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Worksheets1900s Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who performed Stars & Stripes Forever?
a)
Ada Jones
b)
Sousa's Band
c)
George Walker
d)
Jubilee Quartet
2.
Who performed Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
Wallis Willis
c)
Jubilee Quartet
d)
Cal Stewart
3.
Who performed Give My Regards to Broadway?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
DeWolf Hopper
c)
Ada Jones
d)
Blanche Ring
4.
Who performed Tell Me Pretty Maiden?
a)
DeWolf Hopper
b)
Byron G. Harlan, Joe Belmont & the Florodora Girls
c)
Frank Stanley
d)
Arthur Collins
5.
Who performed The Yankee Doodle Boy?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
Little Johnny Jones
c)
Arthur Collins
d)
Harry Lauder
6.
Which opera was Vesti La Giubba from?
a)
Pagliacci
b)
La Boheme
c)
Little Johnny Jones
d)
Floradora
7.
Why were there only six people on the recording of Tell Me, Pretty Maiden and not twelve as in the Broadway show?
a)
Half of them were on strike protesting racist practices in the theater industry.
b)
The record label could only afford to pay six people.
c)
Many of the cast members were ill at the time of the recording.
d)
It was too hard to get twelve people around one microphone.
8.
Who wrote the original poem Auld Lang Syne?
a)
Frank Stanley
b)
John Philip Sousa
c)
Robert Burns
d)
Jack Norworth
9.
Which song quotes other popular patriotic songs such as Yankee Doodle, I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, and The Star Spangled Banner?
a)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
b)
The Yankee Doodle Boy
c)
Uncle Josh & the Insurance Company
d)
The Glow-Worm
10.
Which song may have originally been written in Yiddish?
a)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
b)
Bedelia
c)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers
d)
Vesti la Giubba
11.
Which song is about a man who is stranded on an island where the native declare him their chief?
a)
Shine On Harvest Moon
b)
The Yankee Doodle Boy
c)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers
d)
Nobody
12.
Which song had lyrics that were inspired by a British nursery rhyme?
a)
Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)
b)
Auld Lang Syne
c)
You're a Grand Old Rag
d)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers
13.
Which team did Casey play baseball for?
a)
Seattle
b)
Mudville
c)
Louisville
d)
San Diego
14.
What term is used when performers wear make-up to appear black?
a)
Black Face
b)
Dark Face
c)
Greased Up
d)
Tar Face
15.
Who performed Vesti la Giubba?
a)
Enrico Caruso
b)
Billy Murray
c)
The Haydn Quartet
d)
Bert Williams
16.
Who performed Nobody?
a)
Cal Stewart
b)
Haydn Quartet
c)
The Floradora Girls
d)
Bert Williams
17.
Who performed Tell Me Pretty Maiden?
a)
DeWolf Hopper
b)
Byron G. Harlan, Joe Belmont & the Florodora Girls
c)
Frank Stanley
d)
Arthur Collins
18.
Who performed The Yankee Doodle Boy?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
Little Johnny Jones
c)
Arthur Collins
d)
Harry Lauder
19.
Who performed Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
Nora Bayes
c)
Bill Bailey
d)
Arthur Collins
20.
Who performed Stop Your Tickling, Jock?
a)
Harry Lauder
b)
Uncle Josh
c)
Frank Stanley
d)
Ada Jones
21.
Who performed Shine On Harvest Moon?
a)
Blanche Ring & the Haydn Quartet
b)
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
c)
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
d)
Bert Williams & George Walker
22.
How many performances did the musical Floradora do on Broadway?
a)
252
b)
225
c)
552
d)
525
23.
Which composer(s) had never seen a baseball game when they wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game?
a)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
b)
Jack Norworth & Albert von Tizler
c)
Wallis Willis & Alexander Reid
d)
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
24.
Which performer was known for performing in full Highland Regalia and popularized the kilt and walking stick in America?
a)
Harry Lauder
b)
Billy Murray
c)
Enrico Caruso
d)
Frank Stanley
25.
Which song had lyrics that were inspired by a British nursery rhyme?
a)
Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)
b)
Auld Lang Syne
c)
You're a Grand Old Rag
d)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers
26.
The song Bedelia was from which musical?
a)
The Jersey Lily
b)
Little Johnny Jones
c)
George Washington Jr.
d)
Floradora
27.
Which team did Casey play baseball for?
a)
Seattle
b)
Mudville
c)
Louisville
d)
San Diego
28.
Which pair of performers were the highest-grossing black musical entertainers?
a)
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
b)
Bert Williams & George Walker
c)
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
d)
Byron G. Harlan & Joe Belmont
29.
Who performed Vesti la Giubba?
a)
Enrico Caruso
b)
Billy Murray
c)
The Haydn Quartet
d)
Bert Williams
30.
Who performed Nobody?
a)
Cal Stewart
b)
Haydn Quartet
c)
The Floradora Girls
d)
Bert Williams
31.
Who performed Sweet Adeline?
a)
Billy Murray
b)
Blanche Ring
c)
Haydn Quartet
d)
Jubilee Quartet
32.
Who performed Take Me Out to the Ball Game?
a)
Jubilee Quartet
b)
Jack Norworth
c)
Haydn Quartet
d)
Albert von Tizler
33.
Who performed Stop Your Tickling, Jock?
a)
Harry Lauder
b)
Uncle Josh
c)
Frank Stanley
d)
Ada Jones
34.
Who performed I've Got Rings on My Fingers?
a)
Beyonce
b)
Blanche Ring
c)
Jim O'Shea
d)
Enrico Caruso
35.
Who performed Uncle Josh & the Insurance Company?
a)
Jim O'Shea
b)
Billy Murray
c)
Sousa's Band
d)
Cal Stewart
36.
Who performed Casey at the Bat?
a)
DeWolf Hopper
b)
Jimmy Blake
c)
Ada Jones
d)
Victor Orchestra
37.
Who performed Good Morning, Carrie?
a)
Victor Orchestra
b)
Uncle Josh
c)
Bert Williams & George Walker
d)
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
38.
Who performed The Glow-Worm?
a)
Albert von Tizler
b)
Jubilee Quartet
c)
Enrico Caruso
d)
Victor Orchestra
39.
Which recording was the first to sell over one million copies?
a)
Nobody by Bert Williams
b)
Vesti La Giubba by Enrico Caruso
c)
You're a Grand Old Rag by Billy Murray
d)
Shine On Harvest Moon by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
40.
Which song is the national march of The United States of America?
a)
You're a Grand Old Rag
b)
The Yankee Doodle Boy
c)
The Stars and Stripes Forever
d)
Give My Regards to Broadway
41.
Which song was on a list of “undesired and harmful” musical works in Nazi Germany in 1939?
a)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
b)
The Glow-Worm
c)
Auld Lang Syne
d)
Bedelia
42.
Which performer used his vaudeville show as a platform to protest against racism?
a)
Frank Stanley
b)
Cal Stewart
c)
Billy Murray
d)
Bert Williams
43.
Why were there only six people on the recording of Tell Me, Pretty Maiden and not twelve as in the Broadway show?
a)
Half of them were on strike protesting racist practices in the theater industry.
b)
The record label could only afford to pay six people.
c)
Many of the cast members were ill at the time of the recording.
d)
It was too hard to get twelve people around one microphone.
44.
Which song's lyrics were inspired by a girl who worked at the music counter of a New York department store?
a)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers
b)
Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)
c)
Good Morning, Carrie
d)
Bedelia
45.
In the musical Little Johnny Jones, who was Yankee Doodle?
a)
The horse Little Johnny Jones rode in the English Derby.
b)
A fellow soldier serving under General George Washington.
c)
A scribble in an old notepad.
d)
An English soldier all the American's made fun of.
46.
Which song was written in the moment by a bar pianist about one of the bar’s regulars?
a)
Bedelia
b)
Casey at the Bar
c)
Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)
d)
Good Morning, Carrie
47.
Which performer made the modern equivalent of $15,000 per night at the height of his career?
a)
Sousa's Band
b)
Harry Lauder
c)
Ada Jones
d)
Bert Williams
48.
The song Bedelia was from which musical?
a)
The Jersey Lily
b)
Little Johnny Jones
c)
George Washington Jr.
d)
Floradora
49.
Which song was used in the 2013 video game BioShock Infinite?
a)
Stars and Stripes Forever
b)
You're a Grand Old Rag
c)
Shine On Harvest Moon
d)
Casey at the Bat
50.
Which pair of performers were the highest-grossing black musical entertainers?
a)
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
b)
Bert Williams & George Walker
c)
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
d)
Byron G. Harlan & Joe Belmont
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