Show-Biz Blues Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elvis Presley

The song "Blue Suede Shoes" was originally recorded in 1955 by Carl Perkins, but it was Elvis who moved it up the charts with his cover version the following year. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935, Presley first became a rock and roll star in 1956 with his hit, "Heartbreak Hotel." "Blue Suede Shoes" was his third single, reaching number twenty on the US charts. "G.I. Blues" was Presley's first movie role after being discharged from the US Army in 1960.

Answer: The Smurfs

"The Smurfs" were created by Belgian comic artist Pierre Culliford, pen name "Peyo," in 1958. All of the Smurfs are short, blue, and wear white trousers and white Phrygian caps. Aside from female Smurfette and only a few others, they are all male, and led by the wise elder Papa Smurf.

Their main enemy is the wizard Gargamel, a human who wants to capture all of them to create a magic potion. In addition to their television and movie success in the United States, they were also featured in "Smurfs on Ice", a traveling ice skating show for children, and are the basis behind several video games.

Answer: Dennis Franz

In 1983, Dennis Franz also starred in a short lived television series, "Bay City Blues," about a minor league baseball team, the Bluebirds. Only eight episodes were filmed, and only four aired before cancellation. Dennis Franz portrayed detective Andy Sipowicz on the popular ABC series "N.Y.P.D. Blue" for the entire run of the series, and was one of the central characters. Franz actually portrayed two characters in the TV series "Hill Street Blues," first as corrupt Detective Sal Benedetto in the 1983 season, and Norm Buntz from 1985-1987.

His second character was the central figure in spinoff "Beverly Hills Buntz", of which only nine episodes ever aired.

Answer: Gonzo

Unlike other main Muppets such as Kermit the Frog, Mrs. Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Rowlf the Dog, the species of Gonzo was never defined on the original Muppet Show. With blue fir, a few purple feathers and a long nose, he doesn't really represent anything actually found on Earth, and it was a running gag among the other Muppets, not knowing just exactly what their friend was. One could have assumed Gonzo is some sort of bird, due to his romantic relationship with the chicken, Camilla.

However, in the 1999 film, "Muppets in Space," Gonzo was revealed to be an alien.

Answer: New York City, New York

The Blue Man Group was founded in Manhattan in 1987 by Phil Stanton, Chris Wink, and Matt Goldman. They are easily recognizable by their members' costumes of all black clothing, bald caps, and bright blue paint. Their creative performance art entertains audiences with a combination of nontraditional instruments and comedy.

After originally calling the Luxor and Venetian casinos home, Blue Man Group started a permanent show at the Monte Carlo casino in Las Vegas, in October of 2012. The group was frequently lampooned on the TV series "Arrested Development," being confused with a similarly named support group for sad men.

Answer: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi

With John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues sharing vocals, the Blues Brothers recruited several top blues musician as their backing band for the original TV sketches and movies, including Steve Cropper on guitar, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Willie Hall on drums.

Their first album, "A Briefcase Full of Blues," was released in 1978 and contains several of their famous covers, including "Soul Man" and "I Can't Turn You Loose." The 1980 film "The Blues Brothers" has become a cultural phenomenon and cult hit.

It is a musical comedy featuring cameo performances by some of the all time greatest blues musicians such as BB King, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin, and of course performances by the Blues Brothers themselves.

Answer: Mystique

Raven Darkholme, known as Mystique, is a mutant, ageless creature, over 100 years old, with the ability to shapeshift, appearing to look like anyone she pleases. It is a key skill for the sometimes spy. In her natural form, she has scaly blue skin and red hair.

In the comics and movies, Mystique was a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, the main antagonists to the X-Men, founded by the supervillain Magneto.

Answer: Blue Angels

The Blue Angels are the second oldest flight demonstration stunt team, after the Patrouille de France which was formed fifteen years earlier in 1931. In their shows, six pilots pull off incredible stunts in their blue and gold colored F/A-18 Hornets. It has been estimated that since their founding, the Blue Angels have entertained more than 11 million people annually.

The squad originally flew Grumman F6F Hellcats, and started flying Hornets in 1986.

Answer: The Blue Fairy

The Disneyland ride Pinocchio's Daring Journey opened in 1983 in California, and also in 1983 at Tokyo Disneyland. A similar ride was opened in 1992 at Disneyland in Paris. In the story, the lonely woodworker Geppetto created a wooden puppet, naming him Pinocchio, and makes a wish upon a star that he could become a real boy. During the night, the Blue Fairy grants this wish, animating the puppet and after proving himself worthy, honest and unselfish, the Blue Fairy turns Pinocchio into a real boy.

The animated film, the basis of the ride, was based on an 1881 story written by Italian Carlo Collodi.

Answer: Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Sinatra won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Angelo Maggio in the 1953 film "From Here to Eternity". He was also nominated for the Best Actor award in 1955 for his role in "The Man with the Golden Arm". He was awarded the Grammy Legend Award in 1994 for his lifetime of work.

He has also had a Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed upon him, two of the highest honors in the United States. He was also awarded the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1972 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NAACP in 1987.