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Quiz about Folk Trios
Quiz about Folk Trios

Folk Trios Trivia Quiz


I'm sure you remember these great folk trios from the Fifties through the Seventies. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
378,545
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. This trio is listed at number 5 on two different "Top Folk Songs of All Time" lists on the internet, and with two different songs. One is "Tom Dooley" and the other is Pete Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" You may also remember their renditions of pure folk tunes such as "(The Wreck of the) John B" and "Scotch and Soda." Who is this iconic group? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. John Denver sings and plays the twelve-string guitar on "Bells of Rhymney" from this trio's 1965 album, "Violets of Dawn." It was Denver's second album with Mike Kobluk and Mike Pugh. Other cuts include "The Sound of Protest (Has Begun to Pay)" and "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan." Which trio is this? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Glenn Yarbrough helped form this trio in 1959. Naming themselves after a nightclub in Aspen, Colorado, their early repertoire consisted of such folk standards as "Lonesome Traveler", "Wabash Cannonball", "City of New Orleans", and "There's a Meeting Here Tonight". Who was this ground-breaking trio? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Yarrow, Stookey, and Travers. "Puff the Magic Dragon." Which trio was that? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This UK folk trio had a 1962 hit with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" on their second album (of the same name), after releasing their first album in 1961, called "Kinda Folksy." One of its members subsequently went on with an outstanding solo career with such hits as "The Look of Love" and "Son of a Preacher Man." Which trio is this? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "The Three Bells" was a 1959 hit for a trio composed of three siblings, a brother and two sisters. It was the only number one hit for the trio, who sang together from 1955 to 1967. The song tells of chapel bells ringing for three events in a man's life: birth, marriage, and death. Which trio is most associated with this song? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I still get a kick out of this irreverent trio's 1961 album, "Mighty Day on Campus" with such catchy tunes as "Lizzie Borden", "Super Skier", and "Hang on the Bell, Nellie", as well as the follow-up album in 1962, "At the Bitter End" with "James James Morrison Morrison", "Great Historical Bum", and "The Unfortunate Man". Which group is this? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Now that we've met our trios, let's look at some of my favorite songs from them. The first is a 1959 Kingston Trio hit with an introduction that says, in part, "...the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened." What is this song that includes the lyrics, "Charlie couldn't get off of that train."? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Another satirical folk song I still chuckle over is a 1962 ditty by the Chad Mitchell Trio. It begins like this, "Oh we're meetin' at the courthouse at eight o'clock tonight, you just come in the door and take the first turn to the right. Be careful when you get there, we'd hate to be bereft, but we're taking down the names of everybody turning left." Does that ring a bell for you? Which of these songs is it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Let's finish with this Bob Dylan gem that was recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio on their fourth album (1962), by Peter, Paul and Mary on their second album (1963), and by the Kingston Trio on their sixteenth album (1963). Identify this folk classic: "How many roads must a man walk down, before we call him a man?". Hint



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1. This trio is listed at number 5 on two different "Top Folk Songs of All Time" lists on the internet, and with two different songs. One is "Tom Dooley" and the other is Pete Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" You may also remember their renditions of pure folk tunes such as "(The Wreck of the) John B" and "Scotch and Soda." Who is this iconic group?

Answer: The Kingston Trio

All of these songs but "Flowers" appeared on the group's 1958 debut album, "The Kingston Trio."

The original trio was composed of Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, and Bob Shane.

Although Dave Guard is listed as the lyricist on "Scotch and Soda," the group has never been able to find out who the original lyricist was, since the parents of Tom Seaver, a friend of the trio's, had first heard the tune in 1932.

Incidentally, The Weavers were actually a quartet, not a trio.
2. John Denver sings and plays the twelve-string guitar on "Bells of Rhymney" from this trio's 1965 album, "Violets of Dawn." It was Denver's second album with Mike Kobluk and Mike Pugh. Other cuts include "The Sound of Protest (Has Begun to Pay)" and "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan." Which trio is this?

Answer: The Mitchell Trio

After ten "Chad Mitchell Trio" albums were recorded with Chad in the group, Denver replaced him for two albums under the name, Mitchell Trio, in '65. The first was "That's the Way It's Gonna Be" and the second was "Violets of Dawn." In 1967, Denver and Kobluk were joined by David Boise for an album named "Alive!", which turned out to be the "original" Mitchell Trio's final recording. Two "reunion" albums were recorded in 1994 and 1997.
3. Glenn Yarbrough helped form this trio in 1959. Naming themselves after a nightclub in Aspen, Colorado, their early repertoire consisted of such folk standards as "Lonesome Traveler", "Wabash Cannonball", "City of New Orleans", and "There's a Meeting Here Tonight". Who was this ground-breaking trio?

Answer: The Limeliters

Joining Yarbrough were Lou Gottlieb and Alex Hassilev. The group disbanded in 1965, as Yarbrough began a solo career with such hits as "Baby the Rain Must Fall." In 1981 Hassilev and Gottlieb reformed the group by adding Red Grammer.
4. Yarrow, Stookey, and Travers. "Puff the Magic Dragon." Which trio was that?

Answer: Peter, Paul, and Mary

One of the biggest names in folk music, the trio made up of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers got together in 1961 and sang as a group until 1970. They then reformed as a group in 1978 and continued touring and recording albums until Mary passed away in 2009.
5. This UK folk trio had a 1962 hit with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" on their second album (of the same name), after releasing their first album in 1961, called "Kinda Folksy." One of its members subsequently went on with an outstanding solo career with such hits as "The Look of Love" and "Son of a Preacher Man." Which trio is this?

Answer: The Springfields

The original members of The Springfields were Mary O'Brien, her brother Dion, and Tim Feild. Dion then took the stage name Tom Springfield and Mary took the name Dusty Springfield, with which she would undertake her solo career.
6. "The Three Bells" was a 1959 hit for a trio composed of three siblings, a brother and two sisters. It was the only number one hit for the trio, who sang together from 1955 to 1967. The song tells of chapel bells ringing for three events in a man's life: birth, marriage, and death. Which trio is most associated with this song?

Answer: The Browns

"The Three Bells" was the story of "Little Jimmy Brown," which coincidentally was the same name as the male singer of the Browns, Jim Ed Brown. He and sisters Maxine and Bonnie were from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The Whites, who were active in the '80s, were composed of Buck White and daughters Sharon and Sheryl.

The Carter Family recorded from 1927 to 1956 and were originally composed of A.P. Delaney Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter. Maybelle also sang later with her daughters Anita, June (who married Johnny Cash), and Helen. Lonestar is a male quartet who began singing together in 1992.
7. I still get a kick out of this irreverent trio's 1961 album, "Mighty Day on Campus" with such catchy tunes as "Lizzie Borden", "Super Skier", and "Hang on the Bell, Nellie", as well as the follow-up album in 1962, "At the Bitter End" with "James James Morrison Morrison", "Great Historical Bum", and "The Unfortunate Man". Which group is this?

Answer: Chad Mitchell Trio

The original Chad Mitchell Trio was formed in 1959 by Chad Mitchell, Mike Kobluk, and Mike Pugh. Mitchell was from Portland, Oregon, Kobluk was from Trail, BC, Canada, and Pugh was from Pasco, Washington. After two albums, Joe Frazier, from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, replaced Pugh, and the group recorded eight albums between 1961 and 1965.
8. Now that we've met our trios, let's look at some of my favorite songs from them. The first is a 1959 Kingston Trio hit with an introduction that says, in part, "...the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened." What is this song that includes the lyrics, "Charlie couldn't get off of that train."?

Answer: M.T.A.

The song was related to fare increases on Boston's Metropolitan Transit Authority of the Forties and Fifties. In those days fare increases were applied as passengers left the train, rather than when they boarded. Poor Charlie was unable to pay such a fare increase and thus could not get off the train.

The song was written in 1949 in support of the candidacy for mayor of Boston on the part of Progressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien.
9. Another satirical folk song I still chuckle over is a 1962 ditty by the Chad Mitchell Trio. It begins like this, "Oh we're meetin' at the courthouse at eight o'clock tonight, you just come in the door and take the first turn to the right. Be careful when you get there, we'd hate to be bereft, but we're taking down the names of everybody turning left." Does that ring a bell for you? Which of these songs is it?

Answer: The John Birch Society

"The John Birch Society" as recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio, was written by Michael Brown. Another song on the same subject was written and recorded by Bob Dylan the same year. That song is called "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", and was the first Dylan song to be published.
10. Let's finish with this Bob Dylan gem that was recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio on their fourth album (1962), by Peter, Paul and Mary on their second album (1963), and by the Kingston Trio on their sixteenth album (1963). Identify this folk classic: "How many roads must a man walk down, before we call him a man?".

Answer: Blowin' in the Wind

"Blowin' in the Wind" was written by Dylan in 1962 and released in 1963 on an album called "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan." Thus the Chad Mitchell Trio had recorded the song before Dylan. Also in Dylan's "Freewheelin'" recording session was "Talkin' John Birch Paranoia Blues," which did not make it on the released album, along with 23 other songs, including two other "talking blues" and "The Death of Emmit Till".
Source: Author shvdotr

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