[Answer] 7. In November, 1961, a tragic song about a coal miner hit the top of the charts. What was the title of the Jimmy Dean song?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "7. In November, 1961, a tragic song about a coal miner hit the top of the charts. What was the title of the Jimmy Dean song?"

...1. Johnny Remember Me 2. Goodbye, Liza Jane 3. One Way Out 4. Big Bad John "Big Bad John" was recorded by Jimmy Dean and composed by Dean and Roy Acuff. It was released in September, 1961, and by the beginning of November it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Big Bad John" won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. "Big Bad John" was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean. Jimmy Dean went on to work as an actor and appeared as Willard Whyte in the Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever". He is best known today as the founder of the Jimmy Dean Food Company. "Goodbye, Liza Jane" was sung by W.P. Detherow. "One Way Out" is a blues song first recorded in 1961 by Sonny Boy Williamson II. "Johnny Remember Me" is British producer Joe Meek's first number one production. The song was a 1961 UK hit for John Leyton and The Outlaws. Other number one hits in 1961 were Del Shannon's "Runaway", "Travelin' Man" by Ricky Nelson, "Hit the Road, Jack" by Ray Charles and "Blue Moon" by the Marcels. A then-unknown group called the Beatles made their first appearance at Liverpool's Cavern Club in 1961.

[Answer] 5. We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "5. We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?"

...1. Chestnut 2. Almond 3. Peanut 4. Pecan Unfortunately, the Asian fungus "diaporthe parasitica" was introduced to the area and caused the "Chestnut blight" from 1900 to 1908, virtually killing all but a few of the 4 billion American Chestnut trees. Only very few remain and many of those live just long enough to drop a seed before succumbing to the fungus. For over 100 years, efforts have been made to protect and help bring the species back but with little success. Before 1900, Chestnut trees were the staple lumber supply for building houses in eastern America.

[Answer] 2. C - Our next word is an adjective that means a violent, sudden and usually tragic event. Please tell me how to correctly spell it.

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. C - Our next word is an adjective that means a violent, sudden and usually tragic event. Please tell me how to correctly spell it. "

...1. cattastrophic 2. catastrophic 3. catastrofic 4. catastroffic It comes from the Greek "katastrephein" meaning to "to turn" or "to overturn". Its first known use was around 1540, although one website puts it as late as 1837.

[Answer] 4. We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "4. We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?"

...1. Peanut 2. Pecan 3. Almond 4. Chestnut Unfortunately, the Asian fungus "diaporthe parasitica" was introduced to the area and caused the "Chestnut blight" from 1900 to 1908, virtually killing all but a few of the 4 billion American Chestnut trees. Only very few remain and many of those live just long enough to drop a seed before succumbing to the fungus. For over 100 years, efforts have been made to protect and help bring the species back but with little success. Before 1900, Chestnut trees were the staple lumber supply for building houses in eastern America.

[Answer] We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "We have a tragic tale of a tree which once was abundant across the eastern half of America but was virtually wiped out at the beginning of the 20th century by disease. Which nut has been sung about in a Christmas carol "roasting on an open fire"?"

...Unfortunately, the Asian fungus "diaporthe parasitica" was introduced to the area and caused the "Chestnut blight" from 1900 to 1908, virtually killing all but a few of the 4 billion American Chestnut trees. Only very few remain and many of those live just long enough to drop a seed before succumbing to the fungus. For over 100 years, efforts have been made to protect and help bring the species back but with little success. Before 1900, Chestnut trees were the staple lumber supply for building houses in eastern America.