Q 01/05

Which network aired Presley's 1968 comeback special?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) PBS

Answer · why

A) NBC

NBC aired the special on 3 December 1968; it put him in front of a live audience for the first time in more than seven years, and its success sent him...

Q 02/05

In which country did Elvis give the only concerts he ever played outside the United States?

A) Canada

B) West Germany

C) Mexico

D) England

Answer · why

A) Canada

Canada heard him in three cities in 1957, and he never sang abroad again; many suspect the reason was his manager, an illegal immigrant who had no pas...

Q 03/05

What did TCB, the motto Elvis wore on a gold necklace, stand for?

A) Taking Care of Business

B) Tennessee Country Boys

C) Truth, Courage, Brotherhood

D) The Colonel's Boys

Answer · why

A) Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business, usually followed by 'in a flash', hence the lightning bolt in the logo: he gave gold TCB necklaces to his inner circle and ha...

Q 04/05

How did The Ed Sullivan Show's cameras famously frame Elvis on his third and final appearance in 1957?

A) Only from the waist up

B) Only from behind

C) Only in long shot

D) Only in silhouette

Answer · why

A) Only from the waist up

Only from the waist up, and only that once: on his first two appearances the cameras had shown him head to toe, so the legend that the show always hid...

Q 05/05

Which former president's yacht did Elvis buy in 1964 and give to a children's hospital?

A) Harry S. Truman

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Calvin Coolidge

Answer · why

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt's yacht, the Potomac, cost him $55,000; he meant it for the March of Dimes, which turned it down, so it went to St. Jude in Memp...