Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. Where was Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. born in 1927?
Harry Belafonte, born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr., was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City to Jamaican-born parents on March 1, 1927.
- Multiple Choice
2. What Harry Belafonte album is the first LP in history to sell more than a million copies?
Harry Belafonte's 1956 album, "Calypso," spent thirty-one weeks atop the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and is the first LP in history to sell a million copies.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which of the four awards in Harry Belafonte's EGOT was given in a non-competitive category?
Harry Belafonte received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honorary Oscar in 2014. Belafonte was never nominated for an Academy Award in a competitive category.
- Multiple Choice
4. What U.S. president appointed Harry Belafonte as cultural advisor to the Peace Corps?
Harry Belafonte appeared in a campaign commercial for John F. Kennedy in 1960 and was later named cultural ambassador to the Peace Corps during Kennedy's presidency.
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5. Because of his strong association with the genre, Harry Belafonte was known as the King of _____________.
FUN FACT
Although he is colloquially known as the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte never competed in the Calypso Monarch, an actual Calypso singing competition held annually since 1939.
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