Great Scott Trivia Quiz

Answer: Scott MacKenzie

Scott Mackenzie became a good friend of John Phillips in the 1950s, even performing with him in a doo wop band called The Abstracts. Scott was given a chance to be part of The Mamas and Papas but chose a solo career instead. Phillips wrote and produced the song as well as playing guitar on the recording.

The 1967 song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, reached number two in Canada, and number one in the UK.

Answer: Scott Raynor

Raynor's departure from Blink-182 became the storyline of their song "Man Overboard" which makes reference to alcohol abuse. Raynor has been attached to several projects since but has not found lasting success.

Answer: Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum was formed in 2006 with Hillary and fellow artists Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood. There first record, "Love Don't Live Here" quickly climbed to number three and there have been many more hits since. The group has had crossover success. Their hit "Need You Now" won song of the year and record of the year at the 2011 Grammy Awards.

Answer: Scott Weiland

Since 1985, Weiland has had an on-again and off-again relationship with Stone Temple Pilots. He was frontman during their most successful years. In 2003, he teamed up with Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, and Dave Kushner to form Velvet Revolver to great success. In 2008 he was back with Stone Temple Pilots, with that relationship ending in 2013.

Answer: Scott Travis

After dreaming of playing for Judas Priest for years, the Norfolk, Virginia native Scott Travis got his chance when David Holland left the band. His work is first heard on the 1990 "Painkiller" album by the band.

Answer: Creed

Scott Stapp (born Anthony Scott Flippen), Mark Tremonti, Brian Brasher, Brian Marshall, and Scott Phillips formed Creed in 1993. Brasher left the band and was not replaced before the band found success. The band disbanded in 2004 (with a later reunion) and Stapp in 2005 produced his first solo album "The Great Divide".

Answer: Hank Williams' Ghost

Darrell Scott is a singer-songwriter who has enjoyed great success in the Nashville country scene. He is one of the most sought after of session instrumentalists playing a wide variety of instruments. "Hank Williams' Ghost" appears on his album "The Invisible Man". "Midnight in Montgomery" is a 1992 release by Alan Jackson which also paid tribute to Hank Williams, Senior.

Answer: Scott MacIntyre

Scott ended up in eighth place on the show and released his first post-Idol album, "Heartstrings", in 2010. He has written a book, "By Faith, Not By Sight", which details his struggles growing up blind and the role of music in his life.

Answer: The Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key wrote the poem "In Defense of Fort McHenry" while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore's harbor by the British during the War of 1812. The poem would later be set to the tune of "The Anacreontic Song" written by John Stafford Smith. On March 3, 1931, by congressional resolution which was signed by President Herbert Hoover it became the official national anthem of the United States of America.

The anthem is now sung at the beginning of most public sports events as well as musical concerts in the United States.

Answer: The Jazz Age

Jazz emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century as a musical style. Its beginnings were in the African-American culture of the Southern United States. Traditional African-American songs were combined with more formal European harmonies and elements.

The style became popular in the speakeasies of the Prohibition Era and the cabarets of Europe. With heavy emphasis on improvisation the style seemed very in tune with its times. Fitzgerald as a commentator on the times felt that "The Jazz Age" was a perfect name for the era.