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Music Trivia

Now that you’ve ridden the Musical Train throughout the decades, hop on board and take this Trivia Quiz.  Each correct answer is worth 5 points.  Good Luck!!

1. Where did the Beatles first perform in America?
   a. The Ed Sullivan Show
   b. The Merv Griffin Show
   c. The Sonny and Cher show

2. Who was an actor and a singer?
   a. Andrew Lloyd Webber
   b. Frank Sinatra
   c. Ella Fitzgerald

3. What was Billie Holiday’s real name?
   a. William H. Lidie
   b. Eleanora Fagan
   c. Bill Haley

4. Which one of these plays did Andrew Lloyd Webber write?
   a. Sunset Boulevard
   b. Godspell
   c. Ragtime

5. In what year did Bill Haley write “Rock Around the Clock?”
   a. 1958
   b. 1955
   c. 1961

6. What was Duke Ellington’s real name?
   a. Edward Kennedy Ellington
   b. Francis Drake Ellington
   c. James Ellington Bond

7. With whom did Tammy Wynette marry and sing a few duets?
   a. George Jones
   b. George Gershwin
   c. George Lucas

8. Who died two days after their seventy-first birthday?
   a. Louis Armstrong
   b. Bill Haley
   c. Cole Porter

9. Ella Fitzgerald won the first Grammy Award ever to be given to a black female.What did she win it for?
   a. The Irving Berlin Songbook
   b. Ragtime
   c. Abiskit Abaskit

10. Who was Gladys Knight’s record label?
   a. B.M.G. Music Service
   b. Motown Records
   c. Camelot Record Company

11. What year did Elvis appear on the Ed Sullivan show?
   a. 1960
   b. 1956
   c. 1959

12.What was George Gerwshin’s real name?
   a. George Steinbracher
   b. Jakob Bershvin Gershwin
   c. George Timothy Rice

Answers to the Trivia Quiz

1.   A. The Ed Sullivan Show
2.   B. Frank Sinatra
3.   B. Eleanora Fagan
4.   A. Sunset Boulevard
5.   B. 1955
6.   A. Edward Kennedy Ellington
7.   A. George Jones
8.   A.Louis Armstrong
9.   A.The Irving Berlin Songbook
10.  B. Motown Records
11.  B. 1956
12.  B. Jakob Bershvin Gershwin

Congratulations!  You have completed the Trivia Quiz.    Now for your grade.

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