Q 01/05

Which Florida city was Tom Petty born and raised in?

A) Tallahassee

B) Gainesville

C) Jacksonville

D) Ocala

Answer · why

B) Gainesville

The city gave him the keys twice, renamed a park after him and painted a tribute on its 34th Street Wall a week after he died.

Q 02/05

What was Petty's pseudonym on the first Wilburys album?

A) Lucky Wilbury

B) Otis Wilbury

C) Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.

D) Lefty Wilbury

Answer · why

C) Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.

Lucky was Dylan, Otis was Lynne and Lefty was Orbison; on the second album Petty became Muddy Wilbury.

Q 03/05

Which Wilburys song was originally meant as a B-side for a George Harrison single?

A) End of the Line

B) Handle with Care

C) Tweeter and the Monkey Man

D) Last Night

Answer · why

B) Handle with Care

Warner Bros. had asked Harrison for a European B-side to This Is Love; the result was judged too good to waste.

Q 04/05

The supergroup's second album, made as a quartet after Orbison died, skipped a number. What was it?

A) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 2

B) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 4

C) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

D) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 0

Answer · why

C) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

The name was a response to bootlegged sessions being sold as Vol. 2; Orbison had died before it was recorded.

Q 05/05

What was the title of Petty's 1989 debut solo album?

A) Wildflowers

B) Highway Companion

C) Southern Accents

D) Full Moon Fever

Answer · why

D) Full Moon Fever

It featured I Won't Back Down, Free Fallin' and Runnin' Down a Dream, and MCA initially refused to release it.

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