1.Richard Edson, Jim Sclavunos, Bob Bert, Steve Shelley. All were drummers in Sonic Youth. Match their name with the appropriate description
Who had a role in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”?
Whose dad won the Heisman Trophy?
Who was in a band called the Crucifucks?
Who plays drums on a Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue duet?
2. Spell Fela Kuti. Bonus points if you can spell Anikulapo
3. Which one of these people is NOT thanked in the liner notes to Nirvana’s In Utero?
Quentin Tarantino, Bobcat Goldthwaite, Pat Smear, James Osterberg.
4. Produced by Kanye West, “Izzo” by Jay-Z features a sample of which classic Jackson 5 song?
5. Which sold more copies in week of release, Use Your Illusion I or Use Your Illusion II? Bonus points, what was the differential between the two within 10 percent?
6. Charlie Haden played bass on Ornette Coleman’s “Shape of Jazz to Come”. Two of his triplet daughters were members of which mid-Nineties Los Angeles band signed to DGC records?
7. Animal Collective’s breakout album is titled “Merriweather Post Pavilion” after a well-loved concert venue. Which state is Merriweather Post Pavilion located? Bonus points…what city is Merriweather Post Pavilion located?
8. What was released first, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey or Smashing Pumpkin’s Siamese Dream?
Bonus points, name the exact date either of them were released:
9. “I’m eating mangoes in Trinidad with attorneys” is a lyric from which 1997 hit that samples both Audio Two’s “Top Billin” and the Bee Gee’s?
10. Originally recorded by Solomon Linda in South Africa in 1939 and released under the name “Mbube” which song seems to be resurrected every ten years or so in some movie or television commercial seeming kinda like some bullshit, but, you know, whatever, it’s cool, I guess. Pete Seeger with the Weavers and the Tokens are usually the versions you hear, but Ladysmith Black Mombazo, REM and a duet with Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner are also versions out there.
11. Which was released first…Nirvana’s “Nevermind” or Pearl Jam’s “Ten”? Bonus points, name the exact date either/both of them were released.
12. The video game Journey Escape features which rock and roll band?
13. The title track on Spiritualized’s 1997 album “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” is the only song on the album NOT entirely written by band leader Jason Pierce. A hit for both Elvis Presley and UB40, what song, originally edited out of the initial release of “Ladies…” was incorporated into this first song on the album?
14. Within 5, what is the BPM of Outkast’s “Bombs Over Bagdad”?
15. In the chorus of her song “Nude as the News” Cat Power mentions Jackson and Jesse, the names of the children of which of her musical idols?
16. What is the name of the Harlem Globetrotters theme song?
17. What is Stevie Wonder’s birth name?
18. The Black and Brown Trading Stamp Corporation was founded in Oakland, California in 1969, inspired by traditional “green stamp” booklets but instead focused on driving business to black-owned establishments in California. Who was the soul and funk singer who was depicted on the Black and Brown stamps, in addition to being the person who put up the money to start the company?
19. What year did the Fisk Jubilee Singers form?
20. According to “7 Rings” what are some of Ariana Grande’s favorite things?
21. What one specific thing do the bands the Fluid, the Melvins and the Jesus Lizard all have in common?
22. True or false: every member of the Strokes has released a solo album.
23. Buju Banton, Louis Farrakhan and Ramadan are all mentioned in which Fugees song?
24. Based on the gameplay of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Revolution X is a 1994 video game “starring” which rock and roll band?
25. True or false: The chorus of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” originates from the signature chant of the African American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha?
26. Europe, Alabama, Boston, America, Kansas - which one of these bands was not formed in the place where they took their name from?
27. How many times has John Frusciante joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
28. The band Toto backs Michael Jackson on which song from his Thriller album?
29. Ravi Shankar has two successful musician daughters. Name them.
30. In 1997 Jimbo Mathus of the Squirrel Nut Zippers released an album titled “Play Songs for Rosetta” as a means to help raise funds for his childhood nanny, Rosetta. Who was Rosetta’s father?
