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1 of 12
Which band did Paul McCartney form with his wife Linda in the ‘70s?
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Wings
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The Traveling Wilburys
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Stormborn
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2 of 12
Which Doobie Brothers song hit #1 in 1979?
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What a Fool Believes
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With a Little Luck
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Baby’s Request
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3 of 12
Who wrote the 1977 hit, Blinded by the Light?
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Jeff Hoves
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Denny Laine
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Bruce Springsteen
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4 of 12
Who played Blinded by the Light when it hit #1?
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Bruce Springsteen
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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
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Joanne Dane
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5 of 12
Though the ‘70s were a period of funk and grooviness, the turn of the decade also marked what event?
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The murder of President Nixon
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The break-up of The Beatles
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The beginning of the Vietnam War
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6 of 12
Which singer remade Betty Everett’s 1963 song You’re No Good and sent it to the top of the charts?
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Linda Ronstadt
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Linda McCartney
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Linda Larosa
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7 of 12
______ Ways to Leave Your Lover is a song by Paul Simon.
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50
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100
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A Thousand
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8 of 12
Which of these musical genres first emerged in the late ‘70s?
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Euro disco
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rock and roll
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punk rock
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9 of 12
What was the ‘70s musical movement in Latin America called?
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Merengue
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Nueva cancion
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Liberation theology
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10 of 12
What variant of a popular music genre gained a following throughout the 1970s in Africa?
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Afriquerock
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Afrobeat
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Punkgeria
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11 of 12
David Bowie and Roxy Music are prime examples of ________ pioneers.
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acid rock
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glam rock
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psychedelic rock
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12 of 12
What were two early British acts who popularised the punk rock genre?
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The Sex Pistols and The Clash
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The Rolling Stones and The Move
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The Beatles and The Who
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