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The Boys In The Band Trivia Quiz

I'm having a party and you're all invited! I'll need some music so I'm putting together two bands of all stars. I'll name the band they are famous for and their instrument, you need to tell me who they are.

A multiple-choice quiz by i-a-n. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
i-a-n

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
380,964

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
424

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 78 (10/10), Guest 87 (10/10), Guest 136 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Let's start with a singer. Can you name this "preacher's son" who is famous under an assumed name and certainly knows how to shock? Hint

Alice Cooper

Jim Morrison

David Lee Roth

Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

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Question 2 of 10

2. Next we'll need a guitar man, this one first found fame with Kiss and now plays solo. Who is he? Hint

Paul Stanley

Joe Satriani

Nils Lofgren

Ace Frehley

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Question 3 of 10

3. Can you put a name to our bass player? My choice is unfortunately deceased. Having been the bass and vocals for Thin Lizzy, he was one of a kind. Hint

John Entwistle

Ronnie Lane

Felix Pappalardi

Philip Lynott

4. I do love a twin guitar sound, and I hope you do too, so let's have another axeman. I'm sure he won't mind sharing the limelight. This one found fame with Queen. Whose guitar backed Freddie? Hint

Keith Richards

Richie Blackmore

Brian May

David Gilmore

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Question 5 of 10

5. Help me pick a drummer. On "skins", our drummer will be the drummer from The Small Faces, Faces and The Who. Hint

Kenny Jones

Mitch Mitchell

Artimus Pyle

Roger Taylor

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Question 6 of 10

6. As we are going for a six piece band I think we need keyboards now; my choice is the man from Pink Floyd. Hint

Rick Wright

Keith Emerson

John "Rabbit" Bundrick

Rick Wakeman

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Question 7 of 10

7. We have our rocking six piece, how about a four piece to open the show? The singer from The Foo Fighters knows how to hold an audience. What's his name again? Hint

Dave Grohl

Mick Jagger

Steven Tyler

Anthony Kiedes

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Question 8 of 10

8. We need a lead guitarist, this man from Weston Super Mare, England. What's the name of that guy who played with Deep Purple? Hint

Ronnie Wood

Roy Wood

Pete Townshend

Ritchie Blackmore

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Question 9 of 10

9. Our four piece needs a bass player, this one often seen topless when playing with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Do you know his name? Hint

John Deacon

Pete "Overend" Watts

Krist Novoselic

Flea

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally we'll cap off the acts with another drummer. This one is famous for his time spent with Black Oak Arkansas, Motorhead, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osborne and Thin Lizzy to name a few. Hint

Brian Downey

Lee Kerslake

Mikkey Dee

Tommy Aldridge

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Let's start with a singer. Can you name this "preacher's son" who is famous under an assumed name and certainly knows how to shock?

Answer: Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper was the name adopted by Vincent Damon Furnier from Detroit. His back catalogue is huge and includes such rock classics as "School's Out", "Elected" and "Poison".

2. Next we'll need a guitar man, this one first found fame with Kiss and now plays solo. Who is he?

Answer: Ace Frehley

Ace was the original Kiss "Spaceman" or "Space Ace"; he left in 1986, rejoined in 1996 and left again in 2002. Paul Stanley was always guitarist and frontman with Kiss.

3. Can you put a name to our bass player? My choice is unfortunately deceased. Having been the bass and vocals for Thin Lizzy, he was one of a kind.

Answer: Philip Lynott

Philip Lynott was the bass player with Thin Lizzy. He died in January 1986.
The other bass players mentioned are also all no longer with us; Ronnie Lane was with Faces, Felix Pappalardi was in Mountain and John Entwistle was a member of The Who.

4. I do love a twin guitar sound, and I hope you do too, so let's have another axeman. I'm sure he won't mind sharing the limelight. This one found fame with Queen. Whose guitar backed Freddie?

Answer: Brian May

Brian May CBE played in Queen and wrote "We Will Rock You" as heard in sports stadiums the world over. His guitar, the "Red Special", he built himself with a little help from Harold, his father, over 50 years ago.

5. Help me pick a drummer. On "skins", our drummer will be the drummer from The Small Faces, Faces and The Who.

Answer: Kenny Jones

Kenny Jones replaced the one and only Keith Moon on drums for The Who in 1978. He has also played with The Law with Paul Rodgers and his own Jones Gang.

6. As we are going for a six piece band I think we need keyboards now; my choice is the man from Pink Floyd.

Answer: Rick Wright

Rick Wright played keyboards with Pink Floyd from when he helped found the band until his death in 2008. He was a self taught musician much influenced by jazz. Keith Emerson died in 2016.

7. We have our rocking six piece, how about a four piece to open the show? The singer from The Foo Fighters knows how to hold an audience. What's his name again?

Answer: Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl the multi instrumentalist who played guitar and sang for The Foo Fighters, played drums for Nirvana and drums for Them Crooked Vultures. Quite a CV. His middle name? Eric!

8. We need a lead guitarist, this man from Weston Super Mare, England. What's the name of that guy who played with Deep Purple?

Answer: Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore was the "Man In Black" with Deep Purple, a band he joined in 1968 after having been one of The Savages with Screaming Lord Sutch. When he left Deep Purple in 1975 he formed Rainbow. Since the Rainbow days he has been more likely to be seen with a lute as a member of Blackmore's Night.

9. Our four piece needs a bass player, this one often seen topless when playing with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Do you know his name?

Answer: Flea

Flea was an Australian born American musician with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In a 2009 "Rolling Stone Magazine" readers poll he was voted second best bass player ever after Number One, John Entwistle of The Who.

10. Finally we'll cap off the acts with another drummer. This one is famous for his time spent with Black Oak Arkansas, Motorhead, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osborne and Thin Lizzy to name a few.

Answer: Tommy Aldridge

Tommy Aldridge seems to have played with everybody, complete with his double bass drum setup. Since leaving Black Oak Arkansas and The Pat Travers Band in the USA he relocated to the UK in 1981 where he also played with Gary Moore as well as working with "Hear 'n Aid" a charity set up in 1985 to help starving in Africa.

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