Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  What was the theme song of the Glenn Miller Orchestra?

2)  Which U.S. President was known as Old Sink or Swim?

3)  What do stars Merv Griffin, Ted Knight, Soupy Sales, Adam West, and Ernest Borgnine have in common?

4)  Which famous author once said of Huckleberry Finn, "All American writing comes from that.  There was nothing before.  There has been nothing as good since."?


Answers:

1)  "Moonlight Serenade"  A band's theme song is its signature tune.  Miller wrote the song in 1923, long before he formed his own band.  Moonlight Serenade is not as well known as Miller's hits like In The Mood, Little Brown Jug, or Pennsylvania 6-5000, but it does have that distinctive Miller sound.

2)  John Adams.

3)  They all started their careers as local children's television hosts.

4)  Ernest Hemingway.