What’s Your Rock IQ? 60s & 70s Music Trivia Quiz

And Wonderful Roses, They Tell Me

Frank Mastropolo
The Riff
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1 min readApr 24, 2024

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1. The Beatles’ “Till There Was You” is from the musical

A. The Fantasticks

B. Man of La Mancha

C. The Music Man

D. Sweet Charity

2. Nanker Phelge is a writing pseudonym of

A. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

B. Elton John and Bernie Taupin

C. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

D. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

3. This was NOT a Rufus Thomas song

A. “Walking the Dog”

B. “Somebody Stole My Dog”

C. “I Love My Dog”

D. “Stop Kicking My Dog Around”

4. Before going solo, Len Barry (“1–2–3”) was a member of

A. Randy & the Rainbows

B. The Dovells

C. The Exciters

D. The Hollywood Argyles

Answers

1. C

2. A

3. C

4. B

Frank Mastropolo is the author of What’s Your Rock IQ? Trivia Quiz Book Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Visit Edgar Street Books for deep dives into rock music history.

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Frank Mastropolo
The Riff

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