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Gimme Shelter Trivia Quiz

This documentary of the Rolling Stones by the Maysles brothers is considered by many as the best rock film ever.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,235

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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462

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who shared directing credit with the Maysles? Hint

Charlotte Zwerin

Errol Morris

Frederic Wiseman

Martin Scorsese

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Question 2 of 15

2. What are the first words of the film? Hint

'Are we ready?'

'Hey dudes, let's party!'

'Get yer ya-yas out!'

'Roll, Stones,roll!'

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Question 3 of 15

3. Where do we first see the Stones perform in the film? Hint

Philadelphia Spectrum

Shea Stadium

Wrigley Field

Madison Square Garden

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is the first Stones song to be played? Hint

'Jumping Jack Flash'

'Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown'

'Paint It Black'

'Angie'

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Question 5 of 15

5. What astrological sign is Mick Jagger wearing on his T-shirt when he performs the first song in the film? Hint

Leo

Taurus

Aries

Pisces

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who played with the Stones when we first saw them? Hint

The Monkees

The Cowsills

The Beach Boys

Ike and Tina Turner

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Question 7 of 15

7. The Stones planned a free concert to round out their tour. Where did they ultimately hold it? Hint

Hollywood Bowl

Filmore Theatre

Altamont Speedway

Whiskey-A-Go-Go

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who is the lawyer neogotiating the deal? Hint

Melvin Belli

Clarence Darrow

Alan Dershowitz

Atticus Finch

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Question 9 of 15

9. What notorious motorcycle gang did the Stones hire as bodyguards? Hint

Black Rebels

The T-Birds

The Beetles

Hell's Angels

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Question 10 of 15

10. What band, played with the Stones, sang 'Six Days On The Road'? Hint

Santana

Flying Burritos Brothers

Grateful Dead

Sugarloaf

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Question 11 of 15

11. True or false: Jefferson Starship played with the Stones.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. When did the concert take place? Hint

December 30, 1969

October 31, 1969

July 4th, 1969

December 6th, 1969

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Question 13 of 15

13. What happened when the Stones played? Hint

Mick Jagger lost his voice

a hippie was strangled

a black man was stabbed to death

thirty hippies overdosed

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Question 14 of 15

14. What did the Stones play when it happened? Hint

'Street Fighting Man'

'Gimme Shelter'

'Under My Thumb'

'Sympathy For The Devil'

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Question 15 of 15

15. The film was released the year after the concert, true or false?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who shared directing credit with the Maysles?

Answer: Charlotte Zwerin

Wiseman and Morris make other types of documentaries and Scorsese worked on 'Woodstock' and later made 'The Last Waltz'.

2. What are the first words of the film?

Answer: 'Are we ready?'

They are spoken by Sam Cutler, the Stones' road manager.

3. Where do we first see the Stones perform in the film?

Answer: Madison Square Garden

The Stones were on the last leg of their 1969 tour.

4. What is the first Stones song to be played?

Answer: 'Jumping Jack Flash'

One of the Stones' best loved songs. 'Angie' didn't come out until 1973!

5. What astrological sign is Mick Jagger wearing on his T-shirt when he performs the first song in the film?

Answer: Leo

His own sign, as he was born July 26, 1943.

6. Who played with the Stones when we first saw them?

Answer: Ike and Tina Turner

Yeah, like any of those guys would play with the Stones! The Turners played 'I've Been Loving You Too Long'. Tina later divorced his abusive husband and found sucess on her own. She's also starred in 'Tommy' and 'Mad Max:Beyond Thunderdome'.

7. The Stones planned a free concert to round out their tour. Where did they ultimately hold it?

Answer: Altamont Speedway

Just outside of San Francisco, it would soon be the site of one of the most tragic crimes of the 60's.

8. Who is the lawyer neogotiating the deal?

Answer: Melvin Belli

Belli was one of the 60's most sucessful lawyers.

9. What notorious motorcycle gang did the Stones hire as bodyguards?

Answer: Hell's Angels

The Angels have become legends in their own time. The 'Rebels' and 'Beetles' were the rival gangs in 'The Wild One', the 'T-Birds' were in 'Grease'.

10. What band, played with the Stones, sang 'Six Days On The Road'?

Answer: Flying Burritos Brothers

The Brothers are hardly remembered today. The Dead and Santana have built their own {followings;} Sugarloaf's big hit was 'Green-Eyed Lady'.

11. True or false: Jefferson Starship played with the Stones.

Answer: false

It was Jefferson AIRPLANE back {then;} it became Starship in the eighties.

12. When did the concert take place?

Answer: December 6th, 1969

The day before Pearl Harbor day, in a year filled with memorable events, capped by the landing on the moon.

13. What happened when the Stones played?

Answer: a black man was stabbed to death

Meredith Hunter, a young black man in loud green clothes and armed with a pistol, was fatally stabbed by a Hell's Angel. Mick kept his voice throughout, but was hit in the face by a crazed young man.

14. What did the Stones play when it happened?

Answer: 'Under My Thumb'

'Gimme Shelter', the title number, wasn't played until the very end of the film.

15. The film was released the year after the concert, true or false?

Answer: true

It was released in 1970.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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