Q 01/05

What was Buddy Holly's real surname, as spelled on his birth certificate and headstone?

A) Hawley

B) Hollie

C) Holliday

D) Holley

Answer · why

D) Holley

The stage-name spelling came from a typo in his first record contract, and he simply kept it.

Q 02/05

In which Texas city was Buddy Holly born and raised?

A) Lubbock

B) Amarillo

C) Waco

D) Abilene

Answer · why

A) Lubbock

The city now has a Buddy Holly Center, a Buddy Holly Avenue and a Crickets Avenue.

Q 03/05

In which year was Buddy Holly born?

A) 1936

B) 1938

C) 1940

D) 1942

Answer · why

A) 1936

He was the youngest of four children born during the Great Depression.

Q 04/05

How old was Buddy Holly when he died?

A) 19

B) 22

C) 25

D) 28

Answer · why

B) 22

By then he had recorded around 50 tracks, most of them his own.

Q 05/05

As a small child Holly played which instrument in a talent show, with the bow greased so it made no sound?

A) Mandolin

B) Ukulele

C) Banjo

D) Violin

Answer · why

D) Violin

The brothers won the contest anyway.