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History of Rock - 1900s - 1970
History of Rock - 1900s - 1970
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1
What was unique about Led Zeppelin?
Distortions, unique singing, Riffs
Unique singing, odd sounds, depressing
Depressing, slow songs, riffs
Riffs, Distortions, slow songs
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What were the Beatles known for?
Clean cut, good kids
Being British
Music that was easy to listen to
Rebellious teenagers
3
What was the "heavy" sound?
what they were singing about
the voice
instrumentation
Their link with the blues
4
When did The Who come to America?
Before the Beatles and Rolling Stones
After the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
After the Beatles but before the Rolling stones
Before the Rolling Stones but after the beatles
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Why did the Rolling Stones come to America?
To study with original rock artists
To make a lot of money
To study with original blues artists
To become famous
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What are the stereotypes of Grunge Rock?
Clean cut, clear singing, happy
Clean cut, lazy singing, happy
Bad Hygiene, clear singing, ragged clothes
Bad Hygiene, Ragged Clothes, Lazy singing
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What happened in Mississippi in 1927 that Bessie Smith sang about?
The great fire of 1927
The great flood of 1927
The great earthquake of 1927
The great hurricane of 1927
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Did punk rock care about being a virtuoso on your instrument?
No
Yes
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What people listed to The Who?
Middle Aged people
Teenagers
Pre-teens
Elderly people
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What did the who finally decide to do to get attention?
Sing in a different language
Fight each other
Stutter
Destroy Everything!
11
Grunge was inspired by....
Punk and Heavy Metal
Blues and Hard rock
Hard Rock and Punk
Heavy Metal and Blues
12
Who was the second wave of the British Invasion?
The Animals
Muddy Waters
The Who
The Rolling Stones
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Who was the British invasion Wave #1?
The Who
The Animals
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
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Why was it important that a blues artist like Muddy Waters approved of the Rolling Stones?
That means they were welcomed in America
That means they were playing it right
It meant they could play gigs with him
It meant they could finally perform it live
15
What happened to The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens?
They hated each other and got in a huge fight
They all died in a plane crash
They died in a train crash
They went on tour together
16
What type of music did Elvis listen to that inspired him?
Blues and Rock
Country and Rock
Blues and Country
Country and Folk
17
Pick the guitar we did NOT talk about
Fender Les Paul Spanish
The Rickenbacker frying pan
Fender Telecaster
Les Paul "Log"
18
What was the Rolling Stone's image?
The rebels
The funny ones
The crazy ones
The good guys
19
The third wave of the British invasion was:
Kiss
The Animals
Muddy Waters
The who
20
Hard Rock helped develop what other Rock genre?
Heavy Metal
Blues
Punk Rock
Death Metal
21
Elvis grew up....
Wealthy
in California
with a lot of siblings
poor
22
One of Elvis's big hits was...
I wanna hold your hand
Miss You
Jailhouse Rock
Baby
23
What was Heavy Metal inspired by?
Poor England, factories, pro-government
Rich England, factories, Anti-establishment
Poor England, factories, anti-establishment
Rich England, factories, pro-government
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Why did the Who struggle to become popular in America?
They weren't good enough musicians
They were too weird
They had trouble getting a manager to sign them
couldn't stand apart from the Beatles and Rolling Stones
25
As a pioneer, what was so important about Chuck Berry?
He was goofy
He combined Country, blues and rock
He was a black man
He played guitar really well
26
What did teenagers use the music for?
something to do
To stand up for what they believed in
share the history of where they were from
to understand themselves more deeply
27
What is Skiffle music?
Music that was really happy and upbeat
Music that was cheap and easy to make
Music that was really hard to play
Music that was slow and sad
28
What is blues music?
Happy music about good things
Slow music about love
Goofy music about life
Sad music about life's hardships
29
Why did Elvis get a record deal?
He was good looking
He was a white man who had a latin sound
He was a white man who sounded like a black man
He could play both the blues and country music on his guitar
30
How did Jimmi Hendrix learn the guitar?
Went to college for music
Studied with the Beatles
Self taught
Studied with the Rolling Stones
31
What happened to every Album Led Zeppelin produced?
It went platinum
It never made the charts
It failed
It was number one on the charts
32
Where did he get famous first?
America
Africa
Scotland
England
33
What band came out of Heavy Metal in England?
The Yardbirds
Black Sabbath
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
34
What was it like growing up in Seattle, Washington?
logging, liquor laws, cheap, boring
logging, expensive, boring, liquor laws
logging, cheap, boring, no one there
logging, liquor laws, exciting, expensive
35
What new technology changed how the blues sounded?
television
computers
electricity
sound amplification
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Why were most blues artists soloists?
blues was hard to play so there weren't many musicians
They wrote the song so they wanted to sing it by themselves
No one else would understand what they were going through
People couldn't afford the instruments
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Where did the Beatles come from?
Winchester, England
London, England
Liverpool, England
Sussex, England
38
What did Elvis do for the issue of segregation?
He went down south and spoke out against segregation
He was drafted into an all black army platoon
He made movies that spoke against segregation
He brought races together through music, playing all types
39
What was so unique about Little Richard, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis?
They all played banjo
They all played piano
They all played drums
They all played guitar
40
Who's one of the biggest punk rock groups of today?
The Who
The Ramones
The Clash
Green Day
41
What is Punk Rock?
Chaos, slower, sad
Usually fast, Rebellious, chaos
tame, usually fast, deep meaning
Tame, slow, chaos
42
What styles of music inspired Led Zeppelin?
Rock and R&B
Folk and Blues
Rap and Blues
Pop and Folk
43
What kind of music did the Rolling Stones Play?
Mix of Blues and Folk
Mix of Blues and Country
Mix of Rock and Blues
Mix of Rock and Country
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Why was Liverpool a difficult place to grow up?
It was an island so it was isolated
It had been bombed by the Germans
It was really poor because of taxes
It had been destroyed by Russia
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How was Jimmi Hendrix different from other musicians of the time?
Used distortions and weird sounds to be unique
He was a virtuoso on the Guitar
He died young
He was one of the first in the genre of Hard Rock
