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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #97 - 1/1/03

1968 - 35 Years Ago

Answers

1. What very long Beatles song was Number 1 for nine weeks in the fall of 1968?: "Hey Jude"
2. This trio, led by Eric Clapton on guitar, broke up and played one final "goodbye" tour in 1968.
: Cream
3. Tommy James and the Shondells had a hit with this song in 1968, which was later covered memorably by Billy Idol.
: "Mony Mony"
4. According to Manfred Mann (and Bob Dylan), when who "gets here, everybody's gonna want a dose"?
: Quinn the Eskimo
5. "Mama Said Knock You Out" when this rapper was born on January 14, 1968.
: L L Cool J
6. What song from the fall of 1968 by Welsh artist Mary Hopkin, was based on a Russian folk song?
: "Those Were The Days"
7. "People Got To Be Free" was a Number 1 hit in 1968 for what band?
: The Rascals
8. This "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" opened on Broadway in April 1968.
: "Hair"
9. "Cryptical Envelopment," "Quadlibet for Tenderfeet," "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks," and "New Potato Caboose" were songs included on what Grateful Dead album, released in 1968?
: Anthem of the Sun
10. He asked "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" in 1956; he died at age twenty-five in 1968. Who was he?
: Frankie Lymon
11. "Music From Big Pink," released in August 1968, was the debut album for what group?
: The Band
12. What was unusual about Herb Alpert's hit "This Guy's In Love With You?"
: Instead of playing the trumpet, he sang
13. Its title was "The Beatles," but what does everyone call this 1968 release?
: The White Album
14. What two cities did O.C. Smith rhyme with "little green apples?"
: Minneapolis and Indianapolis
15. She wondered "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" years after her birth on April 5, 1968.
: Paula Cole
16. Speaking of cowboys, Hugh Montenegro had a Top Five hit with this theme from a cowboy movie.
: "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"
17. The Number 1 R&B song in both the first and last weeks of 1968 was the same, recorded by different artists. In January, it was by Gladys Knight and the Pips; in December, it was by Marvin Gaye. What is the song?
: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Bonus: Her father was a King who liked to go to Las Vegas. Her second husband was a King, and her third husband is famous for Leaving Las Vegas. She was born on February 1, 1968. Who is she?: Lisa Marie Presley

Super Bonus: This very fast hit for Cliff Nobles & Co. was actually the instrumental track of another song with the vocals removed. If you were in a school band in the '70s, I guarantee you played this at one point or another. What is it?: "The Horse"

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