From The Beginning
Toward the beginning of the creation of the planet, all of the continents were connected in one giant mass. What is this mass called?
Pangea
Why did the Beatles eventually stop touring?
Their popularity made it unsafe for them to travel, many places did not want them to come there.
The Beach Boys knew each other because...
They were brothers
The Who were always a memorable band to see live because they were known for doing this at the end of their shows....
Smashing their equipment
Two companies tried to market dolls to the male market in the early 1960s. Name one of these dolls (bonus 100 points if you can name both)
Ken by Matel, and G.I. Joe by Hasbro
The process of bringing goods to Africa, slaves to the Caribbean, and molasses, sugar, and rum back to Europe is known as this...
The great slave triangle
This Indian instrument was first made popular in Rock and Roll by the Beatles
The Sitar
The Beach Boys originally started out with this name...
The Pendeltons
This man is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
These two made for TV specials were produced in the 1060s and many of you will be seeing them in the near future. Name one (bonus 200 if you can name both)
Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch
How did an insect aid in the creation of Rock & Roll?
The boll Weevil forced many of the former slaves in the South, Northward.
In 1966 John Lennon made this comment in an interview, causing mobs to protest the Beatles and burn their albums and merchandise
He said the band was more popular than Jesus
Beach Boys songs were almost always about one of these 3 topics, name 2 (bonus 300 points if you name all 3)
Surfing, Cars, Girls
The first time The Who played on live television in the United States was a very memorable performance, why?
Keith Moon packed his drum set with explosives and detonated it
This man was elected the 35th president of the United States in 1961
John F Kennedy
Why did many former slaves move Northward in the early 1900s?
Looking for work, particularly in the factories.
Yoko Ono
Name one beach boys song (Bonus 400 if you can name three)
Beach Boys Songs:
This band was almost exactly like the Beatles, and their heartthrob lead singer was the cover boy of the first Tiger Beat Magazine
The Monkees
This showdown between two major world nuclear powers caused many members of society to feel the earth was going to end with nuclear destruction. What is this even called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was at the center for the start of World War I. What did he do to help start this war?
He was assassinated
The song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, was thought to be a song about the drug acid (LSD) in actuality it was written about this...
A drawing that John Lennons son had made in Kindergarten
This movie released in 1957 started the surfer craze in the United States....
Gidget
The famous rock opera "Tommy" by The Who, involved a main character that could not hear, see or speak, but became a pinball champion. How did he play pinball?
He played by sense of smell
On August 13th 1961, this structure turned one city into two countries
The Berlin Wall