Jimmy "the Mouth of the South" Hart Quiz

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1. Before entering the professional wrestling industry, Jimmy Hart performed in a one-hit wonder group. The group's song "Keep On Dancing" reached number four on the United States Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. What was the name of this band?

Answer: The Gentrys

Jimmy Hart met the six members of the musical group the Gentrys while attending Treadwell High School in Memphis, Tennessee. In December of 1964, the group were signed a contract with the local record label Youngstown Records. In 1965, the group scored a top ten hit on the United States Billboard Hot 100 with the song "Keep On Dancing".

2. While attending Treadwell High School in Memphis, Tennessee, Jimmy Hart met a younger student at the school. This student would become a local radio disc jockey after high school. Eventually this student would become a professional wrestler and invited Jimmy Hart to be his manager. Who was this wrestler from Treadwell High School?

Answer: Jerry Lawler

Jimmy Hart graduated from Treadwell High School in Memphis, Tennessee in 1962. Jerry Lawler graduated from Treadwell High School in 1967. After leaving the music scene in the mid 1970s, Jimmy Hart was recruited by Jerry Lawler to be his professional wrestling manager.

Jimmy Hart and Jerry Lawler split in the late 1970s. Jerry Lawler would feud with Jimm Hart's First Family of Wrestling stable.

3. In 1982, Jimmy Hart became the professional wrestling manager of which celebrity?

Answer: Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman became the protégé of Jimmy Hart during their legendary feud with Jerry Lawler. Andy Kaufman brought his "Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion of the World" routine to Memphis, Tennessee in 1982. Jerry Lawler confronted Andy Kaufman during one of his matches igniting their feud. Since Jimmy Hart was feuding with Jerry Lawler at the time, Jimmy Hart decided to become Andy Kaufman's manager.

4. Jimmy Hart managed which two wrestlers at the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1985 "Wrestlemania" event?

Answer: King Kong Bundy and Greg "the Hammer" Valentine

At the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1985 "Wrestlemania" event, Jimmy Hart managed King Kong Bundy to defeat S.D. Jones in a nine second match.

At the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1985 "Wrestlemania" event, Jimmy Hart managed Greg "the Hammer" Valentine in his defense of the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship against the Junkyard Dog. The Junkyard Dog won the match by count out but Valentine retained the title.

5. In 1987 and 1988, "Colonel" Jimmy Hart led which wrestler to a sixty-four week reign as the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion?

Answer: The Honky Tonk Man

"Colonel" Jimmy Hart led the Honky Tonk Man to defeat Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship on June 2, 1987. Jimmy Hart managed the Honky Tonk Man when he lost the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship on August 29, 1988 to the Ultimate Warrior.

The Honky Tonk Man held the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship for four hundred fifty-four days.

6. Jimmy Hart led three teams to win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship. Which tag team did NOT win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship under the guidance of Jimmy Hart?

Answer: The Fabulous Rougeaus

The Fabulous Rougeaus were managed by Jimmy Hart between 1988 and 1990. The Fabulous Rougeaus never won the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship.

Jimmy Hart led the Hart Foundation to win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship on January 26, 1987. Jimmy Hart led the Nasty Boys to win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship on March 24, 1991. Jimmy Hart led Money Incorporated to win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship on October 13, 1992.

7. At the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1993 "Wrestlemania IX" event, Jimmy Hart led wrestler to win the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship?

Answer: Hulk Hogan

At the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1993 "Wrestlemania IX" event, Yokozuna defeated Bret "the Hitman" Hart for the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Mister Fuji challenged Hulk Hogan for a World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship match. Led by Jimmy Hart, Hulk Hogan accepted the challenge and won the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship from Yokozuna.

8. In 1994, Jimmy Hart appeared in fourteen episodes of which television show?

Answer: Thunder in Paradise

The television show "Thunder in Paradise" ran for twenty-two episodes in 1994. The show starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, Carol Alt and Jimmy Hart.

9. Between 1995 and 1997, Jimmy Hart was a manager of which stable in World Championship wrestling?

Answer: The Dungeon of Doom

The Dungeon of Doom a stable of professional wrestlers in World Championship Wrestling in the mid 1990s. The stable formed because of their common hatred of Hulk Hogan. On October 29, 1995, Jimmy Hart joined the Dungeon of Doom as he helped stable member the Giant defeat Hulk Hogan for the World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship.

10. What year was Jimmy Hart inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame?

Answer: 2005

Jimmy Hart was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame on April 2, 2005 by Jerry Lawler. Hulk Hogan, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik were also inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame that night.

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This quiz is about the wrestling manager and musician Jimmy Hart. The use of his trusty megaphone during his protégé's matches earned Jimmy Hart the nickname "the Mouth of the South".

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