8. Cole Porter

Question 1

Cole porter was born to a _____family in _____ , Indiana

Answer 1

wealthy; Peru

Question 2

_______was one of the major songwriters for the Musical stage

Answer 2

Cole Porter

Question 3

In 1937, Cole Porter suffer a serious _______________

Answer 3

horseback riding accident

Question 4

Cole Porter’s most successful musical was _________. It won a ____________

Answer 4

“Kiss Me, Kate”; Tony Award for Best Musical Based on Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”

Question 5

Porter’s best known song may have been _________

Answer 5

“Night and Day”

Question 6

The movie,________ was a largely fictional biography of Cole Porter

Answer 6

“Night and Day”

Question 7

At Yale, Porter wrote several fight songs including __________

Answer 7

“Bulldog”

Question 8

Cole Porter was an ____________ and ____________

Answer 8

Am Composer; Songwriter

Question 9

Cole musicals included _____________,_____________,____________,_________

Answer 9

Kiss Me, Kate; Du Barry was a Lady; Anything Goes, Can-Can; Silk Stockings

Question 10

Cole Porter’s numerous hits included _____,_____,_____,_____

Answer 10

Night and Day; Begin the Bequine; I get a Kick Out of You; Well Did You Evah; I’ve Got You Under My Skin My Heart belongs to Daddy; You’re the Top

Question 11

Cole Porter’s _____ helped him learn violin, piano, and write an operetta at age _____.

Answer 11

Mother; Violin- age 6; piano-age 8, Operetta- Age 10

Question 12

Cole Porter composed for films such as ____________,_________,______,______

Answer 12

Born to Dance with song “You’d Be So Easy to Love”; Rosalie with featured the song “In the Still of the Night High Society including Songs “ True Love” and “Leo Girls”

Question 13

Cole Porter’s father was a pharmacist and a _______. He also was a novelist and Pianist, but was not close to his son.

Answer 13

Poet

Question 14

J.O, Cole Porter’s grandfather, wanted Cole to become a _______. Cole was class valedictorian at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts.

Answer 14

lawyer

Question 15

Cole Porter attended _______ University and was president of the _____ ______.

Answer 15

Yale, Yale Glee Club

Question 16

In 1915, Porter’s 1st song on Broadway was _______

Answer 16

“Esmeralda” Which appeared in the Revue, Hand’s Up

Question 17

In 1917, POrter went to live in _____. He may or may not have been a member of the _______.

Answer 17

Paris; French Foreign Legion

Question 18

Cole Porter gave many extravagant and lavish _______

Answer 18

parties

Question 19

In Paris, Porter was enrolled in the ____________________ where he studied orchestration and counterpoint with Vincent d’Indy

Answer 19

Schola Cantorum

Question 20

Porter’s 1st big hit was ___________ from the revue, Hitchy-Koo in 1919

Answer 20

“Old Fashioned Garden”

Question 21

At age 36, Had his 1st musical Broadway hit, _______, which was _________.

Answer 21

Cole Porter Musical-Paris

Question 22

“____________” was a Porter song made popular by __________.

Answer 22

“Don’t Fence Me IN” Roy Rogers

Question 23

Cole Porter was injured in a horse- back riding accident. Many years later he had to…

Answer 23

Have his right leg amputated

Question 24

At the Broadway Premier or opening night of Broadway Shows featuring Cole Porter songs, his wife presented him with…

Answer 24

Fancy jeweled cigarette cases

Question 25

Cole porters most important work for theater was…

Answer 25

“Kiss me Kate”

Question 26

… was the 1st complete score of a musical by Cole Porter to be released on LP record. 33 1/3 rpm

Answer 26

“Kiss me Kate”

Question 27

Cole Porter was… and very cosmopolitan (citified) some say sophisticated.

Answer 27

Rich

Question 28

Cole Porter received an honorary doctorate in 1956 from… and in 1960 from…

Answer 28

Williams College Yale 1960

Question 29

The big hit of Cole Porters lost Broadway show, “High society” was…

Answer 29

“True Love”

Question 30

Cole Porters major hit song in the Broadway show ilk Stocking”was ?

Answer 30

All of You

Question 31

In the Broadway Production of ¨Can-Can¨” was on of the hit songs by Cole Porter.

Answer 31

¨I Love Paris¨

Question 32

Shirley Grahams ¨Swing Mikado¨”was an and sponserd by.

Answer 32

A jazz and negre (Af-Am) adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivans ¨Mikado¨ Sponserd through the Federal THeater Project

Question 33

Laws discriminated against African-Americans

Answer 33

¨Jim Crow¨

Question 34

In the Broadway play, ¨Anything Goes¨ Cole Porter had 5 major hits including

Answer 34

Blow Gaberiel Blow

All Through the Night

I Get a Kick out of You

You´re the Top

Anything Goes

Question 35

Cole Porter ¨Night and Day ¨ wa one of his best money earns. it was featured in the Broadway show…

Answer 35

¨The Great Divorse¨

Question 36

The bequins is a

Answer 36

Native Dance

Question 37

Cole Porters ¨Begin the Bequines¨ and ¨Just one of those things¨ were from the boradway play…

Answer 37

Jubilee

Question 38

The longest of Cole Porters hit tunes was….. …. it was made popular by Artie Shaws suring version

Answer 38

Begin the Bequins