Cool (to use the appropriate vernacular) Quiz.

[MartinLiss]

Take the quiz and see how you score as a true ''Oldies Fan.''
Write down your answers and check them against the answers at the end.
(Answers here.). I missed 1, #17.

Don't cheat, now !
1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones

3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm

4. ''I found my thrill .. . ..'' where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill

5. ''Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,'':
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover

6.. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun

7. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown

8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara

9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?
(a) Dick Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando

12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello

13. The Everly Brothers are . . ....
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown

16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''. What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood

18. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows

19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met

20. Chuck Berry sang ''Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?''
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
21. ''Wooly _______''
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully

22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat . . . .."
(a) can't go into town no more
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin' in a seafood store

23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . .. . ..''
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise

24. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is . . . . . .''
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jack ie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle



25. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''
(a) she's got the rabies
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe

26.. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing ....''
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you

27. ''He wore black denim trousers and . . .''
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots

28. ''I got a gal named . . .''
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney

[abhijit]

I got just 2 right.

#4. Cos of Neil Gaiman's book.
#5. Cos it rhymes.

I am obviously not the person to call if you are on a game show.

[baja_yu]

I got just 2 right.

You had to have gotten #3 right. Didn't you watch Back To The Future? The band at the school dance played Earth Angel (by The Penguins) before Marty started soloing Johnny B Goode.

I got somewhere between a half and two thirds right.

[Hack]

I missed 8, 16 and 25

I could have sworn Edd Bynes was Mingo on Daniel Boone, but then I realized I was thinking about Ed Ames.

[abhijit]

You had to have gotten #3 right. Didn't you watch Back To The Future? The band at the school dance played Earth Angel (by The Penguins) before Marty started soloing Johnny B Goode.

I got somewhere between a half and two thirds right.

I do remember that movie, obviously not as well as you do.

[kfcSmitty]

I got 3, 5 and 23. I didn't bother guessing on any of the ones I didn't know.

[wossname]

What's a vernacular and where can I get one?

[MartinLiss]

What's a vernacular and where can I get one?

Sorry if you don't get this but it's a version of an ophthalmic solution used to treat itchy eyes in the southern US.

[abhijit]

What's a vernacular and where can I get one?

Start here:

ver·nac·u·lar   
[ver-nak-yuh-ler, vuh-nak-] –adjective
1. (of language) native or indigenous ( opposed to literary or learned).
2. expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works: a vernacular poem.
3. using such a language: a vernacular speaker.
4. of or pertaining to such a language.
5. using plain, everyday, ordinary language.
6. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular.
7. noting or pertaining to the common name for a plant or animal.
8. Obsolete . (of a disease) endemic.
–noun
9. the native speech or language of a place.
10. the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession.
11. a vernacular word or expression.
12. the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people.
13. the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished from its Latin scientific name.
14. a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
15. any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles.

[MartinLiss]

Start here:

Sorry for the confusion:
Vern - A popular name in the southern US states (sometimes used pejoratively)
Acular - Brand name for Ketorolac ophthalmic solution used to treat itchy eyes caused by allergies

[demotivater]

5 wrong, though several that I got right were just guesses. I'm not sure if I'm happy about that, I'm not old, I swear!

Chuck Berry still plays monthly(ish) here in St. Louis.

[MartinLiss]

5 wrong, though several that I got right were just guesses. I'm not sure if I'm happy about that, I'm not old, I swear!

Chuck Berry still plays monthly(ish) here in St. Louis.

At 84 he must really rock!