Cole Porter Jeopardy

Early Life

100

Born in Peru, Indiana in this year.

1891

200

Attended this Ivy League University.

Yale

300

Entered Harvard to study this after completing his BA in English.

Law

400

He was born at the intersection of this and this in Peru, Indiana. 

Huntington and Third

500

Cole Porter's father was this profession.

Pharmacist 

Hit Songs

100

Some people get a kick from this song

I get a Kick Out of You

200

Night and ____

Day

300

I've Got You Under My ________

Skin

400

Anything Goes classic compares someone to great treasures.

You're the Top

500

This song popularized the term Beguine

Begin the Beguine

Broadway

100

Famous 1934 musical

Anything Goes

200

Cole won a Tony for this musical

Kiss Me, Kate

300

This musical is about the showgirls at a Parisian dance hall.

Can-Can

400

This musical appeared on Broadway in 1930 and the story came from a magazine cartoonist whose magazine and show title were very similar

The New Yorkers

500

She was called the "undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage", which makes sense since she was in 5 of Cole Porter's Broadway productions and 1 film adaptation. 

Ethel Merman

Name the Place

100

Cemetery where Cole Porter is buried. 

Mount Hope Cemetery

200

This European city was home to Porter during WWI and it influenced many of his works. 

Paris

300

This California town was home to Porter in the summers, and it is where he passed from Kidney failure

Santa Monica

400

Porter's Steinway grand piano which he used while composing most of his songs, is on display in the lobby of this hotel.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

500

Porter was sent to this boarding school in Massachusetts in 1905. 

Worchester Academy

Misc

100

The Cole Porter Festival is held on this weekend in June every year in Peru, Indiana.

2nd Weekend

200

This Shakespeare play inspired Porter's Tony Award-winning musical.

The Taming of the Shrew

300

The name of Porters wife. 

Linda Lee Thomas

400

This 1937 accident left Porter in immense pain and eventually the loss of his leg.

Horse Riding Accident/His horse rolled over on him and crushed his legs

500

The make and model of Porter's car on display in the Miami County Musuem

1955 Fleetwood Cadillac