Popular Music 101

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1. All right, we'll begin by mixing together my two favorite things, music and movies: there were two bands, among others, who put up a large sum of money to help make the 1975 movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Who were they? Starland Vocal Band and Jefferson Starship Rolling Stones and Beatles Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd Lynard Skynard and Neil Young

2. Who did Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, write the song "Sweet Emotion" for, at the time, in 1973? Joe Perry's then girlfriend Steven Tyler 's daughter Steven Tyler's girlfriend at the time Joe Perry's daughter

3. Can you name this song? "I saw Lon Cheney walking with the Queen/ I saw Lon Cheney Jr. walking with the Queen" Answer: (Three Words)

4. Which one of these songs isn't a hit by Elton John? Daniel Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Waterloo Sunset Levon

5. Who was the original drummer for the Beatles? Pete Best Ringo Starr Mikey Dolenz Jim Morrison

6. Now for something a bit more current... which memeber of Fall Out Boy is also the lyricist for the band? Patrick Stump Pete Wentz Andy Hurley Joe Trohman

7. Okay, staying with the current theme. What song did hip-hop songstress Rhianna sample in her hit "SOS"? Sweet Dreams Tainted Love Help Rapture

8. Going back to old school... what record company did Elvis start with? Answer: (Two Words)

9. Did Don Mclean sing about the death of his father in the song "American Pie"? Yes No

10. What was the name of Green Day's first album? 39/Smooth Nimrod Warning American Idiot