Classic Rock
It doesn’t matter what decade you were born in, these classic rock questions are a staple in pub quiz questions all over the world.
QUESTIONS
1. Which rock singer’s real name was Marvin Lee Aday?
2. What band was first comprised of John and Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford. And produced such classics as ‘Susie Q’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘ Night Time is the Right Time’?
3. Who released the hit song ‘Centrefold’ in 1982, which was about a young man seeing his high school crush in the centrefold of a ‘girlie magazine’?
4. Which Boston song starts with lyrics,
‘I looked out this morning and the sun was gone,
Turned on some music to start my day.’?
5. Which song kept ‘Vienna’ by Ultravox from Number One in the UK charts in 1981?
6. Which Canadian singer spent 16 weeks at Number 1 in the UK charts in 1991 with, ‘I Do It For You’?
7. Gene Simmons was known by the stage name of ‘The Demon’ as the bass player and member of which iconic US rock band?
8. Zager and Evans were singing about which year in their original released song in 1969?
9. C.W. McCall released which song in 1975 which went on to spawn a hit movie starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw?
10. Which iconic UK rock band had a one armed drummer?
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ANSWERS
1. Which rock singer’s real name was Marvin Lee Aday?
MEATLOAF
2. What band was first comprised of John and Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford. And produced such classics as ‘Susie Q’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘ Night Time is the Right Time’?
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
3. Who released the hit song ‘Centrefold’ in 1982, which was about a young man seeing his high school crush in the centrefold of a ‘girlie magazine’?
J. GEILS BAND
4. Which Boston song starts with lyrics,
‘I looked out this morning and the sun was gone,
Turned on some music to start my day.’?
MORE THAN A FEELING
5. Which song kept ‘Vienna’ by Ultravox from Number One in the UK charts in 1981?
SHADDAP YOU FACE by JOE DOLCE
6. Which Canadian singer spent 16 weeks at Number 1 in the UK charts in 1991 with, ‘I Do It For You’?
BRYAN ADAMS
7. Gene Simmons was known by the stage name of ‘The Demon’ as the bass player and member of which iconic US rock band?
KISS
8. Zager and Evans were singing about which year in their original released song in 1969?
2525
9. C.W. McCall released which song in 1975 which went on to spawn a hit movie starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw?
CONVOY
10. Which iconic UK rock band had a one armed drummer?
DEF LEPPARD (Rick Allen (the drummer) lost his arm in a car crash)
