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Quiz about Urban Legends Music
Quiz about Urban Legends Music

Urban Legends: Music Trivia Quiz


From secret messages in album covers to the psychotic episodes of musicians, the music industry is ripe for stories. How well do you know these musical legends?

A multiple-choice quiz by czolgolz. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
czolgolz
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
236,336
Updated
Mar 31 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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3752
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. We've all seen ghoulish Marilyn Manson, with his strange makeup and demonic persona. But according to legend, what horrifying thing happened at one of his concerts? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Speaking of animal cruelty, did Ozzy Osbourne really bite the head off a real bat during a concert?


Question 3 of 10
3. True or false-- Van Halen concert riders (the contract outlining what equipment, services, and catering will be required for a show) contained a clause that the band was to be provided with a bowl of M&M candies...with the brown ones taken out.


Question 4 of 10
4. Some of those musicians die ignoble deaths. From Buddy Holly's plane crash, to Elvis' bathroom overdose, to John Bonham choking to death on his own vomit...hey, the industry isn't pretty. But when "Mama" Cass Eliot died in 1974, a rumor started that she was killed in a very unusual manner. How? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Sometimes, fans like to believe that they see secret messages on the covers of record albums. According to a 1969 rumor, secret messages on album covers revealed that which Beatle had died in 1966? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. According to rumors, the UPC code on a Michael Jackson album reveals his personal phone number. Which album? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Some songs have hidden meanings, or so we would like to believe. The meaning of Led Zeppelin's "Squeeze My Lemon" is fairly obvious, but some are more subtle. According to rumor, which song is about the singer's friend who drowned, and the man who could have saved him, but didn't? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Here's a good one: according to rumor, which band did Charles Manson once audition for? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Musicians often seem to be out of touch with society, if not reality. Which singer allegedly said "When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff" in 1996? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. According to legend, Grand Funk Railroad was playing in a seedy bar. A heckler constantly booed them until one of the members challenged him to do better. The heckler accepted the challenge and blew the audience away with his guitar skills. Who was it? Hint



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1. We've all seen ghoulish Marilyn Manson, with his strange makeup and demonic persona. But according to legend, what horrifying thing happened at one of his concerts?

Answer: Manson threw an adorable puppy in the crowd and announced he would not start the show until they stomped it to death

According to the legend, Manson would throw a puppy or a bag of kittens into the audience and demand they be killed. This goes along with his 'evil incarnate' image, but it never happened. The ASPCA wouldn't stand for it. This legend is sometimes told about Ozzy Osbourne or Alice Cooper.

Other Marilyn Manson rumors are that he used to play the nerdy character Paul on TV's "The Wonder Years"; that he was a nice Christian boy until he was shunned by a church youth group; and that he's had several ribs removed so he can perform unnatural physical acts.
2. Speaking of animal cruelty, did Ozzy Osbourne really bite the head off a real bat during a concert?

Answer: Yes

At a 1982 concert, someone threw what appeared to be a rubber toy bat on stage. Ozzy grabbed it and bit the head off, only to realize it was real. He had to endure a series of rabies shots. The incident also gained him a reputation for eating live animals...not a bad image for a shock rocker.
3. True or false-- Van Halen concert riders (the contract outlining what equipment, services, and catering will be required for a show) contained a clause that the band was to be provided with a bowl of M&M candies...with the brown ones taken out.

Answer: True

True. Why? The band was tired of promoters not reading the rider carefully, and therefore not providing the correct electrical outlets, stage specs, etc. The M&M clause was inserted, so that if brown candies were found, the band would know the promoter had not read the contract.

At a concert in Pueblo, Colorado, David Lee Roth trashed a dressing room upon finding the candy contract had been breached. His antics cost twelve thousand dollars. However, because the promoters had ignored the stage specs as well, the stage sank through the arena's floor, causing eighty thousand dollars worth of damage. The story tellers often credit Van Halen's backstage fit with causing the entire bill.
4. Some of those musicians die ignoble deaths. From Buddy Holly's plane crash, to Elvis' bathroom overdose, to John Bonham choking to death on his own vomit...hey, the industry isn't pretty. But when "Mama" Cass Eliot died in 1974, a rumor started that she was killed in a very unusual manner. How?

Answer: She choked to death on a ham sandwich

When "Mama" Cass (of The Mamas and the Papas) died, both the 'New York Times' and 'Rolling Stone' listed the cause of death as choking on a sandwich. In reality, the overweight Cass died of heart failure. This rumor was mentioned in the 1997 film, "Austin Powers".

Another untrue rumor was that Cass was pregnant by John Lennon at the time of her death.
5. Sometimes, fans like to believe that they see secret messages on the covers of record albums. According to a 1969 rumor, secret messages on album covers revealed that which Beatle had died in 1966?

Answer: Paul McCartney

According to the rumor, Paul had died in a 1966 auto accident and was replaced with a double. The 'clues' are too numerous to list here, but some of the more famous ones include:

On the cover of "Sergeant Pepper" we see a grave in the shape of a left-handed guitar...Paul was left handed. On the back of the album, Paul is wearing a badge that says 'OPD': Officially Pronounced Dead (It really said 'OPP', Ontario Provencial Police). If you hold a mirror across the drum, it says 'HE DIE'.

On the cover of "Abbey Road", the Beatles are in symbolic funeral dress: John is the minister, Ringo is the undertaker, George is the gravedigger, and Paul is the corpse. Paul is walking out of step with the other Beatles. The license on the VW says '28 IF'...Paul would have been 28, if he'd not died.

At the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever", you supposedly can hear John say "I buried Paul."

Entire books have been written about this, but as of 2006 Paul is alive and well.
6. According to rumors, the UPC code on a Michael Jackson album reveals his personal phone number. Which album?

Answer: Thriller

Fans thought that if they dialed the seven digit number on the UPC code, they'd reach the Gloved One (they had to guess the area code). Though the rumor was not true, the believers were persistent, as people who happened to have that phone number soon learned.
7. Some songs have hidden meanings, or so we would like to believe. The meaning of Led Zeppelin's "Squeeze My Lemon" is fairly obvious, but some are more subtle. According to rumor, which song is about the singer's friend who drowned, and the man who could have saved him, but didn't?

Answer: Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight"

The rumor tells us that Collins witnessed a close friend drown, as he stood on a cliff, too far away to help. There was, however, another man nearby, someone who could have saved the friend but didn't. Collins tracked the man down, anonymously sent him front row tickets to his concert, then played "In the Air Tonight" while the spotlight shone on the guilty man. The story ends with the man either breaking down crying, being arrested, or killing himself.

In some versions, the man has committed a crime, such as the rape or murder of Collins' wife. Eminem's song "Stan" mentions this rumor.
8. Here's a good one: according to rumor, which band did Charles Manson once audition for?

Answer: The Monkees

It's funny, but not true. The Monkees auditions were in 1965, when Manson was in prison for parole violation. He was not released until 1967, when the band had already formed.

Manson did live with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys for a bit, but was not part of the band.
9. Musicians often seem to be out of touch with society, if not reality. Which singer allegedly said "When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff" in 1996?

Answer: Mariah Carey

She never actually said this. Another untrue Mariah Carey rumor has her being informed of the death of King Hussein of Jordan. She responds by mourning the loss of one of the greatest basketball players of all times, obviously thinking of Michael Jordan.
10. According to legend, Grand Funk Railroad was playing in a seedy bar. A heckler constantly booed them until one of the members challenged him to do better. The heckler accepted the challenge and blew the audience away with his guitar skills. Who was it?

Answer: Eric Clapton

This never happened; it's doubtful Clapton would have been that rude at any rate. This story is sometimes told about a terrible stand up comic; when he challenges the heckler to do better, he's upstaged by Robin Williams or Eddie Murphy.

Thanks for playing. I got most of my info from www.snopes.com/music/, the books "Rumor" and "More Rumor" by Hal Morgan and Kerry Tucker, "Urban Legends" by Richard Roeper, the works of Jan Harold Brumvand, and the brother of my wife's sister's best friend's landlord.
Source: Author czolgolz

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