Can you name the songs from the mathematical clues? by Legavrik

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Mathematical Songs I Quiz

by Legavrik

Created Jan 7, 2010 in Music
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	rockgolf:	Jan 7th, 2010 at 22:02 GMT	4 points
	Sheer freakin' genius! A few obscure ones but #1-3, & 8-10 are just awesome.

	Legavrik:	Jan 7th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT	2 points
	Some of the songs are too obscure, but it was really hard to find famous songs that were possible to include

	Legavrik:	Jan 7th, 2010 at 22:24 GMT	1 point
	Should the Artist be visible all along or would that make it too easy??

	Trotbot:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 09:47 GMT	3 points
	Brilliant, but 5 minutes is about 3 hours too short. Pen, paper and a written off afternoon got me 6/10 (and I still don't get 4)

	Legavrik:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 10:20 GMT	4 points
	to get 4 you need to know the song well. It has the line "I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house, I don't know why I call him Gerald" I will maybe do a second one/remake this one with some more well known songs once I think of some (which is really quite hard!)

	Littlesand:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 18:01 GMT	2 points
	I only got 3/10 but nice idea!

	leviper:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 21:56 GMT	8 points
	I Am the Walrus is by The Beatles, not John Lennon.

	ManlyStump:	Jan 9th, 2010 at 16:08 GMT	2 points
	Surfin' Bird was adapted from a song by the Rivingtons called "The Bird's the Word". Seems a little unfair not to include that one as a possible answer.

	scatmanfan:	Jan 9th, 2010 at 19:12 GMT	6 points
	Even though I sucked, I still think that this is awesome.

	vampirevicky:	Jan 9th, 2010 at 20:05 GMT	1 point
	Cool idea, I know it must be hard to find suitable songs for this but maybe you could vary the genre/ time period of the songs slightly more? And definitely not two Beatles ones....

	mkim823:	Jan 9th, 2010 at 20:54 GMT	2 points
	That was awesome.

	Legavrik:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 09:06 GMT	1 point
	sequel (with less obscure songs) here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Legavrik/mathsong2

	Kicking222:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 13:49 GMT	4 points
	I object to the null clue (#2). While I totally understand the clue in hindsight, and I think it's pretty awesome, I think it could apply just as well (that is, in some senses but imperfectly) to "Zero" (Smashing Pumpkins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, et al) or "Empty" (Metric). Still, 5/5 for pure wonderfulness.

	DrEfficient:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 17:14 GMT	3 points
	Yeah I was thinking Zero by The Smashing Pumpkins as well

	Legavrik:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 19:30 GMT	1 point
	#2 is a pretty weak one. Will/would definitely leave if out if/when I make a compilation of the best ones....

	Legavrik:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 19:32 GMT	1 point
	Also, as people actually seem to like these quizzes, would anyone bother checking a blog if I added a new one every few days? (Then used the best ones from there for Sporcle)

	rockgolf:	Jan 11th, 2010 at 15:22 GMT	1 point
	@Legavrik: Set up a Twitter account for this and I'll follow. And I like the null set one. There's a difference between null and zero, and I think your suggestion of displaying the artist would make it clearer. (Assuming people are familiar with John Cage in the first place). I'm going to look at your second quiz ASAP.

	Legavrik:	Jan 11th, 2010 at 17:03 GMT	1 point
	I'm starting to put them here: http://mathssong.blogspot.com/

	Legavrik:	Jan 11th, 2010 at 17:16 GMT	1 point
	@rockgolf (and anyone else!): Do you think its worth setting up a twitter too and posting on both or will most people be happy with just blogspot??

	Kicking222:	Jan 11th, 2010 at 19:34 GMT	1 point
	@rg: There's definitely a difference between a null set and zero, but since it's also called the EMPTY set, "Empty" is just as acceptable an answer as (if not more acceptable than) "4'33" (though, again, I still think the clue is great in hindsight).

	nahtanoj999:	Jan 12th, 2010 at 15:32 GMT	1 point
	My favorite was #8. Someone should do a cover called "The Song is a Fixed Point"

	marvcus:	Jan 14th, 2010 at 02:23 GMT	1 point
	@kicking222: Yeah, I put "Big Empty" by STP for that one... still a cool idea for a quiz.

	marpocky:	Jan 15th, 2010 at 23:03 GMT	3 points
	2. I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston

	zerocrates:	Jan 16th, 2010 at 02:39 GMT	1 point
	Number 8 is definitely my favorite.

	Kent:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 00:15 GMT	1 point
	very creative

	fanniefarkle:	Feb 4th, 2010 at 14:17 GMT	1 point
	assuming that these comments are still being read, will someone please explain #5 I am the Walrus? I know the song, but I don't understand the clue. thanks

	Legavrik:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 16:42 GMT	1 point
	Odebenus rosamarus is the latin name for Walrus. so I = Obetc is I am (the) Walrus. Then the >Jesus bit is a clue to the artist (as John Lennon said that the beatles were greater than Jesus). Although as the artists are now shown from the start and not revealed as you guess them, this is a bit defunct.

	raspberrywine:	Apr 23rd, 2010 at 03:12 GMT	2 points
	Yeah, I'd get rid of the Jesus part of the "I am the Walrus" clue. Not knowing my latin sea mammals, I racked my brain trying to come up with a Beatles song about Jesus. John Lennon's "God" was the closest I could think of.

	mew:	Jun 9th, 2010 at 08:57 GMT	1 point
	Clever. Loved the first clue! I'm off to try the second installment...

	aweshucks:	Jan 25th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT	1 point
	@raspberrywine i think that was referencing when john lennon said the beatles were "bigger than jesus"