| The Shadow |
| 1. Who created the character in 1930 or 1931, later to become "The Shadow" on the show aired by Mutual Radio? a. Walter B. Gibson b. Walter F. Mondale 2. In 1937, it became a half-hour show, and for one year, starred this man who was to become the mastermind of "The War of the Worlds." a. Orson Welles, age 22 b. Gary, a mere gleam in his father's eye 3. Frank Readick spoke the lines, "Who knows..." using what familiar item next to his mouth to create the echo effect? a. an empty water glass b. a full water glass 4. What music accompanied the lines? a. Opus 31 of Le Rouet d'Omphale by Saint-Saens. b. Mack the Knife 5. Who was the "wealthy young man-about-town" whose alter ego was The Shadow? a. Lamont Cranston b. Lamont Rosencrantz 6. Who was the only person who knew The Shadow's identity? a. His crime-solving partner and "sweet-cakes," Margot Lane b. Walt |
| "Who knows what evil lurks within the hearts of men? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! The Shadow knows!" "The Shadow," whom we all knew and loved as we sat on the edges of our seats with our ears glued to our radios, first appeared as part of an hour-long show called "The Blue Coal Revue." |
| 7. Who played this charming lass? a. Agnes Moorehead b. P. Hiltonhead 8. Where did The Shadow learn "the mysterious power to cloud men's minds so they could not see him"? a. In Jean Caraway's physics class b. In the Orient 9. What day of the week had all America glued to their Motorolas? a. Sunday b. September (Excellent question for beginning ESL students) 10. What prizes were given to children by the show? a. glow-in-the-dark rings b. 2-way wrist radios 11. On what date was the last show aired? a. Dec. 26, 1954 (What a lousy Christmas present!) b. June 30, 1963 (Lamont finally made an honest woman of Margot) 12. The Shadow has also been adapted as a. A 1938 comic strip, a 1954 TV series, a Disney character named Drake Mallard, a 1973 DC comic, an ill-fated 1954 TV series, and a 1994 movie bomb starring Alec Baldwin b. The bio of one of our BHS classmates who wishes to remain anonymous |