Episode 117: Rock Solid Trivia




Episode 117: Rock Solid Trivia
Gary is the game master, Christy Stratton and Pat are the contestants! 2 nerds enter, 1 nerd leaves. Please feel free to play along at home.
From August 8, 2013
Rock Solid Jeopardy
BIOS & BIOPICS MASS PRODUCERS SEXY ALBUM COVERS NAME THAT INSTRUMENTAL SNL GUESTS THE WHO EN ESPAÑOL
"Walk the Line"

ANSWER
Show answer		 The Ronettes,
The Beatles,
The Ramones

Phil Spector
Show answer		 This Cincinnati-based funk band was famous for R-rated album covers like "Skin Tight," "Honey" and "Fire"

Ohio Players
Show answer		 Know-it-alls enjoy pointing out that this song is named after a famous mad scientist, NOT his most famous creation.

"Frankenstein"
Show answer		 This physically attractive Australian songstress was the first performer to do double duty as host and musical guest

Olivia Newton John
Show answer		 Mi Generacion

My Generation
Show answer
"The Dirt"

A
Show answer		 Boomtown Rats,
Def Leppard,
Shania Twain

Mutt Lange
Show answer		 A shirtless David Bowie is so sexy and smoldering on the front cover, you might not notice he has canine hind-quarters on the back cover

Diamond Dogs
Show answer		 Luxury features of this classic Dutch import include yodeling and eephing breaks, and a delightful rhyming title.

Hocus Pocus by Focus
Show answer		 This British band joined the prestigious "3 song club" by playing their old hit "Yellow" late in a 2008 Jon Hamm episode.

Coldplay
Show answer		 Boris La Arana

Boris the Spider
Show answer
"Sweet Dreams"

Patsy Cline
Show answer		 Killdozer,
Nirvana,
Garbage

Butch Vig
Show answer		 This singer/songwriter is so vain, she wore only a negligee and jackboots on the cover of 1975's "Playing Possum"

Carly Simon
Show answer		 This Southern fried classic, written by Dicky Betts, is named after his daughter.

Jessica
Show answer		 This four-word phrase was spoken by Sinead O'Conner as she tore up the picture of the Pope in 1992

Fight the real enemy
Show answer		 Mago del flipper

Pinball Wizard
Show answer
"Scar Tissue"

Anthony Keidis
Show answer		 Tom Petty,
Stevie Nicks,
U2

Jimmy Iovine
Show answer		 Warhol superstar Joe Dellasandro is the hunky cover model not only on The Smiths debut album, but also this infamous Rolling Stones classic

Sticky Fingers
Show answer		 If you hear this song on the radio, it's probably as a prelude to a Roy Orbison cover.

Intruder
Show answer		 The night Elvis Costello did his infamous song-switch in 1977, he was actually filling in for this punk band that cancelled at the last minute

The Sex Pistols
Show answer		 ¿Quien Eres?

Who are you?
Show answer
"I'm Not There"

Bob Dylan
Show answer		 Suicide,
Weezer,
Guided By Voices

Ric Ocasek
Show answer		 This Prince album did some retailers have to cover up not only because the star was naked, but also because of a phallic-looking flower near his groin area

Lovesexy
Show answer		 Despite its ominous feel, this song's title was NOT inspired by Ralph Kramden's catchphrase on "The Honeymooners."

One of these Days
Show answer		 The 90-minute show must have felt twice as long on 12/14/02, when host Al gore welcomed this Vermont jam band

Phish
Show answer		 Bailes
de la Cara

Face Dances
Show answer

Double Jeopardy
FOLLOW UP FLOPS SONGS ABOUT SONGS WHICH DOOBIE YOU BE? THE CURRENT TOP 40 LADY BASS PLAYERS FORGET THE MOTOR CITY
1983:
"Celtic Soul Brothers"

Come On Eileen
Show answer		 In "Ain't Love a Bitch," Rod Stewart reminisces about this former lover

Maggie May
Show answer		 I have a beard and recorded duets with Christopher Cross, James Ingram and Grizzly Bear.

Michael McDonald
Show answer		 Her hit single "Roar" debuted at number 1 with over a half million first week downloads.

Katy Perry
Show answer		 Tina Weymouth

Talking Heads
Show answer		 In the song "America," it takes Paul Simon four days to hitchhike to Pittsburgh from this city.

Saginaw
Show answer
2013:
"Gentleman"

Gangnam Style
Show answer		 Cheap Trick and Wilco both have songs that shout it out loud to this heavy metal gods

KISS
Show answer		 I sit on a stool, have a funny nickname, and know a lot about missile defense systems.

Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
Show answer		 Peter G. Hernandez is the real name of this superstar, scheduled to perform at Super Bowl XLIII

Bruno Mars
Show answer		 Kathy Valentine

The Go-Go's
Show answer		 In 1997, the Violent Femmes re-recorded their classic "Kiss Off" for the soundtrack of this John Cusack movie, named after a toney Detroit suburb

Gross Pointe Blank
Show answer
1998:
Afternoons & Coffee Spoons

Mm Mmm Mmm MMM
Show answer		 This 90s indie rock band gives a tip o' the hat to themselves, and the Beatles, in the song "Volcano Girls"

Veruca Salt
Show answer		 I be the original lead singer on classics like "China Grove," before illness (and the guy with the beard) forced me out.

Tom Johnston
Show answer		 Bryan Kelley & Tyler Hubbard make up this country pop duo, named after the border between their home states.

Florida Georgia Line
Show answer		 Kim Gordon

Sonic Youth
Show answer		 On the classic triple album "69 Love Songs" The Magnetic Fields rhyme the name of Michigan's state capitol with this word.

Dancing
Show answer
1999:
"Singing in My Sleep"

Closing Time
Show answer		 In "On the Radio" Regina Spektor references this Guns n' Roses song when she says "that solo's awfully long, but it's a pretty song…"

November Rain
Show answer		 I have long hair, a porn 'stache, sang lead on "Black Water" and was the only original member left when the band broke up in '83.

Patrick Simmons
Show answer		 Ed Helms, Will Forte, and Jasons Bateman & Sudeikis play the members of this British band in the video "Happy Wanderer."

Mumford & Sons
Show answer		 D'arcy Wretzky

Smashing Pumpkins
Show answer		 The best-selling record of 1942 was Glen Miller's swingin' 78 about having a gal in this southwestern Michigan city

Kalamazoo
Show answer
1986:
"Life is Hard"

Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Show answer		 In the Stephen Malkmus love song "Jenny & the S-Dog," the couple shares an intense love for this Dire Straits album.

Brothers in Arms
Show answer		 I be the bass player who wore a beret and was, in 70's parlance, an actual brother.

Tiron Porter
Show answer		 This multi-talented "N.E.R.D." is featured on two of the biggest hits of the year, "Blurred Lines" and "Get Lucky."

Pharrel Williams
Show answer		 Laura Balance

Superchunk
Show answer		 The first song on indie rocker Sufjan Steven's "Michigan" album pays tribute to this "Roger & Me" city

Flint
Show answer

Final Jeopardy
An apartment building at 96 St. Mark's Place in New York City is featured on the cover of this classic album

Physical Grafitti

Show answer

Jason Wilcox