ELO Christmas Challenge 2021
Dec 1, 2021 9:57:37 GMT
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 1, 2021 9:57:37 GMT
Happy Christmas, and welcome all forumheads, to the ELO Christmas Challenge 2021.
This year vlogdance is taking a well earned rest from running the challenge so I’ve stepped in and have prepared some ELO related questions for you all.
As I’ve found most of the question information by internet searching I would ask you all please not to search for the answers, if you don’t know make a calculated guess, this then makes it fairer for everyone.
The points for a correct answer are detailed in the questions, a maximum of 30 points are available. Send me your answers via Private Message by December 20th.
Once I’m back from the pub everyone's score will be calculated and the winner announced, I will award gold, silver and bronze medals to the winner, runner-up and second runner-up.
Good luck, everyone.
ELO Christmas Challenge
1) ELO 2 has on it the track From the Sun to the World, this is timed at 8 mins 20 seconds. Why is that time relevant to the naming of the track? (One Point)
2) Everyone loves Rosie Vela but how tall is she?
i) 5ft 9.5” (1.77m) ii) 5ft 8.5” (1.74m) iii) 6ft (1.83m) iv) 6ft 1” (1.85m) (One point)
3) Sadly Mike Edwards was killed by a hay bale in 2010, can you answer the following regarding this accident.
How old was Mike when he died? i) 60 ii) 65 iii) 68 iv) 62 years old. (One point)
In what English County did the accident happen? i) Devon ii) West Midlands iii) Cornwall iv) Yorkshire (One point)
4) Discovery was number one on the U.K. album charts for how many weeks? (One point)
5) In 2017 Chereene Allen had a part in a movie, I know how did we miss this. She played a character called Lara, what was the name of the movie?
i) Fiddler on the Roof ii) The Red Violin iii) Provenance iv) Xanadu (The Remake) (One point)
6) What is the connection between Wilf Gibson and Toyah Wilcox? (One point)
7) Horace Wimp has just given you a guided tour of the important statues from the Industrial Revolution, you are relaxing with a cup of tea at Chez Wimp when Horace says he will drive you to Jeff’s old house in Shard End, how far is it from Horace’s house to Shard End Crescent?
i) 2.7 miles ii) 4.7 miles iii) 7.7 miles iv) 9.7 miles (One point)
8) How much did Jeff’s dad have to pay to purchase the first guitar for his son?
i) £1 ii) £2 iii) £5 iv) £10 (One point)
9) Can you name the band Mik Kaminiski and Kelly Groucutt formed in the late 1980s? (One point)
10) Bev and Jasper Carrott have been friends since the Jurassic period, what was the name of the store they worked in together when they left school.
i) The Beehive ii) Woolworths iii) The Wasps Nest iv) Sainsburys (One point)
11) What was the first ELO 7” single purchased by both Timeblue and Horacewimp ? (One point)
12) What is the name of the street in Birmingham that appears on the cover of Jeff’s Long Wave album?
i) New Street ii) Corporation Street iii) Shard End Crescent iv) Sherborne Street (One point)
13) The band in there early days appeared on Top of the Pops a number of times but can you answer the following.
What was the last song played (mimed) when the band appeared on the program? (One point)
What was the last promo video played on the show and in what year (this is later than you probably think) (Two points)
14) What part of the U.K. does Richard Tandy live in?
i) England ii) Scotland iii) Northern Ireland iv) Wales (One point)
15) Name four record labels Jeff has been associated with? (Four points)
16) Mik while studying at Leeds School of Music founded a band, what was it called?
i) Cat ii) Cow iii) Crow iv) Cabbage (One point)
17) Which of the following years is the date for ELOs 50th anniversary?
i) 2020 ii) 2021 iii) 2022 iv) Who knows it could be any of these (One point)
18) You find yourself in Ohio and BSJ pulls up in her car and offers you lift. You accept and the music playing in the car is the album which is always in her cars CD player, which ELO album is this?
i) On The Third Day ii) A New World Record iii) Ole ELO iv) Eldorado (One point)
19) Can you name the following:
Any single released in the U.K. but not in the USA (One point)
Any single released in the USA but not in the U.K. ( One point)
20) And finally, the B side of the 12” Single Getting To The Point has on it a ELO Megamix, can you name four of the nine tracks which feature on the Megamix? (Four points)
This year vlogdance is taking a well earned rest from running the challenge so I’ve stepped in and have prepared some ELO related questions for you all.
As I’ve found most of the question information by internet searching I would ask you all please not to search for the answers, if you don’t know make a calculated guess, this then makes it fairer for everyone.
The points for a correct answer are detailed in the questions, a maximum of 30 points are available. Send me your answers via Private Message by December 20th.
Once I’m back from the pub everyone's score will be calculated and the winner announced, I will award gold, silver and bronze medals to the winner, runner-up and second runner-up.
Good luck, everyone.
ELO Christmas Challenge
1) ELO 2 has on it the track From the Sun to the World, this is timed at 8 mins 20 seconds. Why is that time relevant to the naming of the track? (One Point)
2) Everyone loves Rosie Vela but how tall is she?
i) 5ft 9.5” (1.77m) ii) 5ft 8.5” (1.74m) iii) 6ft (1.83m) iv) 6ft 1” (1.85m) (One point)
3) Sadly Mike Edwards was killed by a hay bale in 2010, can you answer the following regarding this accident.
How old was Mike when he died? i) 60 ii) 65 iii) 68 iv) 62 years old. (One point)
In what English County did the accident happen? i) Devon ii) West Midlands iii) Cornwall iv) Yorkshire (One point)
4) Discovery was number one on the U.K. album charts for how many weeks? (One point)
5) In 2017 Chereene Allen had a part in a movie, I know how did we miss this. She played a character called Lara, what was the name of the movie?
i) Fiddler on the Roof ii) The Red Violin iii) Provenance iv) Xanadu (The Remake) (One point)
6) What is the connection between Wilf Gibson and Toyah Wilcox? (One point)
7) Horace Wimp has just given you a guided tour of the important statues from the Industrial Revolution, you are relaxing with a cup of tea at Chez Wimp when Horace says he will drive you to Jeff’s old house in Shard End, how far is it from Horace’s house to Shard End Crescent?
i) 2.7 miles ii) 4.7 miles iii) 7.7 miles iv) 9.7 miles (One point)
8) How much did Jeff’s dad have to pay to purchase the first guitar for his son?
i) £1 ii) £2 iii) £5 iv) £10 (One point)
9) Can you name the band Mik Kaminiski and Kelly Groucutt formed in the late 1980s? (One point)
10) Bev and Jasper Carrott have been friends since the Jurassic period, what was the name of the store they worked in together when they left school.
i) The Beehive ii) Woolworths iii) The Wasps Nest iv) Sainsburys (One point)
11) What was the first ELO 7” single purchased by both Timeblue and Horacewimp ? (One point)
12) What is the name of the street in Birmingham that appears on the cover of Jeff’s Long Wave album?
i) New Street ii) Corporation Street iii) Shard End Crescent iv) Sherborne Street (One point)
13) The band in there early days appeared on Top of the Pops a number of times but can you answer the following.
What was the last song played (mimed) when the band appeared on the program? (One point)
What was the last promo video played on the show and in what year (this is later than you probably think) (Two points)
14) What part of the U.K. does Richard Tandy live in?
i) England ii) Scotland iii) Northern Ireland iv) Wales (One point)
15) Name four record labels Jeff has been associated with? (Four points)
16) Mik while studying at Leeds School of Music founded a band, what was it called?
i) Cat ii) Cow iii) Crow iv) Cabbage (One point)
17) Which of the following years is the date for ELOs 50th anniversary?
i) 2020 ii) 2021 iii) 2022 iv) Who knows it could be any of these (One point)
18) You find yourself in Ohio and BSJ pulls up in her car and offers you lift. You accept and the music playing in the car is the album which is always in her cars CD player, which ELO album is this?
i) On The Third Day ii) A New World Record iii) Ole ELO iv) Eldorado (One point)
19) Can you name the following:
Any single released in the U.K. but not in the USA (One point)
Any single released in the USA but not in the U.K. ( One point)
20) And finally, the B side of the 12” Single Getting To The Point has on it a ELO Megamix, can you name four of the nine tracks which feature on the Megamix? (Four points)