Big Boston Quiz #4
Yes, I know, the Big Boston Quiz is significantly delayed this week. I'm sorry about that. You know how it goes sometimes. So, because of my lateness, this week's entries will be accepted until this Friday, July 21 at 5 pm EDT. This week's quiz is about Boston musical groups. Instructions are below.
Last week's quiz was much harder, at least according to those who played. It didn't stop them from doing very well, however. Here are the up-to-the-moment standings:
+Steve Smyth--26 points (Steve, I gave you only one point for your sentence because you actually wrote two.)
+Sue Pelletier--19 points (Sue, great job! You're closing the gap.)
+Kimberly Mosely-10 points (I gave you an additional point because I made a mistake that penalized you!)
There is still time to join in the quiz...bonus points have magical qualities! You never know when they will show up. Remember that responses to this week's quiz are due on Friday, July 21 at 5 pm EDT. Please send them to bigbostonquiz@gmail.com as well as any questions you may have. The basic information you need to know about The Big Boston Quiz plus last week's questions and answers can be found by clicking the Continue link below this week's questions.
Okay, as I wrote above, Boston musical groups are the subject of this week's quiz. Each of the groups in question has a connection to the city. These items are phrased in Jeopardy format, so please put your responses into the form of a question. Each response is worth two points. The "final Jeopardy" item, which is worth five all-or-nothing bonus points, is below:
BIG BOSTON QUIZ #4 (worth ten points, plus a five point bonus question)
1. Radio stations were advised not to play one of this group's 1976 songs in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.
2. This group had a song famously used in the 1982 movie classic, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
3. This Boston band had to wait for milk to sit perfectly still in a snare drum for a key shot in one of its music videos.
4. Popular ska band that made its recorded debut in 1985 with a contribution to the Mash It Up compilation album.
5. This band is a four-time Grammy Award winner, but none of its members are actually from Boston.
BONUS QUESTION: Name all of the songs referenced in one way or another in this quiz. (HINT: 8 songs in total and remember it is all or nothing!)
BIG BOSTON QUIZ INFORMATION
1. Every Monday through Monday, August 14, we will be posting Boston-related trivia questions here on the blog.
2. Submit your responses to bigbostonquiz@gmail.com by Thursday at 2 pm EDT each week. (Exceptions may be made depending on scheduling issues.) Correct answers to the previous week's quiz will be posted with each new quiz.
3. We will track your progress over the next 8 weeks and announce our Supreme Boston Trivia Guru on Tuesday, August 15. The winner, plus two runners-up, will receive lovely prizes.
4. ASAE & The Center staff and Boston Bloggers are not eligible to win prizes, although you're more than welcome to play for your own edification. More relevant details in the weeks ahead.
Here are the answers to Big Boston Quiz #3: Boston Accent (a maximum of 12 points available, including a total of two bonus points)
1. lsla--alls (all that)
2. iusohte--Southie (South Boston or someone from there)
3. aisps--pissa (cool or good)
4. wdhcaho--chowdah (Clam Chowder)
5. itnoc--tonic (soft drink)
6. ttiesa--Statie (a state trooper or policeman)
7. wxsa--Saxw (The Red Sox)
8. krchi hvacu--Chuck Rivah (The Charles River)
9. dlol nwehas--down sellah (basement)
10. sb dnaoro--Da Broons (The Bruins)
BONUS: For one bonus point, put at least SIX of these terms into one really long and funny sentence. Include ALL OF THEM in a single, reasonably intelligible (and long) sentence and receive both bonus points.
Here are the fantastic sentences we received:
Alls I’m sayin’, I was down sellah in my house in Southie, lookin’ for a case of tonic to go with the chowdah we were havin’ for suppah before headin’ to da Broons game, when I tripped over a paira Sawx tickets I thought I’d dropped in the Chuck Rivah afta that statie pulled me ovah last summah and made me get outta the cah—ain’t that a pissa?
Alls I know, the last time I crossed Chuck Rivah to meet a southie for some pissa chowdah and tonics, a statie sent us down sellah to watch da Broons when he wanted to see the Sox on the bah’s TV. Wicked pissa chowdah though.
After watching da broons take a pissa of a beating, I stopped at a spa in southie. I sat by the chuck rivah to have a grinder with chowdah and a tonic. Thats Alls I know.