Solution to Study Materials

by Chris Luhrs

Each question clues something referenced in a They Might Be Giants song. Index into the song's title by number of points to spell out MIASMA OF INCANDESCENT PLASMA, which clues SUN according to a TMBG song.

The objects and songs are as follows:

James Ensor — Meet James Ensor
Alice Cooper — Why Must I be Sad
Howl — I Should be Allowed to Think
Ruy Lopez — ReSt Awhile
Gilgamesh — The Mesopotamians
It's a Small World — Ana Ng
Copernicus — The WOrld's Address
Advil — Till my head falls oFf
Pavlov's dogs —DInner Bell
The Shriners — She's an ANgel
Mahatma Gandhi —Au Contraire
Qatar — AlphAbet of Nations
Limerence — CoNtrecoup
David Lee Roth — Damn Good Times
Selma — Purple ToupeE
Allegory of the Cave — No one knowS my plan
Chuckie — CyClops Rock
Edith Head — (She thinks she's) Edith Head
Esperanto — AlienatioN's for the Rich
Prosethetic Foreheads— We WanT a Rock
James K. Polk — James K. Polk
Ouroboros (a snake eating its tail) — I PaLindrome I
Bobby Orr — Wicked Little CrittA
The Argonauts — BirdhouSe in Your Soul
Burt Bacharach — Youth Culture Killed My Dog
Jim Beam — They'll need a CrAne