[Note: this entire quiz refers to local famed quartets. Do you have similar history to pull from?]
1- George Feldner's article, elsewhere in this issue, taught us all about the Hallmarks. The other Teaneck Chapter quartet ever to make it into the top ten in international competition was, of course, the Playtonics, which placed second. One other local area quartet also placed second. Name it and the chapter it represented. (hint - this quartet was active during the same time that the Playtonics were).
2- The lead singer of the quartet you were asked to name in the previous question was also a top-flight chorus director and a great quartet coach who worked with many top ten quartets. Name him.
3- The fourth quartet from our neck of the woods ever to break into the top ten also made its mark as the only local area quartet ever to sing in a Broadway show. Name this quartet and the chapter it represented. (hint - this quartet, too, was active during the same time period as the Playtonics)
4- Name the Broadway show referred to in the question above.
5- The quartet referred to in question #3, replaced a renowned (and the original) quartet in the Broadway show. Name this original quartet and the reason it dropped out of the Broadway production.
Answers to Barbershop History Quiz:
1- The Hometown Quartet, representing the Lodi, NJ, Chapter
2- Don Clause
3- The Easternaires, from the Jersey City, NJ Chapter
4- The Music Man
5- The Buffalo Bills which left the Broadway show to go out to Hollywood where they appeared in the movie production of this great musical