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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. E-mails should be
addressed to
swing@bigband-era.com. ,
Please, no more than one entry per
trivia question.
You may submit answers to more than
one question in the same e-mail message
Once you're declared a winner, you'll be ineligible to win again for six
months.
NOTICE THE SMALL NUMBER
OF CORRECT ANSWERS TO PAST QUESTIONS. IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER,
CHANCES ARE VERY GOOD THAT YOU'LL WIN A PRIZE.
Questions for
March 2010
Drawing on March 31. Winner will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1437 |
True or false: Glenn Miller was awarded the first gold record for
Chattanooga Choo Choo because it was the first
record to sell a million or more copies. |
March 2 |
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1438 |
Sammy Kaye changed the names of many of his female vocalists. What was
distinctive about the new names he chose for them? |
March 9 |
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1439 |
What was the first song to receive an Oscar? |
March 16 |
|
1440 |
Three of these "you" songs have something in common that the fourth
one doesn't. Which is the odd song out, and why?
The Way You Look Tonight; Getting to Know You; If Ever I
Would Leave You; or Till There Was You |
March 23 |
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1441 |
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March 30 |
Answers for March 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1437 |
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3 |
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1438 |
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2 |
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1439 |
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2 |
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1440 |
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0 |
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1441 |
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Questions for
February 2010
Drawing on February 28. Winner will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music
store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1433 |
Ralph Burns wrote a suite for the Woody Herman
orchestra that he titled "Summer Sequence" and then, almost as an
afterthought added one more composition. What was its title? |
February 2 |
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1434 |
An American, William Joyce, was employed by the German propaganda
ministry to broadcast to Great Britain during
World War II. By what name was he known? |
February 9 |
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1435 |
At one time Frank Foster and another Frank co-led a quintet. What was
the last name of the other Frank? |
February 16 |
|
1436 |
According to a Les Brown novelty song, what do you call a cross
between a swan and a goose? |
February 23 |
Answers for February 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1433 |
Early Autumn. |
5 |
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1434 |
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2 |
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1435 |
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2 |
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1436 |
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2 |
Questions for
January 2010
Winner is Ed Cecchini of
Clinton, Massachusetts. He will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1429 |
Give the country of birth of these musicians: Django Reinhart, David
Rose, Dick Haymes, Oscar Peterson. |
January 5 |
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1430 |
What were the birth names of Artie Shaw, Sammy Kaye and Raymond Scott? |
January 12 |
|
1431 |
What was the slogan that announcers used to introduce the Dick Jurgens
orchestra? |
January 19 |
|
1432 |
Who was the chanteuse whom Walter Winchell described as
"incomparable"? |
January 26 |
Answers for January 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1429 |
Django was born in Belgium. David Rose was born in England. Dick
Haymes was born in Argentina and Oscar Peterson in Canada. |
3 |
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1430 |
Arthur Arshawsky, Samuel Zamocay and Harold Warnow |
2 |
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1431 |
"Here's that band again!" |
2 |
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1432 |
Hildegarde --- she went by just one name, but her full name was
Hildegarde Loretta Sell. |
2 |
Questions for
December 2009
Our winner is William Wrocklage of
Milford, New Hampshire. He'll
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music
store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1424 |
On what fairy tale is the Broadway musical, "Once Upon a Mattress,"
based? For extra credit, who had the female lead? |
December 1 |
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1425 |
Jerome Kern wrote All the Things You Are. Name five
songs that start with the words "You Are." |
December 8 |
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1426 |
What event linked these three gentlemen --- Dan Dailey, Ernest
Borgnine and Gordon MacRae? |
December 15 |
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1427 |
Who was Angela Lansbury referring to when she
sang If He Walked Into My Life? |
December 22 |
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1428 |
Fill in the blanks to identify these members of the Jones family:
1. _____ Jones, actor, singer and father of Jack Jones.
2. _____ Jones, actress married to Jack Cassedy and star of The
Partridge Family.
3. _____ Jones, drummer with the Count Basie band.
4. _____ Jones, nickname of the bandleader whose real first name was
Lindley.
5. _____ Jones, whose friends call him Q.
6. _____ Jones, co-composer of our theme song, Swingin' Down
the Lane. |
December 29 |
Answers for December 2009
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1424 |
Carol Burnett played Princess Winnifred in the
stage adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The
Princess and the Pea." |
6 |
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1425 |
A few: So Beautiful, Too Beautiful, My Lucky Star, My
Sunshine, The Sunshine of My Life, Sixteen, Woman --- I am Man |
5 |
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1426 |
These three actors portrayed the songwriting team of DeSylva, Brown
and Henderson in the biopic "The Best Things in Life are Free." |
2 |
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1427 |
She was Auntie Mame in the Broadway show "Mame." In this song she
expressed her concerns that she had been lax in her efforts to bring
up her nephew, Patrick Dennis. |
1 |
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1428 |
Allan, Shirley, Jo, Spike, Quincy and Isham. This question was
inspired by a program honoring centenarian Jonah Jones. The whole
world's talking about the Jones boys --- and Shirley.) |
4 |
Questions for
November 2009
Winner is H. L. Palacios of Overland
Park, Kansas. He's chosen as his prize $1412 Top 40 Singles,
1940-44.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1420 |
Name the city associated with each of these songs: Tuxedo
Junction, Central Avenue Breakdown and
Twelfth Street Rag. |
November 3 |
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1421 |
Name three songs, written by someone outside the US, which later
acquired lyrics by Johnny Mercer. |
November 10 |
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1422 |
Who was "the vamp of Savannah, GA"? |
November 17 |
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1423 |
"When the porter yells," Anita O'Day sings, "I'll be there with
bells." Where will she be? (It's one of the 50 states.) |
November 24 |
Answers for November 2009
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1420 |
Birmingham, AL; Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City, MO |
5 |
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1421 |
Here are some correct answers: Song of India, Once Upon a
Summertime; Glow Worm; Autumn Leaves; When the World Was Young;
Bilbao Song. |
3 |
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1422 |
That was Hannah, she of the hard heart. Song written by Jack Yellen,
Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow and Charles Bates in 1924. |
6 |
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1423 |
Massachusetts. |
2 |
Questions for
October 2009
The winner is Gerry Beneke, who will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music
store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1416 |
When Art Tatum formed a trio he added Tiny Grimes on
guitar. Who was his bass player? |
October 6 |
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1417 |
What's the real identity of the recording artist who billed himself
as Ira Ironstrings? |
October 13 |
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1418 |
What's the title of the song Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
argued about before Tommy stomped off and started his own band? |
October 20 |
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1419 |
In the 1950's and '60's, two gentleman made a series of recordings on
which they were identified simply by something that sounded like two
consecutive letters of the alphabet. Identify them and name the
instruments they played. |
October 27 |
Answers for October 2009
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1416 |
Slam Stewart, the man who used to hum along with his bowing. |
5 |
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1417 |
That was Alvino Rey. |
7 |
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1418 |
I'll Never say "Never Again" Again. Tommy kicked
off a beat that didn't suit Jimmy, who called out, "Hey Mac, isn't
that a bit fast?" Offended, Tommy packed up his trombone and walked
out the door. |
6 |
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1419 |
J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding, both trombonists. |
2 |
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