Friday, September 30, 2011

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1) FDR offered the "New Deal" as his presidential program. That followed the program offered by President Theodore Roosevelt, which was called what?

2) This legendary tenor sax player from New Jersey played with Art Blakey, Maynard Ferguson and Miles Davis before co-founding the seminal fusion group Weather Report. Who was he?

3) Name the three states that are connected to Yellowstone National Park.


Answers:

1) Square Deal.

2) Wayne Shorter! While a member of Miles Davis' band, he composed many of the group's tunes, including "Nefertiti," "ESP," "Footprints" and "Prince of Darkness." In addition to his legendary work with Weather Report, Shorter was also a much sought-after session man, and contributed much of the great sax work on Steely Dan's magnum opus album, "Aja."

3) Yellowstone National Park touches on Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

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