Here are the answers to my earlier posts.
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One
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin’ on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang.
— AZ Lyrics
Which two musical instruments are missing from this excerpt of Jailhouse Rock?
Answer Tenor saxophone and slide trombone
Written by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber it was released as a single, accompanying Elvis Presley’s motion picture, Jailhouse Rock, on the 24 September 1957.
Two
What musical instrument features in the title of a musical film starring Roy Orbison: The Fastest … Alive?
Answer: Guitar
The Fastest Guitar Alive is a 1967 American musical film comedy Western film directed by Michael D. Moore and starring singer Roy Orbison in his only acting role. The film features Orbison performing seven original songs, which appeared on his 1967 MGM album of the same name. Near the end of the American Civil War, a Southern spy (Orbison) with a bullet-shooting guitar is given the task of robbing gold bullion from the United States Mint in San Francisco to help finance the ill-fated Confederacy’s last-ditch war effort.
Three
Charlie, a young English actress, is the title character of which John le Carré novel?
Answer: The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl, a 1983 spy novel by John le Carré, follows Israeli spymaster Martin Kurtz’s plan to kill Palestinian terrorist Khalil.
Four
What was the title of Elton John’s first number one album on the UK Albums Chart?
Answer: Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by British musician Elton John. Released on 26 January 1973 by DJM Records, it was the first of two studio albums he released in 1973 (the second was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released nine months later), and was his second straight No. 1 album on the US Billboard 200 and first No. 1 album on the UK Albums Chart.
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Five
Who composed Waltzing Matilda, the song widely regarded as Australia’s unofficial national anthem?
Answer: Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson, an Australian bush poet and journalist, is celebrated for his works capturing the Australian bush life. His poems, including Clancy of the Overflow and The Man from Snowy River, were published in The Bulletin, and Waltzing Matilda is considered Australia’s unofficial national anthem.
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