Author: Mauvin Sequeira

1. Which of these is NOT a founding member of Dire Straits?
(a) John Illsley (bass)
(b) David Knopfler (guitar)
(c) Pick Withers (drums)
(d) Mark Knopfler (guitar/vocals)

2. What was the name of Dire Straits’ debut album, released in 1978?
(a) Brothers in Arms
(b) Making Movies
(c) Sultans of Swing
(d) Dire Straits

3. “Sultans of Swing,” their breakout hit, was featured on which album?
(a) Same answer as question 2 (Dire Straits)
(b) Love Over Gold
(c) Telegraph Road
(d) Alchemy (live album)

1. Which song by Def Leppard opens with the lyrics “Midnight, bright light, shining from the sky”?
(a) Satellite
(b) High ‘N’ Dry
(c) Kings Of Oblivion
(d) Rocket

2. Who played drums on Def Leppard’s very first EP?
(a) Tom Allom
(b) Rick Allen
(c) Frank Noon
(d) Tony Kenning

3. The Offspring sampled a famous Def Leppard hit in their song “Pretty Fly For a White Guy.” Which song was it?
(a) Rock Of Ages
(b) Photograph
(c) Rocket
(d) Pour Some Sugar On Me

1. In which year was Deep Purple formed?
(a) 1960
(b) 1968
(c) 1975
(d) 1982

2. What is the name of Deep Purple’s most commercially successful album?
(a) Machine Head
(b) In Rock
(c) Burn
(d) Perfect Strangers

3. Which iconic guitarist is known for his work with Deep Purple and Rainbow?
(a) Jimmy Page
(b) Angus Young
(c) Ritchie Blackmore
(d) Eddie Van Halen

1. In what year was the band Chicago founded?
(a) 1962
(b) 1967
(c) 1972
(d) 1978

2. What city is the band named after?
(a) New York City
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Chicago
(d) Miami

3. Which instrument is NOT typically associated with the band’s sound?
(a) Guitar
(b) Drums
(c) Saxophone
(d) Vocals

1. Which year did Boney M release their debut single, “Daddy Cool”?
(a) 1974
(b) 1976
(c) 1978
(d) 1980

2. What was the name of Boney M’s original lead singer?
(a) Liz Mitchell
(b) Marcia Barrett
(c) Bobby Farrell
(d) Maizie Williams

3. Boney M is a group originating from which country?
(a) Germany
(b) Jamaica
(c) Netherlands
(d) France

1. In which year was Bon Jovi formed?
(a) 1978
(b) 1983
(c) 1964
(d) 1990

2. What was the name of Bon Jovi’s debut album?
(a) Slippery When Wet
(b) New Jersey
(c) Bon Jovi
(d) Crush

3. Which of these is NOT a founding member of Bon Jovi?
(a) Jon Bon Jovi
(b) David Bryan
(c) Alec John Such
(d) Richie Sambora

1. In which country was Bob Marley born?
a) Jamaica
b) Haiti
c) Cuba
d) Trinidad and Tobago

2. What was the name of Bob Marley’s first band?
a) The Wailers
b) Steel Pulse
c) Black Uhuru
d) Third World

3. How old was Bob Marley when he died?
a) 36
b) 42
c) 50
d) 28

1. What was Bob Dylan’s birth name?
(a) Robert Allen
(b) Robert Zimmerman
(c) Robert Weiss
(d) Robert Clyde

2. In which city did Bob Dylan emerge onto the folk scene?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) New York City (Greenwich Village)
(c) Chicago
(d) Nashville

3. Which iconic artist heavily influenced Dylan’s early songwriting?
(a) Elvis Presley
(b) Woody Guthrie
(c) The Beatles
(d) Frank Sinatra

1. What is Billy Joel’s most famous song?
(a) We Didn’t Start the Fire
(b) Uptown Girl
(c) Piano Man
(d) It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me

2. In what year was Billy Joel born?
(a) 1949
(b) 1959
(c) 1969
(d) 1979

3. What was the name of Billy Joel’s first band?
(a) The Echoes
(b) The Losers
(c) The E Street Band
(d) The Echoes

1. How many Gibb brothers were originally in the Bee Gees?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

2. What was the name of the Bee Gees’ first hit song in 1958?
(a) To Love Somebody
(b) Spicks and Specks
(c) How Deep Is Your Love
(d) Night Fever

3. The Bee Gees achieved massive success in the late 1970s with the soundtrack for which movie?
(a) Grease
(b) Saturday Night Fever
(c) Hairspray
(d) Mamma Mia!