MR’s De-Evolution Quiz – Culture
Here’s one on “Popular Culture”…… Again, One for One on the Points……
No. 1 – What is the most widely sung song in the English-speaking world?…..
No. 2 – How did “Bugs Bunny” get his name?……
No. 3 – Who came first, Superman or Batman?…..
No. 4 – In “The Wizard of Oz”, what is Dorothy’s last name?
No. 5 – In how many films did Basil Rathbone play “Sherlock Homes”?…….
No. 6 – What was the first “Gold” record?……
No. 7 – What was the first “Gold” album?……
No. 8 – What was Sergeant Joe Friday’s badge number on “Dragnet”?……
No. 9 – What were the earlier names for the “Beatles”? (One (1) point for each you get)…..
No. 10- How many singles did the “Beatles” release in 1964 – their first year? (One (1) Point for the total number and 1/4 Point for each song you can name)…..
Lots of points available this time…. Some of you can make-up some ground on this one…..
Have at it!……
November 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
1: Happy Birthday!
3: Pretty sure it was Superman.
4: Gale. Tornado…Gale…ha ha
9: The Quarry Men and The Silver Beatles are the only two I know. I want to say The Backstreet Boys, but I think that would result in the removal of all points I’ve accumulated to date.
10: Since you are offering 1/4 point for each one that can be named, I’m guessing the number of songs is divisible by 4. So I’ll say 12?
November 6th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Izard picks up some points….. One (1) Point for #1 – It is actually “Happy Birthday to You”, which was adapted from “Good Morning to You!” by Mildred J. and Patty S. Hill….. Another One (1) Point for #3 – Superman first appeared in Action Comics No. 1, June 1938…. Batman first appeared in Detective Comics No. 27, May 1939….. Again, One (1) Point for #4 – Dorothy Gale….. Two (2) Points for #9 – Quarrymen and The Silver Beatles…. There are more early Beatles names, including a longer version of “The Silver Beatles…. Sorry, Izard, you are way low on #10, and, the total number is not divisible by 4….. I don’t know if it is a record, but, they released a huge amount of singles in ’64…… So, that’s a total of Five (5) Points for Izard……
That answers #1, #3, #4, and part of #9….. Lots of points still out there……
November 10th, 2007 at 11:31 am
#8, 714. #5, 14. #6/7, The 1st Gold record was a publicity stunt by RuhhRuhhCA Victor CO. They Sprayed gold Laquer on a record of Glen Miller’s Chattanooga Choo Choo in late 1941 and presented it to him during a live radio brodcast. The RIAA stole this idea in 1958 and started awarding “Gold” records/Alblums the 1st being to Perry Como For “Catch a Falling Star” for Single, and The Cast Of “Oklahoma” for the Soundtrack for Album.
November 10th, 2007 at 11:48 am
#9#9#9, Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, The Nurk Twins, The Silver Beetles.
#10.
UK: 3
US: 11
You want dates also?
November 12th, 2007 at 7:40 am
J.J. picks up some points – One (1) Point for #5, 14 movies – The first was “The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1939, and, the last was “Dressed to Kill” in 1946….. One (1) Point for #8, Badge 714…. One (1) Point for #6 – Glenn Miller was presented with a gold-covered master of his recording “Chattanooga Choo Choo” after it had climbed past the 1 million mark a few months after its release…. One (1) Point for #7 – The Broadway cast recording of “Oklahoma!” became the first long-playing album to sell more than 1 million copies…… One (1) Point for #9 – Johnny and the Moondogs….. I don’t have the “Nurk Twins” listed and Izard guessed the other two….. #10 was sort of a trick question, in that my source counted each song as a single and included the recording of “My Bonnie” with Tony Sheridan as a single, which totals 29 songs, so, in all fairness, I’m giving the One (1) point for #10 to J.J. and Seven (7) more for listing 28 of the 29 songs…… What a haul, J.J.!….. Thirteen (13) Points!……
November 12th, 2007 at 7:47 am
I’m going to close out this quiz with the answer to #2, the remaining question – The character was created in 1936 by a group of artists at Warner Bros., including Chuck Jones and Fritz Freleng…… The original sketches, however, were submitted by a Warner story man Ben “Bugs” Haraway. He marked the drawings ” Bugs Bunny.” The rest is history…….
Points update and new quiz soon…..