Gene Autry (Part 2)
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four choices offered after each question and then "Check Your
Answers" at the end of the quiz.
 1. More than 50 years after the last Gene Autry western, he is better
known to later generations as a singer. Into the 21st century, his
remastered vintage recordings remain very popular holiday standards. What
are the two holiday standards?
- A. White Christmas
- B. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- C. Little Drummer Boy
- D. Here Comes Santa Claus
2. The California/Anaheim Angels franchise retired #26 in his honor.
What is the number?
- A. # 1
- B. # 5
- C. # 26
- D. # 99
3. In 1929 at KVOO in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gene was billed as?
- A. “Oklahoma’s Yodeling Cowboy”
- B. “The Oklahoma Prairie Crooner”
- C. “The Great Cowboy Singer”
- D. “The Singing Range Rider”
4. From 1940 to 1956 the public listened to him on Gene Autry’s Melody
Ranch radio show that was heard weekly over the CBS Radio Network.
What was Gene’s trademark theme song?
- A. Meet Me In St. Louis
- B. Here Comes the Sun
- C. Back In The Saddle Again
- D. Home On the Range
5. During the war, he ferried fuel, ammunition, and arms in the
China-India-Burma theater of war and flew over the Himalayas. The
hazardous air route was known as ?
- A. The Hump
- B. The River
- C. The High Peak
- D. High Noon
6. Active in Major League Baseball, Gene held what title until his
death?
- A. Vice President of the American League
- B. Baseball Commissioner
- C. President of the American League
- D. Vice President of the Major Leagues
7. The Original Champion (b. circa 1926 – d. 1943). Which is not
true about Champ?
- A. Dark sorrel-colored with 3 stockings—right front leg solid
- B. Stallion
- C. First "official" screen Champion
- D. Highlights: could untie knots, roll over and play dead, bow, shake
his head “yes” and “no,” and come to Gene’s whistle
8. The second movie horse, Champion Jr. (b. circa 1942 – d. 1977).
Which is not true about Champion Jr.
- A. Sorrel-colored with flaxen mane and tail with 4 high white stockings
- B. Debuted in Sioux City Sue (1946). Billed as “Champion” in
Sioux City Sue and Trail to San Antone (1947). This same
horse was billed as “Champion Jr.” in Twilight on the Rio Grande
(1947), Saddle Pals (1947), and Robin Hood of Texas (1947).
He’s permanently back to “Champion” in The Last Round-Up
(1947).
- C. Was not the second "official" screen Champion
- D. Highlights: more highly trained than Original Champion; danced well
and performed an impressive array of tricks; appeared at Madison Square
Garden in 1946
9. Gene cut his first record for Victor Records and included My
Alabama Home, written by Jimmy Long wrote. What was the date?
- A. January 25, 1930
- B. October 9, 1929
- C. July 6, 1931
- D. Aug 30, 1932
10. Which one is NOT one of Gene’s Cowboy Codes?
- A. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair
advantage.
- B. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
- C. He must not hurt people by telling them the truth.
- D. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant
ideas.
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