Q 01/05

Who played the riff that opens the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"?

A) Keith Richards

B) Brian Jones

C) Mick Taylor

D) Ronnie Wood

Answer · why

A) Keith Richards

Keith Richards said he recorded the riff on a cassette player in his sleep and found it on the tape the next morning; the single became the Stones' fi...

Q 02/05

Which founding Pink Floyd frontman left the band in 1968?

A) Roger Waters

B) Syd Barrett

C) David Gilmour

D) Richard Wright

Answer · why

B) Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original singer and guitarist, was eased out in April 1968 as his mental health collapsed; 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' (197...

Q 03/05

Which 1969 concept album by the Who included "Pinball Wizard"?

A) Quadrophenia

B) Who's Next

C) Tommy

D) The Who Sell Out

Answer · why

C) Tommy

Tommy, the Who's 1969 double album about a 'deaf, dumb and blind' pinball champion, includes 'Pinball Wizard' and made the term 'rock opera' stick.

Q 04/05

Who replaced Bon Scott as AC/DC's lead singer in 1980?

A) Dave Evans

B) Paul Rodgers

C) Axl Rose

D) Brian Johnson

Answer · why

D) Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson joined AC/DC in April 1980, weeks after Bon Scott's death; Back in Black, his first album with the band, was released that July.

Q 05/05

The Doors took their name from a book by which writer?

A) Jack Kerouac

B) Ray Bradbury

C) Allen Ginsberg

D) Aldous Huxley

Answer · why

D) Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley's 1954 essay The Doors of Perception, itself titled from a William Blake line, gave Jim Morrison's band its name.