Q 01/05

What is the nickname of Pete Townshend's trademark guitar-playing move?

A) The windmill

B) The duckwalk

C) Two-handed tapping

D) The bottleneck slide

Answer · why

A) The windmill

The windmill. Townshend picked up the full-circle arm swing after watching Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones loosen up before a show, and made it h...

Q 02/05

When Keith Moon passed out mid-show in 1973, who took his place to finish the set?

A) The band's road manager

B) A fan from the crowd

C) The support act's drummer

D) The sound engineer

Answer · why

B) A fan from the crowd

A fan from the crowd. Pete Townshend asked whether anyone out there could play the drums, and 19-year-old Scot Halpin came up from the audience and fi...

Q 03/05

What were the Who called before they first took that name in early 1964?

A) The Rebel Rousers

B) The Beachcombers

C) The Pirates

D) The Detours

Answer · why

D) The Detours

The Detours. They found another act was already using the name, and after a night of joke suggestions, including the Hair, Daltrey picked the Who the ...

Q 04/05

Under what name did the Who briefly record the mod single "Zoot Suit" in 1964?

A) The High Numbers

B) The Pretty Things

C) The Faces

D) The Mods

Answer · why

A) The High Numbers

The High Numbers. Manager Peter Meaden renamed them to court the mod scene and wrote the lyrics himself, but the single flopped and they went back to ...

Q 05/05

What was the Who's first single, a UK top ten hit in 1965?

A) Pictures of Lily

B) I Can't Explain

C) Substitute

D) Happy Jack

Answer · why

B) I Can't Explain

I Can't Explain. Townshend deliberately wrote it to sound like the Kinks, hoping to catch their producer's ear, and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimm...