F&C: Nonsense - Day 1

Da Doo Ron Ron Ron, Da Doo Ron Ron

• "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still..." ~The Crystals (1963)

• "...I am sitting

  In the morning

  At the diner

  On the corner"

  ~Suzanne Vega, DNA (1990)

• "...Is all I want to say to you."

  ~The Police (1980)

Answer explanation

The title "Da Doo Ron Ron" was initially just nonsense syllables used as a dummy line to separate each stanza and chorus until proper lyrics could be written, but Phil Spector liked it so much that he kept it.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Utinni!

• James Bond's favorite drink

• A Jawa (Star Wars) exclamation

• An exotic cocktail

Answer explanation

The Jawas in A New Hope were portrayed by 12 local children including producer, Gary Kurtz’s, daughter.

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Mmmbop

• Hanson (1997)

• Cyndi Lauper (1983)

• Little Richard (1955)

Answer explanation

Hanson is an American pop-rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. They rose to international fame in 1997 with the hit "MMMBop" from their debut album Middle of Nowhere. At the time of their music video, the boys were 16, 14, and 11 years old.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

• A curse uttered by Superman

• The object of Rick James's desire

• Even though the sound of it

  Is something quite atrocious

  If you say it loud enough

  You'll always sound precocious

Answer explanation

It took more than 20 years to convince the author of Mary Poppins, P.L. Traver, to sell the movie rights.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rit Dit Dit Di Doo

• Andy Bernard (The Office)

• Scooby Doo

• Michael Jackson

Answer explanation

Fans of The Office either love or hate the "Nard Dog." Andy was named one of the most annoying TV characters of 2011 by Vulture; in contrast, Nerve ranked him the second funniest character on the series, behind only Michael Scott.

Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah

Roma, roma-ma

• The Beach Boys

• Chef Boyardee

• Lady Gaga

Answer explanation

In May 2010, Bad Romance became the first video to reach 200 million views on YouTube, briefly becoming the most-viewed video on the platform. In January 2019, the video reached 1 billion views.

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

• Us3

• Fairy Godmother

• Scatman

Answer explanation

Cinderella hasn't always worn a glass slipper or had a fairy godmother. It was Charles Perrault who first introduced the glass slipper and fairy godmother to the Cinderella story in 1697's Cendrillon. Other versions have found the heroine wearing a magic ring or magic gold, silver or fur slippers.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Gunter glieben glauchen globen

• Def Leppard

• Poison

• Rammstein

Answer explanation

Def Leppard is in the Guinness Book of World Records. On Oct 23rd 1994 they performed in three concerts on three different continents, all in one day.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Jabberwocky

• Lewis Carroll

• Dr. Seuss

• Shel Silverstein

Answer explanation

The poem Jabberwocky gave us a number of new words which are now in pretty common use. The most famous of these is ‘chortle,' a kind of laugh that is a blend of a ‘chuckle’ and a ‘snort’.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Dinglehopper (according to The Little Mermaid)

• a corkscrew

• a pipe

• a fork

Answer explanation

During this scene there is a slight animation goof on the dinglehopper/fork as it keeps alternating between having three or four tines.