Yestrerday's Answer:
"Jabberwocky," (by Lewis Carroll) is the poem with this first verse: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogroves, / And the mome raths outgrabe."
Today's Question :
A rock 'n' roll song of the '50's contains the following refrain: "Ooh eey ooh ah ah, / Ting tang walla walla bing bang." What is the profession of the subject of this song?
Don't know this but the refrain makes me think of a train engineer or a factory worker. When it comes to the nonsensical, 1950's "doowoppy" tunes I usually do not remember much because I find them annoying---probably a generational thing.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 21, 2012; http://www.zazzle.com/jabberwocky_poem_by_lewis_carroll_card-137574246144207282; http://www.online-literature.com/carroll/; http://englishacademy.voila.net/lewiscarroll.htm)
Compiled by Otto Ladensack with Patricia Ladensack
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