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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #137- 10/8/03

Big Ten: Wolverines

Answers

1. Of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, or Florence Ballard, which was not born in Michigan?: Mary Wilson
2. Al Green is identified today with Memphis, but he was living in what Michigan city when he began his career?
: Grand Rapids
3. What was Anita Baker's first Top Forty hit, from 1986?:
"Sweet Love"
4. Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" is used in commercials for what Michigan product?
: Chevy Trucks
5. What would you find at 2468 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit?
: Motown headquarters (now a museum)
6. According to Gordon Lightfoot, where is the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral?
: Detroit
7. In the same song, Lightfoot claims the Edmund Fitzgerald would have made which body of Michigan water had they put fifteen more miles behind them?
: Whitefish Bay (on Lake Superior)
8. She was born in Bay City, grew up in Rochester, went to college in Ann Arbor and is still going strong today after twenty years in the business. Who is she?
: Madonna
9. This Flint band's biggest hits were "We're an American Band" and a remake of "The Loco-Motion."
: Grand Funk Railroad
10. The Queen of Soul. 'Nuff said.
: Aretha Franklin
11. What is the Spinners' only Number One hit, from 1974?
: "Then Came You" (with Dionne Warwick)
12. The lead character in Simon and Garfunkel's "America" began his trip in which Michigan city?
: Saginaw
13. This guitarist and hunting advocate first did the "Wango Tango" in Detroit in 1948. Who is he?
: Ted Nugent
14. Which Ypsilanti-born singer was the leader of the Stooges before he worked with David Bowie?
: Iggy Pop
15. Which Bob Seger hit from 1983 mentions Mackinaw City?
: "Roll Me Away"
16. He was born Charles Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, in 1934. By what name did we know this "Runaway" by?
: Del Shannon
17. The Bay City Rollers named themselves after the Michigan town, but they weren't from Michigan. Where were they from?
: Scotland

Bonus: What did Keith Moon of the Who do at a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan, in 1968?: Drove a car into the pool

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