Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz 008

Here we are folks with another installment of the Great Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz, this time we are sticking with general knowledge. Some folks are commenting that they’ve been a bit easy lately but I think that you are all getting smarter! See how you go this time.

As always there are no prizes, just the warm feeling you’ll have from being smarter than a 5th grader.

Don’t forget to leave your score in the comments.

Update:
We have moved our Trivia Quizzes to here www.australianmusicdatabase.com/quizzes

1. Which band sang “Needle In A Haystack”
(a) The Mixtures
(b) The Twilights
(c) The Valentines

2. True or False. Bon Scott was once the singer in The Valentines

3. “And their legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean.” is a line from which song?
(a) Khe Sanh. Cold Chisel
(b) Reckless. Australian Crawl
(c) Only 19. Redgum

4. Which band had an album called ‘Diamantina Cocktail’?
(a) Axiom
(b) The Groop
(c) Little River Band

5. “Trams, cars and taxis like a waxworks on the move, carry young girls past me, but none of them are you.” is a line from which song?
(a) Bus To Bondi. Midnight Oil
(b) Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?. The Angels
(c) Great Southern Land. Icehouse

6. Col Joye’s real name is?
(a) Colin Jacobson
(b) Colin Joy
(c) Colin Hay

7. “Swashbuckling; He was the King; The toast of Tinseltown.They build him up; They took it all; And then they just cut him down.” is a line from which song?
(a) Erroll. Australian Crawl
(b) Can’t Help Myself. Icehouse
(c) Curiosity Killed The Cat. LRB

8. “Teach Me How To Fly” was a hit for Jeff St John and…?
(a) The Id
(b) Yama
(c) Copperwine

9. In 1977, who had a hit with “Mean Pair Of Jeans”?
(a) Izzy Dye
(b) Ray Burgess
(c) Marty Rhone

10. Which band was originally called “The Mullanes”
(a) Crowded House
(b) Cold Chisel
(c) Cat Empire

Go here to play now www.australianmusicdatabase.com/quizzes

12 Comments

  1. Recko on October 10, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Still have some brain cells, 8/10

  2. Gary on October 10, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    9/10 – damn that Col Joye fellow!

  3. Rob Manego on October 10, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    Bugger 9/10
    Good work but could do better. Must listen in class

  4. Greg Morris on October 18, 2011 at 9:27 am

    9/10 – Jeff St John got me this time, great singer though!!

  5. craig pollard on October 22, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    9/10

  6. darren on October 26, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    10/10. must listen to too much OzRock

  7. Bruce on October 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    10/10. Ozrock rules.

  8. Judy on November 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Yeah! 9/10! I did follow a lot of those bands in the day!!

  9. Geoff on November 15, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    8/10

  10. Baghead Kelly on December 1, 2011 at 2:20 am

    7/10 Good fun but I’m obviously out of my league

  11. Vince Scott on January 9, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    10/10 Valentines question was a bit tricky as Bon played drums,recorder & occasional vocals-lead vocals were Vince Lovegrove

  12. Wayne on January 29, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    9/10
    who wouold have thought the “The Mullanes”

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