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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.
Questions for
August
2008
We'll have a
drawing on August 31. The winner will receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that has been broadcast between 2003 and
2008.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1355 |
In an Alfred Hitchcock movie, what song did Jo (played
by Doris Day) sing to her son Hank?
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August 5 |
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1356 |
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August 12 |
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1357 |
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August 19 |
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1358 |
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August 26 |
Answers for August 2008
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1355 |
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2 |
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1356 |
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0 |
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1357 |
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1358 |
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Questions for
July
2008
We'll have a
drawing on August 1. The winner will receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that has been broadcast between 2003 and
2008.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1350 |
When Johnny Comes Marching Home was written during
what war: American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War,
Spanish-American War or World War II? |
July 1 |
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1351 |
What song has a title that sounds very much like the name by which the
Romans referred to the area that includes present-day Scotland? |
July 8 |
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1352 |
They all had the same last name. One was a lyricist. On played
clarinet in Lionel Hampton's band and then formed his own big band.
One led a band that featured nine reed players and no trumpets or
trombones. Give their first names. |
July 15 |
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1353 |
Buddy Clark had a big hit with Linda. Name the lady
who played Linda (a speaking part, not singing) on that recording. |
July 22 |
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1354 |
Give me the first name of the girl the soldier left his heart with at
the Stage Door Canteen. |
July 29 |
Answers for July 2008
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1350 |
The American Civil War (1861-65) |
2 |
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1351 |
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4 |
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1352 |
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2 |
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1353 |
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1 |
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1354 |
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1 |
Questions for
June
2008
We'll have a
drawing on June 30. The winner will receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that has been broadcast between 2003 and
2008.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1346 |
Two of the most popular songs of 1958 had titles in foreign languages
--- one French, one Italian. What were they? |
June 3 |
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1347 |
Sammy Davis, Jr.'s autobiography bore the title
of one of his recordings. Name that tune. |
June 10 |
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1348 |
When asked to name his favorite among all the
songs he wrote, Hoagy Carmichael mentioned a song with the name of a
bird in the title. Name that tune. |
June 17 |
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1349 |
Which one of these compositions was NOT written by Leroy Anderson?
The Girl at the Typewriter, Plink Plank Plunk, Fiddle Faddle,
Tag-Along Kid |
June 24 |
Answers for June 2008
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1346 |
I was thinking of Chanson D'Amour and Volare. |
4 |
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1347 |
Yes I Can. (I could have made it easier by asking,
"Can you name that tune?") |
6 |
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1348 |
No, it wasn't Skylark, which I consider one of his
best. Instead it was Baltimore Oriole. |
5 |
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1349 |
The Girl at the Typewriter was a Raymond Scott
composition. Leroy Anderson wrote one called simply
The Typewriter. |
2 |
Questions for
May
2008
Our May winner is Ed
Cecchini from Clinton, Massachusetts.
He'll receive a CD of any
segment of "Swingin' Down The Lane" that has been broadcast between
2003 and 2008.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1342 |
In the Broadway show "How to Succeed in Business," Robert Morse sings
I Believe in You. Who was he singing to? |
May 6 |
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1343 |
Name three songs with the name of an American city following by the
word "rag." |
May 13 |
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1344 |
Tommy Dorsey featured a girl quartette he called the Sentimentalists.
They were sisters. What was their last name? |
May 20 |
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1345 |
A trumpeter with the Casa Loma orchestra played a solo on that band's
recording of Memories of You. When he later formed
his own band he used that song as his theme. Identify him. |
May 27 |
Answers for May 2008
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1342 |
He sang it to himself! He was looking at himself in the washroom
mirror. |
5 |
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1343 |
Just a few: Charleston, St. Louis, Atlanta, Kansas City, Beaumont,
Buffalo, Cincinnati |
4 |
|
1344 |
The Clark Sisters |
5 |
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1345 |
Sonny Dunham |
5 |
Questions for
April 2008
We
have a winner! It's Bob Shoe, who's associated with Arc of the
District of Columbia in Washington. He'll receive a CD of any
segment of "Swingin' Down The Lane" that has been broadcast between
2003 and 2008.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1337 |
When Judy Garland appeared at Carnegie Hall she
sang San Francisco and included sung references to
what other female singer? |
April 1 |
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1338 |
In 1942, Benny Goodman recorded Mission to
Moscow. Lionel Hampton, too, had an association with
Moscow. Please explain. |
April 8 |
|
1339 |
Complete these song titles with the name of a
state:
1. ( ) hayride
2. ( ) traveler
3. ( ) jubilee
4. ( ) state of mind
5. Sentimental gentleman from ( ) |
April 15 |
|
1340 |
Find three errors in the following sentence: On
Les Brown's recording of Joltin' Joe DiMaggio,
Doris Day sings about his 55-game hitting streak, which ended one
day at Chicago's Comiskey Park. |
April 22 |
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1341 |
Name the comedian who earlier in his career played
trombone in the John Scott Trotter Orchestra that backed Bing Crosby
on his radio shows. |
April 29 |
Answers for April 2008
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1337 |
Jeanette MacDonald, who played the leading female role in the movie |
1 |
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1338 |
The Lionel Hampton School of Music is located at the University of
Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. |
3 |
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1339 |
Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New York and Georgia. |
4 |
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1340 |
Betty Bonney is Les Brown's vocalist on that recording. Joe's
56-game streak was broken by the Cleveland Indians, not the Chicago
White Sox. |
5 |
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1341 |
Jerry Colonna was apparently a skilled trombonist as well as clown. |
6 |
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