Q 01/05

Boston Crusaders made which US president, a longtime supporter, an honorary corps member?

A) Dwight Eisenhower

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Lyndon Johnson

D) Franklin Roosevelt

Answer · why

B) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy received the honor only 34 days before his assassination. His brother Ted had earlier secured West Point uniforms that the corps conve...

Q 02/05

Bluecoats, founded in Canton, Ohio in 1972, chose their name to honor which group of city workers?

A) Police officers

B) Firefighters

C) Sanitation workers

D) Streetcar drivers

Answer · why

A) Police officers

Police officers ran the Canton Police Boys' Club that sponsored the new corps, and two of its three founders were on the force. The name salutes the c...

Q 03/05

Which Canadian city is the only place outside the United States to host the DCI World Championships?

A) Toronto

B) Vancouver

C) Ottawa

D) Montreal

Answer · why

D) Montreal

Montreal staged the finals in 1981 and 1982, when Santa Clara Vanguard and then Blue Devils took the only two titles ever decided on Canadian turf.

Q 04/05

Unlike a marching band, a DCI drum corps fields brass and percussion but leaves out which instrument family?

A) Strings

B) Keyboards

C) Woodwinds

D) Electronics

Answer · why

C) Woodwinds

Woodwinds such as clarinets and flutes sit out the field show, though in 2005 DCI's offstage solo festival began letting corps members compete on them...

Q 05/05

Three DCI World Championships in five seasons, in 1996, 1999 and 2000, ended in which unusual result?

A) A vacated title

B) A tie for first

C) A judges' walkout

D) A rained-out final

Answer · why

B) A tie for first

A tie for first crowned co-champions each time, with Blue Devils sharing the 1996 title with Phantom Regiment and the 1999 title with Santa Clara Vang...