{"id":32305,"date":"2024-10-09T07:31:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=32305"},"modified":"2024-10-09T07:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:33:41","slug":"blog-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/09\/blog-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOG QUIZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n\u201cI\u2019ve read<\/strong><\/span> every word of your blog,\u201d a musician told me.<\/p>\n

Hooray for him. I wrote<\/em> every word.<\/p>\n

At shul, a reader told me, \u201cYou found your subject. Toby.\u201d<\/p>\n

No, you<\/em> did. I\u2019ve had Toby (my father) on the brain for decades.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Toby Stratton, 1938. OSU graduation.<\/p><\/div>\n

A woman told me, \u201cI look forward to your Wednesday-morning posts. I don\u2019t do comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

My comment: 95% of readers don\u2019t do comments. They\u2019re above that.<\/p>\n

Several readers claim they’ve read every word of this blog. OK, prove it:<\/p>\n

1. What<\/strong><\/span> was the name of Yiddishe Cup before it was Yiddishe Cup? A. Wild Horses\u00a0 B. Funk a Deli\u00a0 C. Kosher Spears.<\/p>\n

2. Who invented klezmer? A. The Jews\u00a0 B. The Klezmorim (Berkeley)\u00a0 C. Henry Sapoznik.<\/p>\n

3. What was Toby Stratton’s legal first name? A. Toby\u00a0 B. Theodore\u00a0 C. Wayne.<\/p>\n

4. What did Toby want buried with him in his coffin? A. Chlortrimeton allergy pills\u00a0 B. An Indian-head nickel\u00a0 C. The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

5. How do Yiddishe Cup musicians refer to their bandleader? A. Ding-a-ling\u00a0 B. Pissant\u00a0 C. Sir.<\/p>\n

6. Yiddishe Cup has played: A. Brooklyn, N.Y.\u00a0 B. Brooklyn, Ohio\u00a0 C. Neither.<\/p>\n

7. A landlord\u2019s biggest problem is: A. water leaks\u00a0 B. bugs\u00a0 C. tenants.<\/p>\n

8. Toby\u2019s favorite sport was: A. tennis\u00a0 B. counting Jews in Chinese restaurants\u00a0 C. depositing rent checks.<\/p>\n

9. Most often a working musician’s main interest is: A. music\u00a0 B. the food situation.<\/p>\n

10. Does Jack Stratton play with Yiddishe Cup? A. Depends on what decade you\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

11. Which<\/strong><\/span> group can you make fun of in Cleveland?: A. Slovenians\u00a0 B. Blacks\u00a0 C. Orthodox Jews\u00a0 D. Slovenians.<\/p>\n

12. Which is the hardest to find? A. A plumber\u00a0 B. roofer\u00a0 C.\u00a0 electrician\u00a0 D. door-buzzer guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201cI\u2019ve read every word of your blog,\u201d a musician told me. Hooray for him. I wrote every word. At shul, a reader told me, \u201cYou found your subject. Toby.\u201d No, you did. I\u2019ve had Toby (my father) on the brain for decades. A woman told me, \u201cI look forward to your Wednesday-morning posts. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32305"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32332,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32305\/revisions\/32332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}