My First Trivia Quiz

I'll be the first to admit that I glean (read: blatantly steal) some of my blog ideas from other blogs. So in the spirit of Trivia Tuesday from Sean's Ramblings, I've decided to do one, and maybe two, trivia quizzes of my own. Since Sean probably has a copyright on "Trivia Tuesday", I'll just call mine "Trivia [InsertDayHere]". It's a little clumsy, but I think it has potential.

I've decided to do the quiz(zes) on things that interest me, of course, so this first one will be on music. You may not be interested. If not, don't play. If you do play, you should bear in mind that this is probably going to be weighted heavily toward my era, the late '60s and early '70s. I may throw in a little later stuff, but don't count on it.

As with Sean's quizzes, I'd appreciate it if you didn't just surf the web to find these answers.

Please feel free to enter your answers in the comments.

Here we go:

1) In the chorus of Donovan's song "Mellow Yellow", the words "quite right, Slick" are whispered. Who's doing the whispering there?

2) Speaking of Donovan, what famous actress is his daughter?

3) Speaking of famous daughters, who is Nora Jones' father?

4) What late sixties/early seventies group had 7 platinum albums without ever producing a #1 hit?

5) What artist has the most top-10 records for an artist who's never had a #1 hit? (not the same artist as 4)

6) In 1965, The Easybeats had a top-20 hit with "Friday On My Mind". It was the only top-40 hit they ever had. The guitarist for The Easybeats was the brother of two guys in an eighties hard rock group that's still performing today. Who was he and who are his brothers?

7) What's Alice Cooper's real name?

8) What's David Bowie's real name and why did he change it?

9) What famous novel was the basis of a rock opera written by David Bowie which was never produced because the estate of the author wouldn't grant permission?

10) What female dance singer was the only artist to produce 4 top-10 hits from an album that didn't even make it to the top 20?

11) Two songs have reached #1 on the charts, then been off the charts for 12 months or more, and then reached #1 again. What are they? (Hint: One of these is not actually a rock & roll song, but it did make #1 on the pop charts.)

12) Who played the steel guitar on Crosby, Still, Nash & Young's "Teach Your Children"?

13) Who was the first white group to record for Motown Records?

14) Where did Elton John & Bernie Taupin come up with the name "Levon"?

15) What garbled lyrics gave us the title "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?

16) What singer has had at least one top-10 hit in each of the last five decades, including this one?

17) What song hit #1 in 1964, but wasn't a certified million-seller for another 17 1/2 years?

18) What was the only group to have #1 singles on 4 different labels?

19) What do Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, The Spencer Davis Group and Manfred Mann's Earth Band all have in common?

20) Which duo had more hits than any other duo?

21) What name did Arnold Dorsey record under?

22) Who won the first Grammy in the "Heavy Metal" category? This may surprise you as much as it surprised the members of Metallica, who thought they were a cinch to win.

23) Which #1 hit boasts the longest title of any #1 hit (excluding multiple-song medleys)?

24) With 58 charted hits, 44 top-40 hits, and 26 top-10 hits, who is #3 in all-time hits after Elvis Presley and The Beatles?

25) In the '70s, there was an occasion in which a hit song, the album from which the song came, and the name of the artist were all the same. What was it?

26) What's unique about Led Zeppelin's most famous song, "Stairway To Heaven", among all of their other hits?

There's more, but that should be enough for now. Let's see if there's any response to this at all.

And it's been a long time since I said this, but thanks for reading my blog.