Am I Blue? Match Quiz | Colors

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was an eighteenth century painter noted for his many portraits although he enjoyed painting landscapes as well. "Blue Boy" is regarded as his masterpiece and hangs in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The portrait is near life sized and believed to be Jonathan Buttall, the son of a wealthy merchant.

Answer: George Gershwin

"Rhapsody in Blue" is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin fusing classical music with jazz. It was composed on a commission set up by Paul Whiteman, a popular bandleader at the time. There was a film with the same name in 1945 that was a highly fictionalized version of George Gershwin's life starring Robert Alda as Gershwin.

Answer: Roy Orbison

"Blue Bayou" was written and performed by Roy Orbison who made it an international hit in 1963. In 1977 it became Linda Ronstadt's signature song with another chart topping rendition.

Answer: Ben

Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein) was a Canadian who was a frequent performer in vaudeville, radio, television, and films. Blue had a checkered career as drummer in various bands, standup comedian, bit player in films such as "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) and as the town drunk in "The Russians Are Coming!" (1966).

Although he was a regular on "The Frank Sinatra Show", he was not able to carry a television sitcom. One where he played four character was never broadcast. His life was marred by a messy divorce and charges of income tax evasion.

Answer: Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Screenplay, although delays made shooting difficult but continued without a final script. Alan Ladd had a lot of ego issues regarding his height. John Houseman, as producer, had his hands full.

When Veronica Lake said she had never heard of Chandler, Chandler called her Moronica Lake. But something positive did emerge--Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 100% rating.

Answer: Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer was a was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer and collaborated with some of the finest composers of his era. Although "Blues in the Night" was nominated for an Academy Award, it lost out to "The Last Time I Saw Paris" in 1941. But--

1946: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (music by Harry Warren) for "The Harvey Girls"
1951: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (music by Hoagy Carmichael) for "Here Comes the Groom"
1961: "Moon River" (music by Henry Mancini) for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
1962: "Days of Wine and Roses" (music by Henry Mancini) for "Days of Wine and Roses"

all won Oscars.

Answer: The Old Guitarist

Pablo Picasso's career had a number of 'periods'--a blue and a rose period among others. "The Old Guitarist" is considered by many to be his master work of his 'blue' period.

Answer: Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton had the most successful version of "Blue Velvet" in 1963 but Tony Bennett had a hit with it in 1951. Vinton's recording was used in David Lynch's 1986 film "Blue Velvet", a film that will haunt you if you have never seen it. You would not want to meet Frank (Dennis Hooper) in a dark alley.

Answer: Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II was an Austrian composer of light music and was called 'The
Waltz King' having composed over 500 waltzes during his life. "The Blue Danube" is his most recognizable waltz.

Answer: Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley's 1990 novel of a black day laborer becoming a detective won the 1991 Shamus Award. In 1995 it was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington. However, the song "Devil With the Blue Dress On" was written and performed by Shorty Long in 1964 but did not become a hit until 1966 when performed by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels.