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

Gainesville. On what would have been his 68th birthday, the city renamed the park he often visited as a boy Tom Petty Park.

Q 02/05

On the first Traveling Wilburys album, Tom Petty was billed as which Wilbury brother?

A) Lucky

B) Otis

C) Charlie

D) Lefty

Answer · why

C) Charlie

Charlie. In full he was Charlie T. Wilbury Jr., but only for one record: on the next album the four remaining members all took new names and Petty bec...

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

Handle with Care. George Harrison took the title from a box he spotted in the garage studio where the five wrote it, and Warner executives ruled the s...

Q 04/05

What did the Traveling Wilburys jokingly title their second album?

A) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 0

B) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

C) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 4

D) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 5

Answer · why

B) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. The band never released a Vol. 2: a bandmate recalled that the jump was George Harrison's idea, proposed with the words 'Le...

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

Full Moon Fever. MCA at first turned the album down, saying it couldn't hear a hit, and it went on to be certified five times platinum in the US.