How well do you know your Classic Rock ? Have some fun and take my little quiz... good luck !
1. "Epistle To Dippy" was a song by what artist? -- Choose an answer -- Jethro Tull Donovan Bread Arlo Guthrie
2. How long did the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon stay on the Billboard 200 album chart ? -- Choose an answer -- 6 months 6 years 9 years 14 years
3. One of these are bogus Led Zeppelin lyrics... which one ? -- Choose an answer -- Happiness, no more be sad, happiness....I'm glad. Close the door, put out the light. You know they won't be home tonight. Going to California with an ink pen in my heart. Every day I work so hard, bringin' home my hard earned pay.
4.When the The Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show they were not allowed to sing their song Let's Spend the Night Together as it was. Sullivan made them change the lyrics. What did they change about them ? --Choose an answer They sang "let's spend some time together" instead of "let's spend the night together." They didn't change them ! They shocked/angered Sullivan by singing every verse of the song as it was originally written. They sang "let's just stay together" instead of "let's spend the night together." They sang "let's fall in love together" instead of "let's spend the night together."
5. The Beatles first two movies were: --Choose an answer Hard Day's Night & Yellow Submarine Help! & I Wanna Hold Your Hand Hard Day's Night & Help! Let It Be & Imagine
6. What Van Morrison song refers to making love in the green grass behind the stadium" ? --Choose an answer Tupelo Honey Brown-Eyed Girl Queen of the Slipstream Gypsy Queen
7. Complete the lyrics: "Hey, Jude, don't make it ____." --Choose an answer bad sad hard stop
8. This musician claims to have never used drugs and was known as the "Wild Man" of Rock n' Roll. He is also the author of "God, Guns, and Rock n' Roll". --Choose an answer Randy California Ozzy Osbourne Ted Nugent Frank Zappa
9. The song "Dirty Water" was #11 in 1966. Who were the artists? --Choose an answer The Standells The Kingsmen The Electric Flag LOVE
10. Jimmy Page founded & played with what band before forming Led Zeppelin? --Choose an answer The Hollies The Yardbirds Shadows of Knight The Young Rascals
11.What Pink Floyd song's first line is "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun"? --Choose an answer Another Brick In The Wall Welcome to the Machine The Dogs Of War Shine On You Crazy Diamond
12. Back in 1965 what band wore Edwardian costumes and pretended to be part of the "British invasion" when, in reality, all members were from Texas and two group members were Mexican ? --Choose an answer Paul Revere & The Raiders Sir Douglas Quintet Gerry & The Pacemakers The Seeds
13. Who sang a song called "Groovy Kind of Love" back in 1966 ? --Choose an answer Simon & Garfunkel The Animals The Mindbenders Johnny Rivers
14.Who was the guitarist in the band the McCoys, best known for “Hang On Sloopy”? --Choose an answer Jimmy Page Alvin Lee David Crosby Rick Derringer
15. What Joan Baez song did Judas Priest cover on their Sin After Sin album ? --Choose an answer Amazing Grace Diamonds & Rust A Song For David The Patriot's Game
16.Which is NOT a song recorded by the group Blind Faith ? --Choose an answer Sea of Joy Itchycoo Park Can't Find My Way Home Presence of the Lord
17. What Animals’ song criticized religion and war ? --Choose an answer Sky Pilot It's My Life When I Was Young Don't Bring Me Down
18.What was the only recorded single of the Yardbirds to have both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck playing together ? --Choose an answer Over Under Sideways Down For Your Love Shapes of Things Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
19. Which is NOT a song by Black Sabbath ? --Choose an answer Rat Salad The Wizard Perfect Strangers War Pigs
20. Who released an album titled "Over-Nite Sensation" ? --Choose an answer Pink Floyd Frank Zappa & The Mothers Electric Light Orchestra KISS
21. Who co-wrote and recorded a song containing the following lyrics ? "I gotta find him, I gotta have him like the air I breathe. One lovin' man to understand can't be too much to need." --Choose an answer Roberta Flack Blondie Etta James Janis Joplin
22. All but one of the following songs was recorded by Grand Funk Railroad. Which one was NOT ? --Choose an answer Green River I Can Feel Him In The Morning In Need Paranoid
23.What Beatles album was the song "Golden Slumbers" originally released on ? --Choose an answer Magical Mystery Tour Abbey Road Rubber Soul Meet The Beatles
24. The song, (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet, was a hit by what group ? --Choose an answer The Troggs Tommy James & The Shondells The Zombies The Blues Magoos
25. Let's see if you can come up with the title of this song... here's some of the lyrics - "Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea. If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me." --Choose an answer Summer Breeze Red Rubber Ball Get Back The Tears Of A Clown
26. "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was a 1970 'one hit wonder' for which group? --Choose an answer Chairmen of the Board Godley & Creme Edison Lighthouse Magic Machine
27. Here's some of the lyrics from a 1962 dance song - remember it ? "Do it nice and easy, now, don't lose control. A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul." --Choose an answer The Locomotion The Twist Mashed Potato Time The Pony
28. The founder of the band Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, named the band after two rather unknown blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. What was the other influence for choosing the name? --Choose an answer cartoons - The Pink Panther and Floyd the Flamingo towns - he'd recently visited Pink Hill in North Carolina and Floyd, Virginia Syd's cats were named Pink and Floyd their local pub was The Floyd - it had pink flocked wallpaper
29. This song was a #2 hit from 1965. This lyric begins with these lines: "Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro - Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw." What's the song's title ? --Choose an answer The Witch Doctor Flying Purple People Eater Woolly Bully The Boll Weevil Song
30. Roger McGuinn, of the Byrds, wrote an original song for which of the following 1960's movies? --Choose an answer The Graduate Ride The Wild Surf Easy Rider To Sir, With Love
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