Q 01/05

The tune of 'Happy Birthday to You' was originally published in 1893 as a classroom song called what?

A) Good Morning to All

B) Welcome, Little Children

C) A Song for the Day

D) Hello Everybody

Answer · why

A) Good Morning to All

Good Morning to All was written by kindergarten teachers Patty and Mildred Hill and published in their 1893 collection Song Stories for the Kindergart...

Q 02/05

Per Guinness (1998), which song is the second most recognised in English after 'Happy Birthday to You'?

A) Auld Lang Syne

B) Jingle Bells

C) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

D) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Answer · why

D) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Guinness World Records 1998 ranked 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow' second behind 'Happy Birthday to You', with 'Auld Lang Syne' third among the most re...

Q 03/05

Which publisher refunded $14 million in 2016 after its copyright claim on 'Happy Birthday to You' was voided?

A) Sony/ATV

B) EMI Publishing

C) Warner/Chappell

D) Universal Music

Answer · why

C) Warner/Chappell

Warner/Chappell agreed in 2016 to refund about $14 million to licensees after a 2015 federal ruling found its 1935 registration covered only a piano a...

Q 04/05

In the European Union, the copyright on 'Happy Birthday to You' expired on the first day of which year?

A) 2007

B) 2010

C) 2013

D) 2017

Answer · why

D) 2017

The EU term runs 70 years after the author's death; Patty Hill, the last surviving Hill sister, died in 1946, so protection ended on 1 January 2017.

Q 05/05

Marilyn Monroe famously sang 'Happy Birthday' to President Kennedy in May 1962 at a gala held where?

A) The White House

B) Carnegie Hall

C) The Hollywood Bowl

D) Madison Square Garden

Answer · why

D) Madison Square Garden

Monroe sang at a Democratic fundraising gala at Madison Square Garden on 19 May 1962, ten days before Kennedy's 45th birthday; he quipped that he coul...