Trivia Quiz on Blues Rock

1. Capone Music Artists: Who did "Cheap Sunglasses" in 1979

A) AC/DC

B) ZZ Top

C) Lynyrd Skynyrd

D) Queen

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2. UK group who had a hit with 'House of the Rising Sun'

A) The Rolling Stones

B) The Yardbirds

C) Animals

D) The Kinks

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3. Who did a version of 'one bourbon, one scotch, one beer' on his 1977 debut album

A) Chuck Berry

B) Muddy Waters

C) John Prine

D) George thorogood

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4. Name the biggest hit for the Animals in 1964

A) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

B) We Gotta Get Out of This Place

C) Baby Let Me Take You Home

D) House of the rising sun

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5. Converter "Slow Ride" was Foghats biggest hit from this album released in 1975

A) Foghat II

B) Live

C) Fool

D) Stone Blue

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6. Which red-haird slide guitar player won a grammy in 1989 for her album 'nick of time'

A) Lucinda Williams

B) Rosanne Cash

C) Bonnie raitt

D) Stevie Nicks

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7. Which Rock Star is Nicknamed Slowhand?

A) Eric Clapton

B) David Gilmour

C) Keith Richards

D) Jimi Hendrix

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8. Whose Debut Solo Album Was "I Got Dem Kosmic Blues Again Mama" In 1969

A) Grace Slick

B) Aretha Franklin

C) Janis Joplin

D) Joni Mitchell

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9. Which British Blues Rock Trio released The Albums "Undead" & "Stonedhenge"

A) Cream

B) The Jimi Hendrix Experience

C) The Spencer Davis Group

D) Ten Years After

E) The Yardbirds

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10. Who Had A 1990 Hit With "Tell Me There's A Heaven"?

A) Chris Rea

B) Sting

C) Phil Collins

D) Elton John

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11. "From The Cradle" Was A No.1 Album For Which British Legend In 1994

A) David Bowie

B) Elton John

C) Eric Clapton

D) Rod Stewart

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12. Janis Joplin Died In 1970, How Did She Die

A) From A Cocaine Overdose

B) Natural Causes

C) Alcohol Poisoning

D) From A Heroin Overdose

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13. What Is Bo Diddley's Real Name

A) Elias Bates (Elias McDaniel)

B) Ellas Otha Bates

C) Elias Otha McDaniel

D) Elvis McDaniel

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14. Which 3 ZZ Top Music Videos Featured The Infamous Trio Of Highly Sexed Vamps

A) La Grange, Tush, Jesus Just Left Chicago

B) Gimme All Your Lovin, Legs, Sharp Dressed Man

C) Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs

D) Cheap Sunglasses, TV Dinners, Rough Boy

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15. Who Gave Us The Story Of The Blues

A) The Mighty Wah

B) The Rolling Stones

C) The Beatles

D) Led Zeppelin

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16. During the 1960's who recorded the Albums 'Exile On Main Street' & 'Beggars Banquet'

A) The Beatles

B) The Who

C) The Rolling Stones

D) Led Zeppelin

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17. Name The Only Climax Blues Band Hit Whose Title Seems A Fitting Epitaph To Their Following Career

A) Couldn't Find the Light

B) Couldn't Stay a Moment

C) Couldn't Get It Right

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18. What band recorded the 1978 hit album: 'Briefcase Full of Blues'?

A) The J. Geils Band

B) ZZ Top

C) The Allman Brothers Band

D) The Blues Brothers

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19. Who is the elder statesman of 'british blues', and fronted 'the bluesbreakers'

A) Eric Clapton

B) John Mayall

C) Peter Green

D) Jeff Beck

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20. White Room' was a hit off which Eric Clapton album?

A) Cream

B) Disraeli Gears

C) Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

D) Slowhand

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21. Who did a version of 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' on his 1977 debut album?

A) George Thorogood

B) John Lee Hooker

C) Muddy Waters

D) Eric Clapton

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22. What band recorded the 1978 hit album: "Briefcase Full of Blues"?

A) The J. Geils Band

B) Steely Dan

C) The Blues Brothers

D) The Band

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23. Name the singer - songs include "Me & Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz"?

A) Aretha Franklin

B) Janis Joplin

C) Kris Kristofferson

D) Bob Dylan

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