Q 01/05

Which nickname did Chuck Berry earn for shaping the guitar-driven sound of 1950s teenage music?

A) The Father of Rock and Roll

B) The King of the Blues

C) The Godfather of Soul

D) The Architect of Rock and Roll

Answer · why

A) The Father of Rock and Roll

The Father of Rock and Roll drew the ultimate compliment from John Lennon, who said that if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might ca...

Q 02/05

Which member of Kiss gave an unplanned eulogy at Chuck Berry's funeral?

A) Paul Stanley

B) Ace Frehley

C) Peter Criss

D) Gene Simmons

Answer · why

D) Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons was not scheduled to speak, but when someone urged him to the podium he told the mourners how deeply Berry had influenced him as a musici...

Q 03/05

Which Chuck Berry song plays during the twist contest in Pulp Fiction?

A) You Never Can Tell

B) Brown Eyed Handsome Man

C) Promised Land

D) Too Much Monkey Business

Answer · why

A) You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell, Berry's 1964 tale of a teenage wedding, found a new audience thirty years later when Quentin Tarantino set the Jack Rabbit Slim's ...

Q 04/05

Which rock-and-roll Christmas standard did Chuck Berry record first, in 1958?

A) Jingle Bell Rock

B) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

C) Run Rudolph Run

D) Little Saint Nick

Answer · why

C) Run Rudolph Run

Run Rudolph Run is Berry's own tune, yet most cover versions credit Johnny Marks, who wrote the original red-nosed reindeer song and guarded the right...

Q 05/05

What was Berry's first hit single, released in 1955?

A) Sweet Little Sixteen

B) School Days

C) Rock and Roll Music

D) Maybellene

Answer · why

D) Maybellene

Maybellene is a car chase set to a big beat: the singer's V8 Ford pursues his girl's Cadillac Coupe de Ville, a tale of speed and romance aimed square...