Test your knowledge of Mario Lanza's life and career in this fifth fun quiz!

Publicity pose for That Midnight Kiss, 1949

Q.1
Which famous tenor told the New York Times in 1964 that Lanza had possessed "the voice of the century"?

Q.2
How many recordings of Franz Gruber's "Silent Night" did Lanza make?

Q.3
For which movie studio head did Lanza unsuccessfully audition in 1944?

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?

Q.5
Of which English-language song are there more Lanza versions than any other?

Q.6
Who is the uncredited narrator heard at the beginning of "That Midnight Kiss"?

Q.7
Still on the subject of narration, how many of Mario Lanza's films begin with (unseen) narrators?

Q.8
In what year did Lanza make his first test records for RCA?