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Birthday Quiz: Dream Of The Blue Frosting

Today's birthday boy is liable to quote Shakespeare.

Know where Sting (55 today) got his name? He had a striped sweater that made him look like a bee, and someone called him Sting. Kind of a disappointing story, isn't it? Sting is, if not necessarily the king of tasteful pop, definitely one of a select few kings. "Ten Summoner's Tales," the 1993 album that spawned "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and "Fields of Gold," followed me everywhere I went throughout college (I went to a liberal arts college -- wall-to-wall Sting, Paul Simon, Counting Crows, et al.) Could be a lot worse, I admit. My favorite work of his was with The Police, probably the greatest band of the early '80s. Which of the following was not one of their hits?

button "King of Pain"
button "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
button "Roxanne"
button "Black Boys on Mopeds"
button "Message in a Bottle"