Entertainment in Red, White and Blue Quiz

Answer: "The Island of the Blue Dolphins"

"The Island of the Blue Dolphins" was based on a true story of a girl named Juana Maria, who was left alone on an island off the coast of California for eighteen years before being found and rescued by a party of men whose boat landed on the island. It is a story of incredible hardship, loneliness, and bravery.

Answer: "Nights in White Satin"

"Nights in White Satin" is a haunting song characteristic of the Moody Blues ethereal dreamy music. It was first released in 1967, and made the charts but did not top them. They re-released it in 1972 with much better results, reaching #2 and #1 on various charts.

Answer: "Reds"

"Reds" is the story of an American journalist who wants to bring Communism to the United States. Warren Beatty directed, co-wrote and starred in it. It was well-received, and Beatty won the Oscar for Best Director.

Answer: Blue

Blue is for rare items, green for uncommon (not as rare as rare), and purple for Epic items. Items whose names show in gray are low-level or poor-quality items.

Answer: "In the Navy"

After the unexpected smash success of "YMCA", a Navy official actually got in touch with the band's manager Henri Belolo to ask if the group could do a similar song that could be used for Navy recruitment!. Belolo, producer Jacques Morali, and band member Victor Willis wrote the song; it was the last major success the Village People enjoyed.

Answer: Red Rocks

Red Rocks is a stunning natural amphitheatre that has been devoted to concerts since 1906. It has excellent acoustic properties as well as great scenic beauty.

Answer: dancing

"The Blue Danube" is a famous waltz composed by Johann Strauss in 1866. Originally without lyrics, words were added by Joseph Weyl, the poet of the Vienna Men's Choral Association, entitled, "The Beautiful Blue Danube". The original lyrics were satiric and comedic and received a lukewarm reception by audiences.

The orchestral version, without words, enjoyed much greater favor. Twenty-three years later, a new set of more decorous lyrics was composed by Franz von Gernerth (of the Austrian Supreme Court), but the waltz still stands as an instrumental composition.

Answer: "Red"

The play opened in London and later moved to Broadway where it played a three-month engagement. There are only two characters: an artist and his newly-hired assistant, who together delve into discussion and argument over the creative process and the role of artist and art in society.

Answer: Jadis, the White Witch

Jadis is referred to most of the time as "The White Witch", who froze Narnia into perpetual winter (without Christmas!). The book is the tale of how the four children who enter Narnia through an old wardrobe, set things right in Narnia.

Answer: U.S. Air Force

The song's official title is "The U.S. Air Force". This is its third title -originally its creator, Robert MacArthur Crawford, named it "Army Air Corps" when he wrote it in 1938. During World War II the song was re-titled "Army Air Force", because the Air Corps had been so renamed. The Air Force became a separate branch of the military in 1947, and the song got its current title then.

Answer: Snowboarding

Shaun White won Olympic gold in snowboarding in both the 2006 and 2010 Olympic games, in addition to a slew of first place finishes in other snowboarding contests. He is also an award-winning skateboarder.

Answer: Red

Elvis Costello released "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" in 1977 on his "My Aim is True" album. Reportedly he wrote the song in ten minutes while riding a metro train to Liverpool.

Answer: White

There are many grades and varieties of poker chips on the market. The most basic sets often consist of red, white and blue chips (blue chips being the source of the designation of excellent stocks!). Blue chips are valued the highest, then red, and finally, white. The most common valuation is a ratio of white to red to blue = 1:5:10.

Answer: The recording by Vaughn Monroe and the Moonmen that charted in early 1949

Vaughn Monroe was a singer, trumpet player and big band leader in the US in the mid-20th century. He worked with two backup groups in addition to the band, the Moonmaids and later the Moonmen. He adopted the tune "Racing with the Moon" as a signature piece, but is probably best-known for "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow". "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" stayed on the Billboard charts for nineteen weeks, although it never reached number one.

Answer: "Blue Hawaii"

"Blue Hawaii" was made in 1961, the first of three Elvis movies filmed in Hawaii. Elvis was 26 during its filming; Angela Lansbury, who played his mother, was only 36. The movie was the tenth-highest grossing film of the year, making $5,000,000; its screenplay was nominated for the award of Best Written American Musical by the Writers Guild of America in 1962.