Q 01/05

Which Memphis mansion did Elvis Presley buy in 1957 and call home until his death in 1977?

A) Neverland

B) Monticello

C) Graceland

D) Southfork

Answer · why

C) Graceland

Graceland cost Elvis $102,500 when he was just 22. It opened to the public as a museum in 1982, and he is buried in its grounds.

Q 02/05

Which Sunday-night variety program drew 73 million viewers for the Beatles' first live American TV performance in 1964?

A) The Ed Sullivan Show

B) The Tonight Show

C) American Bandstand

D) The Hollywood Palace

Answer · why

A) The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show usually drew about 21 million viewers, so the Beatles more than tripled its audience. The broadcast set a U.S. television record ...

Q 03/05

Which Irving Berlin song, written for Bing Crosby's film Holiday Inn, became the world's best-selling single?

A) Silver Bells

B) Easter Parade

C) Winter Wonderland

D) White Christmas

Answer · why

D) White Christmas

White Christmas has sold more than 50 million physical copies in Bing Crosby's version alone. It also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Q 04/05

Which big band leader, famous for In the Mood, vanished on a wartime flight over the English Channel in 1944?

A) Benny Goodman

B) Glenn Miller

C) Tommy Dorsey

D) Artie Shaw

Answer · why

B) Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller was flying from England to France when his plane failed to arrive. In 1942 he had been handed the first gold record ever made, for Chatta...

Q 05/05

Which New Orleans jazz trumpeter, nicknamed Satchmo, topped the British charts with What a Wonderful World?

A) Dizzy Gillespie

B) Miles Davis

C) Louis Armstrong

D) Chet Baker

Answer · why

C) Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong's nickname Satchmo was short for Satchelmouth. He made his last recorded trumpet performances on a 1968 album of Disney songs.