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The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:52 am
by sloop_john_b
The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz.
This is a really fun quiz on rock 'n roll history - I got a 44.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:58 am
by rickenrocker
After reading the first page, I realized that any accidental points would be disingenuous and gave up right away.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:52 am
by cheyenne
Anyone that gets a perfect score on that quiz definately needs to get a life....
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:47 am
by 86kubicki
I got 48 correct. Not sure if that's good or just sad...
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:47 am
by firstbassman
Then I guess I need a life. (But I already knew that.)
On the first screen, I get them all correct (nine out of nine).
Though I’m sure that success rate would not last very much longer if I continued.
For those questions where I did not absolutely “know” the answer, I used the same technique I use for Final Jeopardy – which is to figure out what could be the only logical answer.
For example, if they ask which Stones album cover has slogans written on it? Well, the only answer can be the RS album that has any writing on it. If they ask, who went to high school with Jimmy Johnson (American football coach), then it has to be someone who was about the same age as Johnson. And so forth.
As an addendum to question No. 5, I’ll add my own:
Who was the "Martha" that inspired the title of the Jefferson Airplane's song "Martha?"
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:18 pm
by johnallg
Not a clue, Marc, as I am a Whiz and got 31, which was a whole lot better than I thought I'd get.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:24 am
by beatlefreak
I got a 36.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:26 am
by jimk
I got 31. Pretty amazing since I quit listening to rock'n'roll about 1973 or thereabouts.
JimK
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:33 am
by jimk
firstbassman wrote:
As an addendum to question No. 5, I’ll add my own:
Who was the "Martha" that inspired the title of the Jefferson Airplane's song "Martha?"
Ah, that brings to mind another question. Who was the Jessica that inspired the Allman Brothers tune by that name on their 1973 album "Brothers & Sisters?"
JimK
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:19 pm
by firstbassman
jimk wrote: Who was the Jessica that inspired the Allman Brothers tune by that name
Betts' daughter.
Answer to my question:
The Airplane's "Martha" was written about Martha Wax, daughter of Mel Wax who was on the Sausalito City Council and also mayor for two years. (Mel passed away a couple of years ago.)
Martha, as a teenager at the time, ran away from home and was being "hidden away" by members of the San Francisco rock music community.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:16 pm
by shamustwin
36 and I had to guess on most of them.
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:51 pm
by jimk
I guessed at a lot of them, too. Not bad for just guessing.
JimK
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:10 pm
by phlemmy
38. if all the questions would have been about heavy metal, i would have aced it!
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:17 pm
by mrs_brown
Feeling better about my 33 now....
Re: The Almost-Impossible Rock & Roll Quiz
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:04 am
by jimk
Ah yes! But how many did you
guess at mrs. brown?? Hmmmmm??
JimK