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Introduction:
"The rock and roll galaxy is filled with some of the brightest stars the music world has ever known. This is a quiz on some of the darker stars that have burned there as well."


1. One of rock and roll's most famous bad boys is Jerry Lee Lewis of "Great Balls Of Fire" fame. Which of the following TV evangelists is related to Mr. Lewis?
    Oral Roberts
    Billy Graham
    Pat Robertson
    Jimmy Swaggart


2. The "day the music died" was February 3rd, 1959, on which Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) were killed in a plane crash in Iowa. Which future dark star of country music was supposed to have been on the doomed plane?
    Willie Nelson
    Merle Haggard
    Johnny Cash
    Waylon Jennings


3. Bluesman Robert Johnson is considered one of rock's great forerunners, and Elvis Presley one of its greatest icons. Oddly enough, both men died on the same date, thirty-nine years apart. Which date is it?
    August 14
    August 17
    August 16
    August 13


4. One of rock's legendary "dark star" bands is the Rolling Stones, who have long been associated with black magic and witchcraft. Which member of the Stones was once a choirboy at Westminister Abbey?
    Mick Jagger
    Brian Jones
    Keith Richards
    Bill Wyman


5. Janis Joplin was one of rock's most powerful voices before her death in 1970. In her will, she left money for her friends to carry out a certain act in the name of "Pearl"--her alter ego and the name of her final album. What did she want her friends to do?
    Erect a monument to "Pearl"
    Have a drink "on Pearl"
    Open a bar called "Pearl"
    Drape her casket in pearl strands


6. Which of the following musicians did not die at the "cursed' age of 27?
    Kurt Cobain
    Jimi Hendrix
    Robert Johnson
    Duane Allman


7. On the night before his death, Who drummer Keith Moon attended a showing of "The Buddy Holly Story" in London with a former Beatle and his wife. Which ex-Beatle went out on the town that night with Moon?
    John Lennon
    Paul McCartney
    Ringo Starr
    George Harrison


8. Some classic rock fans believe that Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" was choreographed by the band to play as an alternate soundtrack to "The Wizard Of Oz."
    True
    False


9. The brief career of brilliant singer/songwriter Otis Redding ended when his plane crashed on December 10, 1967 while en route to a performance. What was the "dark" name of the band that was to have opened for Redding at that performance?
    The Dark Knights
    The Grim Reapers
    The Midnight Warriors
    The Storm


10. Judge Judy Sheindlin may not be a dark star of rock and roll, but she presided over the court appearance of one. Which famous punk rocker once appeared on "Judge Judy', providing punk fans with one of the greatest "Jump The Shark" moments of all time?
    Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... think "anarchist")


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