PREVIOUS SUPER TRIVIA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Guy is known for his showmanship: for example, he plays his guitar with drumsticks, or strolls into the audience while jamming and trailing a long guitar chord.

• This singer/songwriter (shown at age 7) had many, many top 40 hits.  One of his number 1 hits from the 60s later became the theme song for a TV series.  He changed his first and last name, taking one of them from a Cadillac.  His hit number one song title (which he is most known for) is something that 1 in 7 kids ages 10-18 have done.  What is his stage name (you can give his real name also) and the name of his biggest hit?
  
  ANSWER: Charles Weedon Westover changed his name to Del Shannon.  He derived "Del" from his favorite make of car, the Cadillac Coupe DeVille. His number one hit "Runaway" is something one to three million kids do each year in America.

Only 4% of people who start this program complete its highest honor.  What honor do these three have in common: Chan Gailey (Coach), Sam Walton (Wal-Mart founder) and Steven Spielberg (movie mogul)?

ANSWER:  Eagle Scout
 

Click photo to see JWR ad supporting the Boy Scouts

• This American rock band was formed in the late 60s and continue to play today.  As with most "mature" rock bands, their songs have found their way into movies and television.  This is true for this band as well.  You could say they are a depressed, bottom-feeding sect or you could tell me their real name.
  
  ANSWER: Blue Öyster Cult, formed in 1967 under the name Soft White Underbelly, is still active today.

• This 2006 movie employed a standby director for insurance reasons since the director wasn't so young.  What is the name of the movie?
  
  ANSWER: A Prairie Home Companion.  For insurance purposes, and in the event that 80-year-old director Robert Altman was unable to finish shooting the film, Paul Thomas Anderson was employed as a standby director.

• No real lions were used for the film, simply because Andrew Adamson wanted a moment where Georgie Henley could reach out and touch Aslan.

Your only hint:   

ANSWER: BO JACKSON
Iron Bowl,

Vincent Edward Jackson was born on Nov. 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama. In June 1982, he was selected in the second round draft by the New York Yankees, but turned them down to accept a football scholarship to Auburn University. He culminated his Auburn career as the Heisman Trophy winner. Although drafted by the NFL, Jackson chose baseball and in 1986 he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals. In 1987, Jackson was back in the NFL draft and signed with the LA Raiders when owner, Al Davis, agreed to let him play both sports. He was the first athlete to play in the All-Star Game of two major sports. In July 1989, the famous "Bo Knows" commercials began to air, but two years later Jackson suffered a career-threatening injury during a playoff game and eventually underwent artificial hip replacement surgery. His football career over, he continued to play baseball. After being released by the Royals, Jackson played for the White Sox and then the Angels. Continuing problems with his hip forced him to retire in 1994.

 

He went back to school (Auburn) and graduated in December 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in family and child development.

Bo attends the premiere of the movie "The Chamber" in 1996.  Bo has appeared in several films.

SUPER TRIVIA WINNER
Yvonne Williams - Central Supply

Others with the correct answer:
Ricky Allen - CMO
Ralph Ausborn - Retired
Joey Sellers - No. 4 Mine
Charles Willis - BWM
Justin Woodruff - No. 4 Mine
Sundery Robinson - No. 7 Mine
Sylvia Algee - CMO
 

This world renowned singer and musician was born just over 100 miles from JWR's headquarters in Brookwood.  Their father was a preacher and this musician, who later became known as a singer, got their start in the church.  What is this artist's name?

Hint # 1: Louvre (One of his hit songs was "Mona Lisa" which is housed in the Louvre)
NATHANIEL ADAMS COLE

Instruments: Piano, Vocals
Date of Birth: March 17, 1917
Place of Birth: Montgomery, Alabama

Born Nathaniel Adams Coles in 1917, at four he moved to Chicago when his father was called to the True Light Baptist Church. Even at that age he could sing "Yes, We Have No Bananas" as he accompanied himself on the piano. His first public performance as a pianist was at four in Chicago's Regal Theater. His mother, who was his first music teacher, wanted him to become a classical pianist.

Although as early as 12 he played the organ and sang in his father's church, his interests were with jazz - an interest and type of music that displeased his parents because of Jazz's connection with nightclubs and the sporting life. However, three of Nat's brothers - Eddie, Fred and Isaac - were already jazz musicians, and Nat first played piano in Eddie Coles's jazz band, the Rogues of Rhythm.

In 1936 he moved to Los Angeles where he formed a group that later became the King Cole Trio. In 1943, he recorded his first national hit record, "Straighten Up and Fly Right," which was based on one of his father's sermons and on a traditional black folktale.

Success followed with "It's Only a Paper Moon" in 1945, "The Christmas Song" in 1947, "Nature Boy" in 1948, "Mona Lisa" in 1949 and "Too Young" in 1951.

Cole was the first black jazz musician to have his own weekly radio show (1948-49).

In early 1956, Cole returned to Alabama, where his integrated group played to a segregated audience in the municipal auditorium in Birmingham. Four members of the White Citizens Council attacked him on the stage. Although hurt, Cole returned to the stage and completed his performance for the audience of 4,000. Cole, who had frequently visited in Montgomery, vowed never to return to the South, and he did not.

Later that year he became the first black to have a weekly show on network television (1956-57), but the show was canceled because it could not find a national sponsor. Although Nat 'King' Cole moved away from jazz, and is best known as a melodious, smooth singer of such popular songs as "Pretend," "Route 66," "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" and "Rambling Rose," his stronger claim to a place in musical history is as a jazz pianist. He is also known as an actor in "St. Louis Blues" (1958) and "Cat Ballou" (1964).

SUPER TRIVIA WINNER
Peter Du Bois - CMO

Others with the correct answer:
Sonya Wesson - Cen. Supply
John Fillebaum - CMO
Brenda Davis - No. 5 Mine
Estoria Taylor - Cen. Supply
Pam Leonard - Cen. Supply
Ed Leonard - No. 5 Mine
Jean Russell - CMO
Carol Watts - Cen. Supply
Alfred Miles - CMO
Jimmie Hyche - BWM
Mayor Johnson - No. 4 Mine
Sylvia Algee - CMO
Jerry Pullen - CMO