Q 01/05

What is Bruce Springsteen's famous nickname?

A) The King

B) The Chief

C) The Boss

D) The Big Man

Answer · why

C) The Boss

He earned it in his early bar-band days by collecting the night's pay and handing it out to his bandmates. The Big Man was saxophonist Clarence Clemon...

Q 02/05

In which New Jersey town did Springsteen grow up?

A) Freehold

B) Asbury Park

C) Long Branch

D) Red Bank

Answer · why

A) Freehold

He was born at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School and Freehold High, and skipped his own graduation cer...

Q 03/05

Which Columbia scout, who had signed Bob Dylan, signed Springsteen in 1972?

A) John Hammond

B) Clive Davis

C) Ahmet Ertegun

D) Berry Gordy

Answer · why

A) John Hammond

Managers Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos brought Springsteen to Hammond's attention. His debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., came out in 1973.

Q 04/05

Which critic wrote in 1974 that he 'saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen'?

A) Lester Bangs

B) Greil Marcus

C) Jon Landau

D) Robert Christgau

Answer · why

C) Jon Landau

Landau saw him at the Harvard Square Theater and soon became his co-producer and longtime manager.

Q 05/05

In October 1975 Springsteen became the first artist to do what?

A) Appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek in the same week

B) Sell out Madison Square Garden five nights running

C) Have three albums in the Billboard top ten

D) Win a Grammy for a debut album

Answer · why

A) Appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek in the same week

The double cover accompanied Born to Run, the album that made him a worldwide star after two modest sellers.