Q 01/05

Beck was born and raised in which city?

A) Los Angeles

B) New York

C) San Francisco

D) Seattle

Answer · why

A) Los Angeles

He grew up in a declining neighbourhood near Hollywood Boulevard and later in a district of Korean and Salvadoran families.

Q 02/05

Which 1993 single was Beck's commercial breakthrough?

A) Where It's At

B) Devils Haircut

C) Loser

D) E-Pro

Answer · why

C) Loser

It was recorded in producer Carl Stephenson's home in 1992 as a one-off hip hop experiment Beck initially set aside.

Q 03/05

Beck's mother, Bibbe Hansen, grew up in whose 1960s New York art scene?

A) Allen Ginsberg's Beat circle

B) Andy Warhol's Factory

C) Jackson Pollock's studio

D) Robert Rauschenberg's loft

Answer · why

B) Andy Warhol's Factory

She was a Warhol superstar, and the avant-garde ran in the family: his maternal grandfather was a pioneer of the Fluxus movement.

Q 04/05

Beck's father, David Campbell, works as what?

A) A film director

B) A session drummer

C) A record executive

D) An arranger and conductor

Answer · why

D) An arranger and conductor

He played viola and arranged strings on Midnite Vultures.

Q 05/05

Beck's 1996 album Odelay was produced with which duo, known for the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique?

A) The Neptunes

B) The Chemical Brothers

C) Daft Punk

D) The Dust Brothers

Answer · why

D) The Dust Brothers

A record executive told him the album would be 'a huge mistake'; it sold two million copies and won two Grammys.