History
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an
American musician best known for his parodies of contemporary radio
hits throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His lyrics depend largely on
the satirizing of popular culture including television, movies,
food, music, websites and news stories.
Though parodies earned him his fame, Yankovic has recorded a
greater number of humorous songs with original tunes. Some of these
pieces are pastiches (or style parodies), where he chooses a band's
entire body of work to emulate rather than any single hit.
Most of his albums include a medley which juxtaposes the
choruses of various songs in a polka style, complete with
accordion. "Weird Al" has been known to say that converting these
songs to polka was "...the way God intended".
The Puzzle
To find this cache you must answer a few questions about AL and
insert the correct answers into the formula below:
A) On what album did the single appear that was a parody
of a 1999 George Lucas film?
2 = Poodle Hat, 6 = Running with Scissors, 7 = Bad Hair Day, 9 =
Alapalooza
B) On what song did Dweezil Zappa play guitar?
1 = Bedrock Anthem, 3 = Truck Drivin’ Song, 6 = Gotta Boogie, 9
= Genius in France
C) What was the only song that was made into a music
video in 1988?
0 = One More Minute, 4 = Like A Surgeon, 7 = Fat, 9 = Bob
D) The song "Polkas on 45” is made up of many different
songs, none of them sung in their entirety. What song featured on
that Polka originally ran 7 minutes and 11 seconds?
1 = Hot Blooded, 2 = Hey Jude, 7 = I Love Rocky Road, 0 = None
of the above
E) What soundtrack did Al appear on that also included
the B-52’s and Donna Summer?
2 = UHF, 5 = Spy Hard, 7 = Polkemon: The Movie 2000, 9 = Peter
and the Wolf
F) How many discs are in the Permanent Record: Al In
The Box compilation? The number is your answer.
N35° 08.ABC
W89° 56.DEF
Bring your own pencil.
