Frank Sinatra Quiz

Question: Young Frank’s rabid teenage female fans were called what?

Answer: The teenage "bobby-sox girls," or "bobby-soxers," who fawned over Sinatra in droves, got their nickname from the white half-hose worn by so many of them.

Question: Who was Sinatra’s From Here to Eternity bar-fight opponent?

Answer: In From Here to Eternity (1953) Burt Lancaster's sergeant keeps Sinatra’s Maggio and Borgnine's Fatso from fighting, but Fatso warns “Tough Monkey” Maggio that his day will come.

Question: In which film does Sinatra’s character lead a World War II POW escape?

Answer: Sinatra starred in Von Ryan’s Express (1965) as a U.S. Army colonel who concocts an audacious scheme to hijack a German train and carry Allied prisoners of war to safety in Switzerland.

Question: Who was not a member of the Rat Pack?

Answer: In addition to frequently joining Sinatra onstage, Martin, Davis, and Lawford costarred with him in the film Ocean’s Eleven (1960).

Question: Which of these was a Sinatra standard?

Answer: Sinatra is also remembered for singing the Windy City’s praises in "Chicago."

Question: Finish the lyric: “That’s life / That’s what all the people say / You’re ridin’ high in April…”

Answer: Released on the 1966 album of the same name, "That’s Life" became one of Sinatra’s signature songs.

Question: What was Sinatra’s boyhood hometown?

Answer: Sinatra grew up across the Hudson River from New York City, in Hoboken. It was once the site of a huge fragrant Maxwell House coffee factory, the setting for the movie On the Waterfront (1954), and the home base for indie rockers Yo La Tengo.

Question: What was Sinatra’s chart-topping duet with his daughter Nancy?

Answer: “Somethin’ Stupid” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. Some 25 years later, in 1991, “Unforgettable,” a father-daughter virtual duet by Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole, climbed to number 14.

Question: Which of these women was never married to Sinatra?

Answer: Sinatra dated Lauren Bacall, but they were never husband and wife.

Question: Which of the following is not a nickname for Frank Sinatra?

Answer: Sinatra was also called the “Sultan of Swoon.”