Rock Talk

It’s time for even more rock’n’roll trivia. Get your brain matter rockin’ and we’ll start rollin’ right now. This time, it’s the ‘WHAT’ quiz. Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer and let’s see how close you can come to 100%. Answers, as always, are at the end, so if you’re ready, let’s get started…

1. In WHAT U.S. city was Bob Dylan born?

2. Three British-born brothers formed a musical group in the
late 1950’s and went on to become a world wide phenomenon
with sales of over 200 million records/cassettes/CD’s during
the 1960’s and ‘70’s. WHAT is the name of their group?

3. In the early 1960’s, a hit record by Ernest Evans helped
create a major dance craze around the world. WHAT name
did Ernest Evans perform under?

4. The Grammy Awards have been handed out since 1958.
WHAT is the name of the only solo artist (or group) to have
to return their Grammy?

5. In the history of Billboard magazine, first published in 1894,
only ONE artist (or group) has had the top 5 singles on the
‘Hot 100’ chart. WHAT is the name of this artist or group?

6. In WHAT city is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located?
a. Memphis b. Cleveland c. Los Angeles

7. This successful actor had several hit TV series. On record,
he recorded a version of The Beatles “Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds”. WHAT is the name of this actor?

8. Rock’n’roll has a sad history of losing some of its’ hitmakers
at a young age. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison of The
Doors and The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones were each 27 when
they died. Drummers Keith Moon of The Who and Led
Zeppelin’s John Bonham both passed away at the age of 33.
The youngest rock’n’roll star to perish accidentally was only 17
years old. WHAT is his or her name?

9. Rock performers sometimes change their name several times
before becoming successful. Caesar & Cleo became Sonny &
Cher. The Golliwogs changed their name to Creedance
Clearwater Revival. The Four Lovers became The Four
Seasons (aka “The Jersey boys”). WHAT name did Tom &
Jerry choose that took them to the top of the charts several
times?

10. The name Led Zeppelin was given to the group by The Who
drummer Keith Moon. WHAT was the original name of the
group?

ANSWERS

1. Bob Dylan (real name of Robert Allen Zimmerman), was born
in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. His family moved to
Hibbing, Minnesota when Bob was 6 years old.

2. Maurice, Barry and Robin Gibb formed The Bee Gees and had
many hit records, including “Words”, “To Love Somebody”,
“How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”, “Stayin’ Alive”, “You
Should Be Dancing”, “How Deep Is Your Love”. Their
younger brother Andy also had several hit records, many
written and produced by brother Barry.

3. Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker (a name
given to him by the then-wife of American Bandstand host
Dick Clark), recorded “The Twist”, a song that was number
one in both 1960 and 1962. Chubby is still performing today.

4. Milli Vanilli, so far, is the only group (or solo artist) that has
been asked to return their Grammy Award. The reason was
because the groups’ two supposed lead singers (Fabrice
Morvan and Rob Pilatus) did not sing on Milli Vanilli’s debut
album. They were recruited as front men by songwriter/
producer Frank Farian after the first album had already been
recorded. Rob Pilatus was found dead of an apparent drug
overdose in a Frankfurt, Germany hotel room in 1998. Milli
Vanilli won their Grammy as ‘Best New Artist’ in February of
1990 and the Grammy organization recalled the award in
November that same year.

5. That would be The Beatles, who, on the Billboard chart of
April 4, 1964 had the number 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 song. # 1 was
“Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Twist And Shout” was # 2, # 3 was
“She Loves You”; “I Want To Hold Your Hand” was at # 4
and “Please Please” was # 5.

6. The Rock and Roll hall of Fame + Museum is located in
b. Cleveland.

7. William Shatner’s version of The Beatles, “Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds” is a classic, with the actor ‘speaking’ the
song in his best Captain James T. Kirk style. His hit TV
series include “Star Trek” (1966 – 1969), “T.J. Hooker”
(1982 – 1986), “Rescue 911” (1989 – 1996) and “Boston Legal”
(2004 – 2008). He’s also appeared in dozens of other TV
shows, including one iconic episode of “The Twilight Zone”.
Montreal born Shatner has a new TV series airing this fall
titled “S#*t My Father Says”.

8. 17 year old Ritchie Valens was killed on February 3, 1959 in
the same plane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly
and J. P Richardson (aka The Big Bopper). Roger Peterson,
the pilot, died as well. The three stars had just finished a
concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa and were on
their way to their next gig when the plane went down.

9. Tom & Jerry decided to use their real last names – (Paul)
Simon & (Art) Garfunkel.

10. Before Led Zeppelin became world famous rock’n’rollers, they were called The New
Yardbirds.