Sunday, January 10, 2016

Alan Rock's Trivia


Q: What is the calendar that decides the start of the Chinese New Year? 
A: The lunar calendar determines the start of the Chinese New Year.The Gregorian calendar observes New Year's Day on Jan. 1.

Q: On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened. In what city?  
A:  in London.

Q:On the album, ‘Kind of Blue’ which many consider to be the greatest jazz album ever, who played piano on 'Freddie Freeloader'?
 A: Wynton Kelly.

Q: Beside Miles Davis, who made up the rest of the group on ‘Kind of Blue’? 
A: Cannonball Adderley (alto), John Coltrane (tenor), Paul Chambers (bass) and Bill Evans  (piano, except, ‘Freddie Freeloader).

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