December 17, 2002

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  Welcome to my hour of the Xanga Christmas Blog Party!!!!

  
  
  

  Pull up a chair!  Have some baked brie and champagne!  (I figure if we are listening to music, we need high class food!)  If you are doing the rock era quiz, maybe you would prefer some beer and pretzels.  For the Christmas trivia buffs, I have cookies and punch.  Anyway, make yourself comfortable, sharpen your pencils, and have a go at the quizes.  Good luck!!!

  
  
  

  I will be at work during my hour, so entertain yourselves and have fun!

  
  
  

  Music Trivia

  
  
  

  Here are 3 quizes to choose from.  Do one or do them all.  I searched the internet, so I hope they are at least a little challenging.  Answers tomorrow.

  
  
  

  Christmas Music Trivia

  
  
  

  The answers are Christmas songs or songs that were hits at Christmas time.

  
  
  

  1.  Who wrote White Christmas?

  
  
  

  2.  White Christmas was introduced in this movie –

  
  
  

  3.  Who was first to the microphone on the original 1984 Band Aid Christmas hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?’

  
  
  

  4.  Which favorite Christmas song connects the following artists – The Crystals/ Bruce Springsteen/ The Jackson 5/ Frank Sinatra/ Bing Crosby/ The Four Seasons/ The Carpenters/ and others?

  
  
  

  5.  Which Christmas song was recorded by both Bing Crosby and Peter Noone?   (OK – OK!!  I have to have one reference to Peter Noone.  This is a hard one.)

  
  
  

  6.  What was the first Beatles hit to occupy the UK Christmas number 1 position in 1963?

  
  
  

  7.  Which Christmas hit was also the first UK number one song of the 1970′s?

  
  
  

  8.  This recording has been the UK Christmas number 1 song in 2 separate decades 16 years apart.

  
  
  

  9.  Name the Eartha Kitt Christmas hit that was covered by Madonna.

  
  
  

  10.  Who recorded the original hit recording of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?

  
  
  

  Rock Era Trivia

  
  
  

  1.  Who had the last number one song of the 1950′s?

  
  
  

  2.  The Chipmunk Song was number one during the week of December 15.  What was the year?

  
  
  

  3.  Who recorded the 1964 hit “She’s Not There”?

  
  
  

  4.  George Harrison’s solo hit “My Sweet Lord” reached number 1 the week of December 15 in this year.

  
  
  

  5.  Who recorded the 1979 hit “Babe”?

  
  
  

  6.  Who had more consecutive number one hits than any other artist or group in the history of rock and roll?

  
  
  

  7.  How many number one hits did Bruce Springsteen have?

  
  
  

  8.  Which Beatles song was number one for the longest period of time?

  
  
  

  9.  Who wrote Whitney Houston’s 1992 hit “I Will Always Love You”?

  
  
  

  10.  What was the first rap song to reach number 1?

  
  
  

  11.  What was the only song of the rock era to reach number 1 twice?

  
  
  

  12.  Who was the lead singer of the Jeff Black Group?

  
  
  

  13.  Who recorded the song “Enter Sandman”?

  
  
  

  14.  What artist made his big screen acting debut playing the bellboy in the 1979 folm version of the Who’s Quadrophenia?

  
  
  

  Classical Music Trivia

  
  
  

  1.  Who wrote only 4 symphonies but was considered a titan of song?

  
  
  

  2.  Who was supported most of his career by a wealthy female patron he never met?

  
  
  

  3.  Who had a stormy relationship with an accomplished author but remained a bachelor during his short life?

  
  
  

  4.  Whose charming tale of a fearless young boy cleverly outsmarting a dangerous animal has become a favorite of children everywhere?

  
  
  

  5.  Who had a symbiotic relationship with his compser-sister and died a few weeks after she died?

  
  
  

  6.  Who once bested Johann Strauss, Jr., in a waltz contest but is known today for his “infernal” can-can?

  
  
  

  7.  Whose popularity increased with American movie goers after the movie “10″?

  
  
  

  8.  What violin virtuoso was considered to be as great with the violin as Franz Liszt was with the piano.  He was also considered to be quite a ladies’ man.

  
  
  

  9.  Which composer taught in a school for girls?

  
  
  

  10.  Who married his cousin Nina and became Norway’s most celebrated composer?

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
  Thanks to Pepsiluver for the graphics!

  
  

  And, a little disclaimer – I found most of this stuff on the internet.  Hopefully the people who wrote it know what they are talking about!  Answers tomorrow!

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