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Name That Tune
FREE Union Hall, 702 Union St at Fifth Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn (718-638-4400, saraschaefer.com). Subway: R to Union St. Sun 20 at 9:30pm.
“My family plays Name That Tune on vacation,” explains comedian Sara Schaefer. “There’s always a huge argument and someone usually ends up crying. Last time, it was me.” Fortunately, the version Schaefer conducts at Park Slope’s Union Hall two Sundays a month—in which she challenges the audience to recognize song excerpts streamed through her iPod and identify doctored album covers flashed on a screen—is much less emotionally wrought. She has no problem, however, reprimanding barflies who intentionally shout erroneous answers (like the heckler who once yelled, “REO Speedwagon,” for every clip). Though prizes amount to random items she finds lying around her home, Schaefer says she still tries to give everyone a fair shot at winning. “I love finding songs that everyone’s forgotten about—like the Stray Cats’ ‘Rock This Town’—but I try to mix in some new stuff too, for the two girls who don’t know anything except ‘Umbrella.’”
Sample question: Contestants had to identify a scrambled-up version of R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”
Sample prize: A slightly used Master and Commander DVD

Music Trivia Tuesdays
FREE Sound Fix, 110 Bedford Ave at North 11th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718-388-8090, soundfixrecords.com). Subway: L to Bedford Ave. Tue 22 at 8pm.
“Trivia nights aren’t a novel idea, but I wanted ours to reflect Sound Fix,” says Tammy Sprinkle, events director at the four-year-old Williamsburg record store. “It’s not all indie rock, but it’s definitely the type of music we sell.” Each week, staff members devise 50 questions for five rounds of trivia in the back bar, with the queries categorized by decade, label, artist or other classification. On Tuesday 22, rock & roll ventriloquist Carla Rhodes debuts as MTT’s new regular host, joined by pint-size versions of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. “It’s still going to be trivia,” she says, “but there’ll be a real performance angle.” Need to brush up on your music lore before you play? Former host Steven Reker still holds a monthly Fix Tape Exchange party, where attendees swap cassette and CD mixes based on a given theme.
Sample question: What was Kim Deal’s pseudonym when she was in the Pixies?
Grand prize: Two tickets to a Knitting Factory show of your choice

The Music Quiz
Freddy’s, 485 Dean St at Sixth Ave, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (718-622-7035, freddysbackroom.com). Subway: B, Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave; D, M, N, R to Pacific St. Wed 23 at 9pm. $3.
“I don’t want to play ‘Ha ha, look at me—I’m so much smarter than you,’” says Daniel J. Kramer, who helms this music-trivia night at Freddy’s the fourth Wednesday of every month. The South African–born radio journalist avoids such snobbery by peppering his eight-round exam with occasional “gimmes”—like identifying the opening riff of the Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now”—but he includes enough stumpers to eliminate dilettantes. “It’s a lot of music junkies who come,” says Kramer, who honed his audio expertise while researching bands for London’s BBC 6 Music (alongside TMQ DJ Andrew Purcell). “They wear their favorite band T-shirt and talk about music all night long.”
Sample question: Subtract the Stooges’ favorite year from the Smashing Pumpkins’ favorite year.
Grand prize: Winners point at an album on the quiz board, which correlates to cash, CDs or other giveaways.

Smartass
FREE Pianos, 158 Ludlow St between Rivington and Stanton Sts (212-505-3733, smartasstrivia.blogspot.com). Subway: F, V to Lower East Side–Second Ave. Mon 21 at 8pm.
Todd Satterfield (a.k.a. DJ Spookypants) began hosting this music quiz show at Belly on Rivington Street in 2004, before moving it to its current home at Pianos two years later—when Belly went, well, belly-up. Joined by Conrad Doucette (drummer for the Brooklyn band Takka Takka) and the occasional quasicelebrity guest (Demetri Martin is in the works), Satterfield presides over three rounds of rock trivia to a crowd of about 40 regulars every Monday night. Oddly enough, the questions get easier as the night progresses. “I like to start out tough, but by the time people have played a few rounds, they’ve also had a couple of drinks,” Satterfield explains. “So you have to make it a little easier.” He says the game’s name refers to his own personality, but it could easily describe team monikers: Both the Cherry Flavored Shmoos and the Unholy Trinity have had winning streaks in recent months. “We had some Swedes come in the other week who didn’t speak much English,” Satterfield recalls. “Their team name was ‘Now with More Fuck You.’ ”
Sample question: What Motown artist discovered his first gold record was merely spray-painted gold—and inscribed to the Supremes?
Grand prize: Winners get a round of PBRs and a shot of their choice.