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

The Black Country, the industrial belt just west of Birmingham. Plant grew up nearby in Halesowen and left home at 16 to sing with local blues bands.

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

The New Yardbirds. The Yardbirds had split but still had concerts to honour, so Jimmy Page's new line-up played them under that name before the band w...

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

Chartered accountant. He soon gave it up, and was working a day job in road construction while he fronted Midlands blues bands.

Q 04/05

Which former Band of Joy bandmate did Plant recommend to Jimmy Page for the group that became Led Zeppelin?

A) John Paul Jones

B) Chris Dreja

C) Jeff Beck

D) John Bonham

Answer · why

D) John Bonham

John Bonham. He had already drummed behind Plant in two Midlands bands, and when Bonham died in 1980 Led Zeppelin chose not to carry on without him.

Q 05/05

Which singer, Jimmy Page's first choice for his new band, turned him down but recommended Plant?

A) Steve Marriott

B) Rod Stewart

C) Chris Farlowe

D) Terry Reid

Answer · why

D) Terry Reid

Terry Reid. He was under contract to open another band's tour, so he pointed Page to his friend Plant; he later turned down Deep Purple as well.