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Dave2006

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Looks like someone's specialist subject tomorrow night is The Smiths http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vt79m.mp

Not sure if it is a repeat (don't think so).

BBC2 8pm Friday.

Let's see who gets a better score than the contestant

Dave
 
Dave2006 said:
Looks like someone's specialist subject tomorrow night is The Smiths http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vt79m.mp

Not sure if it is a repeat (don't think so).

BBC2 8pm Friday.

Let's see who gets a better score than the contestant

Dave
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Thank you very much for the heads-up, Dave.

It's over 5 years Uncleskinny appeared on the show, would be interesting to watch someone else takes the challenge (but I'm going to Oxford to see Edwyn Collins, will watch it on iPlayer).
 
A mate brought it to my attention last night - he thought I might have applied...

I fear I'd challenge this bloke for the worst ever score

Humphreys: "What is the name of the drummer in The Smiths?"

Me: "Erm.... erm... Yootha Joyce"

etc...

Dave
 
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Still waiting for the tape to convert to Dvd and put up on youtube Skinny!
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I know. Me dad's got it somewhere. I'd like to think of that appearance as a bit of trailblazing, as the first contestant to answer on 'pop' bands. I'll ask him again.

P.
 
Uncleskinny said:
I know. Me dad's got it somewhere. I'd like to think of that appearance as a bit of trailblazing, as the first contestant to answer on 'pop' bands. I'll ask him again.

P.
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I recall someone doing it on the Sex Pistols..... was that not before your splendid appearence?
 
Wonder if they'll ask a question about where The Smiths first gig was in the States;)
 
Oooh, just got one wrong, the Chicory Tip one. I'll transcribe the questions and get them up shortly.

P.
 
Uncleskinny said:
Oooh, just got one wrong, the Chicory Tip one. I'll transcribe the questions and get them up shortly.

P.
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I got two wrong....the Chicory Tip song (which lets face it is hardly a Smiths question) and the hearing aid one.

I was helped in the question about the restaurant that Johnny told the band he was leaving as I bought Jukebox Jury's calendar the other year and it had a picture of Geals Restuarant in Notting Hill as one of the months:cool:
 
Hold on, didn't John Harrumphries get one answer wrong there? The answer to the question what object were Stamp and Morrissey holding on the sleeve of 'What Difference Does It make?' was given as a glass of milk. The correct answer should have been Stamp holds a chloroform pad, Moz holds a glass of milk.
Amateurs!
 
Mastermind - Friday 5th November 2010
Contender - Stephen Gault, Student.

1) Q: Which drummer recorded a two-track demo tape with Morrissey and Johhny Marr before Mike Joyce was recruited in 1982?
A: Simon Wolstencroft.
Contender answered - "Simon Wolstencroft".

2) Q: What's the name of the musician and producer who was asked to re-record the band's Tate sessions prior to the release of their debut album?
A: John Porter.
Contender answered - "John Porter".

3) Q: Which group supported The Smiths on the British leg of their Meat Is Murder tour in 1985?
A: James.
Contender answered - "James".

4) Q: Their first manager, Joe Moss, who had no previous experience in the music industry was the owner of which chain of boutiques before he took the band on?
A: Crazy Face.
Contender Answered - "Crazy Face".

5) Q: In the song What She Said, it took a tattooed boy from which town to really, really open her eyes?
A: Birkenhead.
Contender answered - "Birkenhead".

6) Q: In the spring of 1986 Morrissey and Marr drove 250 miles to buy which single by Chicory Tip?
A: Good Grief Christina.
Contender passed.

7) Q: The fake hearing aid first sported by Morrissey on Top Of The Pops in January '84 is sometimes said to be a homage to which American singer?
A: Johhny Ray.
Contender passed.

8) Q: The backing vocals on Bigmouth Strikes Again are humorously credited to which fictitious guest vocalist?
A: Ann Coates.
Contender answered - "Ann Coates".

9) Q: In a rare alternatve cover for What Difference Does It Make, Morrissey stands in for Terence Stamp; what does Morrissey and later Stamp hold in his left hand?
A: A glass of milk (contentious!)
Contender answered - "A glass of milk".

10) Q: At which studios in Bath did the band record their final studio album Strangeways, Here We Come?
A: The Wool Hall.
Contender passed.

11) Q: Morrissey once said that his favourite lyric was "The (sic) story is old, I know, but it goes on"; in which Smiths single does this line appear?
A: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.
Contender answered - "Well I Wonder".

12) Q: Which Oscar Wilde quote was etched in the vinyl run-out grooves of Bigmouth Stikes Again?
A: Talent borrows, genius steals.
Contender answered - "Talent borrows, genius steals".

13) Q: During an emergency meeting in May '87, Marr announced his fears about the future direction of The Smiths, and is believed to have said "The quiffs have got to go". At which restaurant in Notting Hill did this meeting take place?
A: Geales (Fish Restaurant).
Contender passed.

14) Q: While performing William, It Was Really Nothing on Top Of The Pops in 1984, Morrissey tore open his shirt to reveal what words, written on his chest?
A: "Marry Me".
Contender answered - "Marry Me".

Score for the round - 8 points (out of 14)
 
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He'd have had a chance if he he'd answered a bit quicker and not nearly started crying in the general knowledge.
 
I've been doing the Wythenshaw Waltz and watching the fireworks in the park. Just got back and watched it on iplayer.

I got the first one wrong - I know it's Wolstencroft but my first answer was Dale Hibbert. Schoolboy error.

And I had no idea about the Chickory Tip question. But, come on, 250 miles for this crap?


I got 8 of his general knowledge questions as well - so, in theory, 20 points - at least I wouldn't have been last.

Dave
 
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