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The Baby Doe Quiz


1. Baby Doe’s birth name was
	Gloria Annamarie Feldman Helen Blasdell Kenewick Hepshabah McSwain Elizabeth Bonduell McCourt Kathryn Gahinney Klewer
2. Before going to Colorado, Horace and Augusta homesteaded near
	Manhattan, New York Long Beach, California Long Beach, Long Island Holland, Vermont Manhattan, Kansas
3. The Ballad of Baby Doe was premiered in
	Milan, Italy New York, New York Central City, Colorado Sun City, Arizona Park City, Utah
4. The Ballad of Baby Doe has been performed in all of these non-US locations EXCEPT
	Berlin, Germany Buenos Aires, Argentina Belgrade, Yugoslavia Bielefeld, Germany Toronto, Ontario London, England
5. Horace Tabor was NOT a
	Stonecutter Farmer Miner Musician Storekeeper Postmaster
6. In addition to The Ballad of Baby Doe, John Latouche collaborated on all of the following stage vehicles EXCEPT
	Candide Cabin in the Sky The Vamp Golden Apple West Side Story
7. Douglas Moore wrote operas about all of the following EXCEPT
	Carrie Nation Lizzie Borden Daniel Webster Silas Marner The Headless Horseman The Devil
8. All of the following are Tabor historic sites EXCEPT
	Holland, Vermont Pasadena, California Bartlesville, Oklahoma Quincy, Massachusetts Ocampo, Chihuahua, Mexico
9. Augusta Tabor was named after
	Augusta, Kentucky Augusta, Montana Augusta, Maine The month of August her aunt Augusta
10. Augusta Tabor was a distant relative of which national leader?
	Franklin Pierce Franklin Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Franklin
11. Opera houses are associated with all of the following Tabor sites EXCEPT
	Leadville, Colorado Central City, Colorado Washington, D.C. Denver, Colorado Oshkosh, Wisconsin Orleans County, Vermont
12. Horace Tabor was the groom at weddings in all of the following EXCEPT
	Augusta, Maine Washington, D.C. St. Louis, Missouri Milwaukee, Wisconsin
13. Horace Tabor has been the focus of creative works by all of the following EXCEPT
	Carl Zuckmayer Max DiJulio Duane Smith Calvin Trillin Gordon Langley Hall John Latouche John Burke
14. All of the following locations play major roles in the life of Douglas Moore EXCEPT
	Cleveland New York City Cutchogue, Long Island Paris Los Angeles
15. Among Horace Tabor’s children were all of the following EXCEPT
	a son who managed the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver a daughter who wrote a novelette a daughter who danced in silent films a daughter who met Theodore Roosevelt a son who became a French chef a daughter who denounced her Tabor lineage a son who traveled across the Prairie by wagon
16. All of the following have had the Tabor/Baby Doe story as a subject EXCEPT
	a two-act opera a one-act opera a one-woman show a rock song a play a novel a Hollywood movie
17. All of the following were alive when Horace Tabor was born EXCEPT
	Felix Mendelssohn Daniel Webster James Madison Mary Shelley Marquis de Lafayette Friedrich Nietzsche
18. All of the following were alive when Baby Doe died EXCEPT
	Dr. Ruth Westheimer George Bernard Shaw Elizabeth Dole Barbara Walters John Glenn Nelson Mandela Bill Moyers Sam Donaldson
19. Horace Tabor owned all of the following mines EXCEPT
	The Chrysolite The Winnemucca The Matchless The Little Pittsburgh The Proud Mary
20. Horace and Augusta lived in all of the following locations EXCEPT
	Zeandale, Kansas Buckskin Joe, Colorado Oro City 1, Colorado Beatrice, Nebraska Oro City 2, Colorado Leadville, Colorado Denver, Colorado
21. Horace was elected to all of the following positions EXCEPT
	Vermont House of Representatives member Colorado Lieutenant Governor Kansas “Free Soil” Territorial Legislature delegate United States Senator Mayor of Leadville
22. The world premiere Baby Doe was
	Leyna Gabriele Dolores Wilson Beverly Sills Martha Lipton Ruth Welting
23. Horace Tabor had close personal encounters with ALL of these famous people EXCEPT
	Oscar Wilde, playright Chester Arthur, president Carrie Nation, temperance leader David May, department store founder Adelina Patti, opera singer John Brown, abolitionist
24. All of these Tabors are buried in Denver EXCEPT
	Augusta Tabor Baby Doe Tabor Horace Tabor Maxcy Tabor Silver Dollar Tabor
25. All of these opera companies have presented The Ballad of Baby Doe EXCEPT
	Metropolitan Opera New York City Opera San Francisco Opera Santa Fe Opera Cleveland Opera Utah Opera
EXTRA CREDIT
26. Match the following minor characters in The Ballad of Baby Doe with their appropriate role.
	a. Jake Sands b. Fogarty c. Mr. Mulligan d. Samantha e. Albert 1. runs from the Clarendon lobby to "find Horace Tabor" 2. sells Horace another mine 3. operates the saloon next to the Opera House 4. desk clerks at the Clarendon Hotel 5. works for Augusta
27. Match the lyric from The Ballad of Baby Doe to the character: either Horace, Augusta, Baby Doe, Mama McCourt or William Jennings Bryan.
	a. "You see, my dear, a love that is larger than everyday offends most people." b. "Come, let us build a fairer Eden upon this continent." c. "All that's glowing, cool and tender, has the feel of silver in it." d. "Who kept on nagging till the clink of silver coins ringing on the barrel head drowned out her objections?" e. "Satin brocade, trimmed with real maribou. I'll tell you a secret: even the lingerie was hand-made lace."
28. All of the following members of Tabor's circle appear or are mentioned in The Ballad of Baby Doe EXCEPT:
	Horace's mom, (Mrs. Cornelius Tabor, Horace's step-mother) Horace's son (Maxcy Tabor) Horace's brother Lem (Lemuel Tabor) Horace's sister (Emily Tabor) Horace's first daughter (Lily Tabor)
29. Match the English lyric with the corresponding lyric from the 1986 German-language production (translation by Paul Esterhazy) of The Ballad of Baby Doe in Bielefeld.
	a. Weide, wo wir uns gefunden b. Stets halte ich fest an dem Silberquell c. Ich hab' bei Tag und nacht gegraben, war mein eig'ner Arbeitgeber d. Doch seit dem er mich kusste, war all' das vergessen e. Ich verwandle mich mit dir und so sind wir ewig jung 1. But the moment he kissed me all that was forgotten 2. Willow, where we met together.... 3. You'll always hold on to the Matchless Mine 4. I shall change along with him, so that both are ever young 5. I dug by day and dug by starlight. I'm an honest son of labor
30. Place these events in chronological order:
	a. The opening of the Central City Opera House b. The death of Silver Dollar Tabor c. The premiere of the movie Silver Dollar d. The premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe e. The premier of the play Das Leben des H.A.W. Tabor f. The death of Augusta Tabor g. The death of Horace Tabor h. The opening of the Tabor Grand Opera House

The answers can be found here.