Disastrous choices of music
1. Which wellknown composer wrote the score for the 1974 disaster film “Earthquake”?
A) John Barry B) Elmer Bernstein C) Ennio Morricone D) John Williams
2. “Fear the Turtle” is the unofficial slogan of what university's sports teams?
A) Columbia University B) University of Delaware C) University of Maryland D) Temple University
3. Which TV character had a best friend named Jenny Piccalo?
A) Joanie Cunningham B) Kim Possible C) D.J. Tanner D) Laura Winslow
4. Charles the Great, better known as Charlemagne, was the son of which king?
A) Augustus II the Strong B) Ethelred the Unready C) Gorm the Old
D) Pepin the Short
5. Who was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun?
A) Anubis
B) Geb
C) Osiris
D) Ra
6. Juliette Gordon Low founded what organization in 1912?
A) Daughters of the American Revolution B) Girl Scouts of the USA
C) Junior League D) National Woman's
Party Answers
1) “Star Wars” composer John Williams wrote the scores for the “big three” disaster movies of the 1970s: “The Poseidon Adventure,” “The Towering Inferno” and “Earthquake.”
2) “Fear the Turtle” is the unofficial slogan of the University of Maryland Terrapins.
3) Jenny Piccalo was Joanie Cunningham's best friend on “Happy Days.” 4) Charlemagne's father was Pepin the Short, King of the Franks.
5) Ra was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun. 6) Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912.
FACTS OF THE DAY
• On May 22, 1960, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake occurred near Valdivia, Chile. It remains the largest magnitude earthquake recorded. Tsunamis resulting from the quake caused destruction and loss of life in Southern California, Hawaii and as far away as Japan and Alaska. Four years later came the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. With a 9.2 magnitude, it's the secondlargest earthquake recorded.
• Concertos for violin, piano, cello, horns — most composers have those in their repertoires. But in 1954, English composer Ralph (pronounced Rafe) Vaughan Williams broke new ground by writing a concerto for the orchestra's most stalwart member: the tuba. Its debut took place during the London Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary jubilee with Philip Catelinet as the featured tuba soloist. This wasn't the only time Vaughan Williams composed for an overlooked musical instrument. Two years earlier, he'd written “Romance in D-flat” for harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler.