Water Music Trivia Quiz

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (also known as 'CCR'), probably best known for their 1969 'Bad Moon Rising', released seven studio albums between 1968 and 1972. This was followed by over fifteen live and compilation albums - stretching all the way to 2012! This is despite the fact that CCR was active for such a short period of time. According to Wikipedia, the band has sold over 26 million albums - and that is just in the US!

Answer: Australia

The Little River Band named themselves after the town of Little River, a small town close to the Victorian city of Geelong. After many personnel changes - the Little River Band has had over 25 members - the band was still touring after 35 years and the "classic lineup" (Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock, Graeham Goble, Derek Pellicci, David Briggs and George McArdle) was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2004.

Answer: The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Seas's album of 1994 - 'The Honeymoon is Over' - also won 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Group' ARIAs. Between 1993 and 1996 The Cruel Sea won six ARIA awards from sixteen nominations, they won 'Best Group' twice - in 1994 and 1995. The Cruel Seas has toured Europe, Canada and the US in 1995 before returning home to support The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour.

Answer: Pink Floyd

As well as working with Pink Floyd, Roger Waters has also released several solo albums. Waters toured in 2010 with 'The Wall Live' and was joined by former band-mates David Gilmour and Nick Mason for the May 2011 performance in London. The tour sold 1.4 million tickets in the first half of 2012, topping all international ticket sales for the same period.

Answer: Muddy Waters

Rolling Stone magazine has previously ranked Muddy Waters as amongst the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. 1983 saw the death of Muddy Waters after a lifetime of achievement - he won six Grammy Awards in the 1970s. Four of his songs ('Rollin' Stone', 'Hoochie Coochie Man', 'Mannish Boy' and 'Got My Mojo Working' - all recorded in the 1950s) have been named by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as being among the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

Answer: Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean was offered their first album deal by HMV in 1990. They released a handful of albums before going against most record labels and releasing their 2010 album '16/330 Khajoor Road' album from their website. They released one song per month, before finally releasing the album in a two-CD pack.

The reason for the unusual method of this album's release was their frustration over copyright and contract issues with records companies.

Answer: Sweetwater

Getting stopped by police on the way to Woodstock Festival meant that Sweetwater ended up performing fifth instead of opening the festival. Sweetwater only released three albums in the 1970s, with two being released in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The death of several members of the group meant that only three original members (Nancy (Nansi) Nevins, Fred Herrera and Alex Del Zoppo) could reunite for Woodstock '94.

Answer: Punk rock

Hot Water Music is made up of Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black and George Rebelo.They released several albums in the 1990s and 2000s, before disbanding in 2005 after the departure of Chuck Ragan. Hot Water Music announced they were reuniting in 2008, with the first show of their reunion tour played in Gainesville, Florida in January of the same year.

Answer: Insanity

All answer options were singles released by Oceanic in the 1990s. 'Insanity' (1991) was their best-known hit, reaching number three in the UK Singles Chart and also making the Australian Top 20. 1992 saw their first and only album release 'That Compact Disc By Oceanic', which got as far as 49 on the UK Albums Chart.

Answer: Sea Wolf

Sea Wolf is the most recent of all the answer options here - with Soundgarden forming in 1984, Weezer forming in 1992, and Social Distortion forming in 1978. All bands were based in California, with Sea Wolf specifically in Los Angeles. Sea Wolf's first album (EP) was released in 2007, with the band releasing four albums in their first five years - 'Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low' (2007), 'Leaves in the River' (2007), 'White Water, White Bloom' (2009), and 'Old World Romance' (2012).