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The Ultimate Jeff Buckley Quiz | Music

Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' was critically acclaimed as one of the best debut albums of the 1990s and is a sonic landscape drenched with the most beautiful singing voice I've ever heard. Take my little quiz and then go pick up the CD!

A multiple-choice quiz by fooldramaqueen. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
fooldramaqueen

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
29,561

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
946

Last 3 plays: Guest 80 (5/15), Guest 68 (11/15), Guest 46 (4/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Jeff was born on: Hint

October 16, 1966

December 17, 1967

November 16, 1967

November 17, 1966

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Question 2 of 15

2. Jeff's birth name is: Hint

Jeffrey Scott Buckley

Jeffrey Scott Moorhead

Scott Jeffrey Buckley

Scott Jeffrey Moorhead

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Question 3 of 15

3. After high school, Jeff received formal music training from which renowned California school: Hint

Musician's Institute

California Institute of the Arts

USC School of Music

Los Angeles Music and Art School

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Question 4 of 15

4. Where did Jeff make his 'official' New York City debut? Hint

Arlene's Grocery

Sin-e

the 'Greetings from Tim Buckley' tribute

playing with Gods and Monsters

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Question 5 of 15

5. Jeff was accused of shoplifting while employed at which retail store? Hint

K-Mart

Banana Republic

The Gap

American Eagle Outfitters

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Question 6 of 15

6. Music videos were created for how many of Jeff's songs? Hint

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Question 7 of 15

7. 'So Real' was a last minute addition to Grace. It took the place of which song on the album? Hint

Lost Highway

What Would You Say

That's All I Ask

Forget Her

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the instrument heard at the beginning of 'Lover, You Should Have Come Over'? Hint

harmonium

synthesizer

harpsicord

piano

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Question 9 of 15

9. Jeff was fond of playing covers. Which of the following was he NOT known to perform? Hint

Street Fighting Man

Kick Out The Jams

The Way Young Lovers Do

Curtains

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Question 10 of 15

10. During a now-infamous jam, Jeff sang which Bob Dylan song over the telephone from a friend's house while being backed by musicians in a radio station's studio? Hint

Lay Lady Lay

Tangled Up In Blue

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

I Shall Be Released

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Question 11 of 15

11. True or False: Jeff was named one of People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People of the Year' in 1995.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which was NOT an alias Jeff used during his 'Phantom Solo Tour' in December 1996? Hint

Mind Science of the Mind

Topless America

The Halfspeeds

Martha and the Nicotines

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Question 13 of 15

13. Two ex-members of Jeff's band currently play in which indie NYC-based group? Hint

The Dambuilders

Black Beetle

Shudder To Think

Group Therapy

14. Who said of Jeff, 'You're on the radio next to-- well on the shelf next to Jeff Buckley...people can flip through and pick up his record instead and hear a lot better singer. He has that knack. I've had to really work at it. Of course, he probably doesn't play piano as well as me.'? Hint

Tori Amos

Ben Folds

Bono

Elvis Costello

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Question 15 of 15

15. OK, finishing up with an easy one: Where did Jeff play his last shows? Hint

CBGB's

Sin-e

Barrister's

St. Ann's

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Jeff was born on:

Answer: November 17, 1966

2. Jeff's birth name is:

Answer: Jeffrey Scott Buckley

Jeff's mom, Mary, wanted to name her son Scott Jeffrey Buckley but thought 'Jeffrey Scott' had a nicer ring to it than 'Scott Jeffrey'. Throughout his childhood Jeff was known as 'Scotty'. Ron Moorhead was Jeff's stepfather.

3. After high school, Jeff received formal music training from which renowned California school:

Answer: Musician's Institute

At MI, Jeff spent all his waking time practicing {guitar;} few of his classmates knew he could sing.

4. Where did Jeff make his 'official' New York City debut?

Answer: the 'Greetings from Tim Buckley' tribute

Record-label interest in Jeff grew out of his performance of some of his late father's material at a tribute concert at St. Ann's in New York, 1991. It was also on this occasion that Jeff first met Rebecca Moore, for whom many believe much of Grace was written.

5. Jeff was accused of shoplifting while employed at which retail store?

Answer: Banana Republic

To support himself after moving to NYC, Jeff took a series of odd jobs, including salesperson at a Banana Republic store. The story goes that Jeff was blamed after a woman's blouse went missing. He was forced to sign a release admitting he stole it or face the police and prosecution.

Although he always vehemently denied the accusation, he was scared into signing the release and was fired.

6. Music videos were created for how many of Jeff's songs?

Answer: 4

'Grace', 'Last Goodbye', 'So Real'. A video for 'Everybody Here Wants You' was compiled by Sony after Jeff's death.

7. 'So Real' was a last minute addition to Grace. It took the place of which song on the album?

Answer: Forget Her

Jeff yanked 'Forget Her' at the last minute. It is an achingly beautiful, heartbreaking song believed to be written about Jeff's breakup with Rebecca Moore. Those close to him say he felt it was too personal to release.

8. What is the instrument heard at the beginning of 'Lover, You Should Have Come Over'?

Answer: harmonium

9. Jeff was fond of playing covers. Which of the following was he NOT known to perform?

Answer: Street Fighting Man

'The Way Young Lovers Do' was on the Live at Sin-e EP, 'Kick Out The Jams' was featured on Live at Chicago, and 'Curtains' is a cover of an Elton John song Jeff performed at a New Year's Eve show at the Mercury Lounge, NYC.

10. During a now-infamous jam, Jeff sang which Bob Dylan song over the telephone from a friend's house while being backed by musicians in a radio station's studio?

Answer: I Shall Be Released

There's an incredible bootlegged recording of this floating around. Jeff was having dinner at a friend's when he took a phone call from DJ Nicholas Hill. Hill had some musicians in the studio with him and when Hill asked Jeff if he could do a little something with them, Jeff launched into the Dylan song, with the musicians playing and singing backup.

11. True or False: Jeff was named one of People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People of the Year' in 1995.

Answer: True

Much to Jeff's chagrin, not only was he becoming considered a sex symbol by the media, he was number 12!

12. Which was NOT an alias Jeff used during his 'Phantom Solo Tour' in December 1996?

Answer: Mind Science of the Mind

Mind Science of the Mind was actually a side project of Jeff's friend Nathan Larson of the band Shudder To Think. In May of 1996 Jeff played four gigs as a bass player with them.

13. Two ex-members of Jeff's band currently play in which indie NYC-based group?

Answer: Black Beetle

Michael Tighe (guitar), Parker Kindred (drums) as well as Jeff's girlfriend and former Dambuilders member Joan Wasser (vocals) make up Black Beetle with Oren Bloedow (bass). Group Therapy was a hard rock band that Jeff played guitar for soon after he graduated from MI.

Answer: Ben Folds

All of these artists were fans of Jeff. Another quote I really like came from Bono who said, 'Jeff Buckley was a pure drop in an ocean of noise.'

15. OK, finishing up with an easy one: Where did Jeff play his last shows?

Answer: Barrister's

Jeff became a regular attraction at Barrister's, a tiny bar in Memphis he felt he could play in with a certain amount of anonymity and artistic freedom that he didn't have in New York. He played his very last concert there the night of May 26, 1997.

Source: Author fooldramaqueen

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