| Question 1: In her last performance at the Met, on December 14, 1960, she sang "________" from Rigoletto as part of a gala performance. | |||
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| Question 2: The incomplete sketch was found among Gershwin's papers after his death and was eventually revived and completed by ________ and given the simple title 'For Lily Pons'. | |||
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| Question 3: She starred in three RKO films: I Dream Too Much (1935) with ________, That Girl From Paris (1936) and Hitting a New High (1937). | |||
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| Question 4: She successfully made her operatic debut in the title role of Léo Delibes' Lakmé at ________ in 1928 and went on to sing several coloratura roles in French provincial opera houses. | |||
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| Question 5: A village in Frederick County, Maryland, 10 miles south of ________ is called "Lilypons" in her honor. | |||
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| Question 6: During World War II, she toured the battlefields of ________ and East Asia. | |||
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| Question 7: Lily Pons at the ________ | |||
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| Question 8: In 1940, she became a naturalized citizen of the ________. | |||
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| Question 9: Her most frequent performances were as Lucia (93 performances), Lakmé (50 performances), Gilda in Verdi's ________ (49 performances), and Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville (33 performances). | |||
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| Question 10: In 1925, encouraged by soprano Dyna Beumer, she started taking singing lessons from Alberti de Gorostiaga in ________. | |||
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