1- Name the youngest man ever to sing in a 1st place quartet, his age when he was crowned, his voice part, the name of his quartet, and the year in which they won.
2- Name the oldest man ever to sing in a 1st place quartet, his age when he was crowned, his voice part, the name of his quartet and the year in which they won.
3- The "Bartlesville Barflies", our first quartet champs from way back in 1939, came in 2nd place in 1940, which resulted in the "once a champ always a champ" rule. How did this quartet run an endplay around this rule?
4- What is the youngest quartet in terms of combined age ever to take 1st place in international-level competition? In what year did this quartet win the gold?
5- Only one district ever sent back-to-back chorus champs to the internationals. Name the district, the choruses, and the years.
Answers to Barbershop History Quiz:
1- Tony DeRosa, 19 year old baritone of Keepsake, which took the top prize in 1992
2- Rod Nixon, 60 year old baritone of Yesteryear, which entered the winners' circle in 1997
3- By changing its name to the "Phillips 66 Barflies," which placed #3 both in 1941 and 1942.
4- The "Four Teens" took the top spot in 1952 when the foursome had a combined age of 79 years. By comparison, the youngest quartet to win in recent times, the "Four Voices," was quite geriatric, with a total age of just over 100.
5- The M-A-D was represented by the 1st place Dapper Dans of Harmony from Livingston, NJ, in 1970. The next year, the Chorus of the Chesapeake from Dundalk, MD, retained the title for the district.