Odd One Out - Classic Rock II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ram

The other three are all albums released by Alice Cooper. "Love It To Death" (1971) included the classics "I'm Eighteen", "Is It My Body", and "The Ballad of Dwight Fry". "Killer" (1971) included the hits "Under My Wheels", "Be My Lover" and "Dead Babies". "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973) includes the classic title track as well as "Elected" and "No More Mister Nice Guy". "Ram" is the 1971 Paul McCartney album which included such classics as "Another Day" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".

Answer: Marc Bolan

The other three were the members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band that died in a plane crash on 20th October, 1977, in Magnolia, Mississippi. Ronnie van Zant was lead singer. Steve Gaines played guitar. Steve's sister, Cassie, was one of the "Honkettes", Skynyrd's backup singers. Marc Bolan, lead singer and guitarist for T-Rex, was killed in a car accident in London, England, on 16th September, 1977.

Answer: Charlie Watts

The other three all played guitar for the Stones. Brian Jones was with the Stones from their inception in the early 1960's until shortly before his death in 1969. Mick Taylor played lead axe from 1969 to 1976; one of the smoothest guitar players ever. Ron Wood took over after Taylor's departure from the band. Charlie Watts was the Stones' long-time drummer. Charlie usually gets the loudest ovation when the band members are introduced at their concerts.

Answer: "Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream. I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been."

The other three all have a number in the title. "The problem..." begins the tune "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon. "One foot..." is the first line of "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar. "When I get older..." is the opening line to "When I'm 64" by the Beatles. "Oh let the sun..." is the opening line to the Led Zeppelin classic, "Kashmir".

Answer: Mickey Thomas

David Lee Roth sang lead vocals for Van Halen since the time the band was known as Mammoth. Sammy Hagar took over as front man in 1985. Gary Cherone, formerly of the Boston-based band Extreme, joined up with Michael Anthony and the VH brothers in 1997. Mickey Thomas joined Jefferson Starship in 1979, and sang lead vocals on many of their biggest hits alongside Ms. Grace Slick.

Answer: Blackout

The other three were all albums released by Journey. "Departure" was released in 1980, and includes the hits "Any Way You Want It" and "Where Were You". "Escape" was released in 1981, and included many of Journey's most famous songs such as "Don't Stop Believin'", "Open Arms", and "Who's Crying Now". "Captured" was Journey's live album, also released in 1981. "Blackout" was released by The Scorpions in 1982, and included such classics as "No One Like You" and "Can't Live Without You".

Answer: Exile on Main Street

The other three were all live albums recorded by the Stones. "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" was released in 1970 and includes "Stray Cat Blues" and what is probably the Stones' most famous live-recorded track, "Midnight Rambler"; an absolutely awesome version of this classic. "Still Life" was released in 1982, and includes some rare gems like "Let Me Go" and "Under My Thumb". "Flashpoint" was released in 1991, and includes live versions of "Paint It Black", "Sad Sad Sad", "Rock In a Hard Place", and a great version of "Sympathy for the Devil". "Exile on Main Street" was the Stones' studio-recorded, double-length album released in 1972.

Answer: Steve Marriott

The other three were all members of The Who. Daltrey on lead vocals, Townshend on guitar, and the late, great Keith Moon on drums. The late Steve Marriott is most famous for fronting both Small Faces and Humble Pie.

Answer: Turn, Turn, Turn

The other three were all written and recorded by Bob Dylan. The lyrics to "Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)" were adapted from the "Book of Ecclesiastes" in "The Bible", set to music composed by Pete Seeger.

Answer: Jumpin' Jack Flash

The other three were all remakes of songs originally performed by other artists that were also turned into hits by the Rolling Stones. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and first released by the Stones as a single in 1968. "Not Fade Away" was originally performed by Buddy Holly in 1957 (released by the Stones in 1964). "Just My Imagination" was originally released by The Temptations in 1971 (released by the Stones in 1978). "Like A Rolling Stone" was originally written and performed by Bob Dylan in 1965 (released by the Stones in 1995).

Answer: One Way or Another

The other three are all songs written and performed by the Talking Heads. "Psycho Killer" is off the album "Talking Heads '77". "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" is off the 1978 album "More Songs About Buildings". "Life During Wartime" is the Heads' big hit from their 1979 album "Fear of Music".

The Blondie tune "One Way or Another" is off their classic album "Parallel Lines", originally released in 1978.

Answer: Rudolf Schenker

The other three, at one time, were in a somewhat successful band that went only by their last name. Winger released their self-titled debut album in 1988. Vandenberg released their debut album in 1982, which spawned the hit "Burning Heart". Vandenberg also played guitar for Whitesnake and Manic Eden. Van Halen has released eleven blockbuster studio albums, with three different lead singers. Rudolf Schenker is lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Scorpions.

Answer: Rik Emmett

The other three were all lead singers for the band, Rainbow. Ronnie James Dio was Rainbow's lead singer from 1975 to 1978. Bonnet was lead singer from 1978 to 1980. Turner fronted the band from 1980 to 1984. Rainbow broke up in 1984, and leader and lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore returned to Deep Purple. Rik Emmett was a founding member, lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian-based trio, Triumph, from 1975 until 1988.

Answer: "American Pie" by Don McLean

The other three were all tributes to famous people who died in car accidents. L.A. Guns' tune was a tribute to Jayne Mansfield (actress/bombshell), who died in 1967 at the age of 34. "Candle in the Wind '97" was a reworded version of Elton John's early 1970's classic to memorialize Princess Diana (Princess of Wales), who died in 1997 at the age of 36. "James Dean" was a tribute to, of course, James Dean (actor), who "bought it sight unseen" on a California highway in 1955, at the age of 24. The Don McLean classic "American Pie" remembers "the day the music died", the tragic airplane crash in Iowa which took the lives of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, on 3 February, 1959. We'll miss them all.

Answer: Maxwell's Silver Hammer

The other three were all written and recorded by the late, great Warren Zevon, and can be found on the album "A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon". "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is off the Beatles' 1969 classic album "Abbey Road."