Classic Tunes Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas is a successful rock and roll musician from Canada. He says his inspiration for the song 'Pilot' came from his view of Big Brother and the subject of global warming. He went on to record many other great hits.

Answer: Queen

Freddy was born Farrokh Bulsara, (September 5, 1946, in Stone Town, Zanzibar, now in Tansania, -died November 24, 1991, Kensington, London, England. The new front-man for Queen, Adam Lambert, says he can never replace Freddie Mercury. Adam was an "American Idol" runner-up.

Answer: Hootie and the Blowfish

"Hootie" was the nickname of a guy named Ervin Harris, and "Blowfish" was what they called Donald Feaster. Both were friends of Darius Rucker and sang in the Carolina Alive choir with him.

Answer: Split Enz

This band started life in 1971 at the Auckland University, where Tim Finn met up with (old friend) Mike Chunn, Robert Gillies, Philip Judd and Noel Crombie. In 1972 they formed a band called the Split Ends. The spelling was later changed to Split Enz when they went on their first trip to Australia, to signify their New Zealand roots.

Answer: Stevie Wonder

Contrary to popular belief Stevie wasn't born blind, but became so at six weeks old because he was put in an incubator containing too much oxygen which caused the condition retinopathy of prematurity. ROP is when the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, resulting in blindness. He never let that stop him from doing anything!

Answer: Eddie Money

Edward Joseph Mahoney was born in Brooklyn, New York City on March 21, 1949. In 1968, Money moved to Berkeley, California. There he took on the stage name Eddie Money, dropping a few letters from his name and joked about the fact that he was always broke!

Answer: Little River Band

Little River Band (LRB) was formed in Melbourne in 1975 and named after seeing a Little River road sign on the way to Geelong. They were huge in Australia but also the first Australian rock band to make it in the United States, scoring 13 American Top 40 hits, selling more than 25 million records.

Answer: Paul Simon

"Slip Sliding Away" tells what can happen if we don't live deliberately. Drifting is just existing, coasting along without purpose or direction. Even if we have a desire, dream or purpose, we spend most of our time not working towards our dreams.

Answer: Ozzy Osborne

A 17 year old fan, Mark Neal, took a gift for Ozzy Osborne: a bat. Why, you ask? He heard tale about Ozzy reportedly biting the head off two live doves during a meeting gone wrong with record executives So Neal threw the bat onto the stage during the show. The rest is history.

Answer: Steely Dan

Steely Dan is the name of a sex toy, named Steely Dan III from Yokohama. Steely Dan got the inspiration for their band name in the pages of William S.Burroughs's novel 'Naked Lunch'. I always find it interesting on how bands come up with their names.