It's a Wonderful World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grand Funk Railroad

"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by John Ellison and first recorded by his group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967 and it peaked at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 1974, Grand Funk Railroad recorded the song for the group's ninth album, "All the Girls in the World Beware!!!" - the single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Earlier, they had two number one hits with "The Loco-Motion," and "We're an American Band".

My favorite GFR song, however, is 1970's "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" - the ten-minute version of course!

Answer: None

While the Great Pyramid is over 4500 years old and still stands, sadly the other six, all less than 3000 years old, were destroyed over the years.

The other six Wonders of the Ancient World were: The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus.

Answer: Louis Armstrong

"What a Wonderful World" is a jazz song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was recorded by Louis Daniel Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom. Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Answer: The Monotones

The song was written by the Monotones, recorded in 1957, and reached number five on the pop chart in 1958. Unfortunately, the Monotones never had another successful song and so have earned "one hit wonder" status.

Answer: Bracelets

Wonder Woman's full name is Princess Diana of Themyscira and she also went by Diana Prince. She was created by William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Peter. Her indestructible Bracelets of Submission could be used for a variety of defenses, including the deflection of weapons' fire, and the absorption of the energy of a long fall.

Answer: Wonderful Tonight

Somewhat ironically, the party for which they were preparing was one given by Paul McCartney of the Beatles and his wife Linda. Another Beatle, the so-called "Quiet Beatle", George Harrison, according to the stories, had his wife, Pattie Boyd, essentially stolen away by Clapton. Clapton wrote a song about his (originally unrequited) love for Pattie, the classic rock hit, "Layla", released in 1971 by Derek and the Dominos.

Answer: Back to School

Staples produced the humorous ad in the mid 1990s and has run it annually for its "Back to School" campaign.

"It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", eventually recorded by numerous artists, was originally released in 1963 by Andy Williams on "The Andy Williams Christmas Album" and his version especially has remained a seasonal favorite.

Answer: Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), the great uncle of actress Drew Barrymore, made dozens of movies and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He suffered from arthritis and at least two broken hips and a broken kneecap in his later years which confined him to a wheelchair - which was well used in adding to the intimidating nature of his Mr. Potter character in "It's a Wonderful Life".

Answer: None

According to Forbes, Paul McCartney wrote, produced and played all the instruments for this song, for which he, alone, earns estimated annual royalties of between US$400,000 and $600,000.

Answer: Opens a locked door in the Cloud City

During the escape from Lando Calrissian's Cloud City, while C-3PO is in pieces and being carried on Chewbacca's back, they come upon a locked door. The ever-capable R2-D2 tries to communicate with the facility computer to open the door. When R2-D2 beeps about something, C-3PO responds, "Ah! We're not interested in the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon. It's fixed! Just open the door, you stupid lump!"

When R2-D2 finally opens the door, C-3PO shouts, "I never doubted you for a second. Wonderful!"

Of course, the hyperdrive wasn't fixed and shortly this caused the stalwart team much grief.

The other heroic deeds listed are all attributable to R2-D2 from the original trilogy, but none were from "The Empire Strikes Back".