The Color Blue Trivia Quiz

Answer: sadness

Nobody has come up with a true explanation as to why certain colors represent certain emotions. Nonetheless blue has always been known to suggest sadness such as "I am feeling blue today". In the music world there is a genre called the "blues" in which all the song lyrics talk about feeling sad in certain situations.

Answer: Elvis Presley

Although the song was written by Billy Hayes, it was recorded by several artists. It was the Elvis version that became most memorable. While Bing Crosby sung of happy times during a "White Christmas", it was this sad tale of being alone at Christmas time that we also remember.

Answer: The Blues Brothers

"SNL" legends John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are on a "mission from God". As Jake and Elwood Blues they enlist the help of their band to save the catholic home they were raised in by paying the property taxes in eleven days. The movie contains a musical who's who including R&B legends James Brown and Aretha Franklin.

Answer: Babe

Paul Bunyan's legend is more than a children's story or plain folklore. Many people in lumberjack country in Bemidji, Minnesota actually believe the story much like people in the Northwest believe in Sasquatch. You would think with an ox his size that the lumberjacks would have come up with a more manly name than Babe.

Answer: Strauss

Johann Strauss who was known during his time as the "Waltz King" composed the song in 1867. It is as powerful as the majestic river whose basin begins in Budapest, Hungary and is a major waterway through Europe.

Answer: Blueberry Hill

Born Antoine Domino, he became a superstar of the 1950s using the name "Fats". In 1956 he recorded a rendition of a Glenn Miller song "Blueberry Hill" which climbed to number 2 in the US charts, making it Fats Domino's biggest hit ever.

Answer: mold

Blue cheese isn't really blue and is believed to have been discovered by accident. The caves in which the cheese was stored in were not only designed for moisture and temperature control but were also susceptible to various types of mould. Current blue cheese is produced by adding specks of penicillin mould.

Answer: Carl Perkins

This became Carl Perkins' signature song in 1956. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and even the Beatles did a version of it afterwards. It was a song about driving cars and drinking which was one of the main reasons rock and roll in the 1950s was viewed as Devil's music. Johnny Cash gave Carl the idea about the shoes telling him a story about Army soldiers who wore their combat boots in the barracks and warning the other soldiers to "not step on their blue suede shoes".

Answer: Blue Thunder

Scheider plays Frank Murphy, an LA policeman who is trained to operate the special military prototype helicopter. Murphy, using the chopper's special laser homing device, discovers a sinister plot lead by the helicopter's training pilot (Malcom McDowell). Using the chopper, Murphy and his girlfriend work together to uncover the plot.

Answer: Blue Angels

The Blue Angels first appeared in 1946 and since then have performed for over 427 million fans. Stationed in Pensecola, Florida the precision aerial stunt team performs many dangerous maneuvers while flying in close formation. The Air Force has a similar team known as the Thunderbirds.