-In 1919, Felix Mayol financed the construction of a rugby stadium in Toulon by paying 60,000 gold francs. What was then found on this land?
a – A disused velodrome.
b – A shopping center.
c – Nothing: it was a wasteland.
For what reasons would Félix Mayol then have played the patronage of the RCT?
a – Rugby player himself, he had always dreamed of wearing the Toulon Rugby club outfit.
b – He thus wanted to tax a part of his fortune.
c – While he was traveling in his carriage in Toulon, a rugby ball landed on him … gradually pushing him to take an interest in the oval.
Felix Mayol’s emblem was lily of the valley. Why?
a – His father, an arsenal worker and trade unionist, died during the demonstration of May 1, 1925, violently repressed by the army. In memory of that fateful day, Félix Mayol never parted with his bit of lily of the valley.
b – The singer used to wear a camellia flower with him every time he went on stage. However, during a performance, on May 1, he only found a sprig of lily of the valley to replace it. The concert is a success. And the bells will become his lucky charm.
c – At the start of his career, Felix Mayol did not have the “material” means to wash regularly. Her bit of lily of the valley was thus a trick to smell good, no matter what.
Le Concert Mayol, a Parisian café-concert that he bought in 1910 and where the greatest singers have performed, had completely changed “destination” before it closed definitively in 1976. What kind of show did it host then?
a – Equestrian circus.
b – Des strip-tease.
c – One-man-show of comedians.
Félix Mayol’s repertoire has been the subject of covers. What artist has never tried it?
to Carlos.
b – Charles Aznavour
c – Barbara.
The fame of Félix Mayol was such that a famous foreign artist declared, during his first visit to France, that he would like above all to hear Mayol sing. Who is this artist?
a – Charlie Chaplin.
b – Sergueï Eisenstein.
c – Joséphine Baker.
What, today, does not bear the name of Mayol in Toulon?
a – A bus stop.
b – A journalist from Var-matin.
c – A school.
Responses
1 – a ;
2 – c ;
3 – b ;
4 – b ;
5 – b ;
6 – a ;
7 – c
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