Monk

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1. Where and when was Monk born? Tallahassie, FL. 1916 Royal Mountain, N.C., 1917 Atlanta, GE., 1920 Jackson, MS., 1910

2. Where did he and his mother settle? Weehawken, N.J. San Juan Hill, N.Y. Providence, R.I. Boston, MA.

3. Where did he study piano? Julliard Sorbonne Harvard Oxford

4. What nightclub did he first perform at? Cotton Club Minton's Onyx Savoy Ballroom

5. What jazz style did he help create? Dixieland Fusion Swing Bebop

6. What tune did he play on his first recording? Sweet Sue On The Bean Sweet Georgia Brown Ain't Misbehavin'

7. What composition wasn't his? Well You Needn't Straight No Chaser Ruby My Dear Ornithology

8. Monk named a composition of his for his wife. True False

9. Who collaborated with his on his best-known work "Round Midnight"? Johnny Mercer and Dizzy Gillespie Bertie Hanighen and Cootie Williams Count Basie and Harold Arlen Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

10. What crime was Monk charged for? murder burglary littering drug possession

11. In 1964, Monk was on the cover of Newsweek. True False

12. What jazz legend did Monk never work with? John Coltrane Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie Art Blakey

13. What European baroness was his friend and patron? Lili van Shtupp Karen Dinesen Blixen Elizabeth Bathory Panonica de Koenigswarter

14. When did Monk die? 1982 1969 1971 1988

15. Finally, what was Monk's middle name? Sphere Wolfgang Thaddeus Tiberius