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Classic Rock Icons Trivia Quiz

There are so many classic rocks icons, but here are just a few. I will give you a either a description of the person or the band that they are / were in or some song titles. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by ovalrocker. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ovalrocker

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
275,178

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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3403

Last 3 plays: Alison4 (9/10), Guest 216 (6/10), Guest 86 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This person fronted a band from Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK, and is famous for his cat suits that he wears on stage. The band had a number one album in 2003. Hint

Biff Byford

Justin Hawkins

Joe Cocker

Gary Moore

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Question 2 of 10

2. This eclectic guitarist is known for wearing a school boys uniform on stage. Hint

Micheal Schenker

Angus Young

Paul Chapman

Tony Iommi

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Question 3 of 10

3. This guitar playing icon was once part of Thin Lizzy and released an album called "Corridors of Power" in October 1982. Hint

Geddy Lee

Tommy Bolin

Gary Moore

Marc Bolan

4. This band started life in South London, England in 1962. First the group was called The Spectres and are still rocking over 40 years later. But now they are more internationally known as... Hint

Status Quo

Uriah Heep

The Faces

Wishbone Ash

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Question 5 of 10

5. This gentleman fronted an Irish hard rock band and normally all dressed in black when on stage playing his black bass guitar. Sadly he died in 1986. Hint

Biff Byford

Phil Lynott

David Coverdale

Klaus Meine

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Question 6 of 10

6. This chap fronted a 1970s glam rock band which started out with all the members having the skinhead look, before having six number one hits in the UK singles chart. Hint

Rob Halford

Meat Loaf

Noddy Holder

Alice Cooper

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Question 7 of 10

7. This wild man of rock was with one of the most well known bands of the 1970s, then in 1980 went solo. It is claimed that he bit a head off a bat. Both he and his wife have starred in a reality TV show. Who is he? Hint

Axl Rose

Bob Marley

Iggy Pop

Ozzy Osbourne

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Question 8 of 10

8. The band is named after this guitarist and his brother. Quite often they just go ahead and "Jump"! Hint

Edward Van Halen

Jim Morrison

Alex Van Halen

Pat Travers

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Question 9 of 10

9. This front man was part of one of the UK's biggest rock bands. Their albums include "A Night at the Opera" and "The Works". Who is he? Hint

Paul McCartney

Peter Hammill

Freddie Mercury

Paul Rodgers

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Question 10 of 10

10. This gentleman has been in both Deep Purple and Whitesnake. Hint

Ian Gillan

Lou Reed

Paul Stanley

David Coverdale

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This person fronted a band from Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK, and is famous for his cat suits that he wears on stage. The band had a number one album in 2003.

Answer: Justin Hawkins

Justin of course fronted The Darkness and their debut album (which got to number one) was called "Permission To Land" in 2003. Sadly the band have now all gone their separate ways.

2. This eclectic guitarist is known for wearing a school boys uniform on stage.

Answer: Angus Young

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and his brother Malcolm were born in Glasgow, Scotland before moving to Australia. And out of interest, Angus was on the cover of the very first issue of Kerrang magazine, way back in June 1981!

3. This guitar playing icon was once part of Thin Lizzy and released an album called "Corridors of Power" in October 1982.

Answer: Gary Moore

Gary Moore born in Ireland, first joined Thin Lizzy in 1974, and again on a more permanent basis in 1978 before concentrating more on a solo career. "Corridors of Power" was one of his solo albums and featured Ian Paice (of Deep Purple) on drums.

4. This band started life in South London, England in 1962. First the group was called The Spectres and are still rocking over 40 years later. But now they are more internationally known as...

Answer: Status Quo

Quo are still out there performing all over the world, regularly doing over a hundred gigs each year. In the current band Francis Rossi is the only member from 1962, Rick Parfitt joined in 1967, Andrew Bown in 1977, John Edwards in 1986 and Matt Letley in 2000.

5. This gentleman fronted an Irish hard rock band and normally all dressed in black when on stage playing his black bass guitar. Sadly he died in 1986.

Answer: Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy never had a number one hit single or album in the UK charts. The nearest was the "Live and Dangerous" and "Black Rose" albums which both got to number two.

6. This chap fronted a 1970s glam rock band which started out with all the members having the skinhead look, before having six number one hits in the UK singles chart.

Answer: Noddy Holder

Noddy fronted the band Slade which started out as the 'N' Betweens then Ambrose Slade before becoming just Slade. In the late 1970s their days looked numbered. But in the early 1980s following an appearance at the Reading Rock Festival they came back as a hard rock act, the band finally called it a day in the early 90s.

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne

John "Ozzy" Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham UK and was of course with Black Sabbath before going solo. Even though he had a number one album in the UK charts ("Paranoid") in 1970, he had to wait until December 2003 to have a number one single in the UK, which was "Changes" a duet with his daughter Kelly.

8. The band is named after this guitarist and his brother. Quite often they just go ahead and "Jump"!

Answer: Edward Van Halen

Formed in 1974 under a variety of names including Mammoth. Van Halen have had world wide success, but in the UK have only had two top ten singles - "Jump" in February 1984 reached number seven and "Why Can't This be Love" in April 1986 reaching number eight.

9. This front man was part of one of the UK's biggest rock bands. Their albums include "A Night at the Opera" and "The Works". Who is he?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury and Queen have had six number one UK Singles and nine number one UK albums. In 2005 Queen reformed with Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company, performing a mixture of Queen, Free and Bad Company hits.

10. This gentleman has been in both Deep Purple and Whitesnake.

Answer: David Coverdale

David is best known for fronting Whitesnake but he has also released some solo albums including "Northwinds" and "Restless Heart". But his highest charting solo album in the UK was "Coverdale Page", with Jimmy Page. Reaching number four in the album chart.

Source: Author ovalrocker

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