The Decemberists by kanyewesteros

Champion(s):

RamboJ
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Runner(s)-Up:

FischerB


Quiz Description

The Mariner's Revenge Quiz

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Questions:

The video for "Calamity Song" is inspired by what book (still picture in link)?

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Infinite Jest

The protagonist of "The Rake's Song" had four children, one of whom died stillborn and the other three of which he murdered. Name any two of them.

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Isaiah, Charlotte, Dawn, Myfanwy

Which member of The Decemberists was diagnosed with cancer in 2011?

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Jenny Conlee

The album title "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" is a lyric from one of the songs on the album. That song's title is the date of what event?

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Sandy Hook school shooting

Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy is the author of a trilogy of children's books. What is the name of the first book?

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Wildwood

In the song "16 Military Wives", how many company men are there, and how many of them will make it home again?

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17, 12

The album "The Crane Wife" contains two songs over ten minutes long. Which ones are they?

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The Crane Wife 1 And 2, The Island

The Decemberists' five-part epic EP The Tain is based on Táin Bó Cúailnge, an Irish legendary tale involving, among others, a young hero named Cu Chulainn, who is also the titular character in a lyric-less song called "The Blood of Cu Chulainn." What movie about Irish-Americans used this song over its opening credits? One of its stars later went on to greater fame on an AMC television show.

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The Boondock Saints

In 2005, lead guitarist Chris Funk represented The Decemberists in a guitar solo competition on The Colbert Report. Which famous guitarist played in place of Stephen Colbert after Colbert faked a hand injury?

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Peter Frampton

The album "The King is Dead" contains a pair of songs with the title format "___ Hymn", where the two words share a category. What are those words?

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January, June

Who was the often imprisoned leader of the infamous "Shankill Butchers", a Northern Irish paramilitary gang depicted in the eponymous Decemberists song, until his death at the hands of the IRA in 1982?

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Lenny Murphy

Three Decemberists songs contain full names of women. Name any two of them (woman's name or song's name accepted; they may be the exact same or slightly different)

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Leslie Anne Levine, Song For Myra Goldberg, Valerie Plame