Rock Quiz

Q) The Genesis song ‘Land of Confusion’ was featured in the series finale of what popular 1980’s TV show?

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Q) Happy 68th Birthday to Mick Jones of Foreigner. Before forming the band in 1976, Mick played in studios alongside the likes of Jimmy Page, Peter Frampton, and Gary Wright. He also appeared on a holiday track of which former Beatle?

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Q) Which Top Ten hit for an American band back in 1981 holds the distinction as the most downloaded on iTunes for songs not released in the 21st century?

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Q) U2’s ‘Rattle and Hum’ was a 1988 album and documentary film. The movie features black and white footage from indoor performances in Denver and color footage from a stadium that was once the home of which NFL team?

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Q) Heart has sold over 30 million records worldwide, had 20 Top 40 singles, seven Top Ten albums and four Grammy nominations, with Top 10 albums on the Billboard charts in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. This span of over four decades gives them the longest span of Top 10 albums by a female fronted band. Their only album of the 2000’s only made it to number 94 on the charts. What was the name of that album?

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Q) In 1988, the group Will To Power combined ‘Free Bird’ with what other classic rock song for a #1 hit on the Billboard chart?

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Q) On this day in 1969, the Rolling Stones played Altamont Speedway in California. During that concert, an 18-year old fan was stabbed and killed by the Hells Angels in front of the stage. That scene was part of the documentary ‘Gimmie Shelter’ which was released on this day in 1970. One of the camera operators on the crew of that movie has gone on to much bigger and better things in the movie world. Who is he?

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Q) Happy 80th birthday to Little Richard! Which Little Richard song has been featured on a Creedence Clearwater Revival greatest hits album and a Grateful Dead live album?

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Q) ‘Train Kept A Rollin’ was written in 1951 as a blues song, before being re-done as a rock song in 1956 by Johnny Burnette. In 1968, it was the first song ever played by a rock group, who opened their ’68 and ’69 tours with the song. Which group?

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Q) In December 2010, what did Rolling Stone magazine select as ‘The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Song’?

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