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Elements # 3: Air Trivia Quiz

How does 60s and 70s rock music relate to air? Dig into the ol' memory and find out if you're an airhead with these questions ...

A multiple-choice quiz by droombolus. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
droombolus

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,705

Updated
Jul 21 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Tornados were the first UK band to reach Number One in the US hitparade, with which tune? Hint

Mercury

Sputnik

Telstar

Gemini

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Question 2 of 10

2. Frank Zappa was crazy about doo-wop music. He recorded lots of songs in that tradition with The Mothers Of Invention. One of those is called "The Air". On which 60s double album was it released? Hint

Uncle Meat

We're Only In It For The Money

Absolutely Free

Cruisin' With Ruben And The Jets

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Question 3 of 10

3. After a succesful period with songwriter/producer duo Chinn and Chapman, "Love Is Like Oxygen" was a self-penned and self-produced hit for which act? Hint

Gary Glitter

Mud

The Sweet

Suzi Quatro

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The Wind Cries Mary" was Jimi Hendrix' third single on Track Records. What was the B-side? Hint

Highway Chile

Stone Free

51th Anniversary

The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice

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Question 5 of 10

5. Donovan name-checks the Jefferson Airplane on which song from his "Sunshine Superman" album? Hint

The Trip

Three King Fishers

Fat Angel

Season Of The Witch

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Question 6 of 10

6. J.J. Cale's "Call Me The Breeze" is a staple in Lynyrd Skynyrd's live repertoire. On which album is the studio version? Hint

Gimme Back My Bullets

Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

Second Helping

Nuthin' Fancy

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Windy" was one of the great sunshine-pop hits of the 60s and was sung and played by which band? Hint

The Association

The Beau Brummels

Harper's Bizarre

The Turtles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which band, of "Easy Rider" fame, went on a "Magic Carpet Ride"? Hint

The Electric Prunes

The Byrds

Steppenwolf

Fraternity Of Man

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Orange Skies" is one of the songs on Love's "Da Capo", it was one of the first albums to boast a side-long freak-out jam. Which track is not on "Da Capo"? Hint

Stephanie Knows Who

7 + 7 =

She Comes In Colors

My Little Red Book

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Question 10 of 10

10. This early 70s UK band, featuring singer Sonja Kristina and violinist Darryl Way, scored hits like "Back Street Love". Hint

Curved Air

Air Pocket

Air Supply

Fresh Air

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Tornados were the first UK band to reach Number One in the US hitparade, with which tune?

Answer: Telstar

The Telstar, a satallite, was launched in the early 60s. President Kennedy promised a man on the moon by the end of the decade and the space programmes followed one another in quick succession. Mercury and Gemini were programmes leading up to the famous Apollo sequence which delivered on JFK's promise in 1969. Sputnik was a Russian space programme.

Answer: Uncle Meat

"Uncle Meat" was the only double album The Mothers released in the 60s.

3. After a succesful period with songwriter/producer duo Chinn and Chapman, "Love Is Like Oxygen" was a self-penned and self-produced hit for which act?

Answer: The Sweet

Mud and Quatro were from the Chinn/Chapman stable also. Gary Glitter wrote and produced his own 70s hits, together with Mike Leander.

4. "The Wind Cries Mary" was Jimi Hendrix' third single on Track Records. What was the B-side?

Answer: Highway Chile

"Stone Free" was the B-side to "Hey Joe", "51th Anniversary" was the flipside of "Purple Haze" and "The Stars That Play With Laughung Sam's Dice" was paired to "The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp".

5. Donovan name-checks the Jefferson Airplane on which song from his "Sunshine Superman" album?

Answer: Fat Angel

"Fly Jefferson Airplane, get you there on time" was the line, it replaces "Fly Translove Airways, get you there on time" in one of the choruses.
"Season Of The Witch" got famous through the cover version by Al Kooper and Steve Stills on the "Supersession" album, a special edit of that version even got released on a 45. "Three King Fishers" was a typo made on the original cover, the song's lyrics are actually about Twelve King Fishers ...

6. J.J. Cale's "Call Me The Breeze" is a staple in Lynyrd Skynyrd's live repertoire. On which album is the studio version?

Answer: Second Helping

Of course it's also on their "One More From The Road" album, but that's a live recording, right?
J.J. Cale's original version is on his legendary "Naturally" album. He admitted he recorded his songs in the simplest possible settings to make it attractive for other artists to record cover versions.

7. "Windy" was one of the great sunshine-pop hits of the 60s and was sung and played by which band?

Answer: The Association

The Turtles had hits with great songs like "Happy Together", "She'd Rather Be With Me" and "Elenore", The Beau Brummels scored in the early days of the Beatlemania with "Laugh Laugh" and "Just A Little" and Harper's Bizarre had their moment of fame with Paul Simon's "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)".

8. Which band, of "Easy Rider" fame, went on a "Magic Carpet Ride"?

Answer: Steppenwolf

The Byrds took a ride with their "Chestnut Mare". The success of the "Easy Rider" soundtrack came too late for both Fraternity Of Man and The Electric Prunes. Because of personnel problems they were never able to capitalize on it. Fraternity Of Man lead-singer Martin Kibbee co-wrote a couple of songs for Little Feat with his old high-school buddy Lowell George in the 70s.

9. "Orange Skies" is one of the songs on Love's "Da Capo", it was one of the first albums to boast a side-long freak-out jam. Which track is not on "Da Capo"?

Answer: My Little Red Book

"My Little Red Book" is from Love's self titled debut album. In Arthur Lee's great arrangement it is hardly recognisable as a Bacharach and David song. They wrote it for a movie soundtrack in which it is performed by Manfred Mann.

10. This early 70s UK band, featuring singer Sonja Kristina and violinist Darryl Way, scored hits like "Back Street Love".

Answer: Curved Air

Fresh Air's only 1969 album "A Breath Of Fresh Air" is a collector's item. Air Pocket was a 70s jazz band and Air Supply an 80s Australian soft-pop band ...

Source: Author droombolus

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