Q 01/05

Which garage rock hit by the Kingsmen did the FBI investigate in the 1960s, hunting for obscene lyrics?

A) Wild Thing

B) Wooly Bully

C) Louie Louie

D) Hang On Sloopy

Answer · why

C) Louie Louie

Louie Louie was cleared when the FBI laboratory ruled the slurred vocal impossible to interpret. The real words are a lovesick sailor's lament about g...

Q 02/05

Which folk duo hit number one in 1966 after a producer secretly added electric guitar and drums to an acoustic track?

A) Simon & Garfunkel

B) Chad & Jeremy

C) Peter and Gordon

D) The Everly Brothers

Answer · why

A) Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel had drifted apart after a flop debut album when producer Tom Wilson remixed The Sound of Silence. Simon, playing small clubs in Denm...

Q 03/05

Which guitarist ended his set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival by setting his instrument on fire?

A) Jeff Beck

B) Jimi Hendrix

C) Pete Townshend

D) Jimmy Page

Answer · why

B) Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix set the guitar alight at the end of a 45-minute set. The trick was born in London months earlier, when a journalist urged him to outdo th...

Q 04/05

Which songwriter was booed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival after plugging in an electric guitar?

A) Pete Seeger

B) Phil Ochs

C) Tom Paxton

D) Bob Dylan

Answer · why

D) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan played his first concert with electric instruments that night, backed by members of a Chicago blues band. Witnesses have long disagreed over...

Q 05/05

Which Beatle did a 1969 rumor claim had died in a car crash and been replaced by a look-alike?

A) John Lennon

B) George Harrison

C) Paul McCartney

D) Ringo Starr

Answer · why

C) Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney was said to have been swapped for the winner of a look-alike contest, with clues hidden on album covers. The craze faded after Life mag...