Friday, January 18, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  Born Ruth Lee Jones, this singer was equally at ease in jazz, soul and pop idioms. She performed with such jazz greats as Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley and Wynton Kelly. Her breakthrough crossover hit, "What a Difference a Day Makes" introduced her to the mainstream.  What was her stage name?

2)  Every U.S. president since FDR has had both a memoir and a presidential library dedicated to them. Who was the one exception?

3)  This president once said it would take 50 years to pass before anyone could write about him or his administration with any objectivity.

4)  How many eyes does the Greek mythological creature, the cyclops have?

Answers:

1)  Dinah Washington.

2)  John F. Kennedy has a library but not a memoir.

3)  Nixon

4)  A cyclops is a one-eyed giant.


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