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Great Songs: Year by Year Trivia Quiz

I'll give you some rock lyrics from 15 different songs. You name the artist or band. The first song is from 1965 and it continues through 1979. Just say no to Disco. Have fun!

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

Author
malcolmsex

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
155,677

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1706

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who sang this in 1965? "He said it's 3 A.M., there's too much noise, don't you people ever wanna go to bed?" Hint

The Beatles

The Kinks

Bob Dylan

The Rolling Stones

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who sang this one in 1966? "She's a big teaser. She took me half the way there." Hint

The Rolling Stones

The Who

The Doors

The Beatles

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who sang this in 1967? "And your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest." Hint

Buffalo Springfield

Jefferson Airplane

Joni Mitchell

Jimi Hendrix

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who sang this in 1968? "No one here gets out alive, now." Hint

The Animals

Jethro Tull

The Doors

Cream

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Question 5 of 15

5. These are the opening two lines of a song from 1969. Whose song is it? "Leaves are fallin' all around. Time I was on my way." Hint

Led Zeppelin

James Taylor

Pink Floyd

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Question 6 of 15

6. This one's from 1970. Do you know who sang it? "If I could choose a place to die, it would be in your arms." Hint

The Who

Derek and the Dominoes

The Rolling Stones

The Faces

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who sang these lines in 1971? "Now she's with one of my good time buddies, they're drinkin' in some crosstown bar." Hint

The Doobie Brothers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Allman Brothers

Steely Dan

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who gave us this line in 1972? "Cruisin' on thru the junction, I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound."
Hint

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Aerosmith

The Rolling Stones

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Question 9 of 15

9. This one was first heard in 1973. Can you name the artist? "If I'm too rough, tell me. I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands." Hint

Jethro Tull

Alice Cooper

Aerosmith

Ted Nugent

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who sang this one in 1974? "Jump into a taxi and the time is gettin' tight. I got ta keep a movin' I got a show tonight." Hint

Led Zeppelin

Bad Company

Lynyrd Skynyrd

ZZ Top

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who sang this classic in 1975? "So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore."
Hint

Bruce Springsteen

Pink Floyd

The Rolling Stones

Rod Stewart

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who sang this opening line in 1976? "Take me back to south Tallahassee." Hint

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Eagles

Molly Hatchet

Aerosmith

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which band gave us this line in 1977? "Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are." Hint

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

The Rolling Stones

The Who

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who sang this in 1978? "I remember throwing punches around and preachin' from my chair." Hint

The Rolling Stones

The Who

Ted Nugent

Van Halen

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Question 15 of 15

15. And finally, do you know who sang this in 1979? "Yeah man, when i got that little girl standing right by my side, you know I can tell the whole wide world 'Shove it!'.
Hint

The Rolling Stones

Kiss

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Van Halen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who sang this in 1965? "He said it's 3 A.M., there's too much noise, don't you people ever wanna go to bed?"

Answer: The Rolling Stones

This is a line from "Get Off of My Cloud", released as a single in the U.S. on September 25, 1965, and in the U.K. a month later. The B-side of the U.S. single was a song called "I'm Free". The B-side of the U.K. single was "The Singer Not the Song". Great lyrics in this song if you can understand them.

2. Who sang this one in 1966? "She's a big teaser. She took me half the way there."

Answer: The Beatles

"Day Tripper" from "Revolver", released on June 20, 1966.

3. Who sang this in 1967? "And your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest."

Answer: Jefferson Airplane

This song is "Somebody to Love", from psychedelic rock kings Jefferson Airplane's best selling album, "Surrealistic Pillow", released February 1, 1967. The album contained this song and their other mega-hit "White Rabbit".

4. Who sang this in 1968? "No one here gets out alive, now."

Answer: The Doors

The lyric is taken from the song "Five to One" and the lyric itself is also the title of a popular Doors biography. "Five to One" was included on the "Waiting For the Sun" LP, released in July, 1968.

5. These are the opening two lines of a song from 1969. Whose song is it? "Leaves are fallin' all around. Time I was on my way."

Answer: Led Zeppelin

This is a line from "Ramble On" off of "Led Zeppelin II" which was released October 22, 1969. 1969 was an amazing year in Rock history, with the release of the first two Led Zeppelin albums, The Rolling Stones masterpiece "Let it Bleed" and The Beatles' "Abbey Road".

6. This one's from 1970. Do you know who sang it? "If I could choose a place to die, it would be in your arms."

Answer: Derek and the Dominoes

This is a line from "Bell Bottom Blues" from "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", released in November, 1970. Derek and the Dominoes was comprised of Eric Clapton and Duane Allmann on guitar, Bobby Whitlock on keyboards, Jim Gordon on drums and Carl Radle on bass. Clapton handled most of the lead vocals. This was the only album the band ever recorded.

7. Who sang these lines in 1971? "Now she's with one of my good time buddies, they're drinkin' in some crosstown bar."

Answer: The Allman Brothers

The song is "Whipping Post" from The Allman Brothers 1971 release, "Live at the Fillmore East". Guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1972 in Macon, Georgia. About a year later, bassist Berry Oakley also died in a motorcycle accident, only three blocks from where Allman had died.

8. Who gave us this line in 1972? "Cruisin' on thru the junction, I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound."

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

It's "Sweet Hitchhiker" from "Mardi Gras", released in 1972. The band originally consisted of John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook. Tom Fogerty left the group in 1971 and died, tragically, of AIDS on September 6, 1990. "Mardi Gras" was CCR's seventh and final album.

9. This one was first heard in 1973. Can you name the artist? "If I'm too rough, tell me. I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands."

Answer: Alice Cooper

This song is "Billion Dollar Babies" from the album of the same name. It was released in July, 1973 and is the most successful of all Alice Cooper albums.

10. Who sang this one in 1974? "Jump into a taxi and the time is gettin' tight. I got ta keep a movin' I got a show tonight."

Answer: Bad Company

This one is called "Movin' On", from Bad Company's self-titled debut in 1974. In 1973, Bad Company became the first band to sign with Led Zeppelin's "Swan Song" record label. This album also contained the #1 hit "Can't Get Enough".

11. Who sang this classic in 1975? "So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore."

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

This is a line from a great song, "Thunder Road", off of Springsteen's "Born to Run" album, which was released in 1975.

12. Who sang this opening line in 1976? "Take me back to south Tallahassee."

Answer: Aerosmith

This is the first line from Aerosmith's "Last Child". It was included on the group's "Rocks" album in 1976. This album also included classics like "Sick as a Dog", "Back in the Saddle", and "Lick and a Promise".

13. Which band gave us this line in 1977? "Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are."

Answer: Pink Floyd

This song is called "Pigs(Three Different Ones)", from one of my favorite albums of all time, Pink Floyd's "Animals". It was released in 1977. The members of Pink Floyd at the time were: David Gilmour(guitar;vocals), Nick Mason(drums), Rick Wright(keyboards) and the brilliant Roger Waters(bass;vocals).

14. Who sang this in 1978? "I remember throwing punches around and preachin' from my chair."

Answer: The Who

This song is "Who Are You", from the album of the same name, released in 1978.

15. And finally, do you know who sang this in 1979? "Yeah man, when i got that little girl standing right by my side, you know I can tell the whole wide world 'Shove it!'.

Answer: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

This one is called "Here Comes My Girl". It's a great song from Petty's greatest album, "Damn the Torpedoes".

Source: Author malcolmsex

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