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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Feb-13-2007 18:20

wow ok so it was late when I did this quiz. - really late!

8. Yes who was the first person to break the four minute mile, running even. (No not Coe)

Feb-13-2007 18:31

1. The first Agatha Christie novel?
2. The first Russian Tsar?
3. The first letter in the greek alphabet? Alpha
4. The first female Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry?
5. The first talking picture?
6. The first human in space?
7. The first recording artist to earn a gold record?
8. The first person to run the four minute mile?
9. The first artist (recording) on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
10. The first black secretary general of the United Nations?
11. The first Dr Seuss book? Cat in the Hat

Bonus: Which book is this the first sentence from:

"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter." The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Just add my answers to someone else's

Feb-14-2007 14:51

1. The first Agatha Christie novel?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. The first Russian Tsar?
Ivan the Terrible
3. The first letter in the greek alphabet?
Alpha
4. The first female Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry?
Marie Curie
5. The first talking picture?
The Jazz Singer
6. The first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
7. The first recording artist to earn a gold record?
Glenn Miller (Well done Rosa)
8. The first person to run the four minute mile?
Roger Bannister
9. The first artist (recording) on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
John Lennon
10. The first black secretary general of the United Nations?
Kofi Anan
11. The first Dr Seuss book?
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street ( I remember this from MY childhood watching Sesame Street)

Bonus: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. :)

Winners: Andrea and Rosa (dook it our kids)

Feb-15-2007 16:42

Andrea is a bit busy right now..she will post the next quiz later on tonight!

Feb-16-2007 16:05

make it easy

and when I say easy, I actually mean EASY

SS's easy is on a completely different level than mine :)

Feb-17-2007 04:21

In the meantime...

"All that jazz":

1. Who directed the movie with that title?

2. "Lady sings the blues" is the film portrait of which famous jazz singer?

3. What instrument did Glenn Miller play?

4. In what opera George Gershwin used strong elements of jazz music?

5. What pianist and composer was nicknamed "the king of ragtime"?

6. Here are the names of several jazz "aristocrats": give them their titles.

---- Ellington
---- "Fata" Hines
----- Basie
---- Oliver

7. Clint Eastwood's film "Bird" is the biography of what legendary jazz musician?

8. Which style is older: swing or bebop?

9. What instrument, frequently used in jazz music, is popularly called "the licorice stick"?

10. Who played what?
1) Gary Burton
2) Dizzy Gillespie
3) Benny Goodman
4) Max Roach
5) Keith Jarrett

a) piano
b) drums
c) trumpet
d) clarinet
e) vibraphone

Easy bonus:

Which singer - actress played the title role in the movie from the second question?

Hard bonus:

What is the title of the film from 1947 in which the said Lady (the real one, not the actress who portrayed her) appeared with Louis Armstrong?
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Feb-17-2007 14:53

1. No Clue.
2. Ella Fitzgerald
3. Trombone
4. Porgy & Bess
5. Scott Joplin
6. Duke
Earl
Count
King
7. Charlie "Bird" Parker
8. Swing
9. The Clarinet
10. Gary Burton - Vibraphone (?)
Dizzy Gillispie - Trumpet
Benny Goodman - Clarinet
Max Roach - Drums
Keith Jarrett - Piano (?)

Bonus #1: Queen Latifah (?)

Bonus #2: Can't remember.

Feb-17-2007 19:27

wow Jazz one of the things I'm clueless at, and I admit have never been able to get into (well I suppose I don't mind swing and big band).

2. Billie Holiday
3. Trombone
4. Porgy and Bess
6. Duke Ellington
Count Basie
7. Charlie Parker
8. bebop just becasue it's a rank guess and to be different to Breit' :p
9. Clarinet
10.
Dizzy Gillispie - Trumpet
Benny Goodman - Clarinet
11. Diana Ross
12. lol I vaguely remember avoiding this on late night TV recently. I think it's just called New Orleans?

Feb-18-2007 09:23

1. Bob Fosse, who directed "Cabaret"
2. Billie Holiday
3. Trombone
4. "Porgy and Bess"
5. Scott Joplin
6. Duke Ellington
Earl Hines
Count Basie
King Oliver
7. Charlie Parker
8. Swing
9. Clarinet
10. Gary Burton - vibraphone
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Benny Goodman - clarinet
Max Roach - drums
Keith Jarrett - piano (he is also a brilliant classical pianist)

1st bonus: Diana Ross

2nd bonus: "New Orleans"

Winner: Breitkat with 8/12

And Squirrel, for someone who is clueless you did remarkably well.

Feb-18-2007 21:08

lol I think if you look you'll find most of my additional knowledge is focussed around watching too much TV :D in fact I'm a bit disappointed there were no 'Red' Nichols questions of whom I only know about through a parental enforced 'fondness' for Danny Kaye.