Popular culture 1945 - present

Question 1

'Oh Mickey, you're so fine...' are the immortal words of who?

Accepted Answer

Toni Basil

Question 2

The song, 'We Are the Champions' (1977), is by...

Accepted Answer

the British rock band Queen

Question 3

A bridge in Brisbane CBD is named in honour of the band, the Bee Gees

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Kurt Cobain fronted which late 1980s-1990s band?

Accepted Answer

Nirvana

Question 5

Many Australians heard rock'n'roll for the first time after watching which 1955 film?

Accepted Answer

Blackboard Jungle

Question 6

Who recorded the pop ditty 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'?

Accepted Answer

Simple Minds

Question 7

How many people lined the streets in Melbourne when The Beatles visited in 1964?

Accepted Answer

~250 000

Question 8

In 1950s Australia, who was the subject of considerable concern among sections of society?

Accepted Answer

'Bodgies'

Question 9

Rock'n'roll loosely originated through slavery

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Aretha Franklin's 1967 smash hit, 'Respect', was released in the midst of...

Accepted Answer

the Civil Rights Movement, the Equal Rights Amendment, the war in Vietnam, All of the above

Question 11

When did rock'n'roll emerge as a distinct genre of music?

Accepted Answer

1950s

Question 12

Rock'n'roll presented a challenge to Australian conservatism during the 1950s

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Rock'n'roll was initially met with...

Accepted Answer

excitement among youth and opposition among adults

Question 14

Regarding popular culture, historians have described the mid to late 1950s as a time of...

Accepted Answer

moral panic

Question 15

The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song, 'Ohio', was written in response to...

Accepted Answer

the deaths of four students protesting the Vietnam War

Question 16

'Juvenile delinquency' refers to...

Accepted Answer

riotous, disturbing, immoral behaviour of teenagers

Question 17

Who recorded the song, 'Rock Around the Clock', in April 1954?

Accepted Answer

Bill Haley and His Comets

Question 18

Which 1987 song protests the forcible removal of Indigenous Australians from their native land?

Accepted Answer

'Beds Are Burning'

Question 19

Up until the 1950s, there was no definitive teenage culture in Australia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Which of the following is not a song by Michael Jackson?

Accepted Answer

'Radio Ga Ga'

Question 21

What is war good for, according to Edwin Starr in his song, 'War'?

Accepted Answer

"Absolutely nothing!"

Questions 21