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Monday, June 25, 2018

The Doo-Wop Test for Older People

1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?
 
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
  
2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?
 
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones
 
3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint?
Earth _____
 
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm
  
4. ''I found my thrill...'' where?
 
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill
  
5. ''Please turn on your magic beam
_____ _____ bring me a dream,''
 
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover
  
6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
 
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun
  
7. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?
 
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown
  
8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:
 
(a) Mac Heath
(b) Mac Cloud
(c) McNamara
  
9. Name the song with
''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''
 
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti
 

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?
 
(a) Dick Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
 
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
 
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando

12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?
 
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello
 
13. The Everly Brothers were.....
 
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill
 
14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
 
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...
 
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown
 
16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''. What TV show was he on?
 
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
 
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood
 
18. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love''
 
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows
 
19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called
''Till I ______ You.''
 
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Screwed
(d) Met

20. Chuck Berry sang
''Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?''
 
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
 
21. ''Wooly _______''
 
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully

22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat....."
 
(a) can't go into town no more
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin' in a seafood store

23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do........''
 
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise

24. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is......''
 
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jackie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle

25. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''
 
(a) she's got the rabies
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe

26. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing …..''
 
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you

27. ''He wore black denim trousers and …..''
 
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots

28. ''I got a gal named……....''
 
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney

Answers At 7 PM

1 comment:

  1. Anyone old enough to know the answer to these has to be old enough to be dead by now.

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