Q 01/05

What is Chevy Chase's real first name?

A) Charles

B) Chester

C) Cornelius

D) Christopher

Answer · why

C) Cornelius

He was named for his adoptive grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to the Crane Company fortune.

Q 02/05

Where did the nickname 'Chevy' come from?

A) An English ballad his grandmother liked

B) A Chevrolet his father drove

C) The Maryland town where he was born

D) A childhood mispronunciation

Answer · why

A) An English ballad his grandmother liked

'The Ballad of Chevy Chase' seemed apt to a grandmother proud of her Clan Douglas descent.

Q 03/05

Chase's grandfather, Rear Admiral Miles Browning, served on which carrier at Midway?

A) USS Yorktown

B) USS Hornet

C) USS Lexington

D) USS Enterprise

Answer · why

D) USS Enterprise

His mother was a concert pianist and his grandmother an opera singer who performed at Carnegie Hall.

Q 04/05

At Bard College, Chase played drums in a band with two future founders of which group?

A) Talking Heads

B) Steely Dan

C) The Eagles

D) Blue Öyster Cult

Answer · why

B) Steely Dan

The Leather Canary also featured Walter Becker and Donald Fagen; Chase graduated in 1967 with a BA in English.

Q 05/05

By a legend Chase himself half-confirmed, why was he thrown out of Haverford College?

A) Setting fire to a dorm

B) Keeping a cow in his room

C) Streaking the chapel

D) Stealing a college bell

Answer · why

B) Keeping a cow in his room

His old roommate insists he actually left for academic reasons.