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1. When Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside of Lennon's New York City apartment building in 1980, which 20th century American novel was he carrying?
2. The Allman Brothers Band's guitarist Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley died about one year apart from each other in the early 1970's. How did both of these original band members meet their ultimate demise?
3. Which early 1960's rock and roll star commited suicide on February 8, 1990 despite rumors that he was going to replace the recently deceased Roy Orbison in the Traveling Wilburys?
4. John Denver's 1975 hit song Calypso reached number two on the Billboard pop music charts. Which famous person was the song dedicated to?
5. The 1970's television show "The Partridge Family" was based loosely on which real life family singing group of the late 1960's?
6. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon hit number three on the pop charts in 1962 with his version of the classic "Palisades Park". Which 1970's game show host wrote the hit song?
7. Which Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band is mentioned in the lyrics of Deep Purple's 1973 classic hit "Smoke On the Water"?
8. Which Beatles' song did Earth Wind and Fire remake into a top ten hit on the pop carts during the summer of 1978?
9. George Young, the older brother of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young, was in a band that cracked the top twenty on the pop charts in 1967. Which one hit wonder group was George Young a member of?
10. Peter Wolf, the lead singer from the J. Geils Band, was married to which Academy Award winning actress from 1974 to 1979?
11. Which popular Southern rock group of the 1970's was named after a high school gym teacher that gave the band a hard time about the length of their hair?
12. Which music superstar of the 1980's wrote the Bangles first big hit "Manic Monday" using the pseudonym "Christopher"?
13. Which popular 1960's band was Daryl Dragon playing keyboards for when he had the nickname of "Captain" bestowed upon him for always wearing a captain's hat while performing?
14. What did Eddie Money do for a living before he became a rock and roll star in the late 1970's?
15. Which Philadelphia college were Darryl Hall and John Oates both attending in the late 1960's when the decided to team up and form a band?
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