Music Trivia Thanksgiving
A special quiz for turkey day
Alice’s Restaurant
1. How many “eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each” were taken?
2. What was the color of the VW microbus?
3. In which town was the crime committed?
4. How far away is the railroad track from the Restaurant?
5. Who does Alice live with?
6. What is the name of the police officer in the town featured in the song
7. Why didn’t the judge look at the Colored Glossy Photographs?
8. What was the song about really?
9. What did he tell the psychiatrist he wanted to do?
10.To which bench was he sent?
11. On the back of the form he had to fill out, what did it ask if he had been?
12. When he protested the allegation that he was not moral enough to “join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein’ a litterbug“, what did the sergeant say he’d do?
13. What did Arlo call the chorus ?
14.And what do you have to do to join?
15.How long did he say he’d been singing this song?
16. What should you, or a friend do if you find yourselves in a similar situation?
17.How was Arlo identified as the litterer?
18.Under how much garbage did they find it?
19. What can’t you get at the restaurant?
20.Since it was the biggest crime of the last 50 years, how many police officers and police cars were at the scene.
Extra 5 points. What year did the story happen? (hint) it was 2 years before the recording.
20 + 5 extra points Extra 10 if you sweep.
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:24 am
Oh my…good one J…
1: 27
4: 1/2 a mile
6: Obi (Ben? Ben Kenobi?)
7: Because he was blind.
8: The draft
9: Kill
11: Rehabilitated
16: Sing Alice’s Restaurant. In harmony. With feeling.
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:01 am
Good start. Izz. 8 points to you. I’m not taking off for spelling(6). (11) I’ll give you a point,To others I want the whole question on the back page, in the middle of the back page, away from everything else on the back page. where it said “KID,……….” (16) you forgot 1 step.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Here’s a stab at it:
2: red, white, blue, green, and yellow
5: Ray
10: Group W
11: Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?
13: Alice’s Restaurant Massacre Movement
14: Join right in, stand right up
16: Sing a couple of bars of Alice’s Restaurant
17: letter at the bottom of his pile of litter
18: a ton
19: Alice
20: 4247
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pm
2. red
3. Stockbridge, MA
5. her husband Ray
6. Obie
10. the group W bench
11. “Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself ?”
12. send Arlo’s fingerprints off to Washington
13. The Alice’s Restaurant Massacree Movement
14. sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar
15. 25 minutes
16. walk right into the army psychiatrist’s office and sing, “You can get anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant ” and walk out
17. they found his name on an envelope at the bottom of…
18. …half a ton of garbage
19. Alice
20. 5 police officers and 3 police cars
bonus 1965
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
OOO ! Jek beat me by 4 minutes.
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:25 am
Thanx to Izzard, Jek, And Rtg For participating. After careful reviews I’m gonna award the points as follows. (Also since it appears that Jek and Rtg were typing at the same time) They can split some points.
Here are the actual answers:
1.27
2.Red
3.Stockbridge
4.1/2 Mile
5.Her husband Ray and Fascha the dog.
6.Officer Obie
7.Because he was blind.(It was a case of American blind justice)
8.He came to talk about the draft.
9.Shrink, I wanna Kill, Kill KILL, KILL.
10.The Group W bench.
11.Kid, Have you rehabilitated yourself?
12.I’m gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington.
13.The Alice’s restaurant Anti-Massacre of movement.
14.All you got to do to join is to sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar. (With Feeling)
15.25 minutes I’m not proud, or tired.
16.Walk in sing “you can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant” and walk out.
17. They found his name on a envelope under a…
18. A half of ton of garbage.
19.Alice.
20.5 police officers and 3 police cars.
EC: 1965
Izzard:7 Pts. Jek: (I’m gonna give you #1 cause you typed the right one first, And you split 1/2 point for #5)4.5 pts. Randalf the Grey:12.5 (1/2 point for #5 also. 1/2 pt for #14 cause you forgot “With Feeling“)+ 5 bonus.17.5 Pts
November 26th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
This is one of those topics that make me wonder if I’m on the same planet as the rest of you :).
November 26th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Greetings from planet Implements Of Destruction:
J.J., I think you have a counting problem. In Comment #2, you gave Izzard 8 points, but only 7 in Comment #6.
Also, are we (RTG and myself) also splitting points for #2, #10, #11, #13, #17, and #19 (in addition to your mentioned #5)?? If so, that makes me 3.5 points and RTG 10 points + bonus (15 points).
November 27th, 2007 at 6:23 am
I will loan J.J. a calculator and enroll him in a memory course…. I’m not sure if that’ll do it, but, it never “hurts to help” (Eek the Cat)…..
November 30th, 2007 at 11:32 am
You guys spect me to figure all this out? Whadda wand for nuthin, a rrrrrrrruuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbber Biscuit? I’ll Get back to ya later.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Ok Here we go, hang on it’s gonna get
bumpy
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Izzard: 8 points, because of the wording question 11. I also gave RtG and Jek points because they gave me the actual line from the song.I at second had taken off for not doing so but after careful re consideration…
Point conceded to Jek.
RtG-Jek: Lets go 1by1. Split/both get the point. #2, #10,#11,#17,#19. 1 point each awarded to both of you.
#13 no one gave the FULL name, look at the answer at what is in BOLD. You both failed to put this word in and it is a VERY integral part of the name of the song.
As for #5 you both gave only part of the answer hence 1/2 point each.
The other 1/2 point was to RtG for giving most of the answer for#14 but leaving out the last 2 words hence 1/2 point ( I could have went .75)
Jek, Guessed #s 2,10,11,17,19 correctly and #5 half right. That adds up to 5.5 in my math book.
RtG Guessed #s 2,3,6,10,11,12,15,16,17,18,19,20. Right and #s 5 and14 were half right. That adds up to 13. plus the extra Credit 5 equals 18 points in my math book.
I stand by these numbers and have certified them with the accounting firm of Dewey, Cheatum, And Howe.
I hope this clears up any understanding you may have had up to this point, I am throughly confused now and will try to re enter these numbers into my quiz database and watch it blow it’s mud.