Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This person is credited with saying, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

2) There were many factors contributing to the decline of the Big Band era: converting from a war-time economy to peace-time, the emergence of civil rights affected the type of music played, the expenses associated with maintaining and transporting a big band, and shifts in taste to featured singers and smaller ensembles.

3) How many sides does a heptagon have?

4) On this date in 1950 the Boston Celtics, in the second round of the NBA draft selected the first African-American player to play in the NBA. Who was he?

Answers:

1) Voltaire

2)  People mostly blame the two-year musicians' strike for the decline of the Big Band era.

3) Seven

4) Chuck Cooper of Duquesne University

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