'a Garland for Linda' - Trivia Contest

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a Garland for Linda Trivia Contest

Enter our trivia contest for a chance to win a Garland for Linda CD.

Submit your answers for a chance to win a Garland for Linda CD from EMI Classics (estimated retail value: $15). Submit your answers by filling out the form below, by e-mail to garland@npr.org, or by mail to the address listed below. Contest rules are also listed below.

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1. What was the first group that Linda McCartney photographed at the start of her career in New York?

2. Which Wings album celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary in March, 1999?

3. In 1993, EMI Classics commissioned a new work from Paul McCartney to celebrate the record company’s centenary year. What was the name of the work?

4. What string quartet performed on the album Working Classical?

5. Which Beach Boys album most impressed Paul and Linda McCartney in 1966-67?

6. Name one of the three Linda McCartney photographic exhibitions still touring the United States.

7. Name the Rolling Stones’ album which they were in New York to promote when Linda McCartney first photographed them.

8. What orchestra performed Standing Stone at Carnegie Hall in 1997?

9. What alias did Linda McCartney & Wings use for the release of the single Seaside Woman?

10. According to The Guiness Book Of World Records, which Paul McCartney song is the most covered song in history?

11. Name the album of Linda’s that was released in 1998?

12. What kind of team is sponsored by Linda McCartney’s vegetarian food company?

13. What is Oobu Joobu?

14. For whom else was a Garland of songs composed in 1953?

15. In what year was Wings launched?

16. Which New York-based composer helped with the orchestrations on Standing Stone and also wrote a piece for A Garland for Linda?

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All entries must be received by the close of business on June 19, 2000. All entries must include your name, address and an e-mail address or daytime telephone number. One entry per person. All entries with the highest total of correct answers will be placed into a random drawing for the CDs, which will take place on June 21, 2000. Winners will be notified by email or telephone. Employees and immediate families of employees of NPR, WNYC, The Garland Appeal, or EMI Classics are not eligible to win.

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