Montreal 2000 - The Leonard Cohen Event

THE EVENT TRIVIA QUIZ

by Elizabeth Hoffman

The Answers

1. What color was Leonard Cohen's famous raincoat?

blue

2. What is Leonard Cohen's middle name?

B. Norman

3. On what day of the week was he born?

Friday

4. In real life, what brand of tea did Suzanne (the one in the song) prepare?

Constant Comment

5. The woman in “Chelsea Hotel #2” (whose identity is of course a deep mystery) gives Leonard what on an unmade bed?

D. None of the above

6. Name three LC songs in which the word łmoon˛ appears:

FULL CREDIT:
Ballad of the Absent Mare
Closing Time
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Iąm Your Man
Joan of Arc
The Law
Master Song
Sing Another Song Boys
Sisters of Mercy
Take This Waltz
True Love Leaves No Traces
The Window

HALF CREDIT:
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (honeymoon)
Love Calls You By Your Name (moonlight)
Hallelujah (moonlight)

7. Name three LC songs in which the word “mirror” appears:

FULL CREDIT:
Dress Rehearsal Rag
Story of Isaac
Suzanne
Who By Fire

HALF CREDIT:
Death of a Ladies' Man (mirrored)
The Future (mirrored)

IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS:
Hunter's Lullaby (silver & the glass)

8. Name two food and beverage combinations mentioned in his songs:

FULL CREDIT:
Tea and oranges; wine and bread.

HALF CREDIT:
Brandy and death; cider/acid/beef

9. Name seven kinds of birds mentioned in his songs:

FULL CREDIT:
bird on the wire
dove
eagle
peacock
robin
songbird
sparrow
swan
vulture

HALF CREDIT: birds

10. Which of the following place names never appears in his songs ?

D. Montreal

11. During a memorable moment in the making of Death Of A Ladies’ Man, what did Phil Spector hold against Leonardąs throat?

A. A gun

12. What distinctive stringed instrument is featured on “Everybody Knows”?

oud

13. In “Take This Waltz”, Leonard's translation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Pequeńo Vals Vienés,” the lobby has nine hundred windows. How many does it have in the original Spanish poem?

mil / a thousand

14. In “Do I Have To Dance All Night” (rare French single) what does the young mademoiselle say to Leonard?

YES! YES! YES!

15. Who among the following does not appear on the 1957 Folkways recording Six Montreal Poets?

C. Robert Service

16. In The Favorite Game, what is the name of the film that Breavman finds in the maid’s drawer?

“Thirty Ways to Screw”

17. After Breavman's friend Tamara becomes a painter, what is the only food she eats?

C. Bananas

18. In Beautiful Losers, which fireworks assortment does F. send the Narrator?

Rich Brothers’ All-American Assortment

19. What mechanical innovation is lamented in the Epilogue?

flippers on pinball machines

20. On the day that Leonard Cohen recovered from writing Beautiful Losers, what kind of birds returned to Hydra?

storks

21. In The New Step, the one-act play that originally appeared in Flowers for Hitler, how much money does Mary give the Collector?

five dollars

22. “Beneath my hands / your small _________ / are the upturned bellies / of breathing fallen sparrows.”

C. breasts

23. What famous songwriting couple owned the Tennessee cabin that Leonard rented in the late 1960s?

Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

24. At various times Leonard has lived in a Buddhist monastery. Where is it located?

B. Mount Baldy

25. Jennifer Warnes, whose beautiful voice is frequently heard on Leonard Cohen's records and who recorded an entire album of his songs, made her professional singing debut at age nine accompanied by 300 of what kind of instrument?

accordions

26. Which of the following is NOT a perfect anagram of LEONARD COHEN?

C. CHEER A NOODLE

27. How many times total, on all nine albums, does Leonard sing the word “NAKED”?

17 times (+ 1 “nakedness”)

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