapped
Poor Genetic Material - Shooting Psycho

As you can see, since I read more than I watch TV/movies, I was able to come up with more interesting questions with books.

[JamForte]

They are all from the white album...

white? .. hm thought that was sharks...

white whale.. of course...

ah...

it will take me a few days - I need to think of a theme first..

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
oh yeah, before this quiz morphed into a literary exercise, I was thinking Hollywood. So, just for giggles, while we're waiting for Jam, who is suggested by the following grouping of songs?

Jon and Vangelis - Italian Song
Gordon Giltrap - Awakening
Moody Blues - The Actor

Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Ambrosia - Cowboy Star
Castanarc - Journey To The East

Trace - Penny
Steve Adams - Tapped
Poor Genetic Material - Shooting Psycho

As you can see, since I read more than I watch TV/movies, I was able to come up with more interesting questions with books.

Robert DeNiro
Clint Eastwood
Alfred Hitchcock?

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by JamForte
They are all from the white album...

white? .. hm thought that was sharks...

white whale.. of course...

ah...

it will take me a few days - I need to think of a theme first..

white whale is what I was thinking - we're looking forward to your question Jam...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


Robert DeNiro
Clint Eastwood
Alfred Hitchcock?

exactly! For Hitchcock - the Trace song is from an album titled "Birds", and the Steve Adams is from the album "Vertigo"


thanks for playing, you've all been lovely contestants...