Q 01/05

The Guess Who's 'American Woman' riff was born on stage in Ontario while Randy Bachman was doing what?

A) Retuning after a broken string

B) Testing a backup amplifier

C) Trying a new pedal

D) Showing a fan a chord

Answer · why

A) Retuning after a broken string

Retuning after a broken string, Bachman hit on a riff he wanted to remember and kept playing it. The band jammed along, and a fan's bootleg tape saved...

Q 02/05

Which American rock star's 1999 cover of the Guess Who's 'American Woman' for an Austin Powers film won him a Grammy?

A) Kid Rock

B) Lenny Kravitz

C) Dave Grohl

D) Chris Cornell

Answer · why

B) Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz dropped the famous guitar solo, later telling Randy Bachman he couldn't get the tone. His slower version won the Grammy for Best Male Ro...

Q 03/05

Which actor, as Lester Burnham, performs the Guess Who's 'American Woman' in Sam Mendes's 1999 film American Beauty?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Nicolas Cage

C) Kevin Spacey

D) Bill Murray

Answer · why

C) Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Lester, an advertising executive in the grip of a midlife crisis. American Beauty took five Academy ...

Q 04/05

The Guess Who performed at the White House for which US president's family, leaving 'American Woman' off the set?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Gerald Ford

C) Jimmy Carter

D) Richard Nixon

Answer · why

D) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon's wife Pat was long said to have vetoed the song as anti-American. Burton Cummings later said dropping it was the band's own idea, and t...

Q 05/05

Burton Cummings says the Guess Who first jammed 'American Woman' on stage at what kind of Ontario venue?

A) A curling rink

B) A bowling alley

C) A roller rink

D) A hockey arena

Answer · why

A) A curling rink

A curling rink in Scarborough called the Broom and Stone is the setting Cummings gives for the jam, on a night when the band played two shows. Randy B...