A Rumblin' in the Land Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fortunate Son

John Fogerty wrote "Fortunate Son" about the hypocritical nature of people who spoke in support of war and patriotism but looked for ways to exempt themselves or their family members from serving in the military.

Answer: Gallipoli

Eric Bogle wrote the song in 1971 about a young Australian who was recruited into his country's army in 1915. The soldier was sent to Turkey where the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was badly defeated at Sulva Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula. Years later, the soldier, having lost both legs in the battle, reminisced while watching an ANZAC Day parade: "The young people ask 'what are they marching for', and I ask myself the same question".

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan's three-verse song "Blowin' in the Wind" was recorded in 1962 and released in 1963. Its rhetorical nature asked seemingly simple, yet actually complex, questions about freedom and war, subjects often sung about by Dylan's hero, Woody Guthrie. Though it raised awareness of Dylan as a writer and singer, it was Peter, Paul and Mary's version of the song which was the real hit record and further propelled Dylan into the spotlight.

Answer: The Rising of the Moon

The 1798 uprising of United Irish rebels against The Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain was crushed with somewhere between ten-thousand and fifty-thousand rebels and civilians killed. The song called for men to gather at a secret place in preparation for battle with their pikes (a long pole with a metal spike on the end) on their shoulders at moonrise (to fight against soldiers armed with guns). "The Rising of the Moon" was written circa 1865 to provide inspiration for those who would engage in the Fenian Rising of 1867; those rebels were also beaten by the British.

Answer: Phil Ochs

You rarely had to interpret Phil Ochs' lyrics, he usually said what he thought. "I Ain't Marching Anymore" was a look at the history of wars in the United States and what Ochs considered the folly of it. Released in 1965, it was considered his signature song.

Answer: Tom Paxton

From his 1964 album "Ramblin' Boy", Tom Paxton's "A Rumblin' in the Land" took a look at the downtrodden, the cheated, those put out of work by technological advances. It echoed themes in songs by Woody Guthrie and the writings of John Steinbeck from the 1930s, brought up to date with 1960s issues.

Answer: The Kandyan Wars

The song is in reference to the Kandyan Wars between Britain and the Kingdom of Kandy in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) between 1796 and 1818. In the song, Johnny the soldier returned home to Ireland with an eye and both arms and legs missing to be seen by his former lover who uttered the title of the song.

Answer: Barry McGuire

Los Angeles recording session guitarist P.F. Sloan wrote "Eve of Destruction" in July, 1965. Critical of war, civil unrest and racial injustice, the song was recorded with Barry McGuire singing the lyrics. Supposed to be an initial version of the song with a more polished one to follow, someone gave a copy of the record to a disc jockey who started playing it right away.

It became a number one song on the "Billboard Hot 100". The song had originally been offered to The Byrds, who rejected it.

Answer: The Revolution Will Not be Televised

Credited as being influential to the beginnings of Hip Hop, "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" was on Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 1970 and released as the B-side of a 1971 song of his, "Home Is Where the Hatred Is". It dealt with the media being controlled by white corporations and the need for people to decide they want change to take place before it can happen.

Answer: Universal Soldier

"Universal Soldier" was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie as a protest about men going to war simply because that was the way it had been done for centuries and urged them to think for themselves instead of readily killing each other. The song found great popularity when Donovan recorded it in 1965 and made a hit record of it.