Billie Holiday

Childhood

100

Billie Holiday was born on this day

What is April 7, 1915

200

Billie Holiday was born here.

What is Philadelphia?

300

Billie Holiday's birth name.

What is Eleanora Fagan?

400

The reform school Billie was sent to.

What is the House of the Good Shepherd?

500

A friend, costar, and the creator of one of the first albums Holiday owned.

Who was Louis Armstrong?

Early Career

100

Billie Holiday got her stage name from these two celebrities at the time.

What is Billie Dove and Clarence Holiday?

200

Holiday replaced Monette Moore at this famous club.

What is Covan's?

300

The age did Holiday cut her first record.

What is 18 years old?

400

Billie Holiday's first hit song

What is Riffin' the Scotch?

500

Billie Holiday was in this movie in 1935

What is Symphony in Black?

Successes

100

This is the famous hall Billie Holiday performed in.

What is Carnegie Hall

200

Billie Holiday appeared in this 1947 film with Louis Armstrong.

What is New Orleans?

300

Where Billie Holiday was inducted in 2000.

What is the Rock and Roll Hall of fame?

400

This is Billie Holiday's autobiography.

What is Lady Sings the Blues?

500

Billie Holiday did a television broadcast with this present-day company.

What is CBS?

Other Information

100

Billie Holiday was given this nickname.

What is Lady Day?

200

What flower was worn in Holiday's hair as a trademark?

What is White Gardenias?

300

A dog named Mister

What was Billie's most famous pet?

400

Billie had a relationship with this woman in the late 1940s

Who was Tallulah Bankhead?

500

This song brought about a conversation about the lynching of African Americans in the South. It was also one of Holiday's biggest songs.

What is Strange Fruit?