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Quiz about  The Color Blue
Quiz about  The Color Blue

The Color Blue Trivia Quiz


All of these questions relate to the color blue. See how many you can answer. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by RDA333a. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
RDA333a
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
248,655
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
16841
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: pmccoskey (7/10), Guest 208 (10/10), Guest 70 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In popular music culture, the color blue is said to represent which of the following emotions? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What legendary rock and roll singer sang about a "Blue Christmas"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which "blue" movie which starred two alumni from "Saturday Night Live"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What was the name of Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who composed the classical waltz, "The Blue Danube"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. According to the song, where did Fats Domino find his thrills? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What makes blue cheese blue? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What legendary singer claimed, "You can do anything, but lay off my Blue Suede Shoes"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Name the 1983 film starring Roy Scheider about an experimental police helicopter. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the name of the U.S. Navy's aerial stunt team? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In popular music culture, the color blue is said to represent which of the following emotions?

Answer: sadness

Nobody has come up with a true explanation as to why certain colors represent certain emotions. Nonetheless blue has always been known to suggest sadness such as "I am feeling blue today". In the music world there is a genre called the "blues" in which all the song lyrics talk about feeling sad in certain situations.
2. What legendary rock and roll singer sang about a "Blue Christmas"?

Answer: Elvis Presley

Although the song was written by Billy Hayes, it was recorded by several artists. It was the Elvis version that became most memorable. While Bing Crosby sung of happy times during a "White Christmas", it was this sad tale of being alone at Christmas time that we also remember.
3. Which "blue" movie which starred two alumni from "Saturday Night Live"?

Answer: The Blues Brothers

"SNL" legends John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are on a "mission from God". As Jake and Elwood Blues they enlist the help of their band to save the catholic home they were raised in by paying the property taxes in eleven days. The movie contains a musical who's who including R&B legends James Brown and Aretha Franklin.
4. What was the name of Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox?

Answer: Babe

Paul Bunyan's legend is more than a children's story or plain folklore. Many people in lumberjack country in Bemidji, Minnesota actually believe the story much like people in the Northwest believe in Sasquatch. You would think with an ox his size that the lumberjacks would have come up with a more manly name than Babe.
5. Who composed the classical waltz, "The Blue Danube"?

Answer: Strauss

Johann Strauss who was known during his time as the "Waltz King" composed the song in 1867. It is as powerful as the majestic river whose basin begins in Budapest, Hungary and is a major waterway through Europe.
6. According to the song, where did Fats Domino find his thrills?

Answer: Blueberry Hill

Born Antoine Domino, he became a superstar of the 1950s using the name "Fats". In 1956 he recorded a rendition of a Glenn Miller song "Blueberry Hill" which climbed to number 2 in the US charts, making it Fats Domino's biggest hit ever.
7. What makes blue cheese blue?

Answer: mold

Blue cheese isn't really blue and is believed to have been discovered by accident. The caves in which the cheese was stored in were not only designed for moisture and temperature control but were also susceptible to various types of mold. Current blue cheese is produced by adding specks of penicillin mould.
8. What legendary singer claimed, "You can do anything, but lay off my Blue Suede Shoes"?

Answer: Carl Perkins

This became Carl Perkins' signature song in 1956. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and even the Beatles did a version of it afterwards. It was a song about driving cars and drinking which was one of the main reasons rock and roll in the 1950s was viewed as Devil's music. Johnny Cash gave Carl the idea about the shoes telling him a story about Army soldiers who wore their combat boots in the barracks and warning the other soldiers to "not step on their blue suede shoes".
9. Name the 1983 film starring Roy Scheider about an experimental police helicopter.

Answer: Blue Thunder

Scheider plays Frank Murphy, an LA policeman who is trained to operate the special military prototype helicopter. Murphy, using the chopper's special laser homing device, discovers a sinister plot lead by the helicopter's training pilot (Malcom McDowell). Using the chopper, Murphy and his girlfriend work together to uncover the plot.
10. What is the name of the U.S. Navy's aerial stunt team?

Answer: Blue Angels

The Blue Angels first appeared in 1946 and since then have performed for over 427 million fans. Stationed in Pensecola, Florida the precision aerial stunt team performs many dangerous maneuvers while flying in close formation. The Air Force has a similar team known as the Thunderbirds.
Source: Author RDA333a

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