Denny & Claire Hartford

Dear friends,

Might the country be finally nearing an end to this “Great Hunkering Down” we have endured for so many weeks? It looks like it. And, like all of you, we are itching to return to some kind of normalcy in our lives, our work, and in the national economy. But, of course, even “normal times” are chock full of trials, disappointments, spiritual challenges, and emotional ups and downs. So we must always be careful to keep holding on to the gracious God Whose love, wisdom, power, and mercy never changes, never fails, never goes into quarantine. Indeed, if the tests Americans have faced these past weeks sober us up a bit and produce a greater, more consistent dependence on Him, that will be an important blessing.

But since the quarantines are not lifted just yet and we are still unable to come present our “When Swing Was King” shows, we are going to continue to try and give you something to remember us by AND to give you a little something to help pass the time. So, this time around, we have 30 Multiple Choice questions, 20 Matching questions, a few quotations about patience and hope, 10 Fill in the Blank questions, 10 Finish the Line questions, and the answers to them all.

Hoping and praying we see you soon with photos and tunes from the big band era…

Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of these Presidential faces is 6) In what west Texas town did Marty NOT on Mount Rushmore? Robbins fall “in love with a Mexican A) George Washington girl”? B) Teddy Roosevelt A) Austin C) Abraham Lincoln B) El Paso D) Andrew Jackson C) Laredo D) Dallas 2) In the movie, The Lemon Drop Kid, Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell 7) What position did these players introduced this lovely Christmas song? represent in the NFL: John Elway, Y.A. A) “Silver Bells” Tittle, Johnny Unitas, and Bart Starr? B) “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” A) Middle linebacker C) “It’s the Holiday Season” B) Running back D) “Babes in Toyland” C) Wide receiver D) Quarterback 3) What famous actor starred in Lilies of the Field and Guess Who's Coming 8) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy to Dinner? Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey A) Jimmy Stewart Bishop were known as the: B) Sidney Poitier A) Las Vegas Rowdies C) Robert Wagner B) Rat Pack D) Ralph Bellamy C) Gashouse Gang D) Bowery Boys 4) Who gave us the great hits of “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” “Bird 9) In what city would you find the Dog,” “Bye Bye Love,” “Till I Kissed Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s You,” and “Wake Up Little Susie”? Wharf, and Alcatraz? A) Peter, Paul, and Mary A) San Francisco B) The Kingston Trio B) Los Angeles C) The Everly Brothers C) Boston D) Simon & Garfunkel D) San Diego

5) Before he was Muhammad Ali, this 10) What did the U.S. Postal Service boxer’s name was: begin in 1963? A) Cassius Clay A) Sunday delivery B) Rocky Graziano B) 12 cent stamps C) George Foreman C) ZIP codes D) Sonny Liston D) Singing telegrams

2 11) Which of the following saxophone 16) What baldheaded actor was a hit in players are associated with country the Hollywood film, The King and I? music? A) Yul Brynner A) Branford Marsalis B) Sean Connery B) Jimmy Dorsey C) Telly Savalas C) Cannonball Adderley D) Vincent Price D) Boots Randolph 17) This radio program had an 18-year 12) What was the mysterious mountain run from 1933 to 1951. It featured the island sung about in the musical South “All-American Boy” whose name was: Pacific? A) Johnny Dollar A) “Bali Hai” B) Jack Armstrong B) “Shangri-La” C) Casey Custer C) “Tahiti” D) Dick Drysdale D) “Lovers’ Island” 18) In 1958 Elvis Presley took a break 13) Captain Kangaroo was: in his entertainment career for a stint A) A cartoon animal with what branch of the military? B) A children’s TV show A) The Marines C) A candy bar B) The Navy D) A rock n’ roll band C) The Army D) The Air Force 14) What city boasts professional sports teams of Lions, Tigers, and Red 19) Which of these animals do NOT Wings? appear in the song “The 12 Days of A) Detroit Christmas”? B) Philadelphia A) Swans C) Washington D.C. B) French Hens D) Boston C) Turtle doves D) Lambs 15) Which doo-wop group gave us these hits: “The Great Pretender,” 20) In what U.S. state will you find a “You've Got The Magic Touch,” “My U.S. Mint, the Coors Brewery, and Prayer,” “Twilight Time, “ and Pikes Peak? “ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”? A) Wyoming A) The Del-Tones B) Colorado B) The Crests C) Nevada C) Ruby & the Romantics D) New Mexico D) The Platters

3 21) This game show aired on radio and 26) The Shadow (really Lamont TV. It featured Groucho Marx, Cranston) had a girlfriend who knew announcer George Fenneman, and a his true identity. Her name was: bird that appeared whenever the “secret A) Lois Lane word” was uttered. It was: B) Margo Lane A) You Asked For It C) Rebecca Longhouse B) Beat the Clock D) Jeanette Lane C) Queen for a Day D) You Bet Your Life 27) What popular Broadway musical gave us “Maria,” “Tonight,” There’s a 22) Which of these cars was NOT Place for Us,” and “I Feel Pretty.” made by Chevrolet? (Extra hint – it also gave us a A) Malibu choreographed gang fight.) B) Corvette A) Guys and Dolls C) Ranchero B) Anchors Aweigh D) Camaro C) West Side Story D) Carousel 23) Where did Li’l Abner Yokum and Daisy Mae Scragg live? 28) The song “My Kind of Town” is A) Dogpatch about which city? B) Okefenokee Swamp A) Paris C) Grovers Corners B) Chicago D) Busterville C) Miami D) London 24) What do you associate with the Yalu River, the 38th Parallel, and the 29) Which of the following is NOT Battle of Inchon? ranked as a great baseball pitcher? A) Vietnam War A) Bob Gibson B) Korean War B) Sandy Koufax C) World War II C) Whitey Ford D) Chunking Uprising D) Johnny Bench

25) The famous Psalm that speaks of 30) Which of these is NOT a field the good shepherd, green pastures, and event (as in track and field sports)? not fearing evil is: A) Pole Vault A) Psalm 114 B) Shot Put B) Psalm 2 C) Parallel bars C) Psalm 90 D) High Jump D) Psalm 23

4 Matching Questions

Match the Actor to One of His Most Famous Roles

31) Boris Karloff ______A) Maverick

32) Lorne Greene ______B) Mr. Spock

33) Sean Connery ______C) Frankenstein’s Monster

34) Jackie Gleason ______D) Tonto

35) Jay Silverheels ______E) Sgt. Joe Friday

36) Red Skelton ______F) Ben Cartwright

37) James Garner ______G) Freddie the Freeloader

38) Sylvester Stallone ______H) Ralph Kramden

39) Leonard Nimoy ______I) James Bond

40) Jack Webb ______J) Rocky Balboa

5 Matching Questions

Match the TV or Radio Characters to Their Profession

41) Our Miss Brooks ______A) Sheriff’s deputy

42) Ralph Kramden ______B) Federation starship captain

43) Wyatt Earp ______C) Insurance investigator

44) James T. Kirk ______D) High school English teacher

45) Barney Fife ______E) Canadian Mountie

46) Ed Norton ______F) Old West lawman

47) Lum & Abner ______G) NYC bus driver

48) Sgt. Yukon ______H) Daily Planet reporter

49) Clark Kent ______I) Sanitation engineer (Sewer worker)

50) Johnny Dollar ______J) Co-owners of Jot 'em Down Store

Memorable Quotes (That Might Help with the Quarantine)

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” (Winston Churchill)

“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” (Anonymous)

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.” (Psalm 39:7)

6 Fill in the Blank Questions

51) Destined to become the most famous amusement park ever, it opened in Anaheim, California in 1955. What is it?

52) What was the radio program that featured a man famous for being cheap, for being vain, for perpetually insisting he was only 39 years old, and who was a terrible violin player?

53) Dick Clark hosted this extremely popular rock n’ roll TV show from 1956 until 1989. What was it called?

54) He was one of the greatest baseball players of all time with most of his 22-year career spent with the New York/San Francisco Giants. He was a heavy hitting outfielder (660 home runs) who won 12 Gold Glove awards and played in a record 24 All-Star games. He was nicknamed “The Say Hey Kid.” What's his name?

55) Who was Lyndon Johnson’s Vice-President?

56) The actress who starred as a child in Miracle on 34th Street in 1947 went on to star in Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, and West Side Story. She is...

57) What was achieved by the Apollo 11 mission in the summer of 1969?

58) What was Chicken Little so afraid of?

59) What is unusual about a “Sadie Hawkins” date or dance?

60) Who are the two pictured on the left here??

7 Finish the Song Title (or Lyric) Questions

61) “On a day like today, we pass the time away…” ______

62) “Praise the Lord and…” ______

63) “Won’t you come home…” ______

64) “Put another nickel in…” ______

65) “Catch a lucky star and…” ______

66) “I left my heart in…” ______

67) “Que sera sera…” ______

68) “I’m gonna’ wash that man…” ______

69) “When I’m worried and I can’t sleep…” ______

70) “Hey, good lookin’…” ______

8 The Answers! 31) C 58) The sky was falling! 32) F 1) D 33) I 59) Girls ask the guys 2) A 3) B 34) H 60) Buffalo Bob and 35) D Howdy Doody 4) C 36) G 5) A 61) …writing love letters 6) B 37) A in the sand. 38) J 7) D 39) B 62) …pass the 8) B 40) E ammunition! 9) A 10) C 41) D 63) …Bill Bailey. 42) G 11) D 43) F 64) …in the nickelodeon. 12) A 13) B 44) B 65) …put it in your 45) A pocket. 14) A 46) I 15) D 66) …San Francisco. 16) A 47) J 48) E 67) …whatever will be 17) B 49) H will be. 18) C 50) C 19) D 68) …right out of 20) B 51) Disneyland my hair.

21) D 5 52) The Jack Benny Show 69) …I count my 22) C blessings instead of 23) A 53) American Bandstand sheep.

24) B 54) Willie Mays 70) …what you got 25) D cookin’? 26) B 55) Hubert Humphrey

27) C 56) Natalie Wood 28) B 29) D 57) Neil Armstrong and 30) C Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon