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2 Devo quizzes and 20 Devo trivia questions.
1.
  Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a general knowledge quiz about DEVO, enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, gamemaker, May 14 03
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  Lyrics by Devo    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Spudboys and spudettes! Can you match these devolved lyrics to the correct Devo song titles?
Tough, 10 Qns, DanPotato, May 14 03
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DanPotato
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Devo Trivia Questions
1. 'Wash your hands three times a day, always do what your Mommy does say.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Praying Hands'

From 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'

2. What does DEVO mean?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: de-evolution of mankind

They observed what was going on in society around them and declared it de-evolution.

3. 'Afraid nobody around here understands my potato.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Smart Patrol'

From 'Duty Now for the Future.'

4. Where did the band come from?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: Akron, Ohio

They formed in 1973 playing around their homestate the first couple of years.

5. 'If I had a tiny microphone hidden in my heart it would amplify my love for you.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'The Words Get Stuck In My Throat'

Live favourite, also released on the anthology, 'Pioneers Who Got Scalped.'

6. Who was the original drummer for the group?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: Jim Mothersbaugh

Jim played with DEVO from 1974-76, all of the others played drums for DEVO in later years.

7. 'What's round on the ends, high in the middle? O-Hi-O!'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Jocko Homo'

This lyric was on early versions, e.g. on 'Hardcore Devo Vol. 1.'

8. What are the names of the original drummer's 2 brothers who were also in DEVO?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: Mark and Bob

Mark Mothersbaugh sang and played keyboards while Bob (Bob 1) Mothersbaugh played guitar. Jerry and Bob (Bob 2) Casale were the other two brothers in the group.

9. 'They say the fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Wiggly World'

From 'Duty Now For the Future.'

10. What was the name of the first album released by DEVO in 1978?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!'

All of the others were follow up albums.

11. 'Gotta painful swelling brain banging in my head.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'S.I.B.'

AKA 'Swelling Itching Brain' from 'Duty Now for the Future.'

12. Which year did 'Whip It' come out in?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: 1980

It made it to number 14 for 15 weeks.

13. 'None of you would help me when I baked my bread. Now all of you would help me eat it.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Enough Said'

From 'New Traditionalists.'

14. Complete the lyrics: 'We're through being cool,____________'

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: eliminate the ninnies and the twits

Lyrics from the song 'Through Being Cool', all the other lyrics are from 'Gates of Steel'.

15. 'I'm your doctor, and here's the bill.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Speed Racer'

From 'Oh, no! It's Devo.'

16. Who is the leader of the Devolutionary Army?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: General Boy

On video, General Boy was portrayed by another Mothersbaugh, Robert L. Mothersbaugh, Sr.

17. 'My Mommy didn't hold me when I was young. She didn't give me breast, and went insane.'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Chango'

From 'Hardcore Devo Vol. 2.'

18. What did DEVO refer to themselves as?

From Quiz Oh No, It's a DEVO Quiz

Answer: spuds

They thought of themselves as a band of nerds or as they called themselves, spuds.

19. 'Love is all around us, love is what is does. Sometimes it hurts. Does that strike you rather strangely?'

From Quiz Lyrics by Devo

Answer: 'Please Please'

From 'Shout.'

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