Test your knowledge of Mario Lanza's life and career in this fifth fun quiz!
Q.1
Which famous tenor told the New York Times in 1964 that Lanza had possessed "the voice of the century"?
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Mario Del Monaco
Franco Corelli
Richard Tucker
Q.2
How many recordings of Franz Gruber's "Silent Night" did Lanza make?
One
Two
Three
Four
Q.3
For which movie studio head did Lanza unsuccessfully audition in 1944?
Louis B. Mayer (MGM)
Jack Warner (Warner Bros.)
Harry Cohn (Columbia)
Darryl F. Zanuck (20th Century Fox)
Q.4
It was reported in newspapers in January 1958 that Lanza's next movie project (after "Seven Hills of Rome") was to be filmed in London, and would be co-starring Marisa Allasio. What was the reported name of the proposed film?
A Question of Love
London in Spring
A Mayfair Romance
A Matter of Time
Q.5
Of which English-language song are there more Lanza versions than any other?
Be My Love
Loveliest Night of the Year
I'm Falling in Love With Someone
Because You're Mine
Q.6
Who is the uncredited narrator heard at the beginning of "That Midnight Kiss"?
Dore Schary
Louis B. Mayer
Norman Taurog
Jack Benny
Q.7
Still on the subject of narration, how many of Mario Lanza's films begin with (unseen) narrators?
One
Two
Three
Four
Q.8
In what year did Lanza make his first test records for RCA?
1945
1946
1947
1948