Q 01/05

In which city did the Eagles form in 1971?

A) Nashville

B) Los Angeles

C) San Francisco

D) Detroit

Answer · why

B) Los Angeles

The four founders had all been playing behind the same singer, and played live together behind her only once, at Disneyland.

Q 02/05

Which singer's backing band brought the four founding Eagles together?

A) Emmylou Harris

B) Carole King

C) Linda Ronstadt

D) Joni Mitchell

Answer · why

C) Linda Ronstadt

Frey credited her with suggesting the band's banjo player; all four played on her self-titled 1972 album.

Q 03/05

Which label, newly started by David Geffen, signed the Eagles in 1971?

A) Capitol Records

B) Reprise Records

C) Elektra Records

D) Asylum Records

Answer · why

D) Asylum Records

Geffen bought out Frey and Henley's contracts with Amos Records and sent the band to Aspen to develop.

Q 04/05

Under what name did the band play its first show in Aspen in October 1971?

A) Longbranch Pennywhistle

B) Teen King and the Emergencies

C) The Aspen Ramblers

D) The Stone Canyon Band

Answer · why

B) Teen King and the Emergencies

They had not yet settled on a name; the Eagles idea came on a peyote-and-tequila trip in the Mojave Desert.

Q 05/05

Which comedian, a Troubadour friend, claims he suggested calling them "the Eagles"?

A) Cheech Marin

B) Steve Martin

C) Albert Brooks

D) Chevy Chase

Answer · why

B) Steve Martin

Frey insists the group's name is simply "Eagles", with no "the".