Doris Day Trivia Quizzes
Below was the quiz from 2012

 Here you can see the questions we used, and the correct answers for our first Quiz. Two people were selected as winners and received signed copies of Mike's book, which we hope they enjoyed.  We are still waiting for their reviews on the Amazon.com site.  We are now ready with a new contest. See that below the previous one.

QUIZ #1 AND ANSWERS...

1. What is Doris’ REAL name?
 
2. What was Doris’ character name in her first movie, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS?

3. What was Doris’ biggest all time jukebox hit on her own? (hint: NOT “Que sera, sera”)













4. Name 4 of the 8 songs from LULLABY OF BROADWAY
















5. What is “The Overlook”?


6. Who is Doris’ alltime favorite pet?

7. Name one of the four songs that were first recorded by Doris as a single singer for Columbia Records.




8. For which two films in the 1960’s was there a major fashion show featuring the clothes worn by Doris in the movies?

9.  What is Doris’ favorite drink?

10. With which Band Leader did Doris get her start?

11. Who coached Doris in her first singing lessons?

12. Name the radio station and city where Doris first sang on the radio.

13. With what jazz trio did Doris do much of her early singing?

14. What does Doris consider her worst movie?

15. Name the popular jazz album by Doris which she recorded with Andre Previn.

16. In what year did Doris lose a husband and start a tv show?

17. What song did Doris sing on her tv show every year at Christmas (her favorite Christmas song)?


18. What is Doris’ favorite color? 





19. Which song by Patti Page does Doris get internet credit for singing…one she never sang?

20. Name the hotel of which Doris is proprietess and in what city is it located?

DORIS MARY ANN KAPPELHOFF

GEORGIA GARRETT



IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU  1954/55 and SECRET LOVE  1953/54 (both over a year)

“SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY” was the biggest jukebox hit of 1945, along with” MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME”

“IT’S MAGIC” FOR 1948 and “A GUY IS A GUY” FOR 1952.
BUT THERE WERE MANY MORE JUKEBOXES AROUND IN 1953-1955


LULLABY OF BROADWAY
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART (this one NOT on the album but sung and danced to by Gene Nelson in movie)
SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN
FINE AND DANDY
SOMEBODY LOVES ME
I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAY GOODNIGHT
PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE

THE NAME OF DORIS’ PROPERTY IN CARMEL

Biggest


TULIP OR TURNIP (Tell Me Dreamface) 
PETE
IT TAKES TIME
MY YOUNG AND FOOLISH HEART

TOUCH OF MINK
MIDNIGHT LACE



WINE

BARNEY RAPP


GRACE RAINE


WLW CINCINATTI, OHIO



PAGE CAVANAUGH TRIO
(ALSO  BUDDY COLE)

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

DUET



1968


SILVER BELLS



LAVENDER (Doris confessed this to our forum moderator and it is the reason our JUST DORIS pages are in lavender.)


HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW


CYPRESS INN CARMEL, CA

below is our 2nd quiz with answers after each question:

DORIS DAY TRIVIA QUIZ  #2   2013
      (answers in parantheses)

           
1.  What was the name of Doris’ favorite lobster in “It Happened To Jane”? (SAM)

2.   “Lucky Me” was one of Doris’ least popular movie musicals. However, it did produce one Top  20 Song.  Name it.  (i SPEAK TO THE STARS)

3.  Everyone seems to think that Doris’ first gig as vocalist with a band was with Les Brown. That is not the case. Before then, she also performed with (Bob Crosby and Barney Rapp.)

4.  What famous vocal group, who went on to become multi-millon record sellers on their own, backed several of Doris’ single record releases, including “Second Star to the Right”? (Four Lads)

5.  With which other Columbia record artist did Doris have 4 hit parade singles in the 1950’s?
      (jOHNNY RAY)

6.  Which Hollywood director got a career jump-start in Hollywood by directing Doris in two movie comedies in the early 1960’s? (Norman Jewison)

7.  Which single hit song by Doris is the only one in her career which was a cover for her of someone else’s hit at the time? (The hit version was by Pat Boone but Doris sold it, too.)
 "Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Make One Love)"


8.  What big hit by Johnny Mathis was turned down by Doris when it was offered to her as a possible hit?  (The Twelfth of Never)

9.  Dancer/actor Gene Kelly actually directed Doris in a movie, one in which they did not dance. What was the movie? (Tunnel of Love)

10. Most people think that Doris’ first big single hit when she began her recording career as a single was “Love Somebody” with Buddy Clark.  It wasn’t.  What was? ("Papa, Won't You Dance With Me")