A Strange Puzzle
(Solution)
by Matt Granoff
The 40 clips songs that can all be found in various Weird Al Polkas, sorted alphabetically. There are exactly 4 clips per polka. After identification, sort them chronologically by polka, then by track number. They are listed below:
| Polka | Clip 1 | Clip 2 | Clip 3 | Clip 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clip | Song title | Track # | Clip | Song title | Track # | Clip | Song title | Track # | Clip | Song title | Track # | |
| (1984) Polkas on 45 | 21 | LA Woman | 5 | 19 | Hey Joe | 7 | 5 | Bubbles in the Wine | 10 | 30 | Should I Stay or Should I Go | 12 |
| (1985) Hooked on Polkas | 40 | What's Love Got to Do With It? | 4 | 25 | Owner of a Lonely Heart | 6 | 38 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 7 | 16 | Footloose | 9 |
| (1986) Polka Party! | 27 | Say You, Say Me | 4 | 39 | What You Need | 6 | 18 | Harlem Shuffle | 7 | 24 | Nasty | 9 |
| (1989) Hot Rocks Polka | 4 | Brown Sugar | 2 | 20 | Honky Tonk Women | 4 | 33 | Sympathy for the Devil | 8 | 29 | Shattered | 10 |
| (1992) Polka Your Eyes Out | 36 | Unbelievable | 7 | 13 | Enter Sandman | 9 | 22 | Miss You Much | 12 | 11 | Dr. Feelgood | 14 |
| (1996) Alternative Polka | 28 | Sex Type Thing | 2 | 7 | Closer | 4 | 2 | Bang and Blame | 5 | 6 | Bullet with Butterfly Wings | 7 |
| (1999) Polka Power! | 17 | Ghetto Superstar | 3 | 37 | Walkin' on the Sun | 5 | 35 | Tubthumping | 7 | 26 | Push | 9 |
| (2003) Angry White Boy Polka | 15 | Fell in Love with a Girl | 5 | 10 | Down with the Sickness | 7 | 23 | My Way | 9 | 3 | Bawitdaba | 11 |
| (2005) Polkarama | 14 | Feel Good, Inc. | 8 | 32 | Somebody Told Me | 10 | 31 | Slither | 11 | 12 | Drop It Like It's Hot | 13 |
| (2011) Polka Face | 8 | Day n' Night | 5 | 1 | Baby | 7 | 9 | Down | 13 | 34 | Tik Tok | 15 |
For each polka, the first two songs flank another song, and the second two songs flank another song. These songs are identified below:
| Polka | Song 1 | Song 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song title | Track # | Song title | Track # | |
| (1984) Polkas on 45 | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 6 | Every Breath You Take | 11 |
| (1985) Hooked on Polkas | Method of Modern Love | 5 | Ninety-nine Luftballons | 8 |
| (1986) Polka Party! | Freeway of Love | 5 | Venus | 8 |
| (1989) Hot Rocks Polka | You Can't Always Get What You Want | 3 | Get off of My Cloud | 9 |
| (1992) Polka Your Eyes Out | Do Me! | 8 | I Touch Myself | 13 |
| (1996) Alternative Polka | All I Wanna Do | 3 | You Oughta Know | 6 |
| (1999) Polka Power! | Everybody | 4 | Ray of Light | 8 |
| (2003) Angry White Boy Polka | Last Nite | 6 | Outside | 10 |
| (2005) Polkarama | Don't Cha | 9 | Candy Shop | 12 |
| (2011) Polka Face | Need You Now | 6 | Break Your Heart | 14 |
There are two images corresponding to each polka:
| Party | Eyes | Angry White Boy | Hooked | Power |
| Party | 45 | Power | Alternative | Face |
| Angry White Boy | Rama | Hot Rocks | Eyes | Alternative |
| Hooked | Rama | 45 | Face | Hot Rocks |
Sort the songs according to the images to get:
- Freeway of Love
- I Touch Myself
- Last Nite
- Method of Modern Love
- Everybody
- Venus
- Every Breath You Take
- Ray of Light
- You Oughta Know
- Break Your Heart
- Outside
- Don't Cha
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- Do Me!
- All I Wanna Do
- Ninety-Nine Luftballons
- Candy Shop
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
- Need You Now
- Get off of My Cloud
Read the acrostic to get FILM EVERYBODY DANCING. Teams who did so and sent the film to HQ received the answer GLEEMEN.