Here from Denny & Claire, your 4) The comic strip that included the "When Swing Was King" friends, is our characters of Peppermint Patty, Linus, latest activity project. We send it along, and Pigpen was: of course, in hopes that it might provide a) Katzenjammer Kids a little break from the quarantine blues, b) Family Circus but also to remind you that you are all c) Peanuts in our thoughts and, more important, d) Huckleberry Hound our prayers. Hoping to see you soon in person! 5) Tommy Dorsey's instrument was: a) 1) Which of the following is NOT a Pat b) Boone hit record? c) saxophone a) “Lonely Street” d) drums b) “Love Letters in the Sand” c) “Moody River” 6) The that gave the world d) “Speedy Gonzalez” such sensational hits as “String of Pearls,” “Little Brown Jug,” 2) What 1942 movie starred Humphrey “Moonlight Serenade,” and Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude “Pennsylvania 6500” was: Rains, a film that won Oscars for Best a) Guy Lombardo Orchestra Film, Best Director, and Best b) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Screenplay? c) Glenn Miller Orchestra a) Maltese Falcon d) Shep Fields Orchestra b) This Gun for Hire c) Sahara 7) What award-winning 1947 d) Casablanca Christmas movie was set in New York City, began its action on Thanksgiving 3) In a decade with a variety of sports Day, and featured Kris Kringle hauled champions (six different NFL into court. champions, five different World Series a) Miracle on 34th Street winners and collegiate football national b) Shop Around The Corner champions, and eight different college c) Christmas in Central Park basketball national champions), one d) Going My Way sport had only one world champion from 1937 to 1949. The sport was 8) What Broadway musical includes the heavyweight-boxing. And who was that songs “Bali Hai,” “Some Enchanted longtime champion? Evening,” and “I'm Gonna Wash That a) Jack Dempsey Man Right Out of My Hair”? b) Sugar Ray Robinson a) Brigadoon c) Joe Louis b) Kiss Me Kate d) Rocky Marciano c) Kismet d) South Pacific

1 9) The 1948 World Series was the first 13) Which of the following is NOT a to be televised on a national network. Hank Williams hit record? And it was the first World Series that a) “Lovesick Blues” included an African-American pitcher b) “Cold, Cold Heart” (Satchel Paige). Who were the teams c) “Big Bad John” involved? (Hint: one of these teams d) “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry” would be moved in 1953 to Milwaukee.) 14) Top radio shows of 1946 included a) New York Yankees and comedy/variety series starring such big Dodgers names as , Red Skelton, Jack b) Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Benny, and Fred Allen. But the top- Royals rated show, was headlined by actual c) Boston Braves and Cleveland husband-and-wife team Jim and Marian Indians Jordan. The show also featured Gale d) New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Gordon as Mayor LaTrivia? Pirates a) Fibber Magee and Molly b) The Great Gildersleeve 10) The famous "Road pictures" c) Amos and Andy featured what team of Hollywood stars? d) The Bickersons a) Laurel & Hardy b) Crosby, Hope, and Lamour 15) Led by "Mr. Inside" (Doc c) The Marx Brothers Blanchard) and "Mr. Outside" (Glenn d) The Three Stooges Davis), two sophomores who would win the Heisman Trophy in 1945 and 11) Most of the most popular records in 1946 respectively, this team was the the year 1940 came from the big bands undefeated NCAA football National or crooners like Crosby. However, a Champions in 1944. relative unknown by the name of Cliff a) Army Edwards scored a number one hit after b) Notre Dame singing it for the soundtrack of a Walt c) Ohio State Disney movie. What was the song? d) USC a) “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” b) “As Time Goes By” 16) It was in 1951 that the Topps c) “When You Wish Upon a Star” Company first released what form of d) “A Tisket a Tasket” collectable items? a) Hula Hoops 12) And what was the Disney movie b) Baseball cards referred to in the above question? c) Barbie dolls a) Pinocchio d) Kewpie dolls b) Song of the South c) Sleeping Beauty d) Fantasia

2 17) What was NOT a popular dance of 22) Which of the following is NOT an the 1940's? Elvis hit record? a) “Jitterbug” a) “Love Me Tender” b) “Lindy Hop” b) “Only the Lonely” c) “Charleston” c) “Jailhouse Rock” d) “The Twist” d) “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

18) Nat King Cole's instrument was: 23) What songwriter gave us “Begin a) trombone the Beguine,” “Anything Goes,” “Night b) piano and Day,” “True Love,” “I've Got You c) saxophone Under My Skin,” and many more d) drums terrific songs? a) Irving Berlin 19) Making its debut as a comic strip in b) Cole Porter 1948 was a gem by Walt Kelly. Set in c) Oscar Hammerstein II the Okefenokee Swamp, its characters d) Hoagy Carmichael included Albert Alligator, Churchy LaFemme, and Howland Owl. 24) It was in 1952 that the first episode a) Pogo aired of a TV show featuring a real-life b) Fearless Fosdick family. Originally begun on radio, the c) Lil Abner show would become a huge TV hit. It d) The Katzenjammer Kids featured two sons (one who would become a successful pop star) and 20) What smash Broadway hit parents who had been stars in their own contained the songs “The Surrey with right in the big band era. That show the Fringe on Top,” “Oh, What a was: Beautiful Mornin',” and “People Will a) Make Room for Daddy Say We're in Love”? b) The Donna Reed Show a) Guys and Dolls c) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet b) South Pacific d) Father Knows Best c) Oklahoma! d) The King and I 25) Harry James' instrument was: a) trombone 21) Which early TV series was b) clarinet introduced by the music of Rossini's c) saxophone "William Tell Overture"? d) a) The Shadow b) Johnny Dollar c) Dragnet d) The Lone Ranger

3 26) Yank magazine named this singer as Answers: the man who had done the most for the morale of American soldiers at war 1) a during World War II. 2) d a) Bing Crosby 3) c b) Frankie Laine 4) c c) Perry Como 5) a d) Frank Sinatra 6) c 27) "Who knows what evil lurks in the 7) a hearts of men?" was the introduction to 8) d one of the top-rated daytime radio 9) c shows of all time. That show was? 10) b a) Inner Sanctum b) The Whistler 11) c c) The Shadow 12) a d) Suspense 13) c 14) a 28) Which of the following was NOT 15) a part of the Jack Benny radio cast? a) Phil Harris 16) b b) Eddie Anderson 17) d c) Dennis Day 18) b d) Red Skelton 19) a 20) c 29) In 1945, a young English actress famed for her beautiful eyes starred in a 21) d film called National Velvet. Who was 22) b she? 23) b a) Olivia DeHaviland 24) c b) Elizabeth Taylor 25) d c) Joan Collins d) Vivien Leigh 26) a 27) c 30) Chick Webb's instrument was: 28) d a) trombone 29) b b) clarinet 30) d c) saxophone d) drums

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