1. My Mammy, from the Broadway musical Sinbad.

2 The Peerless Quartet also performed and recorded as the Invincible Four and obviously there was no hint of self-esteem with those guys! On occasion they gave their baritone a breather and sang as a trio.

3. Beauty, of course, is in the ear of the beholder; but the most frequently cited reason for the reputedjy phenomenal sound produced by the Peerless Quartet is the fact that all four of its personnel were professional soloists prior to singing in the quartet

4. The answer almost certainly is yes, but irrefutable confirmation of same, amazingly, is nowhere to be found. So it is stated in the book Four Parts No Waiting, the singularly most exhaustive study of barbershop history of which I am aware.

5. The 1954 International Competition was broadcast on CBS radio and heard by an estimated one million listeners throughout the nation. My source did not indicate if other internationals were also broadcast. If any reader of this quiz knows the answer, please enlighten me [us].

An Irishman named O'Leary, who loved to sing as he worked, bought a mule to farm his garden The mule worked well, but was almost totally deaf. So, when his owner yelled "Whoa!" the animal often continued plowing. Asked how the mule was working out, O'Leary shook his head. There was a time he said, "When all my neighbors could hear me singing my lilting melodies. Lately, I'm afraid, all they've heard are my riled Irish whoas."

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