Quiz December 2003

[Carl]

girlcharisse from Rock Steady, CA

John from Philadelphia, PA

Both win a clean and comfortable Songfacts T-shirt.

Here are the answers:

• What band has a drummer who lost an arm in a car accident?
  - Def Leppard
  
  
• What rock singer recently recorded an album of standards that sold over 4 million copies?
  - Rod Stewart
  The album is called It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook.
  
  
• What singer or band has the biggest-selling album in the history of Motown Records?
  - Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
  Common guesses were Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. I think a lot of people thought Thriller was a Motown album, but it wasn't.
  
  
• Who was the first Irish-born artist inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?
  - Van Morrison
  
  
• What group was named after a sculpture in Seattle?
  - Soundgarden
  
  
• What 2 famous musicians have the Detroit Tigers baseball logo tattooed on their forearm?
  - Kid Rock and Eminem
  
  
• In what city did The Rolling Stones play to their biggest crowd?
  - Toronto
  500,000 fans were at a SARS benefit on July 30, 2003.
  
  
• What hit by Styx contains some lyrics in Japanese?
  - "Mr. Roboto"
  
  
• What band got their name from a phrase used on the TV show CHiPs?
  - Seven Mary Three
  
  
• What band was named Best New Artist of 1978 by both Rolling Stone and Creem magazines?
  - The Cars
  
  
• Tiebreaker: How many times has the Songfacts staff seen Finding Nemo?
  - 3
  

Thanks to everyone who took the quiz, and be sure to take the new one

here.