Q 01/05

Which Tony-winning actress became host of Name That Tune when it returned to prime time in 2021?

A) Kristin Chenoweth

B) Jane Krakowski

C) Sutton Foster

D) Idina Menzel

Answer · why

B) Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski said she took the job partly to perform again in front of a live audience. Her Tony came for the 2003 Broadway revival of Nine.

Q 02/05

Which future morning-show partner of Regis Philbin was Name That Tune's house vocalist in 1977–78?

A) Kathie Lee Gifford

B) Kelly Ripa

C) Florence Henderson

D) Vanna White

Answer · why

A) Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Gifford, then billed as Kathie Lee Johnson, got her first television role on the show. She left after one season, seven years before joinin...

Q 03/05

Which former American Idol judge was bandleader for the revived Name That Tune's first five seasons?

A) Simon Cowell

B) Harry Connick Jr.

C) Randy Jackson

D) Keith Urban

Answer · why

C) Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson also announced the opening of each show. A record executive and bassist, he was the longest-serving judge on American Idol.

Q 04/05

The 2021 Name That Tune revival filmed its first season with American contestants in which country?

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) New Zealand

D) South Africa

Answer · why

A) Australia

Australia hosted the shoot in Sydney, with Americans living there as contestants and a studio audience under local COVID-19 rules.

Q 05/05

Which Hunger Games actress was attached as host when CBS ordered a Name That Tune pilot in 2017?

A) Jennifer Lawrence

B) Jena Malone

C) Julianne Moore

D) Elizabeth Banks

Answer · why

D) Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks later found a game show that stuck, hosting ABC's revival of Press Your Luck from 2019. CBS passed on her music quiz pilot.