Music Knowledge Challenger Gifts

"I'll bet you can't name three of their songs."

"It says 'break glass' but it doesn't say what glass!'

The First Annual Game Show Week.

Tuning Up for the Air Guitar Competition

"Sorry mum, but I just don't get the decimal system..."

"Excuse me, Professor. I think I might have spotted a flaw in your theory!"

'And from this point follow me very carefully.'

'Good luck with your exams' (mountain climbers).

'Why do it the easy way when you can do it the right way?'

The battle of the pianos.

"I hate arguing with someone who knows what they're talking about."

"Music has doubled my income..."

'I've gotten over my fear of tests, but now I seem to have developed studying anxiety.'

If-you're-happy-and-you-know-it hour.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Can you tell me how to sue you for flunking me out of law school?

'They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said no no no.'

Conservatory of Music: Sour Notes

'HEYYY!! He's cheating!'

"As you can see, I was able to answer all the questions without getting bogged down in perfection."

"We demand more money! We're not carol singers! We're future X Factor contestants!"

"Pop stardom might not be the most realistic of ambitions, Billy. I should know- I was the winner of last year's X Factor."

Flipping the Script

Ernie is producing a new TV show! Contestant musicians play their national anthem and judges pick winners in various categories. Some of the anthems we'll hear on the next show are "O Canada" from Canada, "Jana Gana Mana" from India, "Meda Dau Doka" from Fiji, "Patria Amada" from Mozambique and "God Save the Queen" from the United Kingdom! Ernie, I think your show is very good but you do create some confusion by calling it "The Country Music Awards."

"...And that'll be the year they tied a yellow round the old oak tree."

Never mind the Bartoks.

Twelve letters for "haste makes waste"? "Lickety splat"!

"Too late! George has spotted that the new series of X-factor has started!"

Mountaineering.

"And as a final condition, you'll acknowledge here that despite prevailing in our battle of the bands showdown 18 years ago, you were totally outrocked by the Ted Gusten Experience."

"I don't do well on standardized testing. I blame it on standardized tests."

Aleksandr Borodin

'...and an extra 200 points for naming the capital of Latvia.'

"That was utterly forgettable... I'd rather listen to fingernails on a blackboard."

"I can answer searching questions, I can answer trick questions, and I can answer penetrating questions, but test questions give me a lot of trouble."