The Great Music Trivia Quiz Book. Rachel Federman

Knight & the Pips

       d) Dreamgirls

       e) The Supremes

       Points: 1

      4. Roy Orbison’s 1964 chart-topper about a pretty woman reached a new generation through the 1990 feature film blockbuster. It’s often left off, but the song’s title actually has a third word in it. What is it?

       Points: 1

      5. How many years passed between the release of Jimi Hendrix’s first album “Are You Experienced” (1967) and his death in Notting Hill, London?

       a) 1

       b) 3

       c) 5

       d) 9

       e) 15

       Points: 2

      6. Which band was not part of the original “British Invasion” (1964 to 1966)?

       a) The Animals

       b) The Rolling Stones

       c) Freddie and the Dreamers

       d) The Cure

       e) The Kinks

       Points: 1

      7. Davy Jones from Manchester, England is best-known for his role in one of the world’s first “boy bands” (also a TV show from 1966–8). What were they called?

       Points: 1

      8. Country music star Dolly Parton first performed at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of:

       a) 9

       b) 13

       c) 18

       d) 21

       e) 25

       Points: 1

      9. To which band does the following August 1964 quote in the Daily Mirror refer?

       “These performers are a menace to law and order, and as a result of their formula of laryngitis, cranial fur and sex the police are diverted … to quell the mob violence they generate.”

       a) The Beatles

       b) The Rolling Stones

       c) The Doors

       d) Cream

       e) The Dave Clark Five

       Points: 2

      10. What record company did Dick Rowe, “the man who turned down The Beatles,” work for when he auditioned the group from Liverpool on New Year’s Day in 1962?

       a) Warner Brothers

       b) Decca Records

       c) Epic Records

       d) Roulette Records

       e) Imperial Records

       Points: 2

      11. “Soul Brother Number One,” “The King of Funk,” and “The Godfather of Soul” all refer to which legendary twentieth-century entertainer?

       a) Stevie Wonder

       b) James Brown

       c) Ray Charles

       d) Marvin Gaye

       e) Howard Tate

       Points: 1

      12. Romantic Poet William Blake’s line “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear as it is, infinite” inspired the name of which boundary-breaking trio from Los Angeles whose albums include Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, and Morrison Hotel?

      Bonus: The bluesy-psychedelic rockers mentioned above played without this rock ’n’ roll staple in their live shows. What was it?

       a) guitar

       b) drums

       c) bass

       d) keyboards

       e) organ

       Points: 1 + Bonus: 1

      13. In the U.K., which album from 1967 is the all-time best-selling record? (This will be no surprise to those who enjoyed the show.)

       Points: 1

      14. Three days before he died, Otis Redding recorded this song, which he co-wrote and originally called “The Dock of the Bay.” What was it ultimately called?

       Points: 1

      15. Which 1960s duo originally called themselves Tom and Jerry (no relation to their actual names)?

       Points: 2

      16. Who is the only rock star to win an honorary Pulitzer Prize for a “profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”

       a) John Lennon

       b) Paul Simon

       c) Bob Dylan

       d) Pete Seeger

       e) Leonard Cohen

       Points: 2

      17. Which member of The Beatles is barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road?

       Points: 1

      18.