Rock & Roll Challenge

Rock & Roll Challenge

Please read each question carefully and select the correct answer by clicking on the corresponding button. The answer key will be provided after the quiz is scored. Streeeetch that mind!

1.

Buddy Holly and The _______.

Hoppers
Hounds
Crickets
Baxters
I don't know
2.

Who sang the 1957 hit, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"?

Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Chubby Checker
I don't know
3.

Chubby Checker is the only singer of the Rock and Roll era to have the same song enter the charts twice and reach number one. Which song is it that rocketed him to fame?

Jingle Bell Rock
The Hucklebuck
The Twist
Blue Suede Shoes
I don't know
4.

In 1964, the Beatles accounted for what percent of all record sales in the U.S.A?

20%
40%
60%
80%
I don't know
5.

Six and a half years before The Beatles, John Lennon started a group called:

The Buggies
The Black Jacks
The Jokers
John and the Jellies
Double Decker
I don't know
6.

What was the debut single (topping the charts at No. 6 in 1967) for The Jimi Hendrix Experience?

Foxy Lady
Are You Experienced?
Hey Joe
Purple Haze
I don't know
7.

The rock and roll band of the sixties, The Yardbirds, featured such superstars as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and:

Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Janis Joplin
Eric Clapton
I don't know
8.

Martin Scorcese's movie "The Last Waltz" centered around which rock band?

The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Led Zeppelin
The Band
I don't know
9.

Which of the following stars had the middle name "Aron"?

John Lennon
Aretha Franklin
Elvis Presley
Jimi Hendrix
I don't know
10.

"London Calling" was, according to "Rolling Stone Magazine" and the critics, the best album of:

The Clash
Joe Cocker
The Charlatans
Cocteau Twins
I don't know
11.

"This old engine makes it on time Leaves Central Station at a quarter to nine Hits River Junction at seventeen to at a quarter to ten you know it's trav'lin again". These lyrics were sung by:

Rush
Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Phish
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
I don't know
12.

Which of the following statements about Alice Cooper is NOT true?

His father is an ordained minister
He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts
He has legally changed his name from Vincent Damon Furnier to Alice Cooper.
Alice plays the harmonica well, and can play a little bit of guitar and piano.
I don't know
13.

What Australian rock group, formed in the 1970's, sang of "dirty deeds done dirt cheap"?

U2
Queen
The Rolling Stones
AC/DC
Pearl Jam
I don't know
14.

Which of the following Police songs parallels the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabakov?

Every Breath You Take
Roxanne
Don't Stand so Close to Me
Message in a Bottle
I don't know
15.

What was the cause of death for Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury?

Plane crash
AIDS
Drug overdose
Suicide
Heart attack
I don't know
16.

How many albums has Madonna sold?

10 million
60 million
120 million
1 billion
I don't know
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