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The answers to the quiz in the book will be included here.

Answers to the ISB Quiz in the beGLAD Compendium

Half Remarkably Easy Section

1. Sitting here complete with my arms around my music
2. B is for the beast at the ending of the wood
3. Who lived in Chicago, Illinois? Maria
4. Which famous American singer/songwriter loved October Song? Dylan
5. Name a song written by Licorice. I Know you/ Secret Temple/Cosmic Boy/Sunday Song
6. Who is Osmiroid Overloader? (a giant) octopus in the song Queen Juanita
7. What has proved that oysters cry? Gallantly concealed forceful nervousness
8. Tree by Mike Heron – what’s unusual about it? It appears on two albums, the First Album and Liquid Acrobat.
9. Guide me with gold of whose wings? Gabriel’s
10. In what song has Billy stored the map safely underground? Evolution Rag

Geographical Section

1. What is the birthplace of Bad Sadie Lee? Wild Wyoming
2. Where did the old man lose his pearly girl? Lima
3. Which fortifications did Malcolm and his mates gaze on? Towers of Tyre
4. Which European cities did ‘she’ toss her hair at? Paris & Rome
5. Where did the strangely silent Kate settle? Nome, Alaska
6. Where does the sun shine yellow? High Barbaree
7. Which two rivers has Robin spoken with? Thames & Medway
8. Where were the fluted pillars and muted life? Sybaris
9. Which northern places did Hirem Pawnitof ride on to? Leeds & Carter Bar
10. Moving pieces – where? Plains of Troy

Connections - What connects the following?

1. Creation  + Seagull the rolling sea
2. Puppies + Yellow Snake + Ducks on a Pond + Big Ted creatures etc
3. No Sleep Blues + Dreams of No Return Danny Thompson plays on both (or sleep/dreams)
4. You Know What You Could Be + When The Music Starts to Play lyrics to first are sleeve notes to second
5. Schaeffer’s Jig + Jazzbo’s Holiday they are Robin & Clive duos
6. The Actor + Dust Be Diamonds both are co-written songs
7. Flowers of the Forest + The Letter + Minotaur’s Song Fairport Convention members perform on them all

Verging on the Obscure Section

1. Where was the cover photo for Wee Tam and the Big Huge taken? Frank Zappa’s garden
2. In which song does ‘famed oriental bass player’, Lady Fenola Bum-Garner feature? Waiting For You
3. What has Mike Heron got in his hands on the cover of the Smiling Men album? A pineapple
4. If you could hear the ‘Low Dales fiddler’ which song would you be in? Feast Of Stephen
5. Which album by Vashti Bunyan did Robin contribute to? Another Diamond Day
6. What method did Robin use to arrive at the song title Koeeoaddi There? Throwing a dice
7. What colour is the ‘first little ball’? red &  green
8. Which album did Malcolm first appear on? U
9. How many legs had Cousin Caterpillar? 14 (seven pairs)
10. What was the title of the co-written thriller Robin had a hand in? Glory Trap
11. And what was the ‘author’s’ name? Sherman Williamson
12. Who was the backing band on Second Fiddle? Greyhound
13. Which ISB soundman ended up playing bass live? Stan Schnier
14. And name any two of his aliases? Stan Lee, Stan Lee Buttons, Stanley.
15. What was Mike before he became a professional musician? Trainee accountant
16. Who is Miss Amanda Albuquerque? Licorice/mandolinist (on Waitng For You)
17. Who is Dick Steele? Newsweek reporter in Be Glad film
18. Who was the first ISB member to ‘go clear’? Likky
19. Greg Heat – what was his connection with U? Voice sitar man
20. Where was Queen of Love written? In a café in Oxford Street
21. Name the ISB odd one out in the Rehearsal film. Graham Forbes (not in the Glenrow Ithkos rehearsals but in the Bristol performance)
22. In what ISB song does Robin sing of the ‘festival of fools’? Fine Fingered Hands
23. What’s 15 Glory Road? An unreleased Mike Heron song

Congratulations to the winners:

Paul Norbury – who got 47 out of 50 and clearly knows his ISB trivia inside out – and runner-up Philip Secretan.