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This Is the Last Oldies Quiz of the Year

27. Once on the Dick Clark Show, construction trucks drove out on the outdoors set and occupied themselves for almost three minutes while some guitarists played "Forty Miles of Bad Road." Who was the lead guitarist?

28. If Robert Byrd wrote "Little Bitty Pretty One," who sang "Pretty Little Angel Eyes?"

29. What was the Flamingos song about climbing?

30. Whose epitath reads: "At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man."

31. Remember on American Bandstand when some couples would start walking off the floor for the bleachers at the end of a song only to have it resume after a three-second pause? They did that the first time Dick Clark played a song by the Beaumonts. What was the name of the song?

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32. Buddy Holly was one of several rock in' roll stars to die in plane crashes. How many days (counting today-Friday) has Buddy been dead?

33. Who was born in the village hidden deep in the valley among the pine trees? He was also married and buried there.

34. Dante and the Evergreens had a hit song on a science fiction topic. What was the song?

35. How long a song was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight?"

36. "The secret way you hold my hand, to let me know you understand" is a line from Tenafly, New Jersey's greatest singer. Among his hits is "I Miss You So." Who is he?

37. Which of the Everly Brothers has dark hair?

38. Not too long ago, the color-for-emotion craze began. No matter how you felt, there was a color to describe the feeling. Who sang the song that popularized the idea?

39. Which group was responsible for both "One Fine Day" and "Sweet Talkin' Guy?"

40. A lot of pseudo-oldies freaks know about "Patches" and "Laurie." But Dickie Lee had another big hit, which he sang with a Neil Sedaka-type voice. There's a freshman in Thayer North who has the tune, and there's another person here who has a copy, too. What is it?

41. It really isn't right to leave the best girls home on a Saturday night. Which guys see to it that these girls get proper attention?

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