Classic Rock Trivia Quiz # 10
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Classic Rock Characters I - In a song of apology for his recently estranged girlfriend, Jimi Hendrix tells us how the wind cries the name of what person?
The correct answer is 'Mary'
His girlfriend's name was actually Kathy Mary Etchingham, but the song is "The Wind Cries Mary". She left him briefly after a fight over her cooking.
Classic Rock Question 2
Classic Rock Trivia From the 50s 60s and 70s - In 1964 The Detours became better known as The Who.
The correct answer is 'True'
The Who stuggled to get a break that year, which led to the hiring of manager, Pete Meaden. He renamed the band, High Numbers. After their first single bombed, the group ditched Meaden, and reclaimed the "Who" name.
Classic Rock Question 3
Classic Rock Lyrics--#1 Pop Songs - 'Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers; you get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers.'
The correct answer is 'Billy Joel'
'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me', #1 in 1980.
Classic Rock Question 4
Classic Rock Questions - What band broke the Beatles' record for largest attendance for a single act live performance?
The correct answer is 'Led Zeppelin'
On May 5, 1973 Led Zeppelin played to 55,000 fans at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. This broke the Beatles' record set at Shea Stadium in 1965.
Classic Rock Question 5
Classic Rock Lyrics - "So many times I said
You'd only be mine
I gave my blood and my tears
And loved you ______"
You'd only be mine
I gave my blood and my tears
And loved you ______"
The correct answer is 'cyanide'
From the album "Girls, Girls, Girls" in 1987 is Motley Crue singing "You're All I Need".
Classic Rock Question 6
Classic Rock Lyrics - "Danger Danger when you taste brown sugar, Louie fell in love overnight"
The correct answer is 'Stories'
"Brother Louie" They scored a one hit wonder with this song about an inter-racial relationship.
Classic Rock Question 7
Opening Lines of Classic Rock Songs - A tremendous narrative track begins like this:
"Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try following me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause you know I'm coming home soon.
My ship's leaving on a three-year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Windlaced, gather in sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale."
Do you know who sang it?
"Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try following me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause you know I'm coming home soon.
My ship's leaving on a three-year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Windlaced, gather in sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale."
Do you know who sang it?
The correct answer is 'Mountain'
This is Mountain's title track from their album "Nantucket Sleighride". It is based on a rather macabre true story about a group of whalers stranded at sea. Bassist Felix Pappalardi, (who had previously produced the Cream album "Disraeli Gears"), was shot and killed in 1981.
Classic Rock Question 8
Classic Rock Geographic Lyrics - 'Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields, sold in a market down in New Orleans.'
The correct answer is 'Rolling Stones'
'Brown Sugar'
Classic Rock Question 9
Bil's Classic Rock Trivia #3 - What song writing team was known as the Glimmer Twins?
The correct answer is 'Jagger and Richards'
This name was coined in the 1960's.
Classic Rock Question 10
Bil's Classic Rock Trivia #5 - Jimi Hendrix learned how to play the guiar left handed with left handed stringing.
The correct answer is 'False'
Once he learned that he had learned how to play the guitar incorrectly, he taught himself to play it correctly. He could then play any guitar handed to him with little difficulty no matter what the string arrangement was.