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Musicians and Composers - Rock Stars

If you are into rock music, then you'll be into this quiz. See how much you know about these 10 famous rock stars.

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  1. What was Janis Joplin's favourite beverage?

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    • Born: 19 January 1943
    • Place: Port Arthur Texas
    • Nationality: American
    • She was known as The Queen of Rock and Roll at the height of her career
    • She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers
    • As a teen, she became overweight and her skin broke out so badly she was left with deep scars
    • Kids at high school would routinely taunt her and call her names
    • In 1969 she appeared in Woodstock
    • She died of a heroin overdose and alcohol, and her ashes were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean

  2. What is the name of Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band?

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    • Born: 23 September 1949
    • Place: Long Branch, New Jersey
    • Nationality: American
    • He is also known as The Boss
    • He has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and 120 million worldwide
    • Teachers have said he was a 'loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar'
    • He often praised 'the great state of New Jersey' in his live shows
    • He also wrote songs for other groups including Manfred Mann's Earth Band
    • He supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign

  3. In 1988 Bob Dylan was a member of which supergroup?

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    • Born: 24 May 1941
    • Place: Duluth, Minnesota
    • Nationality: American
    • He was born Robert Allen Zimmerman
    • He has been a major influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades
    • He dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year
    • His first recordings made with electric instruments was in 1965
    • In 1966, he crashed his 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle on a road near his home
    • In the late 1970s, he became a born-again Christian and released two Gospel albums

  4. What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

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    • Born: 8 January 1935
    • Place: Memphis, Tennessee
    • Nationality: American
    • He is often referred to as the 'King of Rock and Roll' or simply 'The King'
    • He died in 1977 at the age of 42
    • His identical twin brother was born 35 minutes before him but was stillborn
    • One of his mother Gladys's great-great-grandmothers was Cherokee
    • The rivalry between variety show hosts Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan helped catapult Presley to unprecedented fame
    • In 1958 Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army as a Private at Fort Chaffee

  5. Robert Plant supports which football team?

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    • Born: 20 August 1948
    • Place: West Bromwich
    • Nationality: British
    • His career spanned more than 40 years
    • He abandoned training as a chartered accountant after only two weeks
    • In 1968, the guitarist Jimmy Page was in search of a lead singer for his new band and met Plant
    • Initially he was in the 'Yardbirds' which then became Led Zeppelin
    • One of his most significant achievements with Led Zeppelin was his contribution to the track Stairway to Heaven

  6. In which hotel did John Lennon, with his new bride Yoko Ono, have their first 'Bed-In for Peace'?

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    • Born: 9 October 1940
    • Place: Liverpool
    • Nationality: British
    • Part of the famous group The Beatles
    • His first marriage was to Cynthia and he had one child
    • His mother bought him his first guitar in 1956
    • He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987

  7. Who was Bono's best man at his wedding?

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    • Born: 10 May 1960
    • Place: County Dublin, Ireland
    • Nationality: Irish
    • He was born Paul David Hewson but is called by his stage name of Bono
    • He is the lead singer of U2
    • He is married to Alison Hewson and they have four children
    • He is almost never seen in public without sunglasses
    • Bono and The Edge wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spider-Man
    • He appeared in the Band Aid and Live Aid concerts

  8. What is the title of Mick Jagger's first solo album?

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    • Born: 26 July 1943
    • Place: Dartford, Kent
    • Nationality: British
    • He is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones
    • His career has spanned over fifty years and he is still singing
    • He had seriously considered becoming either a journalist or a politician
    • Jagger took control of the band's business affairs and has managed them ever since they split with their second manager, Allen Klein
    • He did a cover of 'Dancing in the Street' with David Bowie

  9. What is Steven Tyler's nickname?

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    • Born: 26 March 1948
    • Place: Yonkers, New York
    • Nationality: American
    • His real name is Steven Victor Tallarico
    • He is best known as the frontman and lead singer of Aerosmith
    • He collapsed on stage due to his drug abuse
    • He joined Kid Rock and Run-D.M.C. to perform 'Walk This Way'
    • Dirico's bikes are designed by Steven Tyler, formerley Red Wing Motorcycles
    • In 2006 he revealed that he had been suffering from Hepatitis C for the past 11 years

  10. David Bowie's 1977 album, 'Low', was a collaboration with which artist?

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    • Born: 8 January 1947
    • Place: Brixton, London
    • Nationality: British
    • He has one blue eye and one green eye
    • Dressed in a striking costume, his hair dyed red, Bowie launched his Ziggy Stardust stage show
    • He moved to the United States in 1974, initially staying in New York City before settling in Los Angeles
    • In April 1992 he appeared at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
    • His song 'Space Oddity', won him an Ivor Novello Special Award For Originality
    • Throughout his career he has sold an estimated 136 million albums
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