Q 01/05

Yankovic's grammar lesson 'Word Crimes' is a parody of which 2013 hit?

A) Wrecking Ball

B) We Can't Stop

C) Blurred Lines

D) Thrift Shop

Answer · why

C) Blurred Lines

Blurred Lines. With thousands of spoofs already online, Yankovic steered clear of the song's sexual politics and wrote about grammar instead, planting...

Q 02/05

In a 1984 parody single, Yankovic is a losing contestant on which TV game show?

A) Wheel of Fortune

B) Jeopardy

C) Family Feud

D) Hollywood Squares

Answer · why

B) Jeopardy

Jeopardy! The video for "I Lost on Jeopardy" brought back the quiz's original host, Art Fleming, and announcer Don Pardo, and ends with Yankovic throw...

Q 03/05

What subject did Yankovic earn his bachelor's degree in at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo?

A) Journalism

B) Chemistry

C) Architecture

D) Music theory

Answer · why

C) Architecture

Architecture. He decided on graduating that it was not for him: by then his comedy songs already had a cult following on national radio.

Q 04/05

'Belvedere Cruising', the first Yankovic song Dr. Demento aired, in 1976, was about what?

A) His first bicycle

B) His family's car

C) A neighbor's boat

D) The school bus

Answer · why

B) His family's car

His family's car, a Plymouth Belvedere. Demento has said it was hardly the best song he had ever heard, but its clever lines told him the teenager had...

Q 05/05

Yankovic's 1979 single 'My Bologna' is a parody of which hit song?

A) My Sharona

B) My Generation

C) My Best Friend's Girl

D) My Life

Answer · why

A) My Sharona

My Sharona. The Knack's own singer, Doug Fieger, liked the spoof so much that he urged Capitol Records to release it, which gave Yankovic his first re...