Rock'n'Roll

Name That Song

100

Sample 1

Elton John Rocket Man

200

Sample 2

David Bowie Life on Mars

300

Sample 3

Weird Al White and Nerdy

400

Sample 4

Ozzy Osbourne Mamma I'm Coming Home

500

Sample 5

Stevie Nicks Landslide

Finish Those Lyrics

100

Because Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Qui-Gon said, ___ ____ ____

___ _____ ___ _____ _____ _____ ____
I still will teach this boy

And Qui-Gon said, "Now listen here"
Just stick it in your pointy ear

200

This is Ground Control

 to Major Tom

 You've really made the grade And the papers want to know ____ _____ ____ _____

Now it's time to leave the capsule

 if you dare

And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

300

I got a freaky old lady name a Cocaine Katy
Who embroiders on my jeans
I got my ____ ____ _____ ______
Drivin' my limousine

I got my poor old gray-haired daddy

400

Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
You're gonna hear ____ ____
Solid ____ ___ _____

You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound

500

The light in the window is a crack in the sky
A stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye
A levee of tears to learn ___ _____ ___ ______ _____

A levee of tears to learn she'll never be coming back

Rock History

100

This artist/band has the first and most ever appearances on the cover of the Rolling Stones magazine. 

The Beatles/John Lennon

200

This decade is widely considered the start of Rock'n'Roll

1950's

300

This band was kicked out of their own party for the release of one of their albums. The reason - they tried to start a food fight. 

Nirvana

400

This instrument preceded the role of guitar in early rock

Saxophone

500

Freddie Mercury's original name

Farrokh Bulsara

Rock Industry

100

This iconic plastic allows micrometer-precision when pressed, allowing the direct storage of two analogue waveforms offset by 90 degrees. 

Vinyl 

200

This medium transmits analogue data by encoding the signal as a Fourier series over a carrier frequency. 

FM (radio)

300

This analogue effect often was created with physical springs or suspended metal plates being carefully placed around a recording studio or concert hall. 

Reverb

400

This medium was the first mass-produced digital recording medium, allowing for consumers to read or write their music at home

magnetic tape

500

What are the two conflicting line-level recording standard values?

+4dBu/-10dBv

Misc.

100

Paul McCartny was paid this ammount to perform in the 2012 London Olympics 

£1.00

200

This name was given after Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were part of the same plane crash

The Day the Music Died

300

This morbid club consists of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and many others.

the 27 club

400

This track was the first video played on MTV in 1981

Video Killed the Radio Star

500

This band performed a free concert for over 1.6 million people in the last days of the Soviet Union, considered by some to be one of the defining events leading to its downfall. 

Metallica