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Road Trip Tunes Trivia Quiz

Rrooadd trriipp! Get in my Jeep and let's go! What, you've never been on a road trip? We'll probably meet some...um...'different' characters along the way. Maybe you can help me figure out who they are or what they're singing.

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

Author
CmdrK

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
337,827

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2313

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 120 (5/10), oslo1999 (6/10), Guest 71 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What a great day to be on the road! Those guys on the Harley that just passed us are enjoying it. I can hear them singing above the roar of the exhaust:
"I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder
Racing in the wind, and the feeling that I'm under."

What is the name of that song? Hint

Runnin' Down A Dream

Born To Run

Born To Be Wild

Wild Child

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Question 2 of 10

2. You may be new to this 'road trip' thing but who was the original "Travelin' Man"? Hint

Ricky Nelson

Stevie Wonder

Lynyrd Skynyrd

John Fogerty

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Question 3 of 10

3. I thought someone was following us but she turned off onto the "Freeway of Love." Who is she? Hint

Donna Summer

Aretha Franklin

Gloria Gaynor

Dionne Warwick

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Question 4 of 10

4. Oh wow, man, look at that groovy VW Microbus! Who are those dudes who are "Rockin' Down The Highway" with us? Hint

Grateful Dead

Jefferson Airplane

Country Joe and the Fish

Doobie Brothers

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Question 5 of 10

5. We need to stop and get some tucker, mate (How did we get to Australia?). But where? Let's ask that trucker over there. He looks like he's been everywhere. Who has been to:
"Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake
Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for pete's sake"? Hint

Robert Earl Keen

Dwight Yoakam

Hank Snow

Faron Young

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Question 6 of 10

6. Did you see the big old Gibson guitar in that convertible we just passed? It looks like something a slide player would use. The woman driving is singing. It sounds like...
"Spilling down the highway, leave a little drop of me
In each and every city, where I stop to drop you to your knees."

I wonder who she is?
Hint

Michelle Malone

Rory Block

Bonnie Raitt

Joanna Connor

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of those guys in that old Plymouth we just passed was yelling about driving past a grocery store. What was it that he was yelling?
"Roadrunner, roadrunner, going faster miles an hour
Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop, with the radio on."

Who are those guys? Hint

J. Geils Band

The Modern Lovers

The Del Fuegos

The Cars

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Question 8 of 10

8. Maybe we should stop for more food. That guy over there found a place to eat. Who sang:
"I was travelin' down the road, feelin' hungry and cold
I saw a sign sayin' food and drinks for everyone
So naturally I thought I would take me a look inside"? Hint

Andy Kim

Leo Sayer

Rick Derringer

Edgar Winter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hey, who's that over there in the old American hot rod? That thing is huge!
"Riding in the back, oozing down the street
Waving to the girls, peeling out of sight
Spendin' all my money on a Saturday night." Hint

Bruce Springsteen

The Cars

Stray Cats

Jan and Dean

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Question 10 of 10

10. Uh oh, are we lost? Get out the GPS. That sign over there said "St. Louie, Joplin Missouri, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Gallup New Mexico, Flagstaff Arizona." Where on earth is Winona? What route are we on? Hint

101

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Most Recent Scores

Nov 02 2024 : Guest 120: 5/10
Oct 20 2024 : oslo1999: 6/10
Oct 14 2024 : Guest 71: 10/10
Oct 11 2024 : Guest 64: 4/10
Oct 08 2024 : Guest 173: 6/10
Oct 01 2024 : Guest 74: 6/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What a great day to be on the road! Those guys on the Harley that just passed us are enjoying it. I can hear them singing above the roar of the exhaust: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder Racing in the wind, and the feeling that I'm under." What is the name of that song?

Answer: Born To Be Wild

What else would we start the trip with but "Born To Be Wild"? Not only was it a big hit for Steppenwolf in 1968, it was also featured in "Easy Rider", a movie which, in its own way, defined American culture in the latter-half of the 1960s.

2. You may be new to this 'road trip' thing but who was the original "Travelin' Man"?

Answer: Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson grew up in front of America on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" on the ABC television network. "Travelin' Man" reached number one on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. Stevie Wonder and Lynyrd Skynyrd had songs with that title and John Fogerty had "Travelin' Band" with Creedence Clearwater Revival but Ricky Nelson was first.

3. I thought someone was following us but she turned off onto the "Freeway of Love." Who is she?

Answer: Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin won a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance with "Freeway of Love" in 1986. In 1987 she was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

4. Oh wow, man, look at that groovy VW Microbus! Who are those dudes who are "Rockin' Down The Highway" with us?

Answer: Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers rocked down the highway in 1972 with the "Toulouse Street" album. Among the songs on the album were "Jesus Is Just Alright" which was released as a single with "Rockin' Down The Highway" as the B-side.

5. We need to stop and get some tucker, mate (How did we get to Australia?). But where? Let's ask that trucker over there. He looks like he's been everywhere. Who has been to: "Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for pete's sake"?

Answer: Hank Snow

Get a good lungful of air before you sing "I've Been Everywhere", there aren't many breaks in it. You may know the song by Johnny Cash but Hank Snow first recorded it as a song reworded for North America in 1962. But (and here's the Australian connection) it was written by Geoff Mack and first recorded by Lucky Starr, both Australians! "I've been to Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba, Nambourm Maroochydore..."

6. Did you see the big old Gibson guitar in that convertible we just passed? It looks like something a slide player would use. The woman driving is singing. It sounds like... "Spilling down the highway, leave a little drop of me In each and every city, where I stop to drop you to your knees." I wonder who she is?

Answer: Michelle Malone

Michelle Malone is one of the best slide-guitar players around today. This song, "Traveling and Unraveling" is from her "Sugarfoot" CD, released in 2006.

7. One of those guys in that old Plymouth we just passed was yelling about driving past a grocery store. What was it that he was yelling? "Roadrunner, roadrunner, going faster miles an hour Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop, with the radio on." Who are those guys?

Answer: The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were a Boston band fronted by Jonathan Richmon. The original band line-up lasted just a few years in the early 1970s. Many consider them the archetypes of Punk Rock. This song, "Roadrunner", has been covered by the Sex Pistols, Joan Jett and the Greg Kihn Band, among others.

8. Maybe we should stop for more food. That guy over there found a place to eat. Who sang: "I was travelin' down the road, feelin' hungry and cold I saw a sign sayin' food and drinks for everyone So naturally I thought I would take me a look inside"?

Answer: Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer found this hash house in 1974's "Long Tall Glasses". But as Leo found out, "before you can eat, you gotta dance like Fred Astaire."

9. Hey, who's that over there in the old American hot rod? That thing is huge! "Riding in the back, oozing down the street Waving to the girls, peeling out of sight Spendin' all my money on a Saturday night."

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

"Pink Cadillac" is a classic American car song. Bruce Springsteen wrote it in 1981. It was the B-side of the single "Dancing in the Dark" in 1984 but wasn't included on one of his albums until "Tracks" in 1998.

Answer: 66

"(Get your kicks on) Route 66" - THE American road trip song. It's been recorded by everyone from Nat King Cole to the Rolling Stones to John Mayer. It was composed in 1946 by Bobby Troup, just as postwar Americans were hitting the road.

Source: Author CmdrK

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