Try this quiz. Some questions are original, some pinched from various places on the web. Some Questions are still unanswered. Congratulations to Cesar Inca who answered Q 1-5, 7, 8-10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 25, and Easy Livin who got 3 and 15.
Feedback would be appreciated (too hard, too easy, stupid subjects, mistakes, etc.).
1) On this group's 2nd album, the group stood up when the jacket opened. Name the group and the album. Jethro Tull
2) What Prog song has the lyric 'We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year'? 'Wish You Were Here'
3) What is it that Arnold Lane does? Steals/collects clothes from clotheslines
4) On what ELP album does the song "Brain Salad Surgery" appear? WORKS VOL. 2
5) "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is to GENESIS as what album is to SPOCK's BEARD? "Snow"
6) Name a John Lennon song on which Alan White played drums.
7) Which member of PINK FLOYD has appeared on all of their albums? Is it Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, or David Gilmour? Nick Mason
8) "Erpsongs" is which band's debut album? ILUVATAR, TANGERINE DREAM, OZRIC TENTACLES, or MARILLION? OZRIC TENTACLES
9) What is "YYZ"? Is it the "Code name for the Manhattan Project", the "Yin Yan Zoo", the "Airport code for Toronto", or "Your Young Zappa"? The Airport Code for Toronto
10) ARENA is to MARILLION as JADIS is to whom? IQ
11) PINK FLOYD is the Prog band that has sold the most albums in the U.S.? Who are the second and third biggest sellers?
12) Why did the British music press begin running articles saying ELP would be called HELP? Supposedly because there were plans for letting Hendrix in and make it a power quartet.
13) What SUPERTRAMP song has the lyric 'It's you for you, and me for me'?
14) Who is the only member of YES to appear on all of their albums? Was it Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, or Alan White? Chris Squire
15) What GENESIS song has the lyric 'Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree'? 'Carpet Crawlers'
16) What Prog artist has four Number 1 albums (according to the U.S. Billboard Album Charts)? Is it YES, ELP, PINK FLOYD, GENESIS, ASIA, or Frank Zappa? Can you name the albums?
17) What Prog song has the lyric 'There is more to this world than we see with our eyes'? 'There is More to this World'
18) On Steve Allen’s TV show (U.S. - 1960's) what "Concerto" did Frank Zappa perform?
19) Who was little Carl?
20) What did Peter Gabriel forbid the use of during the recording of "Peter Gabriel 3"? Any metallic percussion, incl. cymbals, tambourine, etc.
21) During the production of what album did Eddie Offord cut a final master mix quarter-inch tape with a razor blade?
22) Which of the following albums does not feature brothers? Grand Illusion, Snow, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, or Voyage of the Acolyte.
23) What RUSH song does the lyric mentioned in Question 15 summarize the theme of?
24) For what album did Jon Anderson have the road crew build a bath in the middle of the studio?
25) Which drummer did GENESIS recruit for the "Trick of the Tail" tour? Bill Bruford
Edited by Arbiter