Decemberists Pop Quiz

Chemistry
1) Rachel Blumberg, in addition to being the band's drummer, is also:

a) an artist.
b) a former member of the band Boycrazy and of the E6 band the Minders.
c) also drums for Norfolk and Western.
d) All of the above.
e) None of the above.

History
2) Which of the following was a friend of some of the Decembrists?

a) Alexander Pushkin
b) Sergei Rachmaninoff
c) Constantin Stanislavski
d) Valery Gergiev
e) Peter Tchaikovsky

Analogy
3) Indie rock critics (perhaps superfluously) compare to:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Reading Comprehension
4) Who is the hero of "The Tain"?

a) McCloud
b) Cuchulainn
c) William Wallace
d) Medb
e) Boudicca

Mathematical Skill
5) How many soldiers are there total in Carson Ellis's panoramic illustration in "Her Majesty"?

a) 17
b) 40
c) 35
d) 52

World Lit
6) "The Tain" was written by:

a) Thomas Kinsella.
b) Darcy O'Brien.
c) Seamus Heaney.
d) anonymous.
e) no one in particular; it was passed down orally before being committed to manuscripts.
f) d and e.

Etymology
7) Colin's cat Albert is most likely named after:

a) Al Roker.
b) Al Gore.
c) the song "You're A Good Man Albert Brown".
d) Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband.
e) Albert Camus.

Current Events
8) Guitarist Chris Funk:

a) broke his leg in a motorcycle accident in August 2003.
b) is the world's reigning Ding Dong Ditch champion.
c) is Crutchy McGee.
d) All of the above.
e) a and c
f) a and b

Poetry
9) Colin speaks of the ominous "Youth and Beauty Brigade" in the song of the same name, but from which poem are the following two lines?
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
     Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'

a) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.
b) "Chanson d'Automne" by Paul Verlaine.
c) "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats.
d) "Rusalka" by Alexander Pushkin.
e) "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
f) "Being Beauteous" by Arthur Rimbaud.

Useless Information
10) "Tristan and Iseult"...

a) is the name of a (damn good) Tarkio song.
b) is a Puccini opera.
c) make minor appearances in "The Tain".
d) are really weird names.

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