Section One: Don McLean

1. What is Don McLean's favourite song?
Answer:
Madonna's American Pie
Bing Crosby's White Christmas
Buddy Holly's That'll Be The Day
Nilsson's Without You

2. What characteristic did Pete Seeger NOT attribute to the young Don McLean?
Answer:
Clear voice
Clear, intense gaze
Clear skin
Clear head

3. What was the nationality of Don's mother, Elizabeth?
Answer:
Italian
Spanish
German
Irish

4. What is Don's favourite make of car?
Answer:
Chevrolet
Jaguar
Mercedes
Nissan Pulsar 1982

5. Where did Don come from?
Answer:
Yonkers
New Rochelle
Tulsa
Nowhere

6. What street did Don grow up in?
Answer:
Magdalene Lane
Magdalene Drive
Apple Street
Mulbery Lane

7. What was the colour of Don's childhood bedroom?
Answer:
You're scaring me, psycho
Then how do you know?
I'm bored with your silly mind games.
Blue?

8. How many siblings does Don have?
Answer:
One older sister.
He was an only child.
Just the one evil twin brother.
A younger sister, Fatima.

9. Which song did Don first perform in public (at school assembly... waaaaay back!)?
Answer:
Color TV Blues
Tulsa Time
Good Old Wagon.
Bad Girl.

10. Who inspired Don to take up the guitar?
Answer:
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Jim Croce
Celine Dion

11. How many songs did Don know by his second birthday?
Answer:
None- his asthma prevented him from singing.
No one knows.
About ten.
Over a hundred

12. Into which graduate school was Don McLean accepted?
Answer:
Harvard Law School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Color TV Salesmen
Columbia School of Business

Section 2: Don Songs

13. Which "tribute" song is partially engraved on its subject's tombstone?
Answer:
Vincent
Superman's Ghost
The Legend Of Andrew McCrew
So Long Hopalong Cassidy

14. During the concert performance of which song was the stage under Don struck with lightning?
Answer:
Chain Lightning
Color TV Blues
Stardust
Crazy Eyes

15. Which song prevented American Pie from reaching #1 in the UK?
Answer:
Nilsson's 'Without You'
Joan Baez's 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down'
James Taylor's 'You've Got A Friend'
Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May'

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