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  Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?   great trivia quiz  
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 15 Qns
Bob Seger's words and music captured the lives of ordinary Americans in the 1970s and 80s. See if you can take the start of some of his lyrics and finish them correctly.
Average, 15 Qns, d2407, Jan 15 05
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  Bob Seger - "Night Moves"   top quiz  
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 10 Qns
Classic rock and roll doesn't get any better than this.
Average, 10 Qns, steelman86, Dec 05 12
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  Bob Seger   popular trivia quiz  
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 10 Qns
This quiz is all about Bob Seger and his music. Have fun and I hope you enjoy it.
Tough, 10 Qns, mizlentz, Aug 29 13
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  Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years   best quiz  
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This quiz deals with Seger's pre-Silver Bullet time (1967-1974).
Tough, 10 Qns, wobby87, May 09 09
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trivia question Quick Question
What was the first album by the Bob Seger System?

From Quiz "Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years"





Bob Seger Trivia Questions
1. "Night Moves" was the breakthrough album for Seger. In what year was it released?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: 1976

The album "Night Moves" was released in October 1976. On the Billboard Top 200 album chart it peaked at number eight in the US. It remained on the album charts for 88 weeks. It was Seger's first platinum album. The record contains nine tracks.

2. What was the name of the Christmas single recorded by Bob Seger in 1967?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Sock It To Me, Santa

"The Little Drummer Boy" was with The Silver Bullet Band on "A Very Special Christmas" in 1987.

3. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "I woke last night to the sound of thunder"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "How far off I sat and wondered"

From "Night Moves," the 1976 song and album that put him on most people's maps.

4. What U.S. state does Bob call home?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Michigan

Born and bred. Still lives there too!

5. Which single from "Night Moves", released in December 1976, rose the highest on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Night Moves

"Night Moves" the song was the first single and the best performing single from the album, topping out at number four on Billboard's Hot 100 in the US. Rolling Stone named it as Best Single of the Year for 1977 and it was named as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At 5:25, it was the longest track on the record.

6. What band recorded with Seger for songs like "East Side Story" and "Persecution Smith?"

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: The Last Heard

Their single "Sock It To Me Santa" was a Detroit area hit.

7. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "He wants to dream like a young man With the wisdom of an old man"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea"

From 1975's "Beautiful Loser," a chorus of which ends "Where you gonna fall, when you realize you just can't have it all."

8. Bob has had several back up bands over the years. What is the name of his most famous back up band?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Silver Bullet

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.

9. What was the first album by the Bob Seger System?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

It contains the still popular song "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" as well as "2+2=?".

10. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "You remember Uncle Joe He was the one afraid to cut the cake"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "Who wants to tell poor Aunt Sarah, Joe's run off to Fire Lake"

From 1980's "Fire Lake." Has popular music ever had a more poignant "cry for help" than poor Uncle Joe and his unexplained issues with cakes? I think not!

11. What Seger song starts with 'On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha...'?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Turn the Page

A great song about being on the road.

12. "In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers I used to watch 'em through the glass Well I'd stand outside at closing time Just to see her walk on past". What is the title of this song from "Night Moves"?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Mainstreet

"Mainstreet" was the second single released from the record; it was released in 1977 and reached the number twenty-four spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. On the Canadian RPM Singles Chart it went to number one. Seger says it is about his youth and growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

13. What is the title of Bob Seger's acoustic album from 1971?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Brand New Morning

It was recorded 11 years before Bruce Springsteen's acoustic critical success "Nebraska."

14. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "To workers I'm just another drone"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "To Ma Bell I'm just another phone"

From "Feel Like a Number" from 1978.

15. Bob does a great rendition of 'I Am a Carpenter'. On what CD does that song appear?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Smokin' OPs

An early effort by Bob that is one on my favorites.

16. Two women are mentioned in the song "The Fire Down Below". What are their names?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Rosie and Nancy

"Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin right on time." While doing the research for the quiz I was surprised that "The Fire Down Below" and "Ship of Fools" had not been released as singles from the album, they both received a lot of air time on the radio during the late 1970s.

17. In an attempt to commercialize The Bob Seger System, the record company brought in a singer/songwriter and attempted to make him the voice of the band. Who was it?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Tom Neme

Dan, Pep and Bob were the consistent members of The Bob Seger System. Seger reportedly became so angry that he quit playing music for a year.

18. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "I'll pretend to be liberal but I'll still support the GOP"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "As part of the UMC"

From "U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)," a funny 1974 song included on his 1976 "Live Bullet" album.

19. Bob lent his song 'Like a Rock' to advertise what product?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Chevy trucks

Chevy trucks...like a rock.

20. The Silver Bullet Band received billing on the album cover but the entire band only backed up Seger for five of the nine songs. What is the name of the group that provided backup on the other four songs?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

"Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section" is featured on most of the second side of the album. The songs in which they were featured are "Sunspot Baby", "Mainstreet", "Come to Poppa" and "Ship of Fools". Drew Abbot of The Silver Bullet Band did play lead guitar on "Ship of Fools".

21. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "Once inside a woman's heart a man must keep his head"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "Heaven opens up the door where angels fear to tread"

The beautiful 1982 song "Shame on the Moon," actually written by Rodney Crowell.

22. In what U.S. city was 'Live Bullet' recorded?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Detroit

Detroit...home of the best rock and roll audiences in the world!

23. The third single released was "Rock and Roll Never _______", what is the missing word from the song title?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Forgets

The hard rocking "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number forty-one in the USA. This song was the first track from the album and a great choice for the lead in song.

24. What does the regional classic "2+2=?" protest?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Vietnam War

Capitol Records were against the idea, preferring "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" as the lead single.

25. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "We weren't lovers just brave strangers As we rolled and we tumbled through the night"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "We were players not arrangers, and we jammed till the dawn's early light"

The 1978 song "Brave Strangers," used for quite a while by 1980s college students to explain how they spent their evenings.

26. On 'Like a Rock' a song was added when it was put on CD. What song (originally sung by Creedence Clearwater Revival) was added?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Fortunate Son

Bob precedes his version by saying that Creedence is a band he has always loved. He does a great job on the song.

27. What actor was featured in the 1994 music video release of "Night Moves"?

From Quiz Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

Answer: Matt LeBlanc

Eighteen years after the original release of "Night Moves" the music video was released. It was directed by Wayne Isham, who had been directing music videos since 1985. Matt LeBlanc ("Friends") appeared in the video along with Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place"). The video is set in the 1960s at a drive-in movie.

28. "Smokin' O.P.'s" featured a trio with David Teegarden and Skip Knape. Seger played guitar and sang; what did Teegarden and Knape do?

From Quiz Bob Seger's Pre-Silver Bullet Years

Answer: Keyboards and Drums

They were known as STK for a very short time.

29. What words follow this Bob Seger lyric? "Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can"

From Quiz Feelin' Eager to Rhyme with Seger?

Answer: "All the same old cliches, 'Is that a woman or a man?'"

From "Turn the Page," the 1973 song about a singer struggling to make it on the road.

30. Bob has said in many interviews that he wrote 'Her Strut' about a famous American actress? Who?

From Quiz Bob Seger

Answer: Jane Fonda

He says she inspired him because she is such a strong woman.

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