School of Rock - Rock & Roll 101: The Road To Rock!

Question 1

May of 1963 The Beach Boys, surf band & America's answer to The Beatles scores with the # 3 hit

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Surfin' USA

Question 2

The British Invasion was a rush of UK bands like:The Beatles, Stones, Kinks& Yardbirds who

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Toured & worked to get their music to an American audience

Question 3

1955 was the year for ROCK debuts, which of these rock legends did not debut in 1955?

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Johnny Cash

Question 4

1969 rise of Album Oriented ROCK, Which band used this photo as inspiration & 1st album cover?

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Led Zepplin

Question 5

1957 American Bandstand, a television show hosted by Dick Clark, premiers nationally on ABC

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Each episode featured teens dancing & a guest band or artist

Question 6

Rock Check my peeps!! In 1969, this avaunt garde artist sang: "Ground control to Major Tom"

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David Bowie

Question 7

Stones Shredded the charts in the 60's 5 # 1's in US & 8 #1's in the UK, 15 top 20 hits meant?

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The were the main competitor to The Beatles

Question 8

1949 RCA releases the 45 RPM record, also know as what"

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A single

Question 9

1952 Leo Fender &Doc Kaufman produce better sounding version of solid-body electric guitar,that

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Has a simple design & can be inexpensively produced.

Question 10

The end of the Beatles is a somber news story on April 10, 1970. Which Beatle confirms it?

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Paul McCartney

Question 11

1948 Columbia releases the 33 1/3 RPM long play record that could hold how much music per side?

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22 minutes

Question 12

In July of 1953, 18 year old Elvis Presley walks into Sun Records Studio to record two songs

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For his mother as a birthday gift

Question 13

No big fights bout who the 1st ROCKER was, but this blues artists recorded uptempo trx in 1949?

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Fats Domino

Question 14

1956 Elvis explodes, not literally,but he lands 6 of 7 singles in the top 20,which was not one?

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Viva Las Vegas

Question 15

Popular music of the late 30's and early 40's included all but which of these musical genres?

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Rhythm & Blues

Question 16

We&#x27;re ROCKIN already, do you feel it? Jazz & Blues artists never made the charts in 30&#x27;s why?

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Race relations were poor & African Am. were the main J & B artists

Question 17

ROCK Check, you Moondogs! Who's iconic Rock and Roll lips are these?

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Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones

Question 18

Who said of Lewis' No 1 hit "No group,has ever improved on 'Whole Lotta Shakin'' for my money”?

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John Lennon - The Beatles

Question 19

Kids know a lot about Rock &#x27;N&#x27; Roll Music! SO Let&#x27;s Rock! This fellow is "The King of Rock n Roll?"

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Elvis Presley

Question 20

Hey Yall, ROCK check? And here it is... What was the first Rock and Roll record ever pressed?

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"Rocket 88" recorded in 1951 by Ike Turner & his band

Question 21

In October 1962 The Beatles broke on the American charts with their first number one hit?

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Love Me Do

Question 22

In Aug. 1969 in Woodstock, NY. 400,000 people gather for the largest rock festival, billed as?

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Woodstock - Music & Art Fair

Question 23

Now get your pencils kids. In the next few years, musician Les Paul improves the design by doing what?

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Adding a solid body to the guitar

Question 24

Another ROCK check, you feel ready to ROCK? Finish this Queen lyric: I see a little silhouetto......

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of a man scaramouche, scaramouche

Question 25

Alan Freed, a Cleveland disc jockey "Moondog" is thought by some in 1951 of coining the term?

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Rock and Roll

Question 26

1943 Syd Nathan Founds King Records in Cincinnati & by 1946 was producing Race Records or what?

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Music produced by and for African Americans

Question 27

The Jimi Hendrix Experience finally cracks the U.S. top 20 in 1968, with which single?

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All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)

Question 28

The main effect of "Race Records" coming out in the 40's on King & Imperial Records was what?

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Made underground Jazz & Blues scenes seem vibrant & fresh, Made mainstream music seem old fashioned

Question 29

Who is the signer of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band, & who are all these lonely hearts?

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Billy Sheers & 67 famous figures that influenced the band

Question 30

Elvis may have popularized Rock n Roll but the roots of ROCK also includes all but which of the following?

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American Bluegrass

Question 31

1964 Beach Boys finally hit # 1 on the US Charts w/ "I Get Around" Name their other three # 1's

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Good Vibrations, Kokomo, Help Me Rhonda

Question 32

Lets keep rockin', ROCK check! The largest selling ROCK album is Dark Side of the Moon, by who?

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Pink Floyd

Question 33

ROCK check, & you'd better cash it! Rolling Stone Magazine debuts in 1968, who's on 1st cover?

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John Lennon

Question 34

In 1949 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his debut, at the opening of a Ford dealership in Ferriday, LA.

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But he was singing country music

Question 35

Bob Dylan's 1964 folk classic "Blowin' In the Wind" what is the first part of the song's line?

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The answer my friend is....

Question 36

1932 Rickenbacker produces 1st cast aluminum version of electric lap steel guitar, known as?

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The frying pan

Question 37

Chuck Berry's string of hits started in 1955. "Johnny Be Goode" was used in what famous movie?

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Back To the Future

Question 38

1936 the American Billboard Magazine releases 1st record sales chart, responsible for the creation of all but which?

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New Years musical countdowns

Question 39

Sgt Pepper is The Beatle's masterpiece! Years in the making & all riding on the 5th Beatle Who?

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Sir George Martin

Question 40

1955 sees the release of the film Rebel Without A Cause, it fueled the rise of R 'N' R in?

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It's focus of the tension between authority & rebellion

Question 41

1961 The Beatles perform their 1st live show @ The Cavern Club,before this the band was called?

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The Quarrymen

Question 42

In 1954 Bill Haley & the Comets record an energetic dance tune "Shake, Rattle, & Roll" that was

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A cover of a Joe Turner recording

Question 43

Let&#x27;s go back even earlier kids! Here&#x27;s what you need to know about Rock &#x27;n Roll little dudes!

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Rock Rules!

Question 44

Janis Joplin Was part of what ban before achieving # 1 status with "Me & Bobby McGee"?

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Big Brother & the Holding Company

Question 45

Feb 1964 The Beatles make US television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. Their songlist included:

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I Want To Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There

Question 46

In 1952 Sam Phillips launches Sun Records, which will become the home for artists such as?

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Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, & Johnny Cash.

Question 47

1955 Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame," becomes the first of dozens of his hits that do what?

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Cross over from the R&B charts to the pop charts

Question 48

Final ROCK Check My BRF-Best Rockers Forever! You kids really rocked! Choose all that are True!

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Cream became Blind Faith, Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship, Free became Bad Company, The Move became The Electric Light Orchestra

Question 49

Was the 1st Rocker,Little Richard who recorded blues & boogie woogie songs as early as 1951 but

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1st hit 1955 "Tutti Frutti" Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop-A-Lop-Bam-Boom

Question 50

Dant dant daaa, ROCK check! Who Will, Who Will ROCK you?

Accepted Answer

Queen

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