Tom Kacich | A musical quiz for the newcomers and returnees
Aug. 25—Greetings, newcomers and returnees. Welcome back to flat East Central Illinois, where we have quite a history of making and enjoying all kinds of music. Here's a quiz to help you get acquainted to our musical heritage. No peeking at your neighbor's answers.
a) Mitchell Court for Joni Mitchell
b) Chapin Street for Harry Chapin
c) Fogelberg Court for Dan Fogelberg
d) Taylor Street for James Taylor
a) Joan Hickey
b) Barrington Coleman
c) Jim Pugh
d) Chip McNeill
a) May 1945
b) September 1954
c) May 1963
d) November 1939
a) Once
b) Twice
c) Three times
d) Four times
a) Chance the Rapper
b) Common
c) Ludacris
d) Rhymefest
a) Booker T. Jones
b) Joey DeFrancesco
c) Jack McDuff
d) Richard "Groove" Holmes
a) Kevin Cronin
b) Alison Krauss
c) Gary Richrath
d) Pauli Carman
a) Lawrence Welk
b) Robert Goulet
c) Les Paul and Mary Ford
d) Pat Boone
a) Tina Turner
b) Billy Joel
c) Glen Campbell
d) Loretta Lynn
a) First halftime show at a football game
b) First to use an upright bass in formation
c) First to march onto the field before the game was over
d) First to feature a big bass drum on wheels
a) Architecture
b) Music education
c) Theater arts, painting
d) Engineering
a) The Rolling Stones
b) Elvis Presley
c) Frank Sinatra
d) Garth Brooks
a) St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
b) Chicago Symphony Orchestra
c) Philadelphia Orchestra
d) New York Philharmonic
a) Frank Sinatra
b) Edythe Wright
c) The Pied Pipers
d) Stuart Foster
a) "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" by Allan Sherman
b) "Dominique" by the Singing Nun
c) "Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary
d) "Bach's Greatest Hits" by the Swingle Singers
Answers
1. b) Chapin Street. Harry Chapin frequently played at the UI, including the Auditorium, the Assembly Hall and in 1981, a 42-hour dance marathon at Huff Gym to raise money to fight world hunger. The 1981 show also featured Steve Goodman.
2. c) Trombonist Jim Pugh.
3. d) Ellington played at Huff Gym on Nov. 4, 1939, at the annual Student-Alumni Homecoming Dance. Tickets were $2 (about $45 in today's dollars).
4. d) Marian Anderson sang here at least four times: 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1959. In 1964, she came back to receive an honorary doctorate in music.
5. c) Ludacris. He was born in Champaign on Sept. 11, 1977.
6. c) "Brother" Jack McDuff, born in 1926, died Jan. 23, 2001.
7. b) Alison Krauss. Her first Grammy was in 1990; her most recent was in 2012.
8. c) Les Paul and Mary Ford joined jazz musician J.J. Johnson and the UI Jazz Band for a March 2, 1963, concert at the brand-new arena. The building was formally dedicated on May 3.
9. a) Tina Turner
10. a) First halftime show at a football game (1907) for a game against Chicago.
11. c) Fogelberg studied theater arts and painting. He did not graduate.
12. d) Garth Brooks drew 57,090 fans for four shows (April 28-30, 2017). He had also played three shows at the Assembly Hall in March 1997 at which he drew a total of 49,412.
13. c) The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, performed on May 2, 1969, at Krannert.
14. b) Edythe Wright. Sinatra joined the Dorsey band in 1940.
15. a) Allen Sherman came to the UI in 1940, majored in journalism and wrote the Campus Scout column in the Daily Illini. Sherman's roommate at one time was Larry Stewart, later the station manager at WDWS-AM.