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When Louis Armstrong's recording of the title song from the musical Hello, Dolly! hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, it ended the record-setting chart run of which act? | 100% |
Louis Armstrong's 1968 recording of 'What a Wonderful World' initially flopped in America, but topped the singles chart in which country? | 0% |
Two decades after its release, 'What a Wonderful World' was revived in the United States after being featured in which 1987 film? | 100% |
In which American city, long associated with the birth of jazz, was Louis Armstrong born? | 0% |
Armstrong long claimed he was born on July 4, 1900, but baptismal records later established his true birth year as what? | 100% |
Which instrument was Louis Armstrong renowned for playing, revolutionizing its use as a solo voice in jazz? | 100% |
Which older cornet player served as Armstrong's mentor in New Orleans and later brought him to Chicago to join his Creole Jazz Band? | 100% |
In the mid-1920s Armstrong led the studio recordings that are considered foundational to jazz, released under the names Hot Five and what other group? | 100% |
Armstrong's 1926 recording of 'Heebie Jeebies' is famous for popularizing which improvised vocal technique? | 0% |
Which of these enduring nicknames did Louis Armstrong go by throughout his career? | 0% |
In the late 1950s and 1960s, Armstrong toured the world on behalf of the U.S. State Department, earning him the goodwill title 'Ambassador' of what musical genre? | 100% |
In 1957 Armstrong publicly criticized President Eisenhower and the federal government over a school-integration standoff in which city? | 100% |
Which vocalist partnered with Armstrong on a celebrated series of duet albums produced by Norman Granz for Verve Records in the 1950s? | 100% |
Armstrong recorded two 1961 studio sessions collaborating with which bandleader and composer, a fellow giant of American jazz? | 100% |
Armstrong and which crooner shared the screen in the 1956 film High Society and later cut a joint studio album together? | 100% |
Armstrong's 1955 recording helped introduce American pop audiences to which song, originally written by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht for a stage musical? | 100% |
From 1947 until near the end of his life, Armstrong fronted a small touring group known by what name? | 100% |
Armstrong's recording of the title song from Hello, Dolly! earned him a 1964 Grammy in which singing category? | 0% |
Louis Armstrong died in July 1971 in which metropolis, where he had lived for decades in the Corona neighborhood of Queens? | 100% |
Armstrong's second-most-common affectionate nickname, reflecting his elder-statesman status among musicians, was which of these? | 100% |
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