Doo
Wop 30 Oldies Quiz
Thirty
great memories about music that caused our parents and teachers grief! Take the quiz and see how you score as a
true ''Oldies Fan.'' Write down your answers and check them against the answers at the end. (Answers Below)
Don't cheat, now ! 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)
Dick 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 are . . ... (a) Pete and Dick (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 (c)
The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock 2. (b) Blackboard Jungle 3. (a)
Angel 4. (c) Blueberry Hill 5. (a) Mr.
Sandman 6. (c) Sun 7. (b) Charlie Brown 8.
(a) Mac Heath 9. (c) Tutti Fruitti 10. (c)
Al an Freed 11. (a) Little Richard 12. (c) Annette
Funicello 13. (b) Don and Phil 14. (a) Jiles P. Richardson 15. (c)
Motown 16. (a) 77 Sunset Strip 17. (b) Sandra Dee 18.
(b) The Monotones 19. (b) Kissed 20. (c) Maybelline 21.
(b) Bully 22. (c) peepin' in a seafood store 23. (b) cause
there ain't no cure for the summertime blues 24. (a) Mr. Earl 25. (b) butt 26.
(c) ding a ling 27. (b) she's my baby 28. (a) right
here 29. (c) motorcycle boots 30. (c) Boney Maroney |