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Each week we'll post a trivia question, each with its own
deadline.
If you e-mail the correct answer to any question before its deadline
has passed, your name will be entered into a drawing for a FREE CD.
Please, no more than one entry per
trivia question.
You're welcome to enter more than one quiz.
Once you're declared a winner, you'll be ineligible to win again for six
months.
Questions for
May 2007
We'll
have a drawing on May 31. The winner will
receive a CD of any segment of "Swingin' Down The Lane" that
has been broadcast between 2003 and 2007.
| Question
# |
Trivia
Questions |
Deadline |
| 1289 |
Give me the title of a song that mentions
Christopher Columbus, Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.
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May
1 |
| 1290 |
Cole Porter got the idea for this song after
watching native dancers in the East Indies. Name the tune.
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May
8 |
| 1291 |
Scott Joplin wrote a rag in 1909 that mentions what
New York City street in the title?
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May
15 |
| 1292 |
Which one of these songs was NOT written by Cole
Porter? Rosalie, I wonder what's become of Sally, Easy to love and
Miss Otis regrets.
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May
22 |
| 1293 |
Name a melody that lists three famous bandleaders
as its composer. Hint: It's about time.
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May
29 |
To
enter the contest, send an e-mail to swing@bigband-era.com.
Be sure to include the question number(s) in the body of the message.
Answers
for May 2007
| Question # |
|
#
of
Correct Entries |
| 1289 |
|
8 |
| 1290 |
|
6 |
| 1291 |
|
5 |
| 1292 |
|
4 |
| 1293 |
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0 |
Questions for
April 2007
We
have a winner. His name is David but it isn't I. He'll
receive a CD of any segment of "Swingin' Down The Lane" that
has been broadcast between 2003 and 2007.
| Question
# |
Trivia
Questions |
Deadline |
| 1285 |
Take the last name of a vocalist who died in a
plane crash, add the first name of a jazz vibraphonist, and what
celebrated jazz musician do you come up with?
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April
3 |
| 1286 |
On Jimmy Dorsey's hit recording, Helen O'Connell
says, I said no. What is she saying "no" to?
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April
10 |
| 1287 |
In 1949, two versions of Cruising Down the River
ranked #1 and #2 on the Billboard Top Ten for six weeks in a row.
Name the band with the #1 version and the band that had the #2
version.
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April
17 |
| 1288 |
Fill in the blanks of these song titles about
Europe: Lady of ________ ; Arrivederci, _________ ; Boy Scout in
__________ ; Twilight in __________ .
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April
24 |
To
enter the contest, send an e-mail to swing@bigband-era.com.
Be sure to include the question number(s) in the body of the message.
Answers
for April 2007
| Question # |
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#
of
Correct Entries |
| 1285 |
Clark Terry (Buddy Clark, Terry Gibbs) |
1 |
| 1286 |
A
subscription to Liberty magazine. |
5 |
| 1287 |
The
Russ Morgan version was #1, the Blue Barron version was #2. |
3 |
| 1288 |
Spain,
Roma, Switzerland, Turkey (I'll accept Paris here) |
5 |
Questions for
March 2007
Our winner
is J. F. Gecik from Sheffield Lake, Ohio. He'll
receive a CD of any segment of "Swingin' Down The Lane" that
has been broadcast between 2003 and 2007.
| Question
# |
Trivia
Questions |
Deadline |
| 1281 |
What Jimmy Dorsey recording ends with Bob Eberle
singing "Amen"?
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March
6 |
| 1282 |
Name three of the four places that New York is
compared to in Gordon Jenkins' song, New York's My Home from
the album "Manhattan Tower."
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March
13 |
| 1283 |
Who wrote the English lyrics to Tzena, Tzena?
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March
20 |
| 1284 |
Anita O'Day was born Anita Colton. Of all the stage
names should could have used, what prompted her to take the name of
O'Day?
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March
27 |
Answers
for March 2007
| Question # |
|
#
of
Correct Entries |
| 1281 |
My Prayer. |
4 |
| 1282 |
The
four cities were Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Hollywood. |
3 |
| 1283 |
Mitchell
Parish |
4 |
| 1284 |
O'Day
is pig latin for Dough, which is what Anita hoped her career would
provide for her. |
6 |
Questions for
February 2007
Bryan
Wagner from Germantown, Maryland is the February winner. He's
received Program #1135, Fats Waller Centennial.
| Question
# |
Trivia
Questions |
Deadline |
| 1277 |
What drummer said the following about Chick Webb?
"When he felt like it, he could cut down any of us."
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February
6 |
| 1278 |
Who was the female member of the Stardusters, the
vocal group with the Charlie Spivak orchestra?
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February
13 |
| 1279 |
What city is associated with each of these
"street songs"?
a. Basin Street blues
b. Beale Street blues
c. Twelfth Street rag
d. Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street
e. Forty-Second Street
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February
20 |
| 1280 |
Name the African-American singer who appeared with
the Benny Goodman orchestra at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair
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February
27 |
Answers
for February 2007
| Question # |
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#
of
Correct Entries |
| 1277 |
Gene Krupa, after a battle of the bands between
Goodman and Webb at the Savoy Ballroom |
5 |
| 1278 |
June
Hutton |
6 |
| 1279 |
New
Orleans, Memphis, Kansas City, Philadelphia, New York
|
3 |
| 1280 |
That was Mr 5 by 5, Jimmy Rushing. |
4 |
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