Take the quiz and see how you score as a true "Oldies Fan."
(Answers listed at the end of this quiz)
1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
(a) The
movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The
movie's over, it's 3 o'clock (c) The
movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. "Rock Around The Clock" was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel
Without A Cause (b) Blackboard
Jungle (c) The
Wild Ones
3. What's
missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth
_____ (a) Angel (b) Mother (c) Worm
4. I found my thrill
. . ." where?
(a) Kansas
City (b) Heartbreak
Hotel (c) Blueberry Hill
5. "Please turn on your
magic beam, _____ _____
bring me a dream,: (a) Mr. Sandman (b) Earth
Angel (c) Dream Lover
6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic (b) RCA (c) Sun
7. He asked, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" Who was he?
(a) Bad,
Bad Leroy Brown (b) Charlie
Brown (c) Buster
Brown
8. Bobby
Darin's "Mack The Knife," the one with the knife was named:
(a) MacHeath (b) MacCloud (c) MacNamara
9. Name
the song with "A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom."
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly (b) Be-Bop-A-Lula (c) Tutti-Frutti
10. Who is generally
given credit for originating the term "Rock And Roll"?
(a) Dick
Clark (b) Wolfman
Jack (c) Alan
Freed
11.
In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little
Richard (b) Frankie
Lymon (c) Tony
Orlando
12. Paul
Anka's "Puppy Love" is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee (b) Connie
Francis (c) Annette
Funicello
13. The Everly Brothers are....?
(a) Pete
and Dick (b) Don
and Phil (c) Bob
and Bill
14. The
Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson (b) Roy
Harold Scherer Jr. (c) Marion
Michael Morrison
15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...
(a) Decca (b) Cameo (c) Motown
16. Edd Brynes had a hit with "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb." What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip (b) Hawaiian
Eye (c) Surfside
Six
17. In
1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley (b) Sandra
Dee (c) Natalie
Wood
18. They
were a one hit wonder with "Book Of Love":
(a) The Penguins (b) The
Monotones (c) The
Moonglows
19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called 'Till I ________ You."
(a) Loved (b) Kissed
(c) Met
20. Chuck Berry sang "Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?"
(a) Suzie Q (b) Peggy
Sue (c) Maybelline
21. "Wooly _______"
(a) Mammouth (b) Bully (c) Pully
22. "I'm
like a one-eyed cat . . .
(a) can't go into town no more. (b) sleepin'
on a cold hard floor. (c) peepin'
in a seafood store.
23. "Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do .
. ."
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze.
(b) cause there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues.
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready
to cruise.
24. "They often call me Speedo, but my real name is ....."
(a) Mr. Earl.
(b) Jackie
Pearl.
(c) Milton
Berle.
25. "You're my Fanny and nobody else's ....."
(a) girl. (b) butt. (c) love.
26. "I want you to play with my . . . "
(a) heart. (b) dreams. (c) ding
a ling.
27. "Be Bop A Lula . . ."
(a) she's got the rabies. (b) she's
my baby. (c) she
loves me, maybe.
28. "Fine Love, Fine Kissing ....."
(a) right
here. (b) fifty
cents. (c) just
for you. 29.
29. "He wore black denim trousers and . . .."
(a) a
pink carnation. (b) pink
leotards. (c) motorcycle
boots.
30. "I got a gal
named . . ."
(a) Jenny Zamboni. (b) Gerri
Mahoney (c) Boney
Maroney.
Answers:
1 (c) The
movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. (b) Blackboard Jungle
3. (a) Angel
4. (c) Blueberry
Hill
5. (a) Mr. Sandman
6. (c) Sun
7. (b) Charlie Brown
8. (a) Mac Heath
9. (c) Tutti Fruitti
10. (c) Alan
Freed
11. (a) Little
Richard
12. (c) Annette
Funicello
13. (b) Don
and Phil
14. (a) Jiles
P. Richardson
15. (c) Motown
16. (a) 77
Sunset Strip
17. (b) Sandra
Dee
18. (b) The
Monotones
19. (b) Kissed
20. (c) Maybelline
21. (b) Bully
22. (c) peepin'
in a seafood store.
23. (b) cause
there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
24. (a) Mr. Earl.
25. (b) butt.
26. (c) ding
a ling.
27. (b) she's
my baby.
28. (a) right
here.
29. (c) motorcycle boots
30. (c) Boney
Maroney
