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Debby Boone Trivia Quiz

Yes this is a quiz about singer/actress Debby Boone.

A multiple-choice quiz by Robert907. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Robert907

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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357,192

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Debby is the third daughter of which singer, actor and writer? Hint

Daniel Boone

Pat Boone

Aaron Boone

Richard Boone

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of Debby's maternal grandfather, who was known as Mr. Country Music and is remembered for the song "Peace in the Valley"? Hint

Red Foley

Faron Young

Hank Williams

Roy Acuff

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Question 3 of 10

3. Legendary singer Perry Como is Debby Boone's godfather. In 1981, Boone appeared with Como in which which special, that was part of a series of annual appearances by the great performer? Hint

Thanksgiving Day Parade

Miss America Pageant

French-Canadian Christmas

Labour Day Telethon

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 2005, Debby released a CD compilation, "Reflections of Rosemary", as a tribute to her mother-in-law. Who was it that Debby was honoring? Hint

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary Kennedy

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Woods

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the 1977 song that Debby is most remembered for singing? Hint

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

You Light Up My Life

I Just Want To Be Your Everything

Torn Between Two Lovers

6. In 1981, after failing to live up to her early singing success, Debby turned to acting. Debby appeared in the stage adaptation of which 1954 musical film, starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell? Hint

Damn Yankees

Call Me Madam

The Music Man

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

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Question 7 of 10

7. Debby played the part of Maria, portrayed in the original 1959 adaptation by Mary Martin, in which 1990 New York City Opera production? Hint

West Side Story

South Pacific

Oklahoma

The Sound of Music

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Question 8 of 10

8. What character, also played in other productions by Adrienne Barbeau, Lucy Lawless and Linda Blair, did Debby play in the 1990's revival of "Grease"? Hint

Sandy

Miss Lynch

Frenchy

Rizzo

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Question 9 of 10

9. Debby played the part of Beth in the 1999 television movie "Come On, Get Happy". The film is the behind the scenes story of which 1970's television show? Hint

The Brady Bunch

The Partridge Family

Good Times

Mork & Mindy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Beginning in 1981, Debby and her husband collaborated on what enterprise? Hint

A tourist resort in Canada

Astronaut training

An around the world boat race

Writing children's books

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Debby is the third daughter of which singer, actor and writer?

Answer: Pat Boone

After Elvis Presley, Pat Boone was the best selling pop singer of the late 1950s. Boone once spent 220 weeks on the Billboard charts with one song or another. "April Love", "State Fair" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" were some of his movies.

2. What is the name of Debby's maternal grandfather, who was known as Mr. Country Music and is remembered for the song "Peace in the Valley"?

Answer: Red Foley

Born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, Foley sold over 25 million records. Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley list Foley as a major influence on their music.

3. Legendary singer Perry Como is Debby Boone's godfather. In 1981, Boone appeared with Como in which which special, that was part of a series of annual appearances by the great performer?

Answer: French-Canadian Christmas

The 1981 Christmas Special was part of what was a yearly event starting in 1948 and lasting until 1994. Filmed in Quebec City, Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas gave Debby Boone the opportunity to sing a duet with her godfather. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill and impressionist-singer Andre Gagnon also appeared.

4. In 2005, Debby released a CD compilation, "Reflections of Rosemary", as a tribute to her mother-in-law. Who was it that Debby was honoring?

Answer: Rosemary Clooney

In 1979, Debby married Gabriel Ferrer, the son of Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose Ferrer. The CD contained songs sung by Clooney and other songs of Rosemary's era.

5. What is the name of the 1977 song that Debby is most remembered for singing?

Answer: You Light Up My Life

The song spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Writer Joe Brooks won a Grammy and an Academy Award for the song. Boone performed the song at the Academy Awards even though her version is not featured in the film "You Light Up My Life".

6. In 1981, after failing to live up to her early singing success, Debby turned to acting. Debby appeared in the stage adaptation of which 1954 musical film, starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell?

Answer: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

New bride Milly sets about to teach manners to her new backwoods husband and his six brothers. The movie is best remembered for the unique choreography centered around items on the farm.

7. Debby played the part of Maria, portrayed in the original 1959 adaptation by Mary Martin, in which 1990 New York City Opera production?

Answer: The Sound of Music

Debby played the lead role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on the life of Maria von Trapp. A prospective nun goes to work as a governess to seven children in wartime Austria. Maria falls in love and marries the submarine Captain father. The production was nominated as Outstanding Musical Revival for 1990.

8. What character, also played in other productions by Adrienne Barbeau, Lucy Lawless and Linda Blair, did Debby play in the 1990's revival of "Grease"?

Answer: Rizzo

Debby played against her good girl image by portraying Betty Rizzo, the tough and sarcastic leader of the Pink Ladies who believes Sandy is too pure to be Pink.

9. Debby played the part of Beth in the 1999 television movie "Come On, Get Happy". The film is the behind the scenes story of which 1970's television show?

Answer: The Partridge Family

"The Partridge Family" is the story of a family who forms a singing group led by the mother, Shirley Jones, and the eldest son played by David Cassidy. "Come On, Get Happy" is told from the perspective of Danny Bonaduce who played the middle son Danny and documents his personal and professional problems. Debby Boone played David Cassidy's agent who tries to get Cassidy a better deal when his character becomes the star of the show.

10. Beginning in 1981, Debby and her husband collaborated on what enterprise?

Answer: Writing children's books

Among the titles written by Boone and illustrated by Ferrer have been "Tomorrow is Another Day", "The Snow Angel" and "Counting Blessings".

Source: Author Robert907

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