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

Los Angeles: in his largely Latino neighbourhood, strangers on the street would shout 'Guero!' ('white boy') at him, a taunt he later made the title o...

Q 02/05

Which 1993 single was Beck's commercial breakthrough?

A) The New Pollution

B) Devils Haircut

C) Loser

D) Sexx Laws

Answer · why

C) Loser

Loser was a one-off experiment that Beck set aside for a year, until his tiny indie label asked to release it and local radio turned it into a top-ten...

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

Andy Warhol's Factory: as a young teenager Bibbe Hansen acted in Warhol's films, including 'Prison' opposite Edie Sedgwick, and sat for two of his Scr...

Q 04/05

Beck's father, David Campbell, made his name in music as what?

A) A session drummer

B) A recording engineer

C) A string arranger

D) A backing vocalist

Answer · why

C) A string arranger

A string arranger: David Campbell got his start playing viola on Carole King's Tapestry, and later wrote the string parts for his son's album Sea Chan...

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

The Dust Brothers helped Beck build Odelay out of samples; it sold two million copies, a success that left even the head of his record company visibly...