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1. On Dire Straits' hit "Money For Nothing", who sang the opening lyrics, "I want my MTV...", sang backup to Mark Knopfler for the rest of the song, and co-wrote the song with Knopfler?
2. Guitar virtuosi Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, and Tommy Bolin were all at some time members of what landmark classic British rock band?
3. What 1970s band from Los Angeles took its name from a sex toy in the William S. Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch"?
4. In what well-known song by the Doors does keyboardist Ray Manzarek briefly quote the song "Carol of the Bells"?
5. What was the last Beatles song to reach number one on the US Billboard Top 40 pop charts?
6. Who played piano on the original recording of the famed 1964 Shangri-Las' hit "Leader of the Pack"?
7. What 1970s mellow-rock singer was the subject of Roberta Flack's hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song"?
8. What was the final album for The Who on which drummer Keith Moon appeared?
9. With whom of the following did Stevie Nicks never do a duet?
10. What 1980s supergroup featured rock superstars Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Robert Plant?
11. Rick Derringer, of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" fame, was the lead singer of what pop-rock band who scored one huge hit and two minor hits in the early 1960s?
12. The Led Zeppelin folk ballad "The Battle of Evermore", from their fourth album, was a duet featuring Robert Plant with what female folk vocal legend?
13. It has been widely agreed that "the jester" in the lyrics of Don McLean's hit "American Pie" referred to whom?
14. Who was the second-to-last act of Woodstock '69, directly preceding Jimi Hendrix' historic performance?
15. On a 1966 album recorded under their original name, the record company printed a phrase on the cover in order to try to imply to record buyers that the band pictured might be the Beatles. Though they weren't, the phrase stuck as their name, and they went on to a successful career. Who is this band in question?
16. What solid color was the cover of Spinal Tap's album "This Is Spinal Tap"?
17. What seminal art-rock band has had two of its drummers also play for Yes and Mr. Mister, and has had two of its bassists play for Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and Peter Gabriel's band?
18. What was the famed nickname of the 1959 Gibson ES335 guitar played by quick-fingered Alvin Lee as a member of Ten Years After?
19. "Jesus is Just Alright" was made a hit by the Doobie Brothers in 1972. But what very influential folk-rock band first brought this gospel classic into the annals of rock, in 1969?
20. Jack Bruce, former bassist for Cream, played bass on the title track of what landmark 1974 Frank Zappa album?
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