1- The Mid-Atlantic District has hosted the international competition five times. Identify the years. [Note: or substitute your own district numbers.]
2- Name this quartet, one of the MAD's all-time favorites, which won the international contest in 1970. (If you don't get this one right, seek professional help with great urgency as the answer appears elsewhere in this issue). For extra credit, where was this contest held?
3- The barbershop brotherhood includes only one American president. Name him.
4- Only one father-son combo has ever won first place in international quartet competition. Identify this combo and, for extra credit, name their quartets, their voice parts and the years in which they took the gold.
5- Jim Clancy, the director of the famed Vocal Majority, has won eight gold medals in international chorus competition, the most in society history. The person in second place has won a total of seven gold medals; six with the first championship chorus he directed, and one with the second. Name this all-star director, and for extra credit, name the two choruses he took to the top and the years in which they triumphed.
Answers to Barbershop History Quiz
1- 1940, '54, '61, '70 and '77.
2- The Oriole Four, In Atlantic City
3- Harry S.Truman. (Trivia bonus... What does the S in Harry's name stand for? The former president felt deprived by not having a middle name, so he had S - just S, it stands for nothing-legally added to his name
4- Harlan Wilson, baritone of the 1961 champs, the Suntones; and, Todd Wilson, tenor of the 1990 champs, Acoustix
5- Jim Miller directed the Thoroughbreds to the winner's circle in 1966, '69, '74, '78, '81 and '84. He also took the top spot with the Southern Gateway Chorus in 1992