| 1. | Thomas Andrew (Tom) Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and? |
| a. | | dancer |
| b. | | mathematician |
| c. | | doctor |
| d. | | lawyer
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| 2. | He used to lecture on mathematics and musical theater? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 3. | As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" in? |
| a. | | 1940 |
| b. | | 1942 |
| c. | | 1945 |
| d. | | 1950
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| 4. | Inspired by the success of his performances of his songs, he paid for some studio time to record an album "Songs By Tom Lehrer" which he sold by what? |
| a. | | record label |
| b. | | back of his car |
| c. | | mail order |
| d. | | local merchants
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| 5. | Lehrer's major break into the UK came as a result of the citation accompanying an honorary degree given to Princess Margaret, where she cited musical tastes as "catholic, ranging from Mozart to Tom Lehrer"? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 6. | Lehrer had retired from touring (which he intensely disliked) and was employed as the resident songwriter for the U.S. edition of That Was The Week That Was (TW3), a satirical TV show by the early what? |
| a. | | 1950s |
| b. | | 1960s |
| c. | | 1970s |
| d. | | 1980s
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| 7. | There is an urban legend that Lehrer gave up political satire when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger in what year? |
| a. | | 1970 |
| b. | | 1972 |
| c. | | 1973 |
| d. | | 1977
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| 8. | When Lehrer was asked about his reasons for abandoning his musical career, he cited a simple lack of interest, a distaste for touring, and boredom with performing the same songs repeatedly? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 9. | In the 1970s he concentrated on teaching mathematics and musical theater, although he also wrote 10 songs for the children's television show called what? |
| a. | | The Electric Company |
| b. | | The Eccentric Company |
| c. | | The Elles |
| d. | | The Ellusionist
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| 10. | A CD box set, "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" was released by Rhino Entertainment in? |
| a. | | 1998 |
| b. | | 1999 |
| c. | | 2000 |
| d. | | 2001
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