Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Quiz

Answer: Athlete

Charles Albert "Joe" Green was born on July 26, 1878. He started playing baseball in 1900, mainly as an outfielder, with the Chicago Clippers, which was a pre-Negro League team. The Negro League was not formed until 1905. However, most of his career was spent with the Chicago Giants in the Negro League, not the MLB team. He also managed the team and later owned it.

In 1909, he stole third base during an exhibition game. Unfortunately, in the process, he broke his leg. However, he managed to hop home on one foot before he collapsed.

He died on September 18, 1962, at the age of 84 from an undisclosed cause.

Answer: Musician

William Joseph White was born on September 4, 1941, in Kingston, Jamaica. Growing up in a home with his mother, he learned to be a tailor. He recorded as part of the duo Joe White and Chuck. They had a hit in Jamaica in 1966 with "Every Night." The song was on the Jamaican charts for many months.

Joe White was not only a vocalist. He also played the piano and the melodica. A melodica is a type of wind instrument that uses a keyboard to control the reeds on one end and a mouthpiece at the other end. One of his biggest hits was "My Guiding Star" (1968), which he recorded with Studio One.

He passed away on September 26, 2023, in Hackney, East London. During his lifetime, he recorded many records and singles.

Answer: Actor

Joseph Evans Brown was born on July 28, 1891, in Holgate, Ohio. He joined the Give Marvelous Ashtons when he was ten years old. They were tumblers who performed both in the circus and in vaudeville. He also played semiprofessional baseball, but wanting to be an entertainer, he turned down contracts with both the Red Sox and Yankees.

In 1920, he starred in his first Broadway show, "Jim Jam Jems," playing Philip Quick. The show closed in less than a year. He began adding comedy to his tumbling act, and he soon became known as a comedian.

In 1928, he started making silent movies. He became a favorite among moviegoers. In 1929, he starred in "On With the Show!" It was the first musical comedy to be in full color and all-talking.

During WWII, he testified before the House Immigration Committee in support of a bill to let German-Jewish refugee children come to America. He adopted two of these children. He also had two biological sons. Sadly, one of his sons was killed in the war when his Douglas A-20 Havoc crashed in California. Brown was too old to enlist, but he would go and entertain the troops. He did this before 1941, when the USO was organized. He was one of two civilians to be awarded the Bronze Star.

His final film appearance was in "The Comedy of Terrors" (1964). In 1968, he began having heart problems. He died on July 6, 1973, in Brentwood, California, from complications of arteriosclerosis.

Answer: Athlete

Joseph Arlo Gray was born on November 8, 1915, in Aurora, Oregon. During high school, he won three varsity letters on his football team and two on his baseball team. He played football and baseball at Oregon State University, where his coach, Lon Stiner, worked with him on his passing skills. He became a sensational halfback. He was nicknamed "The Gray Ghost" by an announcer that year, and the nickname stuck.

In 1938, he was drafted by the Chicago Bears, however, his career declined due to a knee injury, and he chose to become an agriculture inspector instead. He worked for the Oregon Department of Agriculture from 1938 until he retired in 1980. He passed away on May 11, 1999, at the age of 83. In 1991, he was inducted into the Oregon State Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2020, he was inducted into the Portland Interscholastic League Hall of Fame.

Answer: Musician

Joseph Valery, Jr. was born on September 23, 1934, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, but was raised in Tallulah, Louisiana. In 1951, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he worked at an automobile plant. In the late 1950s, he formed a band called the Midnighters. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, and they made some records.

In 1966, he had a top 40 hit on the US Billboard R&B chart with the song "Dirty Work Going On." Almost ten years later, he went to Europe to be part of the "American Blues Legends" tour.

He passed away on April 22, 1990, from stomach cancer. He was only 55 years old. Six years after his death, "Little Joe Blue's Greatest Hits" was released. It was a two-album CD with songs such as "Dirty Work Going On," "How Could You Do It To Me," and "Don't Start Me To Talkin'."

Answer: Actor

Joe Silver was born on September 28, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. However, he was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1942, he debuted on Broadway. He was in the play revival "Tobacco Road," playing Lov Bensey.

In 1947, he made his TV debut as a panelist on "What's It Worth." This would be his first of over a thousand TV appearances. In 1949, he joined the cast of "Mr. I. Magination," one of the earliest children's television shows.

In 1964, he appeared in his first movie, "Diary of a Bachelor." He appeared in several others and also did voice-over work. He was the voice of the ox in "The Night the Animals Talked" (1970). His last performance was in the Broadway musical, "Legs Diamond," from 1988-1989. At the time was suffering from liver cancer. He died on February 27, 1989, at the age of 66, from a heart attack.

Answer: Other

Sidney Gold was born on March 10, 1922, in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish immigrants from Belarus. When he was 12, he became interested in bodybuilding. Joe and his brother Robert Gold wanted to build their own equipment after Joe saw the bucket-and-broom-handle arm-strengthening system his sister-in-law created.

He toured with Mae West as one of her musclemen, and appeared in the movies "The Ten Commandments" and "Around the World in 80 Days", both in 1956.

Gold's Gym was opened in 1965 in Venice, California. Gold was good at providing encouragement to the trainers at the gym. In1968, Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh in America, started to work out at Gold's gym. At that time, he had no money, so Gold let him work out for free. They became very close, with Schwarzenegger referring to Gold as "a trusted friend and father figure."

Gold designed the equipment that was in his gym, and opened more gyms as well. In 1970, he sold the Gold's Gym chain. Seven years later, he opened World's Gym in Santa Monica, which he owned until he passed away on July 11, 2004, at the age of 82.

Answer: Other

Joseph L. White was born on December 19, 1932, in Lincoln, Nebraska. After he graduated from high school, he was sent to live with his aunt in San Francisco, California. With her suggestion, he decided to go to college. He went to San Francisco State University and got his BA. In 1961, he earned his PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University. He was greatly influenced by Ivan Pavlov.

White was often scrutinized because he was African-American. At that time, people thought that if you had dark skin, you were unable to attend graduate school. He graduated,however, at the top of his class at MSU.

In 1967, White also helped establish the Equal Opportunities Program (EOP) at universities in California. The program helped children who came from disadvantaged backgrounds to still have the opportunity to go to college and be successful. The following year, he and some other psychologists founded the Association of Black Psychologists. White became known as "The Father of Black Psychology." He believed Black psychology was needed because White people could not understand the experiences one had because of being a Black person.

White died on November 21, 2017, from a heart attack while on a plane flight. He was headed to St. Louis, Missouri, to visit his family for Thanksgiving.

Answer: Musician

Joseph Roger Brown was born on May 13, 1941, in Swarby, Lincolnshire, England. When he was a teenager, he formed the skiffle group The Spaceman. Skiffle is a subgenre of folk music. The group lasted until the skiffle movement ended at the end of the 1950s.

In 1958, he was hired to play lead guitar in the "Boy Meets Girls" orchestra. During this time, he was also backing US musicians, such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, when they came to the UK to tour.

In 1960, Brown had a top 10 hit in the UK with his song "The Darktown Strutters' Ball." A couple of years later, his song "A Picture of You" reached number one on the UK charts. "New Musical Express", an entertainment magazine in Britain, named Brown "Top UK Vocal Personality" in 1962.

In 1963, he starred in the movie "What a Crazy World," with Marty Wilde. During the 1960s, he also performed on the West End in shows such as "Charlie's Girl."
Brown, who was friends with George Harrison, appeared on Harrison's final album, "Brainwashed," before Harrison died in 2001. Brown also appeared in the "Concert for George" tribute on the first anniversary of Harrison's death. In 2009, Brown was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

Answer: Athlete

Joseph Black was born on February 8, 1924, in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was a pitcher for both the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB). In 1952, he was awarded the National League Rookie of the Year Award with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

On October 1, 1952, Black pitched all 9 innings of the first game of the World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees. He became the first Black pitcher to win a World Series game when the Dodgers beat the Yankees 4-2.

Black retired from baseball with the Washington Senators on September 11, 1957. His win-loss record was 49-36. His final ERA (earned run average) was 3.72.

On May 17, 2002, at the age of 78, Black passed away from prostate cancer. In 2010, the baseball complex at Plainfield High School was renamed "The Joe Black Baseball Field."

Answer: Actor

Yoysef Grinberg was born on April 23, 1900, in Lodz, Poland. He emigrated to the United States and was known as Joseph Green. He worked in a Yiddish theatre. In 1927, he had a small part in the movie "The Jazz Singer," the first talkie. In 1932, he dubbed the Yiddish for "Joseph in the Land of Egypt."

Later, he became a director of four movies in Yiddish. His first directed movie was "Yidl mitn fidl" in 1935. The title translates as "The Yiddle with His Fiddle."

Green died from emphysema on June 20, 1996. He was 96 years old.

Answer: Author

Joey Green was born on May 26, 1958, in Miami, Florida. In 1980, he received his BFA from Cornell University. He published his first book, "The Cornell Widow Hundreth Anniversary Anthology," in 1981. "The Cornell University Widow" was a humor magazine founded in 1894 at Cornell University. The anthology, which was edited by Green, was a collection of works from the magazine.

He wrote several pop culture books related to TV, such as "The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook" (published in 1987), and "The Get Smart Handbook" (published 1993). He also wrote humorous books related to cleaning and cleaning tips, such as "Joey Green's Kitchen Magic" (2012). Green has published over 60 books.

Answer: Other

Joseph Black was born on April 16, 1728, in Bordeaux, France. He was the middle child of 12 children. He attended the University of Glasgow for four years, starting when he was 18. He then attended the University of Edinburgh, where he continued his medical studies. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the treatment of kidney stones with magnesium carbonate.

While in school, he also created the analytical balance. This could measure mass to the sub-milligram range. It has a draft shield enclosure to prevent dust particles from skewing the results. Items can only be measured at room temperature in order to get an accurate measurement.

He did many experiments on heat. He had a theory of latent heat, which became one of his most important discoveries. Black had noticed that when you heat something, the temperature goes up; however, when you melt ice, the temperature stays the same. The ice is changing form, not temperature. The same is true when going from water to steam, therefore, there must be latent (or hidden) heat.

This discovery was important as it helped with the Industrial Revolution. James Watt was able to improve the steam engine because of this knowledge. Also, the science of thermodynamics was created, since before this time the only heat that scientists measured was what could be measured with a thermometer. Lastly, it helped with the technology of things such as air conditioning.

Black never married. He died at age 71, on December 6, 1799, at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Answer: Author

Joe David Brown was born on May 12, 1915, in Birmingham, Alabama. He became a police reporter with the "Birmingham Post" when he was twenty years old. The following year, he became the editor of "Dothan Eagle," a newspaper in Dothan, Alabama.

In 1947, he published his first novel, "Stars in My Crown," based on his childhood. In 1950, it was made into a movie starring Joel McCrae. He had two other novels that were also adapted for the big screen: "Kings Go Forth", which was published in 1956, and made into a movie in 1958, and "Addie Pray" (1971), which was his final novel. It was made into the 1973 movie "Paper Moon."

On April 26, 1976, Brown died in Georgia. He was 61 years old.

Answer: Author

Jose Maria Blanco y Crespo was born on July 11, 1775, in Seville, Spain. He had planned to become a priest in Spain, but he started having religious doubts and left Spain to go to England in 1810.

In 1822, he wrote "Doblado's Letters." He was often under attack for being pro-Spanish and wrote under the pseudonym Don Leucado Doblado. The book is about life, culture, politics, and religion in Spain during a very violent and politically divided time in Spain's history. His work tended to be related to religion, often a critique of it. In 1825, he wrote "Evidence Against Catholicism."

He was also well known for writing the sonnet "Night and Death" in 1828. He dedicated it to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who he greatly admired and respected.

Later in life, White became a Unitarian while living in Liverpool. He died on May 20, 1841, after a period of illness. His last words were, "Now I die."