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Quiz about Curved Air An Introduction
Quiz about Curved Air An Introduction

Curved Air: An Introduction Trivia Quiz


According to their web-site Curved Air is a "Legendary British Progressive - Classic - Art Rock Group". During the next ten questions we will attempt to trace the group's first steps in the 1970's.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
gme24
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
365,595
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
292
Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (3/10), Guest 152 (4/10), Linda_Arizona (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Curved Air have taken their name from the album "A Rainbow in Curved Air" by which contemporary American composer? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Now that we know how the group's name came about, let us meet the original members. Who was the vocalist and lyricist for Curved Air? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The second member of Curved Air that we are going to meet plays the electric violin and shares the vocals. What is his name? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The third member of Curved Air plays lead guitar, organ, piano, mellatron, electric harpsichord and VCS3 synthesiser. What is the name of this multi-talented person? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who is the fourth member of Curved Air and their bass guitar player? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the name of Curved Air's drummer? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Curved Air's first album was the first vinyl picture disk and was released as a limited edition of 10000 copies. What was the name of the album?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Their second album, aptly called "Second Album", features their only top ten singles hit. Can you guess the title? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who replaced Ian Eyre as Curved Air's bass player? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the name of Curved Air's third album, which was released in 1972? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Curved Air have taken their name from the album "A Rainbow in Curved Air" by which contemporary American composer?

Answer: Terry Riley

Terry Riley, born in 1935, is a composer and performing musician. His album "A Rainbow in Curved Air" was released in 1969. Alexander Goehr is British, Pierre Boulez is French and Steve Reich American.
2. Now that we know how the group's name came about, let us meet the original members. Who was the vocalist and lyricist for Curved Air?

Answer: Sonja Kristina

Sonja Kristina was born in Brentwood, Essex, England. She is also an actress and she joined the group in 1970. Elkie Brooks was the vocalist for the group Vinegar Joe, Christine Perfect was the vocalist of the group Chicken Shack and Julie Driscoll was the vocalist in Brian Auger's Trinity.
3. The second member of Curved Air that we are going to meet plays the electric violin and shares the vocals. What is his name?

Answer: Darryl Way

Darryl Way studied violin at the Dartington College of Arts. After leaving college he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music. He was the co-founder of Curved Air. David Cross played violin for King Crimson. Darryl Read is punk rock guitarist and David Gilmour is a guitarist of Pink Floyd fame.
4. The third member of Curved Air plays lead guitar, organ, piano, mellatron, electric harpsichord and VCS3 synthesiser. What is the name of this multi-talented person?

Answer: Francis Monkman

Francis Monkman studied organ and harpsichord at Westminster school. After that he studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won a Prize for his virtuosity in harpsichord and also started playing electric guitar. He along with Darryl Way are the co-founders of Curved Air. Francis Rossi is singer and guitarist with Status Quo, Robert Fripp was guitarist for King Crimson and Brian Eno was keyboard player with Roxy Music.
5. Who is the fourth member of Curved Air and their bass guitar player?

Answer: Robert Martin

Robert Martin featured on bass guitar on Curved Air's first album. He left in 1970 and was replaced by Ian Eyre. Robert Palmer was a singer, John Entwistle played bass for The Who and Glenn Cornick for Jethro Tull.
6. What is the name of Curved Air's drummer?

Answer: Florian Pilkington-Miksa

Florian Pilkington-Miksa was born in Roehampton, South West London, England. His father was a Polish fighter pilot during WW2 and his mother English. He was educated at Eton and apart from playing the drums he is also a sculptor. Ginger Baker was the drummer for Cream, Lee Kerslake for Uriah Heep and Mick Fleetwood for Fleetwood Mac.
7. Curved Air's first album was the first vinyl picture disk and was released as a limited edition of 10000 copies. What was the name of the album?

Answer: Airconditioning

Due to being the first vinyl picture disk, the album suffered due to surface noise. The album was released again as a normal vinyl with the picture disk on the album cover. This is known as the green label album because of the colour of the label. The album did quite well reaching number eight in the album charts in the UK. "Bent out of Shape" was by the group Rainbow in 1983, "Rainbow" was by the group McGuiness Flint in 1973 and "Midnight Rainbow" was by Joe Walsh in 1975.
8. Their second album, aptly called "Second Album", features their only top ten singles hit. Can you guess the title?

Answer: Back Street Luv

The opening verses of the song are "Summer's comin', time to dream the day away /And she's so sunny is the girl you met today/Will she make it? Can she take it?/Like to try love, such a shy love". The song, in my opinion, is one of the best singles in the 1970's. "Walking on Sunshine" was by Katrina & The Waves, "Ventura Highway" was by America and "Cyprus Avenue" by Van Morrison.
9. Who replaced Ian Eyre as Curved Air's bass player?

Answer: Mike Wedgwood

Mike Wedgwood stayed with Curved Air until the summer of 1973 when they disbanded for the first time. Mike was born in Derby and has played with groups like The Overlanders and Caravan. He has also played as backing musician with Kiki Dee. Jack Bruce played bass for Cream, Geezer Butler for Black Sabbath and John-Paul Jones for Led Zeppelin.
10. What is the name of Curved Air's third album, which was released in 1972?

Answer: Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria was Curved Air's last album that featured Darryl Way and Francis Monkman who left the group along with drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa. "Trick of the Light" is a song by The Who, "Tricks of the Light" is a song by Mike Oldfield and "A Trick of the Tail" is an album by Genesis.
Source: Author gme24

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