Bing Crosby Trivia Questions
Who was Bing Crosby?
A: Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. was an
American singer and actor.
When was Bing Crosby born?
A: May 2, 1903.
When did he die?
A: October 14, 1977.
Where was Crosby born?
A: In Tacoma, Washington.
In 1906, Crosby's family moved to where?
A: Spokane.
In 1913, where did Crosby's father build a
house?
A: At 508 E. Sharp Avenue.
Crosby was the fourth of how many children?
A: Seven.
Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made
him one of the best-selling what?
A: Recording artists of the 20th century.
How many records, tapes, compact discs and
digital downloads of his have sold around the
world?
A: Over one billion.
The first multimedia star, from 1931 to 1954
Crosby was a leader in what?
A: Record sales, radio ratings, and motion
picture grosses.
His early career coincided with technical
recording innovations such as what?
A: The microphone.
This allowed him to develop a laid-back,
intimate singing style that influenced who?
A: Many of the popular male singers who followed
him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick
Haymes, and Dean Martin.
Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person
who had done the most for whom?
A: The American G.I. morale during World War II.
During his peak years, around 1948, American
polls declared him what?
A: The "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie
Robinson and Pope Pius XII.
In 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby
recordings filled more than what?
A: Half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to
recorded radio music.
What did Crosby win an Academy Award for?
A: Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck
O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My
Way.
He was nominated for his reprise of the role in
The Bells of St. Mary's opposite whom the next
year?
A: Ingrid Bergman.
Crosby was the first of six actors to be
nominated twice for playing what?
A: The same character.
In 1963, Crosby received the first what?
A: Grammy Global Achievement Award.
He is one of the 22 people to have how many
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
A: Three (a star for motion pictures, radio, and
audio recording).
He became the first performer to pre-record his
radio shows and master his commercial recordings
onto what?
A: Magnetic tape.
In addition to his work with early tape
recording, he helped to finance the development
of what?
A: Videotape.
Crosby bred racehorses, and co-owned what
baseball team?
A: Pittsburgh Pirates.