Q 01/05

Which Deep Purple song recounts the casino fire during Frank Zappa's 1971 concert in Montreux?

A) Highway Star

B) Smoke on the Water

C) Child in Time

D) Strange Kind of Woman

Answer · why

B) Smoke on the Water

Smoke on the Water got its title from the haze drifting over Lake Geneva as the band watched from their hotel. A flare fired by an audience member had...

Q 02/05

Which Frank Zappa hit features his 14-year-old daughter Moon mimicking the slang of Los Angeles mall teenagers?

A) Jewish Princess

B) Catholic Girls

C) Valley Girl

D) Fine Girl

Answer · why

C) Valley Girl

Valley Girl became Frank Zappa's only US Top 40 single, peaking at number 32. He meant it as a jab at San Fernando teen culture, but it spread the sla...

Q 03/05

Frank Zappa nicknamed which part of his wife Gail's body Dweezil, a name later given to their son?

A) A pinky toe

B) An earlobe

C) A collarbone

D) A thumb

Answer · why

A) A pinky toe

A pinky toe of Gail's that Frank found funny-looking was the original Dweezil. A hospital nurse refused to register the name, so the boy's birth certi...

Q 04/05

Which everyday object did a young Frank Zappa play with drumsticks and a bow on Steve Allen's TV show?

A) A typewriter

B) A vacuum cleaner

C) A step ladder

D) A bicycle

Answer · why

D) A bicycle

A bicycle was Frank Zappa's instrument on national television in 1963, three years before his first album. He plucked, banged and bowed the spokes wit...

Q 05/05

Which famous feature of Frank Zappa's face gave the Cameroonian spider Pachygnatha zappa its scientific name?

A) Eyebrows

B) Moustache

C) Sideburns

D) Cheekbones

Answer · why

B) Moustache

Moustache markings on the underside of the female spider reminded two Belgian biologists of Frank Zappa, so they named it for him in 1994. A jellyfish...