Doo Wop 30 Oldies Quiz

[Hughie]

Thirty great memories about music that caused our parents and teachers grief!
Take the quiz and see how you score as a true ''Oldies Fan.''

Keep your score as you do them.

1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?
(a) The movies 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

Spoiler

C

2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones

Spoiler

b

3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm

Spoiler

a

4. ''I found my thrill . . .'' where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill

Spoiler

c

5. ''Please turn on your magic beam,__________ bring me a dream,'':
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover

Spoiler

a

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun

Spoiler

c

7.. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown

Spoiler

b

8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara

Spoiler

a

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

Spoiler

c

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?
(a) Dick Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed

Spoiler

c

11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando

Spoiler

a

12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello

Spoiler

c

13. The Everly Brothers are . . ...
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill

Spoiler

b

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison

Spoiler

a

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown

Spoiler

c

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

Spoiler

a

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood

Spoiler

b

18. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows

Spoiler

b

19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met

Spoiler

b

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

Spoiler

c

21. ''Wooly_______''
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully

Spoiler

b

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

Spoiler

c

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

Spoiler

b

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

Spoiler

a

25. ''You're my Fanny and nobody else's ....''
(a) girl
(b) butt
(c) love

Spoiler

b

26. ''I want you to play with my . . . ''
(a) heart
(b) dreams
(c) ding a ling

Spoiler

c

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

Spoiler

b

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

Spoiler

a

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

Spoiler

c

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

Spoiler

c

How did you score - I had 24 correct out of 30.

[chriso]

23 for me.

[Milda]

22 for me .I enjoyed that quiz.

[face61]

i only got 17 good fun singing along and trying

[Hughie]

Had the wife singing wake up little suzie ahint me but she still got the wrong answer.
Thought such a quiz was better presented using the spoiler BBCode rather than telling everyone to go to the bottom of the page to see the answers.

[Davie]

dear o dear i must be REALLY old got 26 out of 30.
God almighty whose that old guy in the drainpipe troosers.

davie

[morag]

25, but must admit to a few lucky guesses!

[meekan]

23, with some educated guesses

[gnyaff]

26 for me, thought I was going to get them all till near the end when I dropped 4 .

Wee Boney

[down south]

I only got 20 ( including a guess or two ), but then I was still in my pram when you were all rocking round the clock to some of these...

Little Susie

[Jim McCreadie]

Scored 25 AND dug oot mah "winkle-pickers"!!

Jim McCreadie
Fremantle
WA

[Meg]

23 for me.

Me too Chris - one or two lucky guesses.

Meg