Pop Music Challenge '50s-'00s Part One

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. This band debuted in 1976, and featured an album cover with a guitar shaped spaceship. Who were these guys? Journey Electric Light Orchestra Boston Jefferson Starship

2. Which of the following bands had four women in it, including one named Michael? L7 The Bangles The Go-Gos The Runaways

3. Finish the lyric: "Now all around the world, girls will be girls, it's the...": love I feel, I will reveal proof that I really love you mountain top and rainbow waters cool same ol', same ol' situation

4. Which famous guitarist was featured on the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It"? Slash Eddie Van Halen Randy Rhoades Griffen Murphy

5. "People Are People" was a hit song for which of these UK 80s electro-wave groups? A Flock of Seagulls Depeche Mode New Order Scritti Politti

6. Johnny Cash covered an unlikely band at the end of his long career. Which band's song did he cover? Def Leppard Tool Nine Inch Nails Cat Power

7. Finish the lyric: "In 1814, we took a little trip ______" above the skies, we heard the cries, it almost make us sick to the great beyond, and you wouldn't believe what we found through the woods so dark, we almost didn't make it along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.

8. Before "Live Through This", Hole (the band with Courtney Love) had an album titled: Pretty On The Inside Gish Baby Doll Diary of Miss America

9. Who wrote "Me And Bobby McGee"? Miles Henry Rodham Janis Joplin Neil Diamond Kris Kristoffersen

10. Burt Bacharach wrote a lot of songs in the '60s and '70s. Which of these songs written by Mr. Bacharach in the '60s was a huge hit in the 1980s? "Manic Monday" by The Bangles "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes "Promises Promises" by Naked Eyes "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar

11. Nirvana covered a few songs by other bands on their "MTV Unplugged In New York" album. Who originally did the song "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam"? The Vaselines Captain Beefheart David Bowie The Meat Puppets

12. The late Brad Nowell of Sublime was a dog lover. What was his beloved dog's name? Royce the Pit Bull Spot the Dalmatian Baxter the Bulldog Lou Dog the Dalmatian

13. On R.E.M's 1991 album "Out of Time", singer Michael Stipe and the boys collaborated with which rapper on the song "Radio Song"? LL Cool J KRS-One Young MC Ice Cube

14. What town are the members of R.E.M originally from? Tupelo, MS Bellingham, WA Columbus, OH Athens, GA

15. One of my favorite bands is the New York based Interpol. What does the word "Interpol" also refer to? one of the seven realms of the afterlife the name of the layer closest to the Earth's core a large international police organization a machine that tracks the low frequency sound waves of ghosts

16. Who was Desmond Dekker? a founding pioneer of Ska music a blues pianist who was the first black member of Tommy Dorsey's big band in the 1940s a record producer in the '50s, who signed such artist as Carl Perkins and Ricky Nelson the founder of Trojan records

17. Which sensitive alt-rocker use to dress up in a bear suit, mingle with his fans, and bash his own music before concerts? Sufjan Stevens Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) John Mayer Kurt Cobain

18. Henry Rollins was once a member of which '80s punk band? The Circle Jerks Dead Kennedys Fear Black Flag

19. Which of the following musicians did NOT die at the age of 27? Jim Morrison Shannon Hoon Janis Joplin Kurt Cobain

20. Whose real name was Eric Lynn Wright? Jam Master Jay The Notorious B.I.G Eazy-E Old Dirty Bastard

21. The band Television was from which city? London New York Melbourne Los Angeles

22. In the Guns'n'Roses video for the hit song "November Rain", which super model is set to marry lead singer Axl Rose during the wedding scene? Cindy Crawford Stephanie Seymour Claudia Schiffer Tawny Kitaen

23. Which of the following bands are not from Washington state? Sonic Youth Bikini Kill Nirvana The Posies

24. The night that Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in a plane crash is often referred to as "the day the music died". In which US state did that fatal crash occur? Iowa Ohio Indiana Idaho

25. Which song in full length is longer? "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" -Iron Butterfly "Freebird (Live)" -Lynyrd Skynyrd "Close to the Edge" -Yes "American Pie" -Don McLean