Rock & Roll Trivia

[cloudy]

How many of these do you know, or can you guess? It'll be a good bit harder for the younger AH'ers to answer these - I'm pretty good at R & R trivia, and didn't know most of them.
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What 1985 hit single did Sting sing back up on?

What song memorializes a fire in Montreux, Switzerland?

What did the Mugwumps change their band's name to before achieving fame?

Who's children are named Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil, and Ahmet Rodan?

Who opened for the Monkeys on their 1967 summer tour, and got boo'ed off the stage?

Which rock singer was voted "The Ugliest Man on Campus" in 1963 by a local fraternity?

What was the last commercially released 8-track tape?

What 1976 album did Meat Loaf sing back up on before he became famous?

What was the last song the Beatles performed in concert?

Who's Fender Stratocaster sold in 2004 at auction for $959,500?

How many drummers have the Beatles had, including Ringo?

What guitar legend played as a session guitarist on Tome Jones' 1965 hit, "It's Not Unusual"?

October 17, 1990 marked the first time that the #1 album in the U.S. was only available on CD or cassette. What was the album?

Which 80's band had a concert contract that stipulated that they be provided with a supply of m & m's at every show, but that all of the brown ones had to be removed?

What legendary Haight-Asbury guitarist played steel guitar as a session musician on the 1971 hit, "One Toke Over the Line"?

 

[adetaildiva]

Who's children are named Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil, and Ahmet Rodan?

How many drummers have the Beatles had, including Ringo?

This is too cool, Cloudy. I just wish I knew some of the answers. I think I know the answers to these 2. Do we give answers if we know 'em?

Where do you find this kind of trivia?

 

[Stella_Omega]

me too, I know some of them-- not all, but I'm waiting to post...

 

[Misty_Morning]

What legendary Haight-Asbury guitarist played steel guitar as a session musician on the 1971 hit, "One Toke Over the Line"?

I KNOW THIS one.......Jerry Garcia....and phil lesh played bass.

 

[Misty_Morning]

How many of these do you know, or can you guess? It'll be a good bit harder for the younger AH'ers to answer these - I'm pretty good at R & R trivia, and didn't know most of them.
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What 1985 hit single did Sting sing back up on?

Money for nothing...dire straights.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Who's children are named Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil, and Ahmet Rodan?

Frank Zappa

 

[Misty_Morning]

Who opened for the Monkeys on their 1967 summer tour, and got boo'ed off the stage?

Jimi Hendrix

 

[Misty_Morning]

I KNOW THIS one.......Jerry Garcia....and phil lesh played bass.

BTW...he also played pedal guitar on Crosby, Stills and Nash's hit...Teach Your Children

 

[glynndah]

Overheard at the dinner table recently:

"You know, I was about 30 before I realized One Toke over the Line, Sweet Jesus wasn't a gospel song."

My sister-in-law is still quite naive.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

The Mugwumps were the Momma & Papas

The Beatles had two drummers - Pete Best and Ringo Star

The Fender Stratpcaster that sold fpr $959,500 belonged to Eric Clapton
(Jimmi Hendrix' guitar sold for much more)

 

[Frank Noir]

What song memorializes a fire in Montreux, Switzerland?

Deep Purple: "Smoke on the Water" (Da, da, dahhh...)

Which 80's band had a concert contract that stipulated that they be provided with a supply of m & m's at every show, but that all of the brown ones had to be removed?

I believe I've heard this told about Aerosmith, but I always suspected urban legend...

 

[Guest]

Deep Purple: "Smoke on the Water" (Da, da, dahhh...)

I believe I've heard this told about Aerosmith, but I always suspected urban legend...

I thought the m&m thing was Van Halen. I seem to remember David Lee Roth crowing about it in an interview?

 

[starrkers]

What song memorializes a fire in Montreux, Switzerland?

That's easy! It's Smoke on the Water.

 

[cloudy]

What 1985 hit single did Sting sing back up on?
Yep....Dire Straits' Money for Nothing.

What song memorializes a fire in Montreux, Switzerland?
Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple

What did the Mugwumps change their band's name to before achieving fame?
Jenny, you were close. Cass Elliot was also in the Mugwumps, but the band, as a whole, became the Lovin' Spoonful

Who's children are named Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil, and Ahmet Rodan?
Frank Zappa's, of course. (Anyone remember Moon's one hit: Valley Girl?)

Who opened for the Monkeys on their 1967 summer tour, and got boo'ed off the stage?
Yep, Jimi Hendrix. Hard to believe, eh?

Which rock singer was voted "The Ugliest Man on Campus" in 1963 by a local fraternity?
This one threw me, too. It was Janis Joplin.

What was the last commercially released 8-track tape?
It was Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, released in November, 1988.

What 1976 album did Meat Loaf sing back up on before he became famous?
Believe it or not, it was on Ted Nugent's Free for All.

What was the last song the Beatles performed in concert?
It wasn't even one of their own songs. It was Little Richard's Long Tall Sally, August 29, 1966, in Candlestick Park.

Who's Fender Stratocaster sold in 2004 at auction for $959,500?
Yep. Jenny's right - Eric Clapton

How many drummers have the Beatles had, including Ringo?
There were five Beatles drummers, including Ringo: Ringo Starr, Norman Chapman, Tommy Moore, Pete Best, and Jimmy Nichol.

What guitar legend played as a session guitarist on Tome Jones' 1965 hit, "It's Not Unusual"?
This floored me: Jimmy Page. WTF?

October 17, 1990 marked the first time that the #1 album in the U.S. was only available on CD or cassette. What was the album?
Vanilla Ice's To the Extreme.

Which 80's band had a concert contract that stipulated that they be provided with a supply of m & m's at every show, but that all of the brown ones had to be removed?
Van Halen.

What legendary Haight-Asbury guitarist played steel guitar as a session musician on the 1971 hit, "One Toke Over the Line"?
Misty nailed this one, but then, I knew you would. Jerry Garcia.

 

[jomar]

Okay, here are my answers and guesses off the top of my head and without reading others posts.



What 1985 hit single did Sting sing back up on?
DK

What song memorializes a fire in Montreux, Switzerland?
Smoke on the water

What did the Mugwumps change their band's name to before achieving fame?
DK

Who's children are named Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil, and Ahmet Rodan?
Frank Zappa

Who opened for the Monkeys on their 1967 summer tour, and got boo'ed off the stage?
The Archies?

Which rock singer was voted "The Ugliest Man on Campus" in 1963 by a local fraternity?
Joe Cocker?

What was the last commercially released 8-track tape?
1976?

What 1976 album did Meat Loaf sing back up on before he became famous?
DK - A Patty Smith album or a Pretenders?

What was the last song the Beatles performed in concert?
Get Back (rooftop version)

Who's Fender Stratocaster sold in 2004 at auction for $959,500?
Jimmy Hendrix

How many drummers have the Beatles had, including Ringo?
Two

What guitar legend played as a session guitarist on Tome Jones' 1965 hit, "It's Not Unusual"?
Eric Clapton?

October 17, 1990 marked the first time that the #1 album in the U.S. was only available on CD or cassette. What was the album?
Celine Dion? (DK)

Which 80's band had a concert contract that stipulated that they be provided with a supply of m & m's at every show, but that all of the brown ones had to be removed?
Oh, man, knew this one at one time. I wanna say Guns and Roses or Van Halen.

What legendary Haight-Asbury guitarist played steel guitar as a session musician on the 1971 hit, "One Toke Over the Line"?
Springsteen

 

[jomar]

Okay, got a few right and misread a question (would have been wrong anyway). Oh, and I think Long Tall Sally must have been the last the Beatles played in a paid concert. I do think Get Back was the last in they played at a concert, but it was free. But I could easily be wrong.

That was fun Cloudy, thanks.

 

[cloudy]

...and some more:

In August 2003, the largest jam session on record happened at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. 754 guitarists played a ten minute version of what song?

In 1954, German physicist, Max Born, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is his pop singing granddaughter?

What folk/pop singer had an eight day marriage to Dennis Hopper in 1971?

Who, at the age of sixteen, played the piano on the Shangri-La's 1965 hit Leader of the Pack?

Which 60's/70's group was originally called The Frozen Noses?

What was the first album to reach number one in thiry-four different countries?

What androgynous rock star proposed to his wife by saying, "Can you handle the fact that I don't love you"?

Who played guitar on Michael Jackson's hit Beat It?

 

[jomar]

...and some more:

In August 2003, the largest jam session on record happened at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. 754 guitarists played a ten minute version of what song?

In 1954, German physicist, Max Born, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is his pop singing granddaughter?

What folk/pop singer had an eight day marriage to Dennis Hopper in 1971?

Who, at the age of sixteen, played the piano on the Shangri-La's 1965 hit Leader of the Pack?

Which 60's/70's group was originally called The Frozen Noses?

What was the first album to reach number one in thiry-four different countries?

What androgynous rock star proposed to his wife by saying, "Can you handle the fact that I don't love you"?

Who played guitar on Michael Jackson's hit Beat It?

DK

 

[cloudy]

No one wants to try these?

In August 2003, the largest jam session on record happened at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. 754 guitarists played a ten minute version of what song?
Louie, Louie

In 1954, German physicist, Max Born, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is his pop singing granddaughter?
Olivia Newton-John

What folk/pop singer had an eight day marriage to Dennis Hopper in 1971?
Michelle Phillips, of the Mamas & Papas

Who, at the age of sixteen, played the piano on the Shangri-La's 1965 hit Leader of the Pack?
Billy Joel (that little fact just amazed me)

Which 60's/70's group was originally called The Frozen Noses?
Crosby, Stills & Nash (not surprising, considering David Crosby's decades-long drug problems - "frozen noses"=cocaine)

What was the first album to reach number one in thiry-four different countries?
The Beatles White Album...also not surprising.

What androgynous rock star proposed to his wife by saying, "Can you handle the fact that I don't love you"?
David Bowie.

Who played guitar on Michael Jackson's hit Beat It?
Eddie Van Halen (Eddie! How could you stoop so low?!?!)

 

[cheerful_deviant]

What was the last commercially released 8-track tape?
It was Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, released in November, 1988.

8-tracks were still available in 1988???

I thought they died in the late 70's.

 

[Grushenka]

Which rock singer was voted "The Ugliest Man on Campus" in 1963 by a local fraternity?
This one threw me, too. It was Janis Joplin.

That's one of the meanest things I've ever heard of. How sad. (I would have guessed Mick Jagger.)

I only knew one answer, Zappa's brood.

 

[slyc_willie]

Mind if I had some trivia questions as well?

Which 80s pop singer turned down the role of Marty McFly in "Back To The Future?"

He also turned down the gig to record "Dangerzone" for "Top Gun."

 

[slyc_willie]

A few others . . .

(tell me to back off if I'm stepping on your toes, Cloudy )

What is Sting's real name?

Who learned to play guitar sitting on Stevie Ray Vaughan's amps in Gruene Music Hall, Gruene, Texas, and on "Austin City Limits?"

Who wrote 'Play That Funky Music White Boy?'

Which two childhood friends make repeat appearances in Bon Jovi songs?

Whose 'dream of being Elvis has all but passed me by?'

Who was Journey's original lead singer/songwriter?

Speaking of Journey, with whom did Neil Schon first play?

 

[CorsetLvr]

I'll throw in a few.

What band was originally known as the Moving SideWalks?

What album did Rolling Stone call the greatest live album ever recorded?

What live recorded song did Rolling Stone say contained the most famous catcall in history?

I'll throw in an easy one.

Who played lead guitar on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles.

What band once went on tour with a collection of animals including a vulture, a long horn steer, a bison, and a rattle snake?

Who is the only triple inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

 

[LLs Man]

Sting's real name is Gordon Sumner.

Neal Schon came to Journey from Santana, as did Gregg Rolie, who was technically the original lead vocalist, & wrote or co-wrote some of their stuff. But then you could mean Robert Fleischman, who was the first official lead vocalist, & co-wrote early classics such as "Wheel in the Sky".