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Today’s song stumper is multi-tiered. In order to win bragging rights, you must answer each tier correctly.
Question #1: Gwen Stefani released the single “Rich Girl” in 2005. Name the famous rapper who performs on the recording.
Question #2: “Rich Girl” riffed on a famous song from a Broadway musical. Name the song.
Question #3: Name the musical.
Question #4: Name the character in the musical that sings the song.
Question #5: Stefani’s version of the lyric differs by one word. What is that word?
Question #6: Which version of the lyric is grammatically correct?
Bonus Questions: Stefani’s “Rich Girl” was actually a remake. Who recorded the original and in what year? Was this lyric grammatically correct or not?
1. Eve
2. “If I Were a Rich Man”
3. Fiddler on the Roof
4. Teyve
5. “Girl”? Or do you mean “Was”, cause that counts as two…
6. Fiddler’s version.
I’m stumped on the bonus, but I think it was a reggae song…. Darn you Mental Floss! These quizzes ruin my self-esteem….
posted by Lyssa on 11-1-2006 at 10:35 am
JenF! Got ‘em all except the bonus! Though I think they have a song called Rich Girl, it’s not the one Stefani remade. (Oh, and it’s Tevye, not Tevia).
So we need the bonus answer, still. And while we’re talking bonus: Fiddler on the Roof was itself remade or inspired by what author’s stories?
posted by David on 11-1-2006 at 10:36 am
Lyssa is headed in the right direction on the bonus! (Oh, and, sorry, yeah, of course man/girl… My bad.)
posted by David on 11-1-2006 at 10:39 am
Bonus answere may be Louchie Lou and Michie One
posted by JenF on 11-1-2006 at 10:47 am
That’s right Jen, but you didn’t answer the whole question…
posted by David on 11-1-2006 at 11:01 am
#1 Eve
#2 “If I were a rich man”
#3 Fiddler on the Roof
#4 Tevye
#5 Was & were
#6 were
Bonus: Michie One
posted by Lauren on 11-1-2006 at 11:21 am
#1 eve
#2 If I were a rich man
#3 Fiddler on the Roof
#4 Tevia
#5 was vs. were (and girl vs. man)
#6 were (Fiddler version) is grammatically correct
Bonus: Hall and Oates 1977
posted by JenF on 11-1-2006 at 11:30 am
Oh…if only I didn’t have school! I love Fiddler - I just saw a production this summer, put on by Broadway By the Bay.
As for the other bonus question, which was, I believe, on the program when I first saw the show (as a high school production) a few years ago…wasn’t the story Tevye the Milkman, or something like that? I don’t remember the author…
posted by Sammy on 11-1-2006 at 9:15 pm
that’s right Sammy! written by Shalom Aleichem
posted by David on 11-1-2006 at 9:28 pm
I think the author to the story was Isaac Bashevis Singer, but I’m not 100% sure about it. It seems like I read that somewhere once.
posted by Janel on 11-1-2006 at 9:32 pm
1. Eve
2. “If I were a Rich Man”
3. Fiddler on the Roof
4. Tevye (Topol)
5. “Girl” (obviously) and “Was”
6. the musical’s version is grammatically correct.
bonus: Hot Buttered?
extra credit bonus: Jerome Robbins choreographed Fiddler on the Roof. He drew inspiration for the choreography from an extensive period of time living among Hasidic Jews in NYC. He is best known for his work as director/choreographer of West Side Story.
posted by The omnipotent E on 11-2-2006 at 10:56 am