Fun Trivia : Lightfoot, Gordon

Structure Sub-topic of: Music L-P Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 20 general entries. Special Topics Song Lyrics -- Ballad of Yarmouth Castle "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Washed Up It's Good to be Gordy! Song Lyrics-Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Anatomy of a Song: "Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald"

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Lightfoot, Gordon

"Is the landlord still a loser, do his signs hang in the hall?"

Gordon Lightfoot Lyrics


Did She Mention My Name?. Another song about missing your home and loved ones.



In what small Ontario town was Gordon Lightfoot born?

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Orillia. Muskoka is a popular summer resort area. Mariposa was the name of a Folk-festival at which Lightfoot sometimes performed. Omemee is the "town in North Ontario" Neil Young sang about in "Helpless".



Who was Lightfoot's Swedish-born first wife?

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Brita. The marriage lasted two years.



You've all heard arguably Lightfoot's most famous song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about the sinking of an iron ore carrier on Lake Superior in November 1975. But just WHO was Edmund Fitzgerald?

Gordon Lightfoot


President, Northwestern Mutual Life Assurance. Northwestern Mutual owned the "Big Fitz", Oglebay-Norton leased her, Bethlehem Steel was a major customer, and Ford has nothing to do with this question, but sounds important!



Once the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was discovered, there was a big controversy about a plan to raise the ship's bell as part of a memorial. Where is the bell now?

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Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point, Michigan. The original was replaced with a replica engraved with crew members' names. Each year at a memorial service, the ships bell is rung "29 times, for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald", and once more for all those who have lost their lives on the Great Lakes.