Q 01/05

Robert Plant was born in 1948 in West Bromwich, a town in which English region?

A) The Black Country

B) The Potteries

C) The Lake District

D) The Peak District

Answer · why

A) The Black Country

He grew up in nearby Halesowen and still lives in Worcestershire.

Q 02/05

Under what name was the group that became Led Zeppelin initially billed when Plant joined in 1968?

A) The Band of Joy

B) Obs-Tweedle

C) The New Yardbirds

D) The Crawling King Snakes

Answer · why

C) The New Yardbirds

Manager Peter Grant and Jimmy Page had recruited him to keep the Yardbirds going after its other members left.

Q 03/05

What profession did Plant briefly train for after leaving grammar school?

A) Quantity surveyor

B) Chartered accountant

C) Insurance broker

D) Bank clerk

Answer · why

B) Chartered accountant

He quit after two weeks and left home at 16 to sing with local blues bands.

Q 04/05

Which drummer, Plant's bandmate in the Band of Joy, did he recommend for Led Zeppelin?

A) Cozy Powell

B) Keith Moon

C) Bev Bevan

D) John Bonham

Answer · why

D) John Bonham

The two had first met when Plant sang with the Crawling King Snakes.

Q 05/05

Jimmy Page's first choice of singer turned him down but pointed him toward Plant. Who was he?

A) Steve Marriott

B) Rod Stewart

C) Chris Farlowe

D) Terry Reid

Answer · why

D) Terry Reid

Plant was singing with a band called Obs-Tweedle when Page came to hear him.