BARBERSHOP HISTORY-GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

author: Mark Axelrod, editor of "Blue Chip Chatter," Teaneck, NJ.

1- Structured barbershop singing (with chapters, contests, etc.) is currently alive and well in twelve countries. Identify the ten countries other than the USA and Canada.

2- Name the current Society president, and the person who will take over that position on January 1, 2004. (Update this one as necessary!)

3-How many people currently sit on the society board of directors? For extra credit, name them (by title)


Answers to Barbershop History - General Knowledge Quiz:

1- Australia, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the UK (England & Wales...so what happened to the Scots?).

2- The current society president is Roger Lewis; the incoming prez is Rob Hopkins. (You might want to update this answer as well!)

3- Currently, the society has 18 members on its board of directors. They are: prez, immediate past prez, exec. VP, treasurer, secretary, eight board members elected from the various districts, three at-large members, a parliamentarian and an assistant parliamentarian


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