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Ladies and Gentlemen, Dig The Who

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Introduction:
"Long live rock, and long live The Who! Here are ten questions that (most of) their fans should find (kind of) easy."


1. A great story, even if not true: When a hotel manager complained of the "noise" coming from Keith Moon's tape player, what did Moon supposedly do?
    Drove the manager's car into the hotel swimming pool.
    Took over for the drummer in the hotel's lounge band and scared off all the customers with his frantic drumming.
    Threw a bass drum through the hotel's sign.
    Set off a cherry bomb and explained to the manager "THAT was 'noise' - THIS is The 'oo!" then turned the tape player up louder.


2. As The Who played at Woodstock, activist Abbie Hoffman ran onto the stage. What happened next?
    Hoffman invited the entire audience on stage, ending the set.
    Roger yelled "Who are you?" at him.
    Pete smashed him with his guitar and kicked him off the stage.
    The band asked him to sing "We're not Gonna Take It" with them.


3. Which line comes next: "There's a million ways to laugh, and every one's a path..."?
    And a dozen ways to frown, and every one'll bring you down.
    Come on and join together with the band.
    So see me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
    So come on and be hap-hap-happy just like me.


4. The first verse of the song "Who are You" chronicles the aftermath of an evening that Pete spent drinking with which musicians?
    Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead
    England Dan and John Ford Coley
    Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols
    Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash


5. What song was sung by another member of the band because Roger refused to sing the lyrics?
    Bell Boy
    Tommy's Holiday Camp
    My Wife
    However Much I Booze


6. What famous event from the 1960s happened the day before the famous photo of the Who sleeping under a large Union Jack flag was taken?
    The assassination of Martin Luther King.
    The Robert Kennedy assassination.
    The Apollo 11 moon landing.
    The end of the Monterrey Pop Festival.


7. On November 20, 1973, Keith collapsed on stage in San Francisco while the band played "Won't Get Fooled Again". He revived, then collapsed again during the next song. Who played drums for the rest of the show?
    Ringo Starr
    Scott Halpin
    Pete Townshend
    Keith, after a severe beating from Roger


8. What records did John say he was shooting at in "The Kids Are Alright"?
    Bay City Rollers albums
    Ringo Starr albums
    The disks from "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia"
    Roger Daltrey solo albums


9. With which former Beatle did Keith dine the night before he died?
    Ringo Starr
    George Harrison
    Paul McCartney
    John Lennon


10. The title of this quiz - "Ladies and Gentlemen, Dig The Who" - comes from their introduction at one of their epic performances. Which one?
    The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus
    Woodstock
    Monterrey Pop Festival
    Ed Sullivan Show


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