THE “KLEZMER GUY” QUIZ
1. What was the name of Yiddishe Cup before it was Yiddishe Cup?
A. Wild Horses
B. It has always been Yiddishe Cup
C. Kosher Spears
D. Funk A Deli
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2. Who invented klezmer?
A. The Jews
B. The Klezmorim (Berkeley, Calif.)
C. Henry Sapoznik
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3. What was Toby Stratton’s legal first name?
A. Toby
B. Wayne
C. Theodore
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4. What did Toby want buried in his coffin?
A. Chlortrimeton allergy pills
B. a .22 rifle
C. The Wall Street Journal
D. None of above
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5. How do musicians in Yiddishe Cup address their bandleader?
A. Ding-a-ling
B. Pissant
C. Sir
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6. Yiddishe Cup has played
A. Brooklyn, New York
B. Brooklyn, Ohio
C. Louisville, Kentucky
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7. A landlord’s biggest problem is
A. water leaks
B. bugs
C. tenants in “the industry” (food-service business)
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8. Clarinetists are
A. cool
B. not cool
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9. Toby’s favorite sport was
A. tennis
B. counting Jews in restaurants
C. softball
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10. A musician’s main interest is
A. music
B. the food situation
C. the OT situation. (Is there overtime?)
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11. (Tiebreaker) What was Toby’s blood type?
A. O
B. AB
C. A
2 comments
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. a
10.c
11. a
Do I win a prize?
Band leader should be addressed as “Your Royal Majesty” (and you’re better looking than Charles, sort of, and I think this particular one DID invent his certain brand of so-called “Klezmer” (note upper case “K”)….
Many clarinetists are cool but not all, by any means (obviously)….
1B – grammatically incorrect, and “Funky Deli” or “Yiddishe Kup” would be more Kool….
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