Monday, January 14, 2008

Oh, I want one too

Mike at Cold Fury has suggested a great present for the Patriot in your life.

I know what I’m gonna get for Father’s Day…

A disappointing level of participation

Only three entries.

Again.

Truly disappointing.   

Anyhow, the winners were as follows:

1st place - pskouson with 18 correct (and 1 half-correct answer)
2nd place - randyp with 17 correct (and 4 half-correct answers)
3rd place - JT-MI with 3 correct answers (and 1 half-correct answer)

I tried to be lenient with the interpretation of the answers, but I had to set what were (in my mind) objective standards for determining the difference between a correct answer and a “half-correct” one.

For example, I accepted “Sting” for # 2, despite the fact that the song was actually listed under “Police”, because he was the public face for the group (an issue the rest of them complained about just before they went their separate ways), and the voice on the song is clearly his, but I could only accept “Barry White” as a half-correct answer for # 3, because he was only the conductor of the “Love Unlimited Orchestra”, not an identifiable individual performing artist (as Sting was).

Similarly, the answer “Kissed By A Rose” for # 5 is only half-correct, since the actual title (and the lyrics bear this out) is “Kiss From A Rose”.

I accepted obvious misspellings as intended ("Zed Zeppelin”?  ), but most of the wrong answers were clear.

It was a photo finish, but correct answers win out over half-correct answers (which were only to be used as a tie-breaker, after all).

The official answers are below the fold, and I would be happy to send you the full song(s) to compare/enjoy, if you wish. 

Oh, all winners will have to send me their mailing address (even if you have sent it before, because I don’t hold onto them any longer than necessary to get them into the mail system) when you get a chance, okay?