The Great Music Trivia Quiz Book. Rachel Federman

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СКАЧАТЬ John F. Kennedy, was shot in Dallas before he finished his first term. There was a giant leap for mankind, but the hope that springs eternal was dampened by the threat of a silent spring. Still, Martin Luther King had a dream and millions believed in it.

      

      There were battle calls and sit-ins, marches, and rallying protest songs. There were mini skirts and screaming fans for the lads from Liverpool who started out wanting to hold your hand and ended up in times of trouble. Some teenagers kept right on twisting again like they had the summer before, asking Buttercup to build them up, others were lighting someone’s fire, telling people to get off of their cloud, or hoping the world would give peace a chance.

      

      By the end of the decade, the war in the Pacific had expanded, The Beatles had broken up, Dylan had gone electric, then country, and JFK, MLK, and RFK were all long gone. Two years later, Hendrix, Janis, and Morrison would be as well. Maybe you really needed more than love. Once the purple haze had cleared, those who’d been so eager to leave their comfortable homes and gather ’round some great unknown and powerful force, were probably more than willing to admit that the waters around them had grown.

      

      1. It’s a restaurant on East 52nd street in Manhattan, a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, and a group from the 1960s who scored big with hits like “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Stay.” What is it?

       a) The Four Seasons

       b) The Ace of Cups

       c) Cupid’s Inspiration

       d) The Balloon Farm

       e) Bull & the Matadors

       Points: 1

      2. What does “TCB” stand for in Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit “Respect” (written and originally sung by Otis Redding)?

       Points: 2

      3. Diana Ross has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One is for her solo work and the other is for her participation in which Motown act that began as a sister group to The Primes?

       a) The Temptations

       b) The Marvelettes

       c) Gladys Knight & the Pips

       d) Dreamgirls

       e) The Supremes

       Points: 1

      4. Roy Orbison’s 1964 chart-topper about a pretty woman reached a new generation through the 1990 feature film blockbuster. It’s often left off, but the song’s title actually has a third word in it. What is it?

       Points: 1

      5. How many years passed between the release of Jimi Hendrix’s first album “Are You Experienced” (1967) and his death in Notting Hill, London?

       a) 1

       b) 3

       c) 5

       d) 9

       e) 15

       Points: 2

      6. Which band was not part of the original “British Invasion” (1964 to 1966)?

       a) The Animals

       b) The Rolling Stones

       c) Freddie and the Dreamers

       d) The Cure

       e) The Kinks

       Points: 1

      7. Davy Jones from Manchester, England is best-known for his role in one of the world’s first “boy bands” (also a TV show from 1966–8). What were they called?

       Points: 1

      8. Country music star Dolly Parton first performed at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of:

       a) 9

       b) 13

       c) 18

       d) 21

       e) 25

       Points: 1

      9. To which band does the following August 1964 quote in the Daily Mirror refer?

       “These performers are a menace to law and order, and as a result of their formula of laryngitis, cranial fur and sex the police are diverted … to quell the mob violence they generate.”

       a) The Beatles

       b) The Rolling Stones

       c) The Doors

       d) Cream

       e) The Dave Clark Five

       Points: 2

      10. What record company did Dick Rowe, “the man who turned down The Beatles,” work for when he auditioned the group from Liverpool on New Year’s Day in 1962?

       a) Warner Brothers

       b) Decca Records

       c) Epic Records

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