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Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:01 am
by LovelyLadyLux
Play fair ... The answers are at the end – Post your score out of 30 :up :up :up


QUIZ

1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock


2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones


3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm


4. ''I found my thrill . . .'' where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill


5. ''Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,'':
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover


6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun


7. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown


8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara


9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti


10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?
(a) **** Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed


11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando


12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello


13. The Everly Brothers were . . ...
(a) Pete and ****
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill


14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison


15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr, started a small record company called...
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown


16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''. What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six


17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood


18.. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows


19.. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met


20. Chuck Berry sang ''Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?''
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline


21. ''Wooly _______''
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully


22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat . . . .."
(a) can't go into town no more
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin' in a seafood store


23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . . . ...''
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise


24. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is .. . . . ..''
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jackie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle


25. ''You're my Fanny and nobody else's ......''
(a) girl
(b) butt
(c) love


26. ''I want you to play with my . . . ''
(a) heart
(b) dreams
(c) ding a ling


27. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''
(a) she's got the rabies
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe


28. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing ...''
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you


29. ''He wore black denim trousers and . . .''
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots


30. ''I got a gal named . ... ..''
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney


Answers:

1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones

3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm

4. ''I found my thrill . . .'' where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
< /STRONG>(c) Blueberry Hill

5. ''Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,'':
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun

7. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown

8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara

9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?
(a) **** Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando

12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello
13. The Everly Brothers were . . ...
(a) Pete and ****
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr.., started a small record company called...
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown

16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''. What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood

18.. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows

19.. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met

20. Chuck Berry sang ''Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?''
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
21. ''Wooly _______''
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully

22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat . .. .."
(a) can't go into town no more
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin' in a seafood store

23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . . ...''
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise

24.. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is .. . . . . ..''
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jackie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle
25. ''You're my Fanny and nobody else's ......''
(a) girl
(b) butt
(c) love

26. ''I want you to play with my . . . ''
(a) heart
(b) dreams
(c) ding a ling

27. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''
(a) she's got the rabies
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe

28. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing ...''
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you

29. ''He wore black denim trousers and . . .''
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots

30. ''I got a gal named . ... ..''
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:48 am
by Chocolate Eclair
Just my era LLL, 2 I did not know. Questions 24, and 25, great amusement thanks for putting on.

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:27 pm
by LovelyLadyLux
You're more than welcome CE. 28 is a decent score too! :up :up You must really know your lyrics :D

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:26 am
by Chocolate Eclair
I am very heavy into music from that era, used to love Connie Francis, Frankie Lyman, Arron (Tell it like it is) Neville, Elvis, Oakridge (Elvira) Boys, Craig Douglas, used to love watching American Bandstand too.

Loved Jan and Dean, Beach Boys, Eddy Holman, Billy Paul.

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:45 pm
by Brian Yare
Is 4 a good score?

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:45 pm
by LovelyLadyLux
Four right or four wrong? :o ;) :P :P

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:14 pm
by Brian Yare
Four that may have been right, and I could not find the answers below - just a repeat of the questions!

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:16 pm
by BENNU
I am surprised to be able to answer seven.
Not my style of music at all, but at least I feel less ignorant than I do at expat quiz nights. :cry:

Re: Doo Wop Quiz

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:03 am
by Bullet Magnet
BENNU wrote:I am surprised to be able to answer seven.
Not my style of music at all, but at least I feel less ignorant than I do at expat quiz nights. :cry:
The ACE quiz night last year left me totally humiliated... :urm:
But then I was expecting a Music quiz, not Pop Music, so I guess I can forgive myself.. :up