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Tom Waits Library: Test 7
1) To which production did Waits contribute the song Bend Down The Branches?
a) Alice
b) Bunny
c) Woyzeck
d) Big Bad Love
2) Which Waits collaborator has a cameo in the movie Short Cuts?
a) John Lurie
b) Jim Jarmusch
c) Greg Cohen
d) Larry Taylor
3) In which song does Waits introduce us to the whirligig beetle?
a) Army Ants
b) Children's Story
c) Dead And Lovely
d) Spidey's Wild Ride
4) Who is the author of the original Woyzeck?
a) Heinrich von Kleist
b) Franz Kafka
c) Georg B�chner
d) Friedrich Schiller
5) Who are the two people pictured on the cover of Rain Dogs?
a) Two actors from the Thalia theatre company
b) Two regulars of a Hamburg caf�
c) Tom Waits and an unknown model
d) Two dancers from a Chicago dance company
6) What is an Optigan?
a) An electric member of the xylophone family
b) A pump organ manufactured by Optigan Inc.
c) A percussion instrument invented by Tom Waits
d) A home organ made in the early 1970's
7) In which song does Waits proclaim that "there ain't no pretty girls in France.."?
a) Jockey Full Of Bourbon
b) God's Away On Business
c) Better Off Without A Wife
d) Cemetery Polka
8) Which song was inspired by The Anniversary Waltz?
a) Rain Dogs
b) Tom Traubert's Blues
c) I'll Shoot The Moon
d) A Sight For Sore Eyes
9) Which song did The Ramones cover on their 1995 album Adios Amigos?
a) I Don't Wanna Grow Up
b) Clap Hands
c) Big Black Mariah
d) Union Square
10) What does Waits carry with him in the 1987 Limo Interview?
a) A bullhorn
b) A poodle
c) A bottle of Scotch
d) An accordion
11) When was the footage for the Big Time movie shot?
a) 1986
b) 1987
c) 1988
d) 1989
12) What is the only Tom Waits song with bagpipes on it?
a) Lost In The Harbour
b) Coattails Of A Dead Man
c) Town With No Cheer
d) Tom Traubert's Blues
13) Who directed the Big Time movie?
a) David Schweizer
b) Gary Sinise
c) Stuart Ross
d) Chris Blum
14) When was the album Foreign Affairs released?
a) 1977
b) 1978
c) 1979
d) 1980
15) From which song is the line "The devil dances inside empty pockets..."?
a) It's Over
b) Dead And Lovely
c) Lucinda
d) Bottom Of The World
16) Against which company did Waits file a lawsuit in 1988?
a) Walkers Crisps
b) Frito Lay
c) Levi Strauss
d) Procter & Gamble
17) From which album is the song Old Boyfriends?
a) One From The Heart
b) Night On Earth
c) Lost In The Stars
d) Mississippi Lad
18) Which Tom Waits song was covered by Johnny Cash?
a) Hang Down Your Head
b) San Diego Serenade
c) Down There By The Train
d) Way Down In The Hole
19) Which Tom Waits song starts with: "George was a good straight boy to begin with..."?
a) Long Way Home
b) Gospel Train
c) Black Wings
d) Crossroads
20) When was the first time Waits told "The Bacteria story" as quoted in God's Away On Business?
a) 1985
b) 1990
c) 1995
d) 2000
21) Which was the first song to have the line"I'm gonna love you till the wheels come off..."?
a) Please Call Me Baby (The Heart Of Saturday Night, 1974)
b) I'm Still Here (Alice play, 1992)
c) I'll shoot the moon (The Black Rider album, 1993)
d) Picture In A Frame (Mule Variations, 1999)
22) Who is the original writer of King Kong as covered on Orphans?
a) Daniel Johnston
b) Blind Willie Johnson
c) Peoria Johnson
d) Robert Johnson
23) Where was the Tales From The Underground series supposedly manufactured?
a) Canada
b) Japan
c) Italy
d) Germany
24) What is the title of the interview disc, released to promote Alice/ Blood Money in 2002?
a) The Operator's Manual
b) God's Away On Business
c) We're All Mad Here
d) I'm Still Here
25) When was it first rumoured that Waits was going to release an album called Orphans?
a) 2003
b) 2004
c) 2005
d) 2006
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