CONGRATULATIONS!!!! The winner of the 6th Official Monkee Quiz is: Winner: Kim Boatman.......102 pts (including all EXTRA CREDIT questions) Kim won the video "E! True Hollywood Story" In order for you to claim your prize, I need to have your
mailing addresses. Again, Congratulations!!!!!! Here Are The Answers To Quiz #6
Name the two Monkee Relatives who have written songs for The Monkees. Name their songs. (1.25 points each). Nicholas Thorkelson, Alvin [pulled from Birds, Bees, Monkees] later used as bonus track for reissue cd]Ref: Liner notes.
Davy once owned a hearse. True Ref: Cars Of The Monkees site. [need another source as this is under construction]
What was Davy's screen test number? #0052
Ref: Screen test number on Pilot show, Monkees Pad site interview scripts.
Why wasn't Davy in "That Was Then, This Is Now?" (No more than 3 sentences). Davy felt the Arista deal was a bad one, that they didn't have the Monkees career in mind and only wanted to cash in on them. Also he felt that Micky and Peter had given up any creative control only putting their voices to pre-written songs, also the pay deal was bad.Ref: I'm A Believer pg 5 & 6, Monkees Tale Updated pg 106 and convention talks.
Micky likes to paint and has even sold some of his paintings in a gallery.
True [Image Makers Art Inc sold them for $225 each]
Fill in the famous Micky line: "It's a little joke..." "About this big" Ref: Monkees At The Circus: Micky in response to Susan asking what they'll do when the town finds out there are no Mozzarella Brother says "For our first act we can get out of town ... a little joke... a little joke, get it a little joke ... about this big." & Dance Monkees Dance: Trying to come up with a plan to thwart Renaldo Davy reads an ad for the dance studio and ..... Davy: tomorrow the place is gonna be loaded with suckers Peter: All day? [big smile] All day suckers [pulls out big lollypop with a small giggle. It's a joke [said with some embarrassment] Micky: A little joke ... about that big [said somewhat scornfully]
Micky was in a band before The Monkees. Give both names for it and tell under what circumstances Micky left it. (No more than 3 sentences). Ref: I'm A Believer pg 55 & 56
After the Monkees series was over, Peter was a director for documentaries. False Ref: Peter did set up BRINCO Break Through Influence Company with Bobby Hammer {who later married Karen Harvey 'Lady'}. It was a film production, artist development company. Only thing documented was demos with a singer Judy Mayhan. Monkeemania pg 98.
Give the names of Peter's children. Hallie Elizabeth, Ivan Joseph & Erica.Ref: Erica was born June 97 and is still in that gray area as Peter hasn't confirmed it himself. Band 6 UK Fan Club, Monkees Mailing List and Resource site & http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/reflectionsmonkee66 Peter bio page
What is Peter's favorite "road story?" (No more than 3 sentences). Davy's salad incidentLovingly handwritten and then typed by myself Ref: Manifesto magazine interview with Steve Escobar
Mike's mother, Bette Nesmith, invented Liquid Paper ("White Out"). True
Ref: Total Control Mikes bio, Australian ad Mike did. During the Monkees TV series, Mike had a big dog. What was his name? Accepting: Fraak, Frack, Frak, Frakk Ref: Spotte was female she had 10 pups in 1968, Fraak was a trained Attack dog German Shepard who scared a lot of people including Cher. Total Control pg 111, Made A Monkee Out Of Me pg 212, I'm A Believer pg 133, Monkees Collectibles Price Guide pg 122.
Why and when did Mike start to play the guitar? (No more than 3 sentences). 1963 two years before the Monkees. He saw Hoyt Axton play a club while in the Air Force and thought he could do it so when his family bought him a guitar he began to learn from records and decided to write songs for himself because they sounded better.
Name the episode that was the last to bear the musical supervising stamp of Don Kirshner.
Monkees On The Line
The President of the U.S. sent a letter to The Monkees complaining about their loud fans.
False
How much was "John's Raccoon?"
35 Bucks
According to Micky, what is "Last Train To Clarksville" really about? An anti-war song about a soldier going off to war.Ref: I'm A Believer pg 140. Hart didn't think of it as a protest song until he heard Micky say it in an interview and thought "Why not, it sounds good to me" Hey Hey We're The Monkees book pg 35. Boyce backs it up stating it as a simple love song about a guy leaving home who might not see his girl again hoping she'd be at the station. How To Write A Hit Song And Sell It pg 79
Finish the quote: "Together we will march. Together we will fight. Together we will win..." "Together we will find ourselves in places we don't have any business being"Ref: Micky and Davy in search for Peter in Card Carrying Red Shoes. Checked the episode myself
Who is in this picture? Name the Monkee that helped him. How did that Monkee help him? Ref: Made A Monkee Out Of Me pg 191, Monkeemania pg 73, I'm A Believer pg 137, Monkees Spectacular #5.
Extra Credit:
What is "gleeb?"
What name did Mike go by before he became a Monkee?
Michael Blessing.
What is Mike's IQ? According to DJ61, it's 198Ref: Monkees V's Machine. Searched it myself to make sure.
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