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NOW, at last, our very
own Trivia Quiz
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1.
Dizzy Gillespie blows out his cheeks like
that because: a.
Air is falling back out. b.
Spit is falling back in. c.
Someone has soldered up the hole in
his mouthpiece. d.
Two of the above 2.
What did the two men at the party talk
about after they discovered that each
had an IQ of 30? a.
Celestial mechanics. b.
Open heart surgery. c.
Mouthpieces. 3.What
was Geraldo’s wife’s name? a.
Twinkle. b.
Plum. c.
Fred. 4.Who
was it that said, upon being introduced
to Ted Heath’s wife Moira:
“How are you, Dad?” a.
Prince Charles. b.
Bernard Shaw. c.
Henry Shaw. 5.Which
famous American pianist played
trumpet once in Chuck Man- gione’s
band? a.
Chico Marx. b.
Chick Corea. c.
Liberace. 6.Which
British pianist once played lead
alto in the Francy Boland band? a.
Sandy MacPherson. b.
Gilbert O’Sullivan. c.
Alan Branscombe. 7.
The dancers at Hornsea Town Hall on
July l0th, 1965 went on dancing when
the band played “Take Five” because
they: a.
Thought it was the Three-Legged Hokey-Cokey. b.
Were dancing with tears in their eyes. c.
Had forgotten their pocket calcu- lators. 8.
Why did I ask the last question? a.
Don’t know why. b.
Stormy weather. c.
Keeps rainin’ all the time. 9.
Who invented the saxophone? (Be careful) a.
Edmunde Saxe b.
Adolphe Sax. c.
J. Edgar Hoover. a.
Glenn Miller. b.
Sir Thomas Beecham. c.
Me. 11.
If you split an infinitive, what do you get? a.
Bum notes. b.
Rapped knuckles. c.
Two small finitives. 12. Who of the following played trumpet with Blood, Sweat And Tears? a. Sue Lollof. b. Lew Soloff. c. Winston Churchill. 13.Who holds the world record for playing the bagpipes under water? a. Don’t know. b. Couldn’t care less, Jock. c. An octopus? 14.Who said: “Get your foot the hell off my stage”? a. Wells Fargo. b. The Queen Mother. c. Buddy Rich. 15.What do you think of when you see the words: quaver, crotchet, minim? a. Archery. b. Musical notes. c. A little old lady making a table- cloth for a dwarf. 16.Why do the British invariably begin a sentence with
“Well” and end with a question? a. Padding. b. Playing for time. c. Well, it’s the way we were brought up, isn’t it? 17.When Dr. Goebbels asked the peo- ple in Berlin’s Sportpalast if they wanted Total War they all stood up, raised their right arms and shouted. What were they shouting? a. Hey, wait a minute! b. May I leave the room, please? c. Neither of the above. 18.Who used the phrase: “Nobody’s human”? a. Johnny Griffin. b. Ronnie Scott. c. Frankenstein. 19.The notes C,D,E,F make up a a. Tetrachord. b. Harpsichord. c. Concorde. 20.Who said: “Take a train”? a. Duke Ellington. b. Lawrence Welk. ANSWERS (1)d; (2) c; (3) b (Twinkle is Tom McQuater’s wife);
(4) c; (5) b; (6) c; (7) b; (8) a; (9) b; (10) c; (11) b; (12) b; (13) c:
(14) c; (15) b; (16) c; (17) c; (18) b; (19) a; (20) b (while announcing
an Ellington medley.) Many of the answers can be found elsewhere in this website. Copyright © 2003 Jazz Professional.
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