Q 01/05

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum stands on the shore of which Great Lake?

A) Michigan

B) Huron

C) Ontario

D) Erie

Answer · why

D) Erie

Lake Erie: the museum sits at East 9th Street on Cleveland's downtown lakefront, with the inductee exhibit housed in a wing that juts out over the wat...

Q 02/05

In what year was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation established?

A) 1979

B) 1983

C) 1986

D) 1991

Answer · why

B) 1983

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established in 1983 by Ahmet Ertegun and other industry figures; it inducted its first class before Clev...

Q 03/05

Foundation founder Ahmet Ertegun also founded and chaired which record label?

A) Motown Records

B) Columbia Records

C) Atlantic Records

D) Capitol Records

Answer · why

C) Atlantic Records

Ertegun co-founded Atlantic Records in 1947 with Herb Abramson and served as its chairman; he was inducted himself in 1987, and the museum's main exhi...

Q 04/05

Which architect designed the museum building?

A) Frank Gehry

B) Richard Meier

C) Philip Johnson

D) I. M. Pei

Answer · why

D) I. M. Pei

I. M. Pei designed the museum, a commission he took despite admitting he knew little about rock music; his design combines a tower with glass geometri...

Q 05/05

What geometric glass form protrudes from the museum's tower?

A) A dome

B) A cube

C) A sphere

D) A pyramid

Answer · why

D) A pyramid

A pyramid of glass, a dual-triangular 'tent', extends from the tower onto the entry plaza; the architect said he wanted the design 'to echo the energy...