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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #359 - 1/9/08

1968 - 40 Years Ago

Answers

1. This Rolling Stones album that includes "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" was released in December 1968.: Beggar's Banquet
2. After Martin Luther King's assassination in April 1968, what singer appeared on national television to try to calm the public?
: James Brown
3. What baseball player was mentioned in the lyrics to "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel?
: Joe DiMaggio
4. "Crown of Creation," released in 1968, was the fourth album for what band?
: Jefferson Airplane
5. This seventeen minute, ten second song by Iron Butterfly was originally titled "In the Garden of Eden."
: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
6. This Australian singer and actress famous for her hit "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," was born on May 28, 1968.
: Kylie Minogue
7. This Supremes hit from the fall of 1968 told the story of a woman who didn't want to have a child out of wedlock.
: "Love Child"
8. In February 1968, the Beatles, Donovan, and Mike Love of the Beach Boys traveled to meet the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in what country?
: India
9. Who joined the Grateful Dead in 1968?
: Mickey Hart
10. Tiny Tim tiptoed through what kind of flowers in 1968?
: Tulips
11. They invited us to "Dance To The Music" in 1968.
: Sly and the Family Stone
12. What instrumental hit by Paul Mauriat was Number One for four weeks in February and March 1968?
: "Love Is Blue"
13. What 1968 song mentions Carmen and the Devil, Old Luke, and Crazy Chester?
: "The Weight" by The Band
14. This singer began "Building A Mystery" on January 28, 1968, in Nova Scotia.
: Sarah McLachlan
15. Otis Redding had a posthumous Number One hit with what song for four weeks in 1968?
: "(Sittin' on) The Dock Of The Bay"
16. What performer had great success with his "Comeback Special" that aired on December 3, 1968?
: Elvis Presley
17.What Beatles album was the Number One album in the United States for all of January and February 1968?
: Magical Mystery Tour

Bonus: Which two members of Wilson Phillips were born in 1968?: Chynna Phillips and Carnie Wilson

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