Question: The Rolling Stones were marketed as an exact replica of the Beatles.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The Who were known for energetic performances including the pioneering spectacle of instrument destruction.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The British Blues revival success lead to a decreased American interest in the Blues.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: Janis Joplin experimented with feedback between the guitar and amplifier and used it successfully with control and psychedelic flash.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: Generally teen idols wrote their own songs.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: Surf band musicians lived on the East Coast.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: Nanker Phelge was a name created by the Rolling Stones to represent the whole group when writing songs.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The pop sound of early 60’s gave women more of a chance to perform pop charting hits than had most blues or country related music of the fifties.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: Motown was more refined and created an image that helped the white listeners gain a new and more positive view of African Americans.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: Small independent record companies went out of business as a result of the payola scandals.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: Pat Boone was a teen idol.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The Supremes were part of the British Blues Revival.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: American rock promoters were not interested in the blues until after the mid-sixties, when British covers of American blues recordings became popular in the US.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The Beatles were different from other 60’s rock bands because their music progressed from one album to the next as their experience and musicianship grew.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True
Question: The Kinks recorded mini operas on double albums that followed a storyline through each song.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: Match the following genres to the correct definition.
Answer Options: a. British Blues Revival b. British Invasion c. Soul d. Teen Idols Correct Answer: a. British Blues Revival – Some of these groups functioned as a training ground group for blues-rock musicians. b. British Invasion – British rock groups who successfully “invaded” American charts in the 1960s. c. Soul – Musicians of this style conveyed messages of human love and relationships with the same impassioned performances as Gospel singers. d. Teen Idols – Most of these artists were successful more to their visual appeal than their talent.
Question: Match the following genres to the correct definition.
Answer Options: a. American Blues Revival b. Garage Bands c. BMI d. Motown e. Monterey Pop Festival Correct Answer: a. American Blues Revival – One of America’s responses to the British invasion in which American artists became more interested in playing blues styled music. b. Garage Bands – These types of bands were popular because of the appealing idea that anybody who could afford an instrument could be in a band. c. BMI – This was formed in 1940 by members of the National Association for Broadcasters who resisted ASCAP and their monopoly. d. Motown – This style name for the record company that Berry Gordy Jr. founded. e. Monterey Pop Festival – A three-day concert held in 1967 that helped launch the careers of many bands.
Question: Who is the artist of this song? What is the genre? (Audio not provided)
Answer Options: a. Memphis Soul – Wilson Pickett b. Wilson Pickett – Soul Correct Answer: a. Memphis Soul – Wilson Pickett
Question: Which band sings this song? What is the genre? (Audio not provided)
Answer Options: a. The Who – British Invasion b. The Who – Rock Correct Answer: a. The Who – British Invasion