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Tom Waits Library: Test 10
1) Where was the live album Nighthawks At The Diner recorded?
a) Prairie Sun Recording studios, Cotati
b) Record Plant studios, Los Angeles
c) Wally Heider studios, Hollywood
d) Sunset Sound studios. Hollywood
2) Which city had Waits' European debut in 1976?
a) London/ U.K.
b) Hamburg/ Germany
c) Amsterdam/ Netherlands
d) Copenhagen/ Denmark
3) Which song is NOT on the album Swordfishtrombones?
a) Shore Leave
b) Frank's Wild Years
c) Underground
d) Gun Street Girl
4) Who was the first to officialy cover the song Heartattack And Vine?
a) Screamin' Jay Hawkins
b) John Hammond
c) Holly Cole
d) Willem Duyn
5) With whom is Waits depicted on the cover of Swordfishtrombones?
a) Stanislaus Berent and Charlie Chan
b) Verne Troyer and George Auger
c) Jason Acuña and Eddie Carmel
d) Lee Kalima and Angelo Rositto
6) From which song is this line: "He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor..."?
a) Way Down In The Hole
b) Murder In The Red Barn
c) What's He Building?
d) House Where Nobody Lives
7) Which was the first Tom Waits song to have an official video promo?
a) Downtown Train
b) Ol' '55
c) Blow Wind Blow
d) In The Neighborhood
8) When was the first time Waits appeared on the Late Night With David Letterman show?
a) 1983
b) 1980
c) 1979
d) 1985
9) On the set of which movie did Waits get to meet Fred Gwynne?
a) The Outsiders
b) Down By Law
c) The Cotton Club
d) Paradise Alley
10) On which album was the Waits song Heigh Ho first released?
a) Dead Man Walking, 1996
b) Stay Awake, 1988
c) Orphans, 2006
d) Smack My Crack, 1987
11) What was the name of Frank's ex-wife in the 1986 play Frank's Wild Years?
a) Berneice
b) Beverley
c) Betty
d) Beatrice
12) Who is the co-owner/ founder of Priarie Sun Recording studios, nicknamed "Mooka"?
a) Jeff Sloan
b) Jacquire King
c) Mark Rennick
d) Tchad Blake
13) From which song is this line: "I got a head full of lightning and a hat full of rain..."?
a) Long Way Home
b) Strange Weather
c) Rain Dogs
d) Shiver Me Timbers
14) Whom is the Take It With Me line: "It's a long time since I drank champagne" attributed to?
a) Leadbelly
b) Keith Richards
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Lewis Carroll
15) What are the origins of the song First Kiss of Orphans?
a) It was in the Wilson/ Waits play "Alice" (Hamburg, 1992)
b) It was part of "Thousand Bing Bangs" (Devout Catalyst, 1992)
c) It was originally by Bette Midler (ca. 1978)
d) It was from a fan letter Waits received in 2005
16) Which two songs have the Burroughs image of "tattered clouds" in them?
a) The Last Rose Of Summer and Strange Weather
b) November and Strange Weather
c) Cold Cold Ground and Watch Her Disappear
d) Just The Right Bullets and The Last Rose Of Summer
17) In what year was the album Small Change released?
a) 1976
b) 1974
c) 1980
d) 1978
18) According to Waits, what was the original title of the 1980 instrumental In Shades?
a) Downtown
b) Foster Grants
c) Standing On The Corner
d) Breakfast In Jail
19) According to Waits, what kind of car was the song Ol' '55 inspired by?
a) Buick Roadmaster
b) Ford Thunderbird
c) Oldsmobile Super
d) Cadillac Fleetwood
20) Which two songs had their first release with the 2004 reissue of One From The Heart?
a) Candy Apple Red and Little Boy Blue
b) Empty Pockets and Candy Apple Red
c) The Wages Of Love and Little Boy Blue
d) Candy Apple Red and Once Upon A Town
21) In which city is the Reeperbahn as sung about on the 2002 album Alice?
a) Amsterdam/ Netherlands
b) Bonn/ Germany
c) Antwerp/ Belgium
d) Hamburg, Germany
22) Which song did Norah Jones cover on her 2004 album Feels Like Home?
a) Jayne's Blue Wish
b) Long Way Home
c) Take It With Me
d) Day After Tomorrow
23) According to Waits, what were the benefits of Prairie Sun recording studio?
a) In between takes you can pee outside
b) Its high-tech facilities
c) It being close to his home
d) They don't charge for the mini-bar
24) Who was the doorman at the L.A. Troubadour and close friends with Waits in the 1970's?
a) Robert Sheehan
b) Punk Sanders
c) Paul Body
d) Tom Traubert
25) Which mysterious lady was credited on the Big Time movie?
a) Miss Kelsey
b) Cora Belle Lee
c) Miss Keiko
d) Zerelda Lee
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