MUSIC QUIZ NO.10

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who was going to be a "Big Time Operator", back in the mid-Sixties? ZOOT MONEY
Q2. "Just for one second, one glance upon your loom..." From whose pen and voice do these lyrics come? ROGER CHAPMAN
Q3. In which film was the word "grotty" first used? A HARD'S DAY NIGHT
Q4. What did George Harrison say, when asked about a Beatles reunion and concert?
A) "We said we're through with live performances and we're sticking to that".
B) "Nobody could afford us"
C) "Not as long as John is dead"
D) "There isn't a venue big enough"
Q5. Which U.S. band blatantly stole a Chuck Berry tune, put different lyrics to it and had a hit with it, too? Name the band, the stolen song and the title they made out of it. BEACH BOYS/ SWEET LITTLE 16/ SURFIN USA
Q6. Which singer/guitarist came out with lyrical gems like, "Deborah, Deborah, you look like a Zebra" and "You look like a car, you got a hubcap diamond star halo" and had a string of hits with such in the process? Name him his band. MARC BOLAN OF T REX
Q7. Of which song did Frank Sinatra say that it was "The best love song ever written"? SOMETHING
Q8. Who was the singer/guitarist for the Spencer Davis Group? STEVIE WINWOOD
Q9. Who came up with the name "Led Zeppelin"? KEITH MOON
Q10. For which film was the song "Come and Get It" penned? THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN
Q11. "Finished with my woman..." Name the song that has this opening line. PARANOID
Q12. You could already call it a sort of rap thing, although it was recorded long before anyone had even heard the word, never mind the "music". It's a story, told Wild West style, of a love triangle between an undecided female and two males who have delivery jobs.
A) She's Mine B) Galveston C) Ringo D) Ernie ERNIE
Q13. Who was the voice (and just about everything else) behind Boney M.? FRANK FARIN
Q14. Who was Dick Rowe?
A) The guy who attempted to assassinate Elvis
B) The man who refused to sign The Beatles to a recording contract
C) The man who really composed "My Way"
D) Mick Jagger
Q15. What did quite a few narrow-minded fuddy-duddies think "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones was all about? SEX
Q16. One title, two songs. One by David Bowie, the other by Chris Montez. Name it!
A) Let's Dance B) All the Young Dudes C) Heroes D) Boys Are Swinging LETS DANCE
Q17. They called Donovan "The British Dylan", which was way off the mark, of course. He went by the name of Donovan, but what was his surname? LEITCH
Q18. "Woolly Bully" was a mega hit for Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. But how is the band counted in at the beginning?
A) Un, dos, one, two, tres, quatro
B) Eins, zwei, drei, vier
C) One, two, three, four
D) Hey-ho, hey-ho
Q19. What was so remarkable about the "New York Mining Disaster 1941" by the Bee Gees? THERE WASN'T A NEW YORK MINING DISASTER IN 1941
Q20. Who were the two producers, who could virtually guarantee any band or artiste they signed to their record company a place in the Top Twenty, purely by virtue of the ultra-commercial songs they wrote for them?
A) Chandler and Price B) Alpert and Lopez C) White and Jensen D) Chinn and Chapman

[godoubleblues]

6 - Marc Bolan and T Rex
8 - Spencer Davis
14 - B
20 - D

[magpie in the 80's]

6 - Marc Bolan and T Rex
8 - Spencer Davis
14 - B
20 - D

ALL CORRECT EXCEPT FOR Q8

[godoubleblues]

8 - Steve Winwood
11 - Paranoid
19 - It wasnt in New York

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - Steve Winwood..........CORRECT
11 - Paranoid...........CORRECT
19 - It wasnt in New York.........THAT IS TRUE BUT NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER

[woodwt]

Q9 = keith Moon

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9 = keith Moon

correct woodwt

[Dirko]

4.D

[magpie in the 80's]

4.D

INCORRECT

[bulldogproud]

4 C (I think)

[bulldogproud]

18 C

[bulldogproud]

19. First song released by the Bee Gees in the US, first Bee Gees song to hit the charts in the US and UK, many thought the Bee Gees was a pseudonym for the Beatles (Beatles Group), it was inspired by a mining disaster in Wales.
Cheers

[magpie in the 80's]

4 C (I think)

correct BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

18 C

INCORRECT BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

19. First song released by the Bee Gees in the US, first Bee Gees song to hit the charts in the US and UK, many thought the Bee Gees was a pseudonym for the Beatles (Beatles Group), it was inspired by a mining disaster in Wales.
Cheers

I'LL GIVE IT YOU BDP WITH THE LAST PART OF YOUR ANSWER

[bulldogproud]

Bummer, I have a lyrics sheet for 'Wooly Bully' and it commences with 'one two three four'. I was ripped off!!!

[Kahuna]

7) Something
17)Leech (sp?)
18) a

[magpie in the 80's]

7) Something........correct
17)Leech (sp?)........correct...........[sp?].........incorrect
18) a.......correct

[Leaping Lindner]

Q1. Who was going to be a "Big Time Operator", back in the mid-Sixties? JEFF ST JOHN and THE ID
Q8. Who was the singer/guitarist for the Spencer Davis Group? STEVIE WINWOOD Just to be pedantic Winwood didn't play guitar with the Spencer Davis Group
Q10. For which film was the song "Come and Get It" penned? MAGIC CHRISTIAN
Q12. You could already call it a sort of rap thing, although it was recorded long before anyone had even heard the word, never mind the "music". It's a story, told Wild West style, of a love triangle between an undecided female and two males who have delivery jobs.
D) Ernie - at a guess
Q13. Who was the voice (and just about everything else) behind Boney M.? Bobby Farrell was the voice
Q15. What did quite a few narrow-minded fuddy-duddies think "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones was all about? Presumably sexual frustration
Q16. One title, two songs. One by David Bowie, the other by Chris Montez. Name it!
A) Let's Dance B) All the Young Dudes C) Heroes D) Boys Are Swinging
Sorry don't understand the question The first three are Bowie songs I presume D is Montez as the Bowie song was Boys KeepSwinging

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who was going to be a "Big Time Operator", back in the mid-Sixties? JEFF ST JOHN and THE ID.........incorrect
Q8. Who was the singer/guitarist for the Spencer Davis Group? STEVIE WINWOOD Just to be pedantic Winwood didn't play guitar with the Spencer Davis Group.....correct
Q10. For which film was the song "Come and Get It" penned? MAGIC CHRISTIAN.........correct
Q12. You could already call it a sort of rap thing, although it was recorded long before anyone had even heard the word, never mind the "music". It's a story, told Wild West style, of a love triangle between an undecided female and two males who have delivery jobs.
D) Ernie - at a guess...........correct
Q13. Who was the voice (and just about everything else) behind Boney M.? Bobby Farrell was the voice.........incorrect
Q15. What did quite a few narrow-minded fuddy-duddies think "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones was all about? Presumably sexual frustration........correct
Q16. One title, two songs. One by David Bowie, the other by Chris Montez. Name it!
A) Let's Dance B) All the Young Dudes C) Heroes D) Boys Are Swinging
Sorry don't understand the question The first three are Bowie songs I presume D is Montez as the Bowie song was Boys KeepSwinging........LL one of the song titles was a song by david bowie and the same title was a song by chris montez