Roger, Over and Out! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Big River

"Big River" was based on Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", capturing the essence of the story in characterizations and in the music. It received the Tony for Best Musical in 1985. It was his only musical in the extensive catalog of music he wrote and performed. He passed away in 1992 from lung cancer, age 56.

Answer: The Last Farewell

Ron A. Webster wrote "The Last Farewell" and sent it off to Whittaker. Other artists who covered it include Elvis Presley, and an instrumental version by Chet Atkins.

"Mamy Blue" and "I Love You Because" are other compositions sung by Whittaker.

"Every Cloud Must Have A Silver Lining" isn't actually a song - it's a line from "My Melancholy Baby", a hit for jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald.

Answer: Vincent Price

A consummate actor, Vincent Price starred in numerous low budget "B" movies in a career that encompassed 58 years. The eight films based on Poe's stories include "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The House of Usher". He is known also for the voice-over and maniacal laugh on Michael Jackson's early hit "Thriller".

Robert Vaughn, best known for the television series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." starred in Corman's "Teenage Caveman", about which he said it was the worst film ever made. (Actually high praise for a "B" movie, in my humble opinion)

Robert Conrad starred with Pamela Sue Anderson in "Lady In Red", written by John Sayles, who was essentially schooled by Roger Corman in the early 1970s.

Although Vincent D'Onofrio never did a film with Corman, his curriculum vitae shows he would have fit well into the Corman mold, including his role as the alien cockroach in the first "Men In Black".

Answer: Roger Sherman

A dedicated public servant, over his life he served in many capacities, from mayor of New Haven, Connecticut to a delegate to the Continental Congress. The four documents to which he affixed his signature were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation (which led to the Constitution), and the Continental Association, from the first Continental Congress. His dedication to service to his fellow citizens was echoed in several of his descendants, who have served as governors, senators and secretaries of state.

Answer: Live And Let Die

Moore starred in a total of seven Bond films before he retired at age 57. His reasoning was that his female co-stars had mothers that were younger than he was. In addition to the four listed, he also starred in "The Man With The Golden Gun", "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "For Your Eyes Only".

Answer: False

Roger Director never directed anything. However, he was a writer for all of them, and a writer/producer for "NCIS". He was nominated twice for Prime Time Emmys for "Moonlighting".

Answer: Providence

At a time in history when many groups were leaving England and Europe in search of religious freedom, Roger Williams, then a Puritan, was in the second wave of Puritans to come to America. His dissatisfaction with the Church of England led him to leave the Plymouth group, and move to Salem, Massachusetts. Very much a believer in the separation of church and state, he found himself at odds with the governing bodies there as well. He left Salem with several of his supporters, and founded the colony of Providence, now the capital of the State of Rhode Island.

Although he phrased it somewhat differently, the intent behind the separation of church and state was championed by Founding Father Thomas Jefferson some 150 years later, and it is still an active point of law in the United States.

Answer: Alias Smith and Jones

Roger Davis played opposite Ben Murphy in this old West series loosely based on the outlaw pair Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Harry Longbaugh). Outlaw cousins trying to reform, they can't use their real names, so they become Smith and Jones, hence the title. Davis was also known for several characters he played in the original 1960s series "Dark Shadows".

"Maverick" followed a pair of brothers, Bret and Bart Maverick, professional gamblers always on the lookout for the next poker game. The setting was also the old West.

"Bosom Buddies" featured a pair of friends trying to find an affordable place to live. The only place they can find is in a building renting to women only. The buddies adopt female names and dress and the weekly series always finds them in situations where their secret is in danger of being discovered. Setting is contemporary Manhattan.

"Simon & Simon" follows a pair of brothers who are private detectives, also set in contemporary times.

Answer: Louis Jacob Weertz

David Kapp, founder of Kapp Records, heard Weertz perform on a talent show, and signed him to a contract. He also changed his name to that of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams.

During his career, Williams recorded a number of hits, including "Autumn Leaves", in 1955. He is also noted for hits such as "Born Free", "The Impossible Dream", "Try To Remember", and "Lara's Theme". He was dubbed "Pianist to the Presidents" having performed for 9 administrations, beginning with Harry Truman, and the last with George W. Bush. He passed away in 2011, age 87.

Van Cliburn was a contemporary classical pianist, winner of the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958. Notably, this was at the height of the US/USSR Cold War.

Victor Borge was a penultimate pianist and humorist. The Great Dane won his fans over with musical malapropisms, such as playing a piece of sheet music which was unrecognizable until he stopped, looked at the sheet music, flipped it over, and began playing the "William Tell Overture".

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer in the 1800s, known for "The Nutcracker", "Swan Lake", "The 1812 Overture", "Pathétique" and many, many more well-known pieces.

Answer: Roger Rees

The Welsh-born actor, recipient of several awards for work on Broadway, television and motion pictures passed away July 10, 2015 at the age of 71.