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Saturday, June 15, 2024

General Knowledge Trivia Questions - Set 1

A quiz is a useful tool for detecting and filling knowledge gaps, whether it's maths, geography, general knowledge, or something else entirely.

Marilyn Monroe in 1953

Marilyn Monroe was born June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, and died on August 5, 1962.

Monroe was an American actress who rose to prominence as a sex symbol after appearing in a number of commercially successful films in the 1950s. She is now regarded as a cultural icon.

Norma Jeane Mortenson eventually adopted her mother's name, Baker, and because her mother was regularly detained in an asylum, Norma Jeane was raised by 12 different sets of foster parents and, for a time, in an orphanage.

Twenty General Knowledge Questions With Answers

| Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 |

In which town was Sir Donald Bradman born?
What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Who is the eldest, Paris or Nicky Hilton?
The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?
How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?
Who was the last man to be hanged in Australia?
Which author composed the 'Louis the Fly' ditty advertising fly spray?
Marlon Brando won an Oscar starring in which 1972 classic?
Who or what is Matilda in the song 'Waltzing Matilda?
What size shoe does Ian Thorpe wear?
In which Australian state is the Franklin River?
What creature has the largest eyes?
How many colours are in the rainbow?
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2003?
What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
Who wrote Advance Australia Fair?
What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
In area, which is the largest state of the United States?
True or False? Electrons are smaller than atoms.
What is the longest river in Europe?

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Australian Colonial Intelligence: First Colonial Manufactured Locomotive

'First Colonial Manufactured Locomotive' is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News: 29th September, 1870

NSW Locomotive No. 1 displayed for the 50th Anniversary of NSW Railways in 1905

No better evidence of the progress of our local manufacturers could have been given than the two splendid locomotive engines recently constructed for the Government of New South Wales, and lately exhibited at the Exhibition grounds, prince Alfred Park.

One of these was constructed at the Railway Works Sydney, the other at Mort and Company's Dry Dock Engineering Works, Balmain.

Our remarks relate to the one built at the Railway Works. It claims to be the first locomotive passenger engine manufactured in the Australian colonies.

The motive that lead to the building of the locomotive engine No. 10, was, that about the middle of last year, it was felt the traffic required a greater number of engines than were at the disposal of the Commissioner.

Although some had been ordered from England, and also a contract entered into with Messrs. Mort and Co. and Vale and Lacy, for supplying some engines built in the colony, it was conceived that by building one at the railway works it would be available for use before any of the imported ones, or of those made in the colony.

Events have shewn that this expectation was not ill-founded.

This engine was ten months in building, having been commenced on the 13th August 1869, and was running on the 10th June, 1870.

It has run a mileage of 4,000 miles, and has made twelve trips to Goulburn and back.

With this engine, there is a saving of 4 lb. of coal per train mile run, compared with the other passenger engines working the same trains.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: The first theatrical performance in the colony of New South Wales

Drawn from accounts of Watkin Tench's, A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and a Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson and David Collins in his Account of the English Colony in New South Wales

An engraving of the First Fleet in Botany Bay at voyage's end in 1788

The colony of New South Wales had its first theatrical performance on June, 4, 1789 to celebrate the birthday of King George the third.

Eleven convicts performed George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer.

Watkin Tench wrote:
'That every opportunity of escape from the dreariness and dejection of our situation should be eagerly embraced, will not be wondered at.

The exhilarating effect of a splendid theatre is well known, and I am not ashamed to confess, that the proper distribution of three or four yards of stained paper, and a dozen farthing candles stuck around the mud walls of a convict hut, failed not to diffuse general complacency on the countenances of sixty persons, of various descriptions, who were assembled to applaud the representation.

Some of the actors acquitted themselves with great spirit and received the praises of the audience.

A prologue and an epilogue, written by one of the performers, were also spoken on the occasion which, although not worth inserting here, contained some tolerable allusions to the situations of the parties and the novelty of a stage representation in New South Wales.'

David Collins recorded in his Account of the English Colony of New South Wales that, 'The actors possessed no higher aim than humbly to excite a smile, and their efforts to please were not unattended with applause.'

Australian Colonial Intelligence: Sydney - Uncivilized City

'Sydney: Uncivilized City' is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News, 29 October 1853

George Street, Sydney1855 oil on canvas Paintings of Sydney

In the afternoon of Thursday last, a cab, No. 86, drove at full speed through Lower George Street, with its roof thrown back a'la barouche.

Within were seated four drunken women of abandoned character, without bonnets, their hair flowing loose about their necks, and their dresses in disarray.

During the drive they shouted out verses of ribald song. The driver, a youth of eighteen, was almost as intoxicated as his fare; and a boy, who was on the box beside him, seemed the only sober one of the company.

Having driven into Cumberland street, at a furious pace, the cab was stopped opposite the watch-house, at the request of the drunken women, in order that they might enjoy the spectacle of a boxing match which was going on at the time between two drunken men.

They next repaired to a public house, to feed with additional fuel the flame of their intoxication.

Here a number of boys amused themselves with teasing the drunken wretches, and listening to their horrid language.

A contest took place between the women and some men in the street, which was terminated by the fall of one of the former, who seemed much hurt; two of the women then scrambled up on the driver's box, while he was drinking, and started off, nearly ran the pole against a post at the corner of Gaol-hill and Prince-street.

The driver now came out, reeling; and, after some more tipsy proceedings, in the course of which the man ran the risk of losing his life, the women got into the cab, which drove off with his drunken freight.

And all this occurred before three o'clock in the afternoon in the streets of a city professing to be civilized. Not a policeman interfered from beginning to end.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: Our Metropolitan Suburbs - Newtown

'Our Metropolitan Suburbs: Newtown' is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News: June 1889

Newtown must be considered Sydney's most populous and thriving off-shoot.

It has been in existence for considerably more than half a century; but, like many colonial townships, it has grown in importance within a comparatively short space of time.

So recently as ten years ago it was a mere village, the shops (chiefly general stores, where goods of inferior quality were sold at exorbitant prices) being small and mean, the dwelling-houses insignificant, and the roads narrow and ill formed.

Nearly everybody came to Sydney in those primitive days to do their shopping.

But a better fate was reserved for the suburb - a fate which but few of its residents seem to have foreseen, or indeed, to have had the faintest suspicion of.

Those few were the lucky ones who speculated in town lots, and who, buying choice building sites for a mere song, and holding fast to their bargains, are today, in Colonial parlance, "well in".

Ten years ago things began to "look up" in Newtown, but the "boom" did not fairly set until two or three years later.

Then the place "went up like a rocket" but has not, nor is it in the least likely to, "come down like a stick".

An era of prosperity dawned upon the little community, and despite the pessimistic few, Newtown bears unmistakable evidence of going ahead.

Compared with the Newtown of eight years ago, modern Newtown must be considered a remarkable place indeed, and the progress it has made in that very limited time is marvellous.

It now possesses a population of 20,000; there are 4000 houses within the borough; it boasts numerous places of worship.

It has about a dozen huge brick factories, which supply not only suburban but metropolitan requirements, to say nothing about numerous other places to which the Newtown bricks has spread; it runs several other flourishing local industries.
The resemblance borne by Newtown to an English market-town is very striking. Despite its extreme youth - we are now speaking of modern Newtown - it has an old-world look about it.

It seems like some unnaturally precocious child, to have had no childhood, but to have 'grown up'. The same thing is observable in other suburbs of Sydney.

But if Newtown resembles an English provincial town at first glance, the resemblance grows fainter on closer acquaintance.

What English town the size of this mushroom suburb of Sydney possesses the push, the energy, and the 'go' that characterise so many of the Newtownites?

King Street, Newtown, is always more or less busy, but on Saturday night it is seen at its best and brightest.

Fancy a double line, more than a mile long, of brilliantly lighted shops; and 'sidewalks' so inconveniently crowded, that it is often a matter of some difficulty to push one's way through the throng of people on business and on pleasure bent.

The scene is worth studying awhile. Here is materfamilias, armed with a huge basket, and with, perhaps, two or three olive branches in tow, out on a shopping expedition, and with thoughts engrossed on Sunday's dinner.

'Father' is possibly at home minding baby, or what is perhaps, more probable, talking politics with a 'mate' in some neighbouring public-house bar parlour, over a pipe and a glass.

Here is a trio of merry, laughing girls, on the lookout, perchance, for one of those 'alarming sacrifices' so dear to the feminine heart, and quite determined to buy in the cheapest market, any way.

And here, the ubiquitous 'Arry, arm-in-arm with Sarah Jane, they are keeping company, and generally contrive to spend Saturday evening in each others society. The old, old story!

Here are shop-windows for you! No occasion for Newtownites to go to Sydney nowadays! Such a display of silks and satins, and ribbons, and 'dress pieces' and costumes in the drapers' windows; such a tempting show of rosy meat in the butcher's shops;, such plums and figs and teas and coffees, and sugars and lollipops and spices at the grocers'!

Such oranges and apples, and dates and bananas, to say nothing of other good things, at the fruiterers'!

Such chairs and tables, and sofas and lounges, and suites for the bedroom and the parlour and the drawing room at the furniture shops - 'Arry and Sarah Jane are peeping in at one of the dealer's window as we pass, and, with heads close together, are doubtless reckoning up the cost of starting housekeeping and everywhere the same good-tempered, laughing, bustling, jostling crowd. Such is King Street on a Saturday night.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: City improvement - New Pitt Street

City improvement, New Pitt Street is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News, April 1855

A street scene showing the Sydney Morning Herald building, built in 1856

The thick, turbid tank stream, which now forms one of the chief sewers of the town, was once the principle feature which attracted the first settlers and induced them to fix upon this locality for the foundation of the new settlement.

The clear limpid stream, which peacefully flowed into the waters of the harbour, was hailed with delight.

The new exchange, which gives promise of being one of the handsomest public buildings in New South Wales, will render this portion of the city the centre of commercial transactions, to which the mercantile world will flock, as the most convenient site for offices, from its close continuity to the Circular Wharf.

We may, in due course of time, expect to see the whole length of New Pitt-street studded with fine buildings, similar to those which ornament the corner of Bridge-street, opposite the New Exchange.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: The Houses of Governors Bligh and Phillip

Governor Bligh's house is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News, October 1881 and
Governor Phillip's house from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News, July, 1864

The arrest of Governor Bligh, 1808, artist unknown

Governor Bligh's House
Near Belmore Park

The condemnation and demolition of Sydney dwellings unfit for human habitation is being actively proceeded with, and among the number doomed are the so-called houses in Mary Street, Nos. 6 and 8, at the back of Belmore Park.

They had the appearance of old wooden stables in the last stages of decay, with the windows all boarded up, and light and ventilation studiously kept out of the interior.

When visited by the Mayor and other city officials, it was stated by one of the old tenants of one of these wretched sheds that the building was the first house occupied by Governor Bligh, and that in those days it was known as Government House.

This old vice-regal establishment was at once condemned, so that another landmark of the Colony's progress will be speedily removed.

Governor Phillip's House

No person who of late years have passed through Pitt-street can have failed in remarking a rickety looking shanty, situated a few doors from the Union Bank, between King street and Hunter street.

The dimensions of the building were about 24 ft. by 12 ft. and about 6 ft. high; it was, however, only a few weeks ago when the place was about to be pulled down, that the fact became generally known that this humble tenement was once Government House of the Colony, having been erected for Governor Phillip in 1791 (about three years after the arrival of the first fleet), who resided there until his departure from the Colony in December 1792.

What a contrast between the residence of the then Representative of the Crown and the Vice-Regal mansion of the present day - what changes have occurred since the foundations of that humble tenement were laid!

From the few huts then clustered round Sydney Cove, a city has sprung up.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: Sydney Aborigines Past and Present: 1880

Sydney Aborigines past and present is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News, May 1880

Gweagal men defending their country from invasion and poverty

The Aborigines of Australia are a doomed race.

Found occupying one of the lowest stages of savage life when the shores of New South Wales became familiar with the presence of the white man, their contact with civilization appears to have destroyed every possibility of their acquiring habitats of self-reliance, or of preserving them from the debasing follies and vices which have effected such disastrous results among the 'children of the wild' in other countries.

In a recent lecture on 'The Aborigines of New South Wales', the Rev. J. B. Gribble, of Warangeeda Mission, Murrumbidge River, contrasted the present condition of the blacks, after years of intercourse with white Christians, with what it was in their primitive state.

Then they were a free race with ample tribal territories over which they could wander undisturbed.

Their hunter craft and knowledge of the habitats and resorts of game enabled them to obtain each day sufficient for the day's need. Indeed, they lived in plenty.

Their tribal customs and laws bound all the members of a tribe together in friendship, and they possessed a spirit of mutual assistance.

The feeling of clanship was strong. The rules relating to courtship and marriage prevented the intermarriage of those of near degrees, and morality was well maintained. But now their camps were scenes of abject misery.

The settlers' guns and the settlers' dogs had harassed and destroyed their game, and semi-starvation was their lot.

The poison of grog-shop had destroyed their natural acuteness, and the most horrible and loathsome diseases had spread from the vicious habits of the whites.

The children in the camps were seldom black, but half-caste; sometimes, almost pure white.
The black and half-caste girls, ruined by the white man and cast adrift, were forsaken by the black men - their natural protectors -who went off by themselves, or sought work among the stations, leaving the poor women a prey to the lawless waifs and strays of our civilization.

The lecturer drew a thrilling picture of one camp recently visited by him, in which were eleven women and girls thus abandoned, with scarcely a rag to cover them, and not a morsel of food in their possession, their only hope of a supply being that two young lads had gone out to try to knock down a stray bird or two.

Reference was made to the neglect of the blacks by the churches and Government, and instances were given of manifest cruelty and injustice by those in authority: the apathy of the police in the manner of supply of intoxicants: the delay often occurring in the distribution of one blanket - our only return for all we have taken from them - rendering that small boon almost negatory.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: Gilbert - The Bushranger

'Gilbert - The Bushranger' is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News: 16th June 1865

Wood engraving by Eugene Montagu Scott of Gilbert - The Bushranger

Since the recent announcement of John Gilbert's death, we have been placed in possession of the following particulars from the narrative of a participator in the closing scene of the outlaw's career:

On the morning of the 12th of May 1865 a man named Furlonge was visited by John Gilbert and John Dunn who took away one of his best horses, leaving in its place one stolen from Murrumburrah on the previous night.

During the day the bushrangers made their way towards Binalong.

The same night, information was received by the police that they were camped at Riley's Hill, about two miles from the village.

Senior Constable Hales, Constables King, Bright and Hall, started off in the direction indicated - believing that, as Dunn's grandfather, a man named Kelly, resided in that locality, the bushrangers would, if in that district, be certain to visit his house.

On reaching the vicinity, the police hid themselves, and watched the house all night, without perceiving any indication of the bushrangers. They returned to Binalong about daylight on Saturday.

An hour later, as a result of fresh information received, the police retraced their steps to Kelly's where they arrived at nine o'clock.

After waiting and watching for nearly an hour, Kelly came out of the hut, and walked up and down in front of the door, but soon after joined his wife indoors.

Shortly afterwards, Kelly's son appeared, and Constable Hales interrogated him as to the inmates of the house. He was informed that there were no strangers there then, nor during the previous night. Not satisfied with the reply, Constable Hales determined to search the premises.

As he approached, he heard Kelly exclaim: "The house is surrounded by troopers." Hales and King then rushed into the house, and perceived the door leading into the adjoining room shut very quickly.

A shot was immediately fired at the police. They returned the fire and ran outside.
Hales called out to the bushrangers to come out, or he would burn the place over their heads. Whether this had the desired effect it is impossible to say, but directly after Gilbert and Dunn were seen to emerge from a small window in the end of the house.

They were perceived by Trooper Bright, who fired at them. They returned fire and retreated through the fence and ran toward the creek, followed by the police.

Hales called out to Gilbert: "Stand, and I will spare your life!" But Gilbert took no notice, and got behind a tree and fired at King with a revolving rifle, Gilbert then aimed at Hales and Bright, but the rifle missed fire.

The police were then within fifty yards of him. Gilbert went down the bank and was running along the bank of the creek when Hales and Bright fired simultaneously, and Gilbert fell.

The police pursued Dunn who was running towards an adjoining scrub which he reached in safety after shooting Constable King through the ankle.

On returning, Gilbert was found quite dead, the ball having entered the left side, fracturing one rib, passed through the heart, and came out the front.

On his body were found four 5 pound notes, a gold Albert and sundry trinkets, two gold rings, two boxes of caps, a great number of bullets of different sizes and a flask of powder. In his belt were two Colt's revolvers, each loaded and capped (one stamped, "New South Wales Police, No. 425"), a revolving rifle, a Tranter.

The body was at once conveyed to Binalong lock-up where it was identified by a number of persons as that of Gardiner's lieutenant, whose long immunity from pernicious example and his evil advice, had led several young men to violent deaths and others to spend the best years of their existence immured in a convict's cell.

After the inquest, at which a verdict of justifiable homicide was returned, Gilbert's remains were interred in the police paddock at Binnalong.

Australian Colonial Intelligence: A View of Woolloomooloo

'A view of Woolloomooloo' is drawn from an article in The Illustrated Sydney News: 15th October 1864

The City of Sydney, which according to the Police Act of 1833, comprises the whole of the lands contained within a 'line drawn from the head of Blackwater Swamp to Rushcutters Bay, and thence to the waters of Port Jackson', has of late been sub-divided under the provisions of the Municipalities Act, as to lead persons unacquainted with the city, to suppose that Woolloomooloo is a distant portion of the suburbs, instead of an integral part of the city proper.

During the past few years Woolloomooloo has progressed rapidly from the few residences which ten years ago lay scattered between the South Head and the Bay.

It has risen to a densely inhabited locality.

The situation is all that could be desired, and the only drawback to its position has been the miasmatic vapours arising from drainage of the district being spread over the swampy shore of the harbour; but this complaint will soon be remedied by the 'tabooed' ground being filled up to the level of the new circular wharf now in progress of construction.

A work of this kind has been urged for several years, but it was the session before last that a Bill was brought before Legislature for the reclamation of Woolloomooloo Bay.

On its being passed, Mr. Robertson, the then Minister for Lands, took immediate steps to carry out the requisite works.

In a few months a fine wooden quay spanned the Harbour from the Domain to Fairfax's Mill.

A tramway was then constructed. by which large blocks of stone were carried from the quarries and deposited on the inner side of the quay so as to form a breakwater, and since that time the space lying between it and the former high water mark has been filled up rapidly with the deposit of large quantities of silt delivered by the dredging punts and alluvial matter from the sand hills.

A large space of available land has thus been formed, the sale of which will repay the whole amount expended on its formation.

The fever breeding swamp, to which we have previously referred, will soon be covered with places of business, and the admirable facilities provided for shipping must shortly give the place a commercial importance, to which it has not, hitherto, aspired; and its beautiful harbour will contain a more important fleet than the numerous yachts, and other miniature craft, belonging to the Australian Boat Club and other kindred establishments, which have been, for years, almost its only occupants.

Monday, April 29, 2024

Complete Index To Quizzes and Q&A Fact Sheets In This Blog

Practice, practice, practice, with these 20 question quizzes.

Each of the quizzes, below, contains 20 questions, with their answers in a dropdown. Answer a question, then immediately check the answer - rinse and repeat

General Knowledge Trivia Quizzes

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Music Trivia Quizzes

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Australian Trivia Quizzes

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Trivia Fact Sheets

Touching upon a broad range of trivia topics, these sheets present a range of facts on each subject in an easy to absorb format.

Those looking for a simple source for creating their Trivia Night Quizzes, or an easy way to top up their knowledge, need look no further than this section.

Trivia buffs will find the format ideal for preparing for the next trivia night, allowing them to brush up on their weak subjects.

50 Hot Songs from the 1950s

Animal Group Names

List of Bird Groups

24 Award Winning Movies with directors, stars, awards and nominations

Levels of Government in Australia

Australian Parliamentary Terms M to W

Australia's History : 1890s to 1988

Australia's History: 1606 to 1888

Australian Parliamentary Terms A to L

Australian Colonial Intelligence

The articles in this section look at early Australian development through journals, official reports and newspaper excerpts of the day.

First Colonial Manufactured Locomotive

The first theatrical performance in the colony of New South Wales

Sydney - Uncivilized City

Our Metropolitan Suburbs - Newtown

City improvement - New Pitt Street

The Houses of Governors Bligh and Phillip

Sydney Aborigines Past and Present: 1880

Gilbert - The Bushranger

A View of Woolloomooloo

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Music Trivia Questions - Set 4

“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven

In which year did the Beatles found Apple Records?
Who was the lead vocalist in the Box Tops' hit, The Letter?
For which group did Tony Lommi play heavy metal guitar?
In 1956 who sang I Got You Babe?
On Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence, who replaced the folk backing with electric guitar, bass and drums while they were away?
In 1966, whose song When a Man Loves a Woman was a number 1 pop hit?
In 1987, what was the fastest selling debut album in CBS Record's history?
Which group had the first rap hit, 'Rapper's Delight'?
In 1976, who's debut single was 'Anarchy in the UK'?
Who formed the record label Philadelphia International in 1971?
What was Sly Stone's real name?
In 1963 Lou Reid graduated from Syracuse University as what?
Who had the Proto-Punk anthem 'I wanna be your dog'?
What was the name of Little Richard's road band?
What was the first American hit by a British r&b group, The Animals?
What was Bob Dylan's band, The Band, originally called?
In which year did the Byrds record Mr Tamborine Man?
Which Memphis recording company was known as Soulsville?
Which Otis Redding song was Stax Records' first single?
What was Motown's first million seller?

Music Trivia Quizzes

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, real name Robert Allen Zimmerman, is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Since 1994, he has sold over 145 million records, shown at prominent art galleries, and released nine books of paintings and sketches.

He has been honoured with multiple honours, such as the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.

He received a special citation in 2008 from the Pulitzer Prise Board in recognition of "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

Dylan received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having infused the great American song tradition with new poetic expressions".

Music Trivia Questions - Set 3

BB King: “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”

In which year did Jimmy Hendricks die?
In which year did Cream disband?
In 1964 who joined the R&B band 'Them' as a vocalist?
What was Otis Redding's first, and only, number one pop hit?
How did the King of Soul, Sam Cook, die in 1964?
What was William 'Smokey' Robinson's group called?
Which two black-owned record labels debut in 1959?
In which year did the Beach Boys go "Surfin' "?
Phil Spector sang on American Bandstand in 1958 with which group?
Which film in 1955 shot 'Rock Around the Clock' to the top of the pop charts?
What was the name of Hank Ballard's band?
In 1953, what was the first white rock and roll hit?
Who was the bandleader, songwriter and producer behind Fats Domino's hits?
Who introduced rocking black rhythm to country and western with 'Hillbilly Boogie' in 1945?
After Metalica, which band did Dave Mustain start?
Who was the guitarist with the Heartbreakers?
Under what name did Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell and Billy Ficca record their demos?
What was Sly Stone's group called?
What was George Clinton of P-Funk also known as?
In its formal debut in 1965, who was Velvet Underground's drummer?

Music Trivia Quizzes

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Otis Redding

Otis Redding composed and recorded his famous song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper just before his death in an aircraft accident.

The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart, and the single became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts.

Redding recorded a number of songs in late 1966, one of which being "Try a Little Tenderness," which was composed in 1932 by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Harry M. Woods.

The publishers made an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Redding from singing the song from a "negro perspective" because Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra had already sung it.

'Try a Little Tenderness' is a song that Otis often sang, and Jim Stewart once said, 'if there's one song, one performance that really sort of sums up Otis and what he's about, it's that song.'" He communicates who he is in that one performance because it is so exceptional and different.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Music Trivia Questions - Set 2

Taking quizzes is enjoyable, and everyone knows that learning is more effective when it's fun. Taking a few simple general knowledge quizzes will help you pass the time and learn new things in your odd spare moments.

Who's number 1 album in 1987 was The Joshua Tree?
Who was Pearl Jam's lead singer?
Who was the Sex Pistols's drummer?
In which band were Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan before the Heartbreakers?
Which singer/drummer, of Philadelphia International, doubled as frontman for the Tramps?
What was Stevie Wonder previously known as?
Who was the organist for the Doors?
At whose free concert in 1969 did a Hell's Angel, acting as a security guard, stab a man to death?
In which year was the first Woodstock festival held?
Who was the singer with early Led Zeppelin?
In which year did the Beatles release Rubber Soul?
What is the first hit song more than 5 minutes long?
For Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone, who switched from guitar to organ?
In which year was the Beatles' 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' released?
From whom did George Harrison learn sitar?
What was Iggy Pop's real name?
In which year did MTV begin broadcasting 24 X 7 pop music videos?
Which year is generally regarded as 'the year of punk'?
Who was the patron and manager of Velvet Underground in 1965?
At a concert in Miami in 1969, who was arrested for exposing himself?

Music Trivia Quizzes

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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, who was born and reared in Pittsburgh, first focused on becoming a successful commercial illustrator.

He gained notoriety as a significant and contentious artist in the late 1950s after putting on exhibitions of his work in a number of galleries.

Distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood superstars, and affluent clientele would congregate in his New York workshop, The Factory.

He marketed a group of individuals referred to as Warhol superstars, and is renowned for having influenced the popular phrase "15 minutes of fame".

He started Interview and oversaw and produced the Velvet Underground, an experimental rock group, in the late 1960s. Not only that, but he wrote a number of books, such as Popism: The Warhol Sixties and The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.

Before the gay liberation movement, he was an openly gay man.

Music Trivia Questions - Set 1

Trivia quizzes provide you positive feedback, which makes studying more motivating. Who can resist learning when it comes with the excitement of a good score? Knowing the periodic table suddenly becomes exciting.

Who, in 1928, had the first hit with the boogie beat?
Who had the best selling pop instrumental of 1962?
When was the first 33 1/3 rpm LP album released?
Who was the vocalist for 'The Yardbirds' in 1958?
Who was the drummer with the Doors?
1972, who produced Lou Reed's solo album 'Transformer?
In which year did the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein die?
Which classically trained keyboard player joined Jim Morrison to form 'the Doors'?
Called up before the local draft board in 1966, which singer insisted he was gay to escape the draft?
How did Duane Allman die in 1971
Whose version of 'House of the Rising Sun' topped the charts in1964?
What was Bob Dylan's real name?
Between 1963 and 1966 which writer - producer team score 28 records in the pop top 20 including 12 number one hits?
Which year was considered American pop charts' Year of the Woman?
In which year was Chubby Checker's Twist released?
What was the name of the skiffle band consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison?
What was Elvis Presley's first record?
What was the name of Bill Haley's band?
In 1953, who wrote Hound Dog for Big Mama Thornton?
What was John Lee Hooker's first R&B hit?

Music Trivia Quizzes

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Bill Haley and the Comets

American rock and roll group Bill Haley & His Comets was founded in 1947 and remained active until Haley's passing in 1981.

Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets were other names for the band. The quartet released nine Top 20 singles between late 1954 and late 1956, including three Top Ten hits and one number one.

For a number of years, "Rock Around the Clock" held the record for the most sales of any rock single in the genre's history.

Formerly a Western swing singer, band leader Bill Haley switched the musical style of his group to rock after recording a rockabilly cover of Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm's "Rocket 88," one of the earliest rock and roll records.