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1. The original Limeliters included Lou Gottlieb singing bass and Alex Hassilev singing baritone. Who sang tenor?
2. The Limeliters took their name from the Limelite Club, which was located in what city?
3. Known for his intellectual interludes between songs, Lou Gottlieb was a Ph.D. in what?
4. What was the Limeliters' first number one hit?
5. For three years the Limeliters were the musical representatives for what major soft-drink?
6. Glenn Yarbrough left the group in 1963 to pursue a solo career, replaced by Ernie Sheldon. Sheldon wrote the lyrics for what song, which became Yarbrough's biggest solo hit?
7. The group disbanded in 1965; however, the Limeliters embarked on a series of yearly reunion tours with Glenn Yarbrough in 1976. These were so successful that in 1981, Alex and Lou decided to reform the group. Whose soaring tenor filled Yarbrough's position for the next eight years?
8. The group's second tenor left in 1991 and was replaced by another outstanding voice, Rick Dougherty, and when Lou Gottlieb passed away in 1996, Bill Zorn came over from the Kingston Trio. In 2004, both Rick and Bill left the Limeliters and joined a short-lived group with Glenn Yarbrough called 'The Folk Reunion.' Rick and Bill have since replaced original members Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane in what group?
9. When Bill and Rick left the group in early 2004, tenor Mack Bailey and comic baritone Andy Corwin filled their vacancies. Mack is also a member of what Washington, DC based group?
10. Of the original Limeliters, only Alex Hassilev remains. He was born in Paris of Russian parents and speaks fluent French, Russian and Spanish. In 1966 he appeared as Hrushevsky, a Soviet sailor, in what movie?
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