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Iggy Pop Trivia Quiz

"Jesus? This is Iggy!"

A multiple-choice quiz by laali. Estimated time: 3 mins.

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Author
laali

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
154,492

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Iggy Pop's real name? Hint

James Osterberg

Klaus Voormann

Scott Asheton

David Alexander

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Question 2 of 10

2. What instrument did Iggy play in the bands The Prime Movers and The Iguanas? Hint

piano

guitar

drums

bass

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Question 3 of 10

3. Iggy has one son. What is his name? Hint

John

Peter

Richard

Eric

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of Iggy's songs appear in the movie "Trainspotting"? Hint

"The Passenger" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog"

"China Girl" and "No Fun"

"I'm Bored" and "Funtime"

"Lust for Life" and "Nightclubbing"

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Question 5 of 10

5. With what other musician did Iggy go on tour in 1977? Hint

Lou Reed

David Bowie

Bob Dylan

Alice Cooper

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Question 6 of 10

6. From which album is the song "Real Wild One(Wild Child)" taken? Hint

Lust for Life

Brick by Brick

New Values

Blah Blah Blah

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which song from the album "Lust for Life" can you hear the phrase "Jesus? This is Iggy!"? Hint

Some Weird Sin

Turn Blue

Success

The Passenger

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what movie does Iggy appear, playing the role of a hotel guest? Hint

Sid and Nancy

Crocodile Dundee 2

The Doors

Pretty Woman

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the band called that Iggy played with from 1969 to 1975? Hint

The Stooges

Velvet Underground

Modern Lovers

Television

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Question 10 of 10

10. Iggy was born and grew up in a suburb close to what large city? Hint

Montreal, Canada

Manchester, England

Detroit, U.S

Hamburg, Germany

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Iggy Pop's real name?

Answer: James Osterberg

Actually James Jewell Osterberg, born on April 21 1947.

2. What instrument did Iggy play in the bands The Prime Movers and The Iguanas?

Answer: drums

The Iguanas (from where Iggy took his name) was a high school band. The Prime Movers was a blues band formed in 1965, and one that Iggy left in 1967.

3. Iggy has one son. What is his name?

Answer: Eric

Eric was born in 1970 and his mother is named Paulette Benson. Eric has worked as a roadie on tour with his father.

4. Which of Iggy's songs appear in the movie "Trainspotting"?

Answer: "Lust for Life" and "Nightclubbing"

Great movie. Great music.

5. With what other musician did Iggy go on tour in 1977?

Answer: David Bowie

David Bowie who Iggy has called his very best friend. They had the same manager, Tony DeFries, for a while and they even moved together to Berlin in 1976.

6. From which album is the song "Real Wild One(Wild Child)" taken?

Answer: Blah Blah Blah

Recorded in 1986.

7. In which song from the album "Lust for Life" can you hear the phrase "Jesus? This is Iggy!"?

Answer: Turn Blue

At the end of the first part of the song. Listen very carefully, or you'll miss it!

8. In what movie does Iggy appear, playing the role of a hotel guest?

Answer: Sid and Nancy

Iggy and his wife are seen walking up some stairs in the Chelsea Hotel. (The scene is about four seconds long.)

9. What was the band called that Iggy played with from 1969 to 1975?

Answer: The Stooges

The band was first called The Psychedelic Stooges and was formed in 1967 by Iggy, Scott and Ron Asheton and later Dave Alexander. They became just The Stooges in 1969, when people thought they were too weird. They split up in 1975 after recording the album "Kill City".

10. Iggy was born and grew up in a suburb close to what large city?

Answer: Detroit, U.S

He grew up in a trailer park in Ann Arbor, a suburb of Detroit.

Source: Author laali

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