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Quiz about Hawkwind Days of the Underground

Hawkwind - Days of the Underground Quiz

Dave Brock and Co. have been rocking the cosmos since 1969. This quiz features mainly the band's first decade. Do Not Panic! Do Not Panic! Do Not Panic!

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

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JamesLake

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4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
229,793

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Hawkmoon1307 (7/10), Guest 51 (9/10), Guest 104 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Lemmy, Hawkwind's bassist during the early 1970's, was fired from the band on their US tour in 1975 after being jailed for possessing illegal substances. Name the heavy metal band that he formed shortly thereafter. Hint

Saxon

WASP

Venom

Motorhead

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Question 2 of 10

2. What member of a famous British power trio was briefly a member of Hawkwind? Hint

Ginger Baker

Burke Shelley

Keith Emerson

W.G. "Snuffy" Walden

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the title of the Hawkwind song that contains the following lyrics?

"We've got two cars in the garage, two cars in the garage, and
drum-majorettes in white ankle socks and baton twirling on Sundays." Hint

The Forge of Vulcan

Uncle Sam's on Mars

Waiting for Tomorrow

Sputnik Stan

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Question 4 of 10

4. What instrument did Stacia play while a member of Hawkwind? Hint

none of these choices

percussion

woodwinds

violin

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous scientist is the subject of the composition, "Quark, Strangeness & Charm"? Hint

Gustav Hertz

Guglielmo Marconi

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the only remaining member of Hawkwind from way back in 1969? Hint

Del Dettmar

Dave Brock

Nik Turner

Bob Calvert

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Question 7 of 10

7. Lead vocalist, lyricist, author and sci-fi guru Robert (Bob) Calvert fronted Hawkwind sporadically througout the seventies. What Englsh speaking nation was he born in? Hint

Australia

South Africa

Canada

Jamaica

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is the famous Sci-Fi writer who has penned lyrics for Hawkwind? Hint

Douglas Adams

Paul McAuley

Robert Holdstock

Michael Moorcock

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hawkwind Zoo was the original name of the band.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. One of Hawkwind's early cohorts was Liquid Len. What was his job with the band? Hint

Manager

Studio producer

Light show designer

Live sound engineer

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 19 2024 : Hawkmoon1307: 7/10
Dec 06 2024 : Guest 51: 9/10
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 104: 8/10
Nov 01 2024 : Guest 5: 6/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Motorhead

The song entitled "Motorhead" appeared on Hawkwind's "Warrior on the Edge of Time" album and was the first rock song to feature the word "Paralellogram" in its lyrics.

2. What member of a famous British power trio was briefly a member of Hawkwind?

Answer: Ginger Baker

According to the Ginger Baker website, he played on "Levitation", "This is Hawkwind-Do Not Panic" and "Zones/Stonehenge". He's also been a member of or worked with Cream, The Air Force, Blind Faith, Billy Preston, Andy Summers, Graeme Edge Band, Baker-Gurvitz Army, Bill Laswell/Material, Jonas Hellborg, PiL and George Harrison. What a resume!

3. What is the title of the Hawkwind song that contains the following lyrics? "We've got two cars in the garage, two cars in the garage, and drum-majorettes in white ankle socks and baton twirling on Sundays."

Answer: Uncle Sam's on Mars

"Uncle Sam's on Mars" appears on "PXR 5" and includes audio of Richard Nixon's phone call to Neil Armstrong on the moon.

4. What instrument did Stacia play while a member of Hawkwind?

Answer: none of these choices

Stacia danced (in the buff, wearing only iridescent or luminescent paint) with the band from 1971 to 1975.

5. What famous scientist is the subject of the composition, "Quark, Strangeness & Charm"?

Answer: Albert Einstein

The song starts out,
"Einstein was not a handsome fellow
nobody ever called him Al...
He had a long moustache to pull on.
It was yellow. I don't believe he ever had a girl.
One thing he missed out in his theory
of time and space and relativity,
is something that makes it very clear he
was never gonna score like you and me...."

Righteous!

6. Who is the only remaining member of Hawkwind from way back in 1969?

Answer: Dave Brock

Dozens of people have drifted through the ranks of the "Sonic Assassins" but Captain Dave has been the only constant...

7. Lead vocalist, lyricist, author and sci-fi guru Robert (Bob) Calvert fronted Hawkwind sporadically througout the seventies. What Englsh speaking nation was he born in?

Answer: South Africa

He was born 1945 in Pretoria, South Africa and in 1947 his parents moved to Margate, England. He died in 1988 of an apparent heart attack. A true genius who is genuinely missed...

8. Who is the famous Sci-Fi writer who has penned lyrics for Hawkwind?

Answer: Michael Moorcock

His contributions include "Sonic Attack", "The Black Corridor", "The Wizard Blew his Horn", "Warriors", and "Standing at the Edge".

9. Hawkwind Zoo was the original name of the band.

Answer: False

Originally they went by the moniker of Group X, because the original members could not agree on a proper name. Then the group's bassist, Lemmy, claimed that another member had a big nose like the beak of a bird and a gas problem, hence, Hawkwind Zoo, then shortened to Hawkwind.

10. One of Hawkwind's early cohorts was Liquid Len. What was his job with the band?

Answer: Light show designer

Liquid Len (Jonathan Smeeton) is a British lighting designer.
Smeeton was the creator of "Liquid Len and the Lensmen" (a reference to the "Lensmen" space opera books) who provided spectacular lightshows for the band Hawkwind in the 1970s.He has also provided lighting design for groups such as The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd and, more recently, The Deftones. He was name-checked in the classic Genesis tune "The Battle of Epping Forest". ("And his friend, Liquid Len by name, Of wine, women and Wandsworth fame'...)

Source: Author JamesLake

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