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Coverage : Waits, Tom Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous music artist. How much do you think you really know about Tom Waits? This Waits, Tom Quiz will give you new insight into the life and work of this famous artist.

1. Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and what?
a.actor
b.poet
c.producer
d.dancer
 
2. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by one critic as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car"?
a.True
b.False
 
3. With Tom Waits trademark what, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and Vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona?
a.stomp
b.scream
c.grunt
d.growl
 
4. Lyrically, Waits' songs are known for atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional and?
a.touching ballads
b.bold ballads
c.haunting ballads
d.ranchy ballads
 
5. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters, despite having little radio or music video support?
a.True
b.False
 
6. His songs are best known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists for example "Jersey Girl" performed by Bruce Springsteen and what song by Rod Stewart?
a.Downtown Train
b.Uptown Girls
c.Valley Girls
d.California Girls
 
7. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries?
a.True
b.False
 
8. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards, and has won Grammy Awards for how many albums?
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
 
9. Waits has also worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King and?
a.Bram Stoker's Dracula
b.Open Water
c.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
d.Garden State
 
10. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for his what?
a.lead actor role
b.supporting actor role
c.soundtrack work
d.graphic work
 

 
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What others think about Waits, Tom
By: Sridhar on 8/28/2008
  Its a really good way to brush up things and informative also.
By: Tracy on 8/27/2008
  Great test. A nice way to gauge one's knowledge
By: Kayla on 8/26/2008
  I think this is a great quiz full of knowlodge and information.
By: Kath on 8/25/2008
  It's a really good quiz.
By: Samantha on 8/24/2008
  This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun!
  


 





 
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