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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #16 - 6/13/01

There Ain't No Bugs On Me

Answers

1. What song's first line is "You're sweet as a honey bee"? "It's the Same Old Song" by the Four Tops (later covered by KC and the Sunshine Band)
2. "Flea" is the bass player for what band?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. And speaking of bass players who go by one name, who was that person for The Police?
Sting
4. Who had a number 2 hit in 1961 with "The Boll Weevil Song?"
Brook Benton
5. This instrumental group, later immortalized in a Kinks song, recorded "Beatnik Fly" in 1960. Who were they?
Johnny and the Hurricanes
6. What was Jewel Akens' only chart hit?
The Birds and the Bees
7. Similarly, what was Bob Lind's only chart hit?
Elusive Butterfly
8. What was the name of the band who visited Gilligan's Island?
The Mosquitos
9. Curtis Mayfield did the score to this blaxploitation movie, starring Ron O'Neal.
Super Fly
10. B. Bumble and the Stingers' "Bumble Boogie" was a novelty version of music by what Russian composer?
Rimsky-Korsakov
11. The title song of what rock musical described "A home for the fleas/A hive for the buzzin' bees/A nest for birds?"
Hair
12. This was a number 14 hit for Billie and Lillie in 1959.
Lucky Ladybug (no, I've never heard it either)
13. What was Buddy Holly and the Crickets' first hit, in 1957?
That'll Be The Day
14. And what British band named themselves partially in honor of the Crickets?
The Beatles
15. Did Chubby Checker ever have a dance hit with "The Fly?"
Yes
16. Her biggest hit was "The End of the World."
Skeeter Davis
17. According to the Ohio Players, who lives "six feet down" and "only comes around when he wants to get down"?
Funky Worm

Bonus: On their children's album 'Not for Kids Only,' who recorded the song that titles this quiz?: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman

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