* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Big Band Era
3. A clarinetist, this bandleader, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, broke through largely due to late-night radio
shows, and eventually earned the nickname "The King of Swing".
Name the bandleader, playing clarinet here.
4. This exceptional clarinetist, like <answer 3>, was the son
of Jewish immigrants. He anglicized his name to make it
big. In the mid-'30s, his band found success with hits like
"Stardust", "Moonglow", "Frenesi", and the following cover of
a Cole Porter melody that became his signature tune. Name the
bandleader playing clarinet here.
5. This pianist's arrangements emphasized the swinging rhythm
section with percussive piano accents and dueling tenor
saxophones. This song, "One O'Clock Jump", was the band's
theme song. He was a member of jazz royalty, the first
African-American male to win a Grammy. Name him.
6. His big band was the best-selling band from 1939 through 1942.
Hits included "String of Pearls", "Tuxedo Junction", "Kalamazoo",
"In the Mood", and this 1941 song, the first gold record
ever made. Name this bandleader who perished in the war.
7. Many bandleaders teamed up with rising solo singers. Les
Brown and his Band of Renown launched a young singer with an
alliterative name to stardom with this 1945 hit. She later
had a movie career and a number of TV shows. Name the singer.
9. This bandleader, a talented trumpet player with a distinctive
tone, hit it big when he added strings and vocalists for a
sweeter sound. <answer 4> called it 'schmaltzy'. It worked,
though. In 1945, he and his wife, actress Betty Grable, were the
highest-earning couple in the US. Here he is playing trumpet
with singer Kitty Kallen. *Either* name him or give the title
of this #1 song from late 1945.
* Game 9, Round 6 - Arts - Alas, Too Young
5. He integrated the native rhythms and melodies of American
popular music into a classical framework. His "Porgy and
Bess" was the first American opera to be performed at La Scala
in Milan. He died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38.
His last words were "Fred Astaire."
6. When this pianist and composer died in 1849 at the age of 39,
his funeral ceremonies resembled those of a head of state.
The Archbishop of Paris gave a special dispensation to allow
female singers to perform the Requiem during the service.
While most of him is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, his
heart was removed from his body and rests in Poland.
7. In 1924, at the age of 40, before his death from tuberculosis in
a sanatorium near Vienna, this author ordered his friend Max
Brod to destroy all of his unpublished writings. Happily for
posterity, Brod disobeyed the author's wishes. Who was the
author?
* Game 9, Round 4 - Entertainment - SNL 5-Timers' Club
"Saturday Night Live" has recognized those who have hosted
or appeared as musical guests 5 times or more -- 24 so far.
Here are 10 questions about some of the members of that club.
1. She remains the youngest person to host SNL, at age 7 back
in 1982. She hosted for the 5th time in May 2001 -- maybe to
promote her latest release "Freddy Got Fingered", co-starring
her then husband, Tom Green. Who was she?
2. A top box-office draw in the early 1970s (when he was Mr. Barbra
Streisand), he hosted for the 5th time in February 1980.
A later generation probably remembers him for playing Monica
Geller's dad on "Friends". Who was he?
3. The idea of the 5-timers' club was introduced when this movie
star hosted on 1990-12-08, just 2 weeks before the release of
the movie "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and 2 years before his
two consecutive best actor Oscar wins. Who was it?
4. She's the most recent host to enter the 5-timer club in December
2023. Certainly a bigger honor than winning a best actress
Oscar 3 months later. Who is she?
5. He first appeared on SNL in his boy band 'N Sync. He was host
and musical guest many times thereafter, the 5th time in 2013.
His appearances on SNL have garnered him 5 Emmy awards --
including one for his work on the SNL video "Dick in a Box".
Name him.
6. This musician joined the club in February 2023 for his
appearances as musical guest. He first performed on SNL in
2002 in his rock duo with then-wife Meg on drums. Who is he?
7. He hosted only 4 times, but he made 13 appearances as a musical
guest. He entered the 5-timers' club in May 1986, appearing
with musical guests Ladysmith Black Mambazo - three months before
the release of his LP "Graceland". Who is this musical great?
8. He became a 5-timer in December 1994 and has hosted SNL more
than anyone else. His future hosting stints may suffer a little
now that he is facing involuntary-manslaughter charges from an
accidental shooting on a movie set. What is his name?
9. In the early days, hosts weren't always major celebrities and
would return frequently. This creator of "Get Smart" and writer
of "The Graduate" hosted 10 times in the show's first 4 years.
Who was he?
* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Big Band Era
From the early 1930s to the late '40s, the United States produced
a number of large swing dance bands that popularized jazz and
made it mainstream. Here are 10 questions about the big bands
and their leaders and vocalists.
1. This artist led a band from 1923 until his death in 1974,
composed or collaborated on over 1000 songs, and is credited
with bringing jazz into the mainstream. His longtime writing
partner, Billy Strayhorn, was responsible for this signature
tune. Name the bandleader, also known for his eloquence,
charisma, and style.
2. The first African-American to sell 1,000,000 copies of a
single record, and to have a nationally-syndicated radio show,
this artist mixed vaudeville with big band. Here is his
signature song, released in 1931. Name the artist.
3. A clarinetist, this bandleader, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, broke through largely due to late-night radio
shows, and eventually earned the nickname "The King of Swing".
Name the bandleader, playing clarinet here.
4. This exceptional clarinetist, like <answer 3>, was the son
of Jewish immigrants. He anglicized his name to make it
big. In the mid-'30s, his band found success with hits like
"Stardust", "Moonglow", "Frenesi", and the following cover of
a Cole Porter melody that became his signature tune. Name the
bandleader playing clarinet here.
5. This pianist's arrangements emphasized the swinging rhythm
section with percussive piano accents and dueling tenor
saxophones. This song, "One O'Clock Jump", was the band's
theme song. He was a member of jazz royalty, the first
African-American male to win a Grammy. Name him.
6. His big band was the best-selling band from 1939 through 1942.
Hits included "String of Pearls", "Tuxedo Junction", "Kalamazoo",
"In the Mood", and this 1941 song, the first gold record
ever made. Name this bandleader who perished in the war.
7. Many bandleaders teamed up with rising solo singers. Les
Brown and his Band of Renown launched a young singer with an
alliterative name to stardom with this 1945 hit. She later
had a movie career and a number of TV shows. Name the singer.
8. Famous for their close harmonies, and their frequent
collaborations with Bing Crosby, this trio from Minneapolis
ruled the airwaves in the 1940s. Name them.
9. This bandleader, a talented trumpet player with a distinctive
tone, hit it big when he added strings and vocalists for a
sweeter sound. <answer 4> called it 'schmaltzy'. It worked,
though. In 1945, he and his wife, actress Betty Grable, were the
highest-earning couple in the US. Here he is playing trumpet
with singer Kitty Kallen. *Either* name him or give the title
of this #1 song from late 1945.
10. This trombone player was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman
of Swing", because of his theme song, "I'm Getting Sentimental
Over You". Older brother Jimmy was also a household name with
his own band. Here's a 1941 cover of an Irving Berlin tune.
Name *either* the bandleader on trombone or the up-and-coming
vocalist.
* Game 9, Round 6 - Arts - Alas, Too Young
It's a cliche that great artists die young. Here are some of the
artists the cliche derives from. Not one of them made it past 40.
In each case, name them.
1. He started out in the 1980s as a New York subway graffiti
artist. His playful, cartoonish images often conveyed serious
social messages about such topics as safe sex, AIDS awareness,
and LGBTQ empowerment. He died in 1990 at the age of 31 of
AIDS-related complications.
3. A literary pilgrimage might take one from the house in Hampstead,
London, where this Romantic poet created his lasting works, to
the rented apartments at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome,
where he died of tuberculosis in 1821 at the tender age of 25.
4. This great Russian poet and novelist, author of "Eugene Onegin",
died in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37.
5. He integrated the native rhythms and melodies of American
popular music into a classical framework. His "Porgy and
Bess" was the first American opera to be performed at La Scala
in Milan. He died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38.
His last words were "Fred Astaire."
6. When this pianist and composer died in 1849 at the age of 39,
his funeral ceremonies resembled those of a head of state.
The Archbishop of Paris gave a special dispensation to allow
female singers to perform the Requiem during the service.
While most of him is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, his
heart was removed from his body and rests in Poland.
7. In 1924, at the age of 40, before his death from tuberculosis in
a sanatorium near Vienna, this author ordered his friend Max
Brod to destroy all of his unpublished writings. Happily for
posterity, Brod disobeyed the author's wishes. Who was the
author?
8. Alas, the Brontës. Charlotte died at 38, Emily at 30, and
brother Bramwell at 31. And the third Brontë sister, author of
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", passed away in 1849 at the age
of 29. What was her first name?
9. Chronic depression, aggravated by her husband's abandonment and
publishers' rejections of her autobiographical novel "The Bell
Jar", led this poet and author to end her life in 1963 at the
age of 30.
10. This Italian-born painter, the prototype of the wild bohemian
artist, is best known for his angular nudes. He died in Paris
in 1920, at the age of 35, of tuberculosis.
* Game 9, Round 4 - Entertainment - SNL 5-Timers' Club
1. She remains the youngest person to host SNL, at age 7 back
in 1982. She hosted for the 5th time in May 2001 -- maybe to
promote her latest release "Freddy Got Fingered", co-starring
her then husband, Tom Green. Who was she?
2. A top box-office draw in the early 1970s (when he was Mr. Barbra
Streisand), he hosted for the 5th time in February 1980.
A later generation probably remembers him for playing Monica
Geller's dad on "Friends". Who was he?
3. The idea of the 5-timers' club was introduced when this movie
star hosted on 1990-12-08, just 2 weeks before the release of
the movie "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and 2 years before his
two consecutive best actor Oscar wins. Who was it?
5. He first appeared on SNL in his boy band 'N Sync. He was host
and musical guest many times thereafter, the 5th time in 2013.
His appearances on SNL have garnered him 5 Emmy awards --
including one for his work on the SNL video "Dick in a Box".
Name him.
6. This musician joined the club in February 2023 for his
appearances as musical guest. He first performed on SNL in
2002 in his rock duo with then-wife Meg on drums. Who is he?
7. He hosted only 4 times, but he made 13 appearances as a musical
guest. He entered the 5-timers' club in May 1986, appearing
with musical guests Ladysmith Black Mambazo - three months before
the release of his LP "Graceland". Who is this musical great?
8. He became a 5-timer in December 1994 and has hosted SNL more
than anyone else. His future hosting stints may suffer a little
now that he is facing involuntary-manslaughter charges from an
accidental shooting on a movie set. What is his name?
9. In the early days, hosts weren't always major celebrities and
would return frequently. This creator of "Get Smart" and writer
of "The Graduate" hosted 10 times in the show's first 4 years.
Who was he?
* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Big Band Era
1. This artist led a band from 1923 until his death in 1974,
composed or collaborated on over 1000 songs, and is credited
with bringing jazz into the mainstream. His longtime writing
partner, Billy Strayhorn, was responsible for this signature
tune. Name the bandleader, also known for his eloquence,
charisma, and style.
3. A clarinetist, this bandleader, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, broke through largely due to late-night radio
shows, and eventually earned the nickname "The King of Swing".
Name the bandleader, playing clarinet here.
6. His big band was the best-selling band from 1939 through 1942.
Hits included "String of Pearls", "Tuxedo Junction", "Kalamazoo",
"In the Mood", and this 1941 song, the first gold record
ever made. Name this bandleader who perished in the war.
* Game 9, Round 6 - Arts - Alas, Too Young
1. He started out in the 1980s as a New York subway graffiti
artist. His playful, cartoonish images often conveyed serious
social messages about such topics as safe sex, AIDS awareness,
and LGBTQ empowerment. He died in 1990 at the age of 31 of
AIDS-related complications.
2. One of the titans of Italian Renaissance art, most celebrated
for his paintings for the Papal Court, he died in 1520 at the
age of 37. His contemporary Vasari dubbed him "the Prince
of Painters", while attributing his death to "an excess of
amorous pursuits."
3. A literary pilgrimage might take one from the house in Hampstead,
London, where this Romantic poet created his lasting works, to
the rented apartments at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome,
where he died of tuberculosis in 1821 at the tender age of 25.
4. This great Russian poet and novelist, author of "Eugene Onegin",
died in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37.
6. When this pianist and composer died in 1849 at the age of 39,
his funeral ceremonies resembled those of a head of state.
The Archbishop of Paris gave a special dispensation to allow
female singers to perform the Requiem during the service.
While most of him is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, his
heart was removed from his body and rests in Poland.
7. In 1924, at the age of 40, before his death from tuberculosis in
a sanatorium near Vienna, this author ordered his friend Max
Brod to destroy all of his unpublished writings. Happily for
posterity, Brod disobeyed the author's wishes. Who was the
author?
8. Alas, the Bront?s. Charlotte died at 38, Emily at 30, and
brother Bramwell at 31. And the third Bront? sister, author of
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", passed away in 1849 at the age
of 29. What was her first name?
9. Chronic depression, aggravated by her husband's abandonment and
publishers' rejections of her autobiographical novel "The Bell
Jar", led this poet and author to end her life in 1963 at the
age of 30.
10. This Italian-born painter, the prototype of the wild bohemian
artist, is best known for his angular nudes. He died in Paris
in 1920, at the age of 35, of tuberculosis.
* Game 9, Round 4 - Entertainment - SNL 5-Timers' Club
"Saturday Night Live" has recognized those who have hosted
or appeared as musical guests 5 times or more -- 24 so far.
Here are 10 questions about some of the members of that club.
1. She remains the youngest person to host SNL, at age 7 back
in 1982. She hosted for the 5th time in May 2001 -- maybe to
promote her latest release "Freddy Got Fingered", co-starring
her then husband, Tom Green. Who was she?
2. A top box-office draw in the early 1970s (when he was Mr. Barbra
Streisand), he hosted for the 5th time in February 1980.
A later generation probably remembers him for playing Monica
Geller's dad on "Friends". Who was he?
3. The idea of the 5-timers' club was introduced when this movie
star hosted on 1990-12-08, just 2 weeks before the release of
the movie "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and 2 years before his
two consecutive best actor Oscar wins. Who was it?
4. She's the most recent host to enter the 5-timer club in December
2023. Certainly a bigger honor than winning a best actress
Oscar 3 months later. Who is she?
5. He first appeared on SNL in his boy band 'N Sync. He was host
and musical guest many times thereafter, the 5th time in 2013.
His appearances on SNL have garnered him 5 Emmy awards --
including one for his work on the SNL video "Dick in a Box".
Name him.
6. This musician joined the club in February 2023 for his
appearances as musical guest. He first performed on SNL in
2002 in his rock duo with then-wife Meg on drums. Who is he?
7. He hosted only 4 times, but he made 13 appearances as a musical
guest. He entered the 5-timers' club in May 1986, appearing
with musical guests Ladysmith Black Mambazo - three months before
the release of his LP "Graceland". Who is this musical great?
8. He became a 5-timer in December 1994 and has hosted SNL more
than anyone else. His future hosting stints may suffer a little
now that he is facing involuntary-manslaughter charges from an
accidental shooting on a movie set. What is his name?
9. In the early days, hosts weren't always major celebrities and
would return frequently. This creator of "Get Smart" and writer
of "The Graduate" hosted 10 times in the show's first 4 years.
Who was he?
10. This former writer of SNL came back to host 5 times between
2018 and 2022. His substance-abuse problems don't seem to
have slowed him down during his successful comedy career, and
in fact they provide much material for his stand-up routines,
as seen in several Netflix specials, including "Kid Gorgeous
at Radio City" and most recently "Baby J". Who is he?
* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Big Band Era
Yes, it's another audio round without the audio. I think some of
the questions will be easily answered from the clues provided,
and if you'd need the clip to know some of them, perhaps you'll
be able to guess.
From the early 1930s to the late '40s, the United States produced
a number of large swing dance bands that popularized jazz and
made it mainstream. Here are 10 questions about the big bands
and their leaders and vocalists.
1. This artist led a band from 1923 until his death in 1974,
composed or collaborated on over 1000 songs, and is credited
with bringing jazz into the mainstream. His longtime writing
partner, Billy Strayhorn, was responsible for this signature
tune. Name the bandleader, also known for his eloquence,
charisma, and style.
2. The first African-American to sell 1,000,000 copies of a
single record, and to have a nationally-syndicated radio show,
this artist mixed vaudeville with big band. Here is his
signature song, released in 1931. Name the artist.
3. A clarinetist, this bandleader, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, broke through largely due to late-night radio
shows, and eventually earned the nickname "The King of Swing".
Name the bandleader, playing clarinet here.
4. This exceptional clarinetist, like <answer 3>, was the son
of Jewish immigrants. He anglicized his name to make it
big. In the mid-'30s, his band found success with hits like
"Stardust", "Moonglow", "Frenesi", and the following cover of
a Cole Porter melody that became his signature tune. Name the
bandleader playing clarinet here.
5. This pianist's arrangements emphasized the swinging rhythm
section with percussive piano accents and dueling tenor
saxophones. This song, "One O'Clock Jump", was the band's
theme song. He was a member of jazz royalty, the first
African-American male to win a Grammy. Name him.
6. His big band was the best-selling band from 1939 through 1942.
Hits included "String of Pearls", "Tuxedo Junction", "Kalamazoo",
"In the Mood", and this 1941 song, the first gold record
ever made. Name this bandleader who perished in the war.
7. Many bandleaders teamed up with rising solo singers. Les
Brown and his Band of Renown launched a young singer with an
alliterative name to stardom with this 1945 hit. She later
had a movie career and a number of TV shows. Name the singer.
8. Famous for their close harmonies, and their frequent
collaborations with Bing Crosby, this trio from Minneapolis
ruled the airwaves in the 1940s. Name them.
9. This bandleader, a talented trumpet player with a distinctive
tone, hit it big when he added strings and vocalists for a
sweeter sound. <answer 4> called it 'schmaltzy'. It worked,
though. In 1945, he and his wife, actress Betty Grable, were the
highest-earning couple in the US. Here he is playing trumpet
with singer Kitty Kallen. *Either* name him or give the title
of this #1 song from late 1945.
10. This trombone player was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman
of Swing", because of his theme song, "I'm Getting Sentimental
Over You". Older brother Jimmy was also a household name with
his own band. Here's a 1941 cover of an Irving Berlin tune.
Name *either* the bandleader on trombone or the up-and-coming
vocalist.
* Game 9, Round 6 - Arts - Alas, Too Young
It's a cliche that great artists die young. Here are some of the
artists the cliche derives from. Not one of them made it past 40.
In each case, name them.
1. He started out in the 1980s as a New York subway graffiti
artist. His playful, cartoonish images often conveyed serious
social messages about such topics as safe sex, AIDS awareness,
and LGBTQ empowerment. He died in 1990 at the age of 31 of
AIDS-related complications.
2. One of the titans of Italian Renaissance art, most celebrated
for his paintings for the Papal Court, he died in 1520 at the
age of 37. His contemporary Vasari dubbed him "the Prince
of Painters", while attributing his death to "an excess of
amorous pursuits."
3. A literary pilgrimage might take one from the house in Hampstead,
London, where this Romantic poet created his lasting works, to
the rented apartments at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome,
where he died of tuberculosis in 1821 at the tender age of 25.
4. This great Russian poet and novelist, author of "Eugene Onegin",
died in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37.
5. He integrated the native rhythms and melodies of American
popular music into a classical framework. His "Porgy and
Bess" was the first American opera to be performed at La Scala
in Milan. He died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38.
His last words were "Fred Astaire."
6. When this pianist and composer died in 1849 at the age of 39,
his funeral ceremonies resembled those of a head of state.
The Archbishop of Paris gave a special dispensation to allow
female singers to perform the Requiem during the service.
While most of him is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, his
heart was removed from his body and rests in Poland.
7. In 1924, at the age of 40, before his death from tuberculosis in
a sanatorium near Vienna, this author ordered his friend Max
Brod to destroy all of his unpublished writings. Happily for
posterity, Brod disobeyed the author's wishes. Who was the
author?
8. Alas, the Brontës. Charlotte died at 38, Emily at 30, and
brother Bramwell at 31. And the third Brontë sister, author of
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", passed away in 1849 at the age
of 29. What was her first name?
9. Chronic depression, aggravated by her husband's abandonment and
publishers' rejections of her autobiographical novel "The Bell
Jar", led this poet and author to end her life in 1963 at the
age of 30.
10. This Italian-born painter, the prototype of the wild bohemian
artist, is best known for his angular nudes. He died in Paris
in 1920, at the age of 35, of tuberculosis.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-04-01,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 4 - Entertainment - SNL 5-Timers' Club
"Saturday Night Live" has recognized those who have hosted
or appeared as musical guests 5 times or more -- 24 so far.
Here are 10 questions about some of the members of that club.
1. She remains the youngest person to host SNL, at age 7 back
in 1982. She hosted for the 5th time in May 2001 -- maybe to
promote her latest release "Freddy Got Fingered", co-starring
her then husband, Tom Green. Who was she?
2. A top box-office draw in the early 1970s (when he was Mr. Barbra
Streisand), he hosted for the 5th time in February 1980.
A later generation probably remembers him for playing Monica
Geller's dad on "Friends". Who was he?
3. The idea of the 5-timers' club was introduced when this movie
star hosted on 1990-12-08, just 2 weeks before the release of
the movie "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and 2 years before his
two consecutive best actor Oscar wins. Who was it?
4. She's the most recent host to enter the 5-timer club in December
2023. Certainly a bigger honor than winning a best actress
Oscar 3 months later. Who is she?
5. He first appeared on SNL in his boy band 'N Sync. He was host
and musical guest many times thereafter, the 5th time in 2013.
His appearances on SNL have garnered him 5 Emmy awards --
including one for his work on the SNL video "Dick in a Box".
Name him.
6. This musician joined the club in February 2023 for his
appearances as musical guest. He first performed on SNL in
2002 in his rock duo with then-wife Meg on drums. Who is he?
7. He hosted only 4 times, but he made 13 appearances as a musical
guest. He entered the 5-timers' club in May 1986, appearing
with musical guests Ladysmith Black Mambazo - three months before
the release of his LP "Graceland". Who is this musical great?
8. He became a 5-timer in December 1994 and has hosted SNL more
than anyone else. His future hosting stints may suffer a little
now that he is facing involuntary-manslaughter charges from an
accidental shooting on a movie set. What is his name?
9. In the early days, hosts weren't always major celebrities and
would return frequently. This creator of "Get Smart" and writer
of "The Graduate" hosted 10 times in the show's first 4 years.
Who was he?
10. This former writer of SNL came back to host 5 times between
2018 and 2022. His substance-abuse problems don't seem to
have slowed him down during his successful comedy career, and
in fact they provide much material for his stand-up routines,
as seen in several Netflix specials, including "Kid Gorgeous
at Radio City" and most recently "Baby J". Who is he?
* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Big Band Era
Yes, it's another audio round without the audio. I think some of
the questions will be easily answered from the clues provided,
and if you'd need the clip to know some of them, perhaps you'll
be able to guess.
From the early 1930s to the late '40s, the United States produced
a number of large swing dance bands that popularized jazz and
made it mainstream. Here are 10 questions about the big bands
and their leaders and vocalists.
1. This artist led a band from 1923 until his death in 1974,
composed or collaborated on over 1000 songs, and is credited
with bringing jazz into the mainstream. His longtime writing
partner, Billy Strayhorn, was responsible for this signature
tune. Name the bandleader, also known for his eloquence,
charisma, and style.
2. The first African-American to sell 1,000,000 copies of a
single record, and to have a nationally-syndicated radio show,
this artist mixed vaudeville with big band. Here is his
signature song, released in 1931. Name the artist.
3. A clarinetist, this bandleader, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, broke through largely due to late-night radio
shows, and eventually earned the nickname "The King of Swing".
Name the bandleader, playing clarinet here.
4. This exceptional clarinetist, like <answer 3>, was the son
of Jewish immigrants. He anglicized his name to make it
big. In the mid-'30s, his band found success with hits like
"Stardust", "Moonglow", "Frenesi", and the following cover of
a Cole Porter melody that became his signature tune. Name the
bandleader playing clarinet here.
5. This pianist's arrangements emphasized the swinging rhythm
section with percussive piano accents and dueling tenor
saxophones. This song, "One O'Clock Jump", was the band's
theme song. He was a member of jazz royalty, the first
African-American male to win a Grammy. Name him.
6. His big band was the best-selling band from 1939 through 1942.
Hits included "String of Pearls", "Tuxedo Junction", "Kalamazoo",
"In the Mood", and this 1941 song, the first gold record
ever made. Name this bandleader who perished in the war.
7. Many bandleaders teamed up with rising solo singers. Les
Brown and his Band of Renown launched a young singer with an
alliterative name to stardom with this 1945 hit. She later
had a movie career and a number of TV shows. Name the singer.
8. Famous for their close harmonies, and their frequent
collaborations with Bing Crosby, this trio from Minneapolis
ruled the airwaves in the 1940s. Name them.
9. This bandleader, a talented trumpet player with a distinctive
tone, hit it big when he added strings and vocalists for a
sweeter sound. <answer 4> called it 'schmaltzy'. It worked,
though. In 1945, he and his wife, actress Betty Grable, were the
highest-earning couple in the US. Here he is playing trumpet
with singer Kitty Kallen. *Either* name him or give the title
of this #1 song from late 1945.
10. This trombone player was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman
of Swing", because of his theme song, "I'm Getting Sentimental
Over You". Older brother Jimmy was also a household name with
his own band. Here's a 1941 cover of an Irving Berlin tune.
Name *either* the bandleader on trombone or the up-and-coming
vocalist.
* Game 9, Round 6 - Arts - Alas, Too Young
It's a cliche that great artists die young. Here are some of the
artists the cliche derives from. Not one of them made it past 40.
In each case, name them.
1. He started out in the 1980s as a New York subway graffiti
artist. His playful, cartoonish images often conveyed serious
social messages about such topics as safe sex, AIDS awareness,
and LGBTQ empowerment. He died in 1990 at the age of 31 of
AIDS-related complications.
2. One of the titans of Italian Renaissance art, most celebrated
for his paintings for the Papal Court, he died in 1520 at the
age of 37. His contemporary Vasari dubbed him "the Prince
of Painters", while attributing his death to "an excess of
amorous pursuits."
3. A literary pilgrimage might take one from the house in Hampstead,
London, where this Romantic poet created his lasting works, to
the rented apartments at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome,
where he died of tuberculosis in 1821 at the tender age of 25.
4. This great Russian poet and novelist, author of "Eugene Onegin",
died in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37.
5. He integrated the native rhythms and melodies of American
popular music into a classical framework. His "Porgy and
Bess" was the first American opera to be performed at La Scala
in Milan. He died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38.
His last words were "Fred Astaire."
6. When this pianist and composer died in 1849 at the age of 39,
his funeral ceremonies resembled those of a head of state.
The Archbishop of Paris gave a special dispensation to allow
female singers to perform the Requiem during the service.
While most of him is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, his
heart was removed from his body and rests in Poland.
7. In 1924, at the age of 40, before his death from tuberculosis in
a sanatorium near Vienna, this author ordered his friend Max
Brod to destroy all of his unpublished writings. Happily for
posterity, Brod disobeyed the author's wishes. Who was the
author?
8. Alas, the Bront�s. Charlotte died at 38, Emily at 30, and
brother Bramwell at 31. And the third Bront� sister, author of
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", passed away in 1849 at the age
of 29. What was her first name?
9. Chronic depression, aggravated by her husband's abandonment and
publishers' rejections of her autobiographical novel "The Bell
Jar", led this poet and author to end her life in 1963 at the
age of 30.
10. This Italian-born painter, the prototype of the wild bohemian
artist, is best known for his angular nudes. He died in Paris
in 1920, at the age of 35, of tuberculosis.
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