Best Songs and Their Composers - 1965-1979 Quiz

Answer: Chim Chim Cher-ee

"Chim Chim Cher-ee" was featured in the film "Mary Poppins", starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen and Ed Wynn. Others nominated were Henry Mancini ("Dear Heart"), De Vol ("Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte") and Jimmy Van Heusen ("My Kind of Town" and "Where Love Has Gone").

Answer: The Shadow of Your Smile

"The Shadow of Your Smile" was featured in the film "The Sandpiper", starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint and Charles Bronson. Others nominated were Jerry Livingston ("The Ballad of Cat Ballou"), Henry Mancini ("The Sweetheart Tree"), Michel Legrand ("I Will Wait for You") and Burt Bacharach ("What's New Pussycat?").

Answer: Born Free

"Born Free" was featured in the film "Born Free", starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. Others nominated were Burt Bacharach ("Alfie"), Johnny Mandel ("A Time for Love"), Tom Springfield ("Georgy Girl") and Elmer Bernstein ("My Wishing Doll").

Answer: Talk to the Animals

"Talk to the Animals" was featured in the film "Doctor Dolittle", starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. Others nominated were Quincy Jones ("The Eyes of Love"), Burt Bacharach ("The Look of Love"), Terry Gilkyson ("The Bare Necessities") and Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen ("Thoroughly Modern Millie").

Answer: The Windmills of Your Mind

"The Windmills of Your Mind" was featured in the film "The Thomas Crown Affair", starring Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke and Jack Weston. Others nominated were the Sherman Brothers ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), Quincy Jones ("For Love of Ivy"), Jule Styne ("Funny Girl") and Jimmy Van Heusen ("Star!").

Answer: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was featured in the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey and Henry Jones. Others nominated were Michel Legrand ("What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"), Rod McKuen ("Jean"), Fred Karlin ("Come Saturday Morning") and Elmer Bernstein ("True Grit").

Answer: For All We Know

"For All We Know" was featured in the film "Lovers and Other Strangers", starring Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Richard Castellano, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Marian Hailey, Anne Jackson, Cloris Leachman, Anne Meara and Gig Young. Others nominated were Henry Mancini ("Whistling Away the Dark"), Riz Ortolani ("Till Love Touches Your Life"), Michel Legrand ("Pieces of Dreams") and Elmer Bernstein ("Thank You Very Much").

Answer: Theme from Shaft

"Theme from Shaft" was featured in the film "Shaft", starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn and Charles Cioffi. Others nominated were the Sherman Brothers ("The Age of Not Believing"), Perry Botkin Jr. and Barry De Vorzon ("Bless the Beasts and Children"), Marvin Hamlisch ("Life Is What You Make It") and Henry Mancini ("All His Children").

Answer: The Morning After

"The Morning After" was featured in the film "The Poseidon Adventure", starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea and Leslie Nielsen.

Others nominated were Walter Scharf ("Ben"), Maurice Jarre ("Marmalade, Molasses and Honey"), Fred Karlin ("Come Follow, Follow Me") and Sammy Fain ("Strange Are the Ways of Love").

Answer: The Way We Were

"The Way We Were" was featured in the film "The Way We Were", starring Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Viveca Lindfors, Herb Edelman, Murray Hamilton, Patrick O'Neal and
Lois Chiles. Others nominated were John Williams ("Nice to Be Around"), Linda and Paul McCartney ("Live and Let Die"), George Bruns ("Love") and George Barrie ("All That Love Went to Waste").

Answer: We May Never Love Like This Again

"We May Never Love Like This Again" was featured in the film "The Towering Inferno", starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn and Robert Wagner.

Others nominated were Euel Box ("I Feel Love"), John Morris ("Blazing Saddles"), Elmer Bernstein ("Wherever Love Takes Me") and Frederick Loewe ("Little Prince").

Answer: I'm Easy

"I'm Easy" was featured in the film "Nashville", starring David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn.

Others nominated were Fred Ebb and John Kander ("How Lucky Can You Get"), Michael Masser ("Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"), Charles Fox ("Richard's Window") and George Barrie ("Now That We're in Love").

Answer: Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)

"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" was featured in the film "A Star Is Born", starring Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Joanne Linville and Oliver Clark. Others nominated were Sammy Fain ("A World That Never Was"), Jerry Goldsmith ("Ave Satani"), Henry Mancini ("Come to Me") and Bill Conti ("Gonna Fly Now").

Answer: You Light Up My Life

"You Light Up My Life" was featured in the film "You Light Up My Life", starring Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Michael Zaslow, Stephen Nathan and Melanie Mayron. Others nominated were Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha ("Candle on the Water"), Sammy Fain ("Someone's Waiting for You"), the Sherman Brothers ("He/She Danced with Me") and Marvin Hamlisch ("Nobody Does It Better").

Answer: Last Dance

"Last Dance" was featured in the film "Thank God It's Friday", starring Donna Summer and The Commodores. Others nominated were Charles Fox ("Ready to Take a Chance Again"), Sammy Fain ("Hopelessly Devoted to You"), the Sherman Brothers ("When You're Loved") and Marvin Hamlisch ("The Last Time I Felt Like This").