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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