Rock Music Trivia Questions XI

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Who said he was inspired to write "My Generation" on May 19, 1965, while on a train from London to Southampton?

       a. Ray Davies
       b. Pete Townshend
       c. Keith Richards
       d. Eric Burdon


The original Jumping Jack of Jumping Jack Flash fame was Jack Dyer, who was which rock star's gardener?

       a. Keith Richards
       b. John Lennon
       c. Eric Clapton
       d. Peter Frampton


According to Elton John, where do "the dogs of society howl"?

       a. Yellow Brick Road
       b. El Dorado
       c. West of the Rockies
       d. Honky Chateau


After his car hit a poultry truck, Carl Perkins was laid up as Elvis turned which of his songs into a huge hit?

       a. Blue Suede Shoes
       b. Hound Dog
       c. Heartbreak Hotel
       d. Don't Be Cruel


Don't know much about history, but who liked to sing "Wonderful World" to women, saying he'd just made it up on the spot?

       a. Sam Cooke
       b. Louis Armstrong
       c. Jackie Wilson
       d. Ray Charles


Maybe it was spicy food. Or the flu. What funk singer had a hit reporting that he woke up "in a cold sweat"?

       a. Stevie Wonder
       b. James Brown
       c. Smokey Robinson
       d. George Clinton


In "High Noon", his character was plotting to kill Gary Cooper's. Maybe he could have used a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people-eater. Who was he?

       a. Tiny Tim
       b. Sheb Wooley
       c. Spike Jones
       d. Ray Stevens


In 1969, Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes financially supported Rick Davies, who put an ad in Melody Maker, thus finding Roger Hodgson and forming what prog-rock band?

       a. Supertramp
       b. Yes
       c. Pink Floyd
       d. Genesis


In 2004, what 1980s metal star revealed that he had been training to become a New York paramedic?

       a. David Lee Roth
       b. Alice Cooper
       c. Axl Rose
       d. Lyle Lovett


What band stuck together in 1976, solely because the legendary Frank Zappa was willing to produce their "Good Singin', Good Playin'" album?

       a. Bay City Rollers
       b. Grand Funk Railroad
       c. Blue Cheer
       d. Emerson, Lake and Palmer


Brian Epstein told Lennon and McCartney to write a song specifically for the American market. It worked. In February 1964, that song was their first Billboard #1. What was it?

       a. Love, Love Me Do
       b. She Loves You
       c. I Want to Hold Your Hand
       d. Please Please Me


Although this band notes that "For the Love of Money", people will "steal from their mother", "rob their own brother", and "don't care who they hurt or beat", that song became the theme to "The Apprentice" anyway. What band is this?

       a. O'Jays
       b. Impressions
       c. Temptations
       d. Staple Singers




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