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100

Which singer is famously known for his songs "Ring of Fire" and "Walk the Line"?

a) Johnny Cash

b) Perry Como

c) Willie Nelson

d) Glen Campbell

a) Johnny Cash

100

What movie does Elvis Presley perform his song "Can't Help Falling in Love"?

a) Blue Hawaii

b) Jailhouse Rock

c) Viva Las Vegas

d) Follow That Dream

a) Blue Hawaii

100

This Motown girl group included Diana Ross as the lead singer.

a) The Marvelettes

b) The Crystals

c) The Ronettes

d) The Supremes

100

Somewhere over the __________

a) Moon

b) Rainbow

c) Hill

d) River

b) Rainbow

100

Who was the first woman singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987?

a) Billie Holiday

b) Aretha Franklin

c) Barbra Streisand

d) Ella Fitzgerald

b) Aretha Franklin

200

Which musician sang "Fly Me to the Moon" and "My Way" in 1960's?

a) Bing Crosby

b) Perry Como

c) Frank Sinatra

d) Johnny Cash

c) Frank Sinatra

200

Which movie is the song "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" performed by James Baskett?

a) Mary Poppins

b) Song of the South

c) Fun and Fancy Free

d) Melody Time

b) Song of the South

200

What duo sung "I Got You Babe" and later had a TV show?

a) Simon & Garfunkel

b) Sonny & Cher

c) The Everly Brothers

d) Elton John and Kiki Dee

b) Sonny & Cher

200

"I'm leaving on a jet plane..."

a) "From California to the New York Island"

b) "Going far away from you"

c) "To the place where I belong"

d) "Don't know when I'll be back again"

200

Which musician played the guitar upside down because he was left-handed and restrung his guitar to match?

a) George Harrison

b) Jimi Hendrix

c) Keith Richards

d) Eric Clapton

b) Jimi Hendrix

300

Which musician is nicknamed after his most famous song, "Piano Man"?

a) Elton John

b) Bobby Darin

c) Billy Joel

d) Jerry Lee Lewis

c) Billy Joel

300

What movie contains the song "Moon River" sung by Aubrey Hepburn?

a) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

b) Breakfast at Tiffany's

c) Tammy and the Bachelor

d) The Way We Were

b) Breakfast at Tiffany's

300

Which band was formed of the three Gibb brothers: Barry, Robin, Maurice?

a) The Everly Brothers

b) The Drifters

c) KC and the Sunshine Band

d) The Bee Gees

300

If you're going to __________ be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

a) San Francisco

b) San Bernadino

c) Santa Clarita

d) San Juan

a) San Francisco

300

In what year did the Woodstock Festival take place?

a) 1964

b) 1967

c) 1970

d) 1969

400

Which singer is known for their songs titled "All of Me", "Solitude", and "Me, myself, and I"?

a) Ella Fitzgerald

b) Nat King Cole

c) Etta James

d) Billie Holiday

400

What movie does actor John Travolta dance in, to the song "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees?

a) Grease

b) The Way We Were

c) Footloose

d) Saturday Night Fever

400

The band, the Beatles, is commonly known for their songs like "Let It Be" and "Yesterday". What member is missing from this group:

Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and _______

a) Michael Jackson

b) George Harrison

c) Paul Simon

d) Bobby Hendricks

b) George Harrison

400

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away..."

a) "Don't know if they will be here again"

b) "Tomorrow I'm looking for you again"

c) "Now it looks as though they are here to stay"

d) "Today, I think they are back again"

c) "Now it looks as though they are here to stay"

400

Which musician never wrote any of their own songs, yet was a major musical hit?

a) Elvis Presley

b) Nat King Cole

c) Bobby Darin

d) Johnny Cash

a) Elvis Presley

500

Which singer is known as the queen of soul and sang "Respect" and "Natural Woman"?

a) Diana Ross

b) Barbra Streisand

c) Patsy Cline

d) Aretha Franklin

500

Which movie contains the song "You're the One that I Want" performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John?

a) Footloose

b) Dirty Dancing

c) Grease

d) Saturday Night Fever

c) Grease

500

Which group was formerly known as Tom and Jerry in 1956?

a) The Eagles

b) The Temptations

c) Hollywood Flames

d) Simon & Garfunkel

500

"Raindrops keep falling on my head..."

a) "Living life in peace"

b) "But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red"

c) "And she's buying a stairway to heaven"

d) "Never let me go"

b) "But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red"

500

The Beatles last live performance was famously on this rooftop.

a) Schuyler Hotel

b) The Apple Corps Headquarters

c) 02 Arena

d) Buckingham Palace

b) The Apple Corps Headquarters

600

Which singer is commonly known for singing "She's a Lady", "It's Not Unusual", and "Delilah"?

a) Tom Jones

b) Bob Dylan

c) Ray Charles

d) Elton John

a) Tom Jones

600

Which movie contains the song "Put on your Sunday Clothes", sung by numerous actors such as Walter Matthau, Barbara Streisand, and Michael Crawford?

a) Gone with the Wind

b) Mary Poppins

c) Hello Dolly

d) Sound of Music

c) Hello Dolly

600

Which singing group was formerly known as The Quarrymen?

a) The Turtles

b) The Beatles

c) The Drifters

d) The Byrds

b) The Beatles

600

"Stop in the name of love..."

a) "Before you break my heart"

b) "Cause I love you too much"

c) "Stop! For I'm longing for you"

d) "Take it back"

a) "Before you break my heart"

600

Who was the first songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?

a) Bob Dylan

b) Bobby Darin

c) Johnny Cash

d) Perry Como

a) Bob Dylan