Post by jamesjesusangleton on Mar 11, 2020 10:27:32 GMT -5
Might interest some of you. These were the questions (minus the picture round) from Sunday's event.
ROUND ONE
Extra-curricular activities
1/ Which member of the Hold Steady has a song named after them on Russian Girlfriends’ 2015 album, All Around?
2/ Bobby Drake appears briefly in the 1998 documentary Instrument about which band?
3/ Tad and Franz contributed additional instrumentation to which Philadelphia punk band's second record?
4/ Which member of The Hold Steady’s first recording credit is on an album called Twice Told Tales?
5/ Craig appears in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene in which movie about CIA misbehaviour?
6/ Before The Hold Steady, Galen and original drummer Judd Counsel played together in which band?
ROUND TWO
Connections
7/ She’s Got Legs into Ain’t Too Proud to Beg into something by the Dixie Dregs. Take It Off the Top by Dixie Dregs was the theme to which long running and legendary Radio 1 show
8/ “I know bodies of water freeze over / I’m from a place with lots of lakes,” Craig sings in Soft in the Center. How many miles of lake shoreline are there in Minnesota. You will be allowed within 1000 miles of the precise figure.
9/ In Ascension Blues, Craig sings: “It came to me on television / Richard Gere in Days of Heaven”. Who directed Days of Heaven?
10/ They got some new guy who looks just like Phil Lynott. What was Phil Lynott’s final UK hit single?
11/ In what decade did Vicente Ybor buy the land on which Ybor City was built?
12/ You’re all familiar with escapades of Charlemagne in Hold Steady mythology. But on Christmas Day of which year was the original Charlemage crowned Holy Roman Emperor? You can have 10 years either way.
ROUND THREE
Personal files
13/ Who is the youngest member of The Hold Steady?
14/ Steve Selvidge’s dad Sid was a noted Memphis musician. Which legendary photographer took the shot that appeared on the cover of his 1975 album The Cold of the Morning?
15/ Craig grew up in Edina. Which Edina institution is referred to in the title of Hornets! Hornets!
16/ Bobby is a part-owner of which bar on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint?
17/ And at which bar did Galen work in the early years of The Hold Steady?
18/ As a child, Tad lived opposite the family of the manager of which band, who proved to be inspirational to him (and who are mentioned in Hold Steady lyrics)?
ROUND FOUR
Completely trivial
19/ Name two of the three bands who are referenced in the lyrics of "Denver Haircut"
20/ In which city did the band debut the current lineup?
21/ Craig was in the audience for the recording of which legendary hardcore live album?
22/ Who has the bigger pedalboard, Tad or Steve?
23/ What song did The Hold Steady cover on their first 7”?
24/ The most streamed Hold Steady song on Spotify is Stuck Between Stations. What’s No 2?
ROUND SIX
Lyrics
I’m going to read out a selection of song lyrics. The catch is, they aren’t Hold Steady lyrics. They’re from songs mentioned in Hold Steady lyrics. You have to name the original song and artist, and the Hold Steady song it is mentioned in.
25/ They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun
26/ G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
27/ Tie a blindfold all around your head
Spin you round in the torture before the dread
And then you're pushed and shoved into every corner
Then they lead you out into the final slaughter
28/ Then I put the letter back
In the place where it was found
In the pocket of a jacket
On a train in town
29/ I had four dead inside of me
Just to hear this jackass sing his line about
How he used to hang out somewhere "back in the day"
Knowing terms only that an asshole would say
30/ When she comes downtown the boys all stop and stare
When she comes downtown she walks like she just don't care
Yeah
ROUND ONE
Extra-curricular activities
1/ Which member of the Hold Steady has a song named after them on Russian Girlfriends’ 2015 album, All Around?
2/ Bobby Drake appears briefly in the 1998 documentary Instrument about which band?
3/ Tad and Franz contributed additional instrumentation to which Philadelphia punk band's second record?
4/ Which member of The Hold Steady’s first recording credit is on an album called Twice Told Tales?
5/ Craig appears in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene in which movie about CIA misbehaviour?
6/ Before The Hold Steady, Galen and original drummer Judd Counsel played together in which band?
ROUND TWO
Connections
7/ She’s Got Legs into Ain’t Too Proud to Beg into something by the Dixie Dregs. Take It Off the Top by Dixie Dregs was the theme to which long running and legendary Radio 1 show
8/ “I know bodies of water freeze over / I’m from a place with lots of lakes,” Craig sings in Soft in the Center. How many miles of lake shoreline are there in Minnesota. You will be allowed within 1000 miles of the precise figure.
9/ In Ascension Blues, Craig sings: “It came to me on television / Richard Gere in Days of Heaven”. Who directed Days of Heaven?
10/ They got some new guy who looks just like Phil Lynott. What was Phil Lynott’s final UK hit single?
11/ In what decade did Vicente Ybor buy the land on which Ybor City was built?
12/ You’re all familiar with escapades of Charlemagne in Hold Steady mythology. But on Christmas Day of which year was the original Charlemage crowned Holy Roman Emperor? You can have 10 years either way.
ROUND THREE
Personal files
13/ Who is the youngest member of The Hold Steady?
14/ Steve Selvidge’s dad Sid was a noted Memphis musician. Which legendary photographer took the shot that appeared on the cover of his 1975 album The Cold of the Morning?
15/ Craig grew up in Edina. Which Edina institution is referred to in the title of Hornets! Hornets!
16/ Bobby is a part-owner of which bar on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint?
17/ And at which bar did Galen work in the early years of The Hold Steady?
18/ As a child, Tad lived opposite the family of the manager of which band, who proved to be inspirational to him (and who are mentioned in Hold Steady lyrics)?
ROUND FOUR
Completely trivial
19/ Name two of the three bands who are referenced in the lyrics of "Denver Haircut"
20/ In which city did the band debut the current lineup?
21/ Craig was in the audience for the recording of which legendary hardcore live album?
22/ Who has the bigger pedalboard, Tad or Steve?
23/ What song did The Hold Steady cover on their first 7”?
24/ The most streamed Hold Steady song on Spotify is Stuck Between Stations. What’s No 2?
ROUND SIX
Lyrics
I’m going to read out a selection of song lyrics. The catch is, they aren’t Hold Steady lyrics. They’re from songs mentioned in Hold Steady lyrics. You have to name the original song and artist, and the Hold Steady song it is mentioned in.
25/ They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun
26/ G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
27/ Tie a blindfold all around your head
Spin you round in the torture before the dread
And then you're pushed and shoved into every corner
Then they lead you out into the final slaughter
28/ Then I put the letter back
In the place where it was found
In the pocket of a jacket
On a train in town
29/ I had four dead inside of me
Just to hear this jackass sing his line about
How he used to hang out somewhere "back in the day"
Knowing terms only that an asshole would say
30/ When she comes downtown the boys all stop and stare
When she comes downtown she walks like she just don't care
Yeah
