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Old 03-11-2009, 07:35 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Here is one for all you Doo Wop fans lets see how you make out.

I just took it and got 5 wrong. I had to guess at some of them.

Doo-Wop Test

> > 1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
> > a) The movie's 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
> >
> > 2. 'Rock Around The Clock' was used in what movie?
> > a) Rebel Without A Cause
> > b) Blackboard Jungle
> > c) The Wild Ones
> >
> > 3. What's missing? Earth_____
> > a) Angel
> > b) Head
> > c) Worm
> >
> > 4. 'I found my thrill...' where?
> > a) Kansas City
> > b) Heartbreak Hotel
> > c) Blueberry Hill
> >
> > 5. 'Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a
> > dream'
> > a) Mr. Sandman
> > b) Earth Angel
> > c) Dream Lover
> >
> > 6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
> > a) Chancellor
> > b) RCA
> > c) Sun
> >
> > 7. He asked, 'Why's everybody always pickin' on me?' Who was
> > he?
> > a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
> > b) Charlie Brown
> > c) Buster Brown
> >
> > 8. Bobby Darin's 'Mack The Knife', the one with the knife,
> > was named:
> > a) MacHeath
> > b) MacCloud
> > c) MacNamara
> >
> > 9. Name the song with 'A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom'?
> > a) Good Golly Miss Molly
> > b) Be-Bo p-A-Lula
> > c) Tutti Fruitti
> >
> > 10 Who is generally given credit for the term 'Rock And
> > Roll'?
> > a) Dick Clark
> > b) Wolfman Jack
> > c) Alan Freed
> >
> & gt; 11 In 1957 he left the music business to become a preacher.
> > a) Little Richard
> > b) Frankie Lymon
> > c) Tony Orlando
> >
> > 12 Paul Anka's 'Puppy Love' is written to what star?
> > a) Brenda Lee
> > b) Connie Francis
> > c) Annette Funicello
> >
> > 13 The Everly Brothers are...
> > a) Pete and Dick
> > b) Don and Phil
> > c) Bob and Bill
> >
> > 14 The Big Bopper's real name was:
> > a) Jiles P. Richardson
> > b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
> > c) Marion Michael Morrison
> >
> > 15 In 1959 Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company
> > called...
> > a) Decca
> > b) Cameo
> > c) Motown
> >
> > 16 Edd Byrnes 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
> >
> > 17 In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
> > a) Carol Lynley
> > b) Sandra Dee
> > c) Natalie Wood
> >
> > 18 They were a one hit wonder with 'Book Of Love.'
> > a) The Penguins
> > b) The Monotones
> > c) The Moonglows
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Scroll down for answers:
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Answers:
> > 1. c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
> > 2. b) Blackboard Jungle
> > 3. a) Angel
> > 4. c) Blueberry Hill
> > 5. a) Mr. Sa ndman
> > 6. c) Sun
> > 7. b) Charlie Brown
> > 8. a) MacHeath
> > 9. c) Tutti-Fruitti
> > 10. c) Alan Free d
> > 11. a) Little Richard
> ; 12. c) Annette Funicello
> > 13. b) Don and Phil
> > 14. a) Jiles P. Richardson
> > 15. c) Motown
> > 16. a) 77 Sunset Strip
> > 17. b) Sandra Dee
> > 18. b) The Monotones
> >
> >
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Old 03-11-2009, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Coachella Valley, California
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I got 5 wrong. I missed 1, 2, 11,12, and 18.
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Old 03-11-2009, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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I missed 5 also, but who is counting ,,,,, lots of great memories
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Old 03-11-2009, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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I got 3 wrong 3. 6. & 8.

Last edited by mkfarnam; 03-11-2009 at 05:23 PM..
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Old 03-11-2009, 04:48 PM
 
Location: Mayberry
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I missed 2,6,8, 10 & 15. That was way fun... lots of memories!!
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Old 03-11-2009, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Somewhere out there
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I got 1, 10, 11, and 18 wrong. @ my age I should have known these...LOL

Thank You YoungLisa
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Old 03-11-2009, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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I got 1, 10, 11, and 18 wrong. @ my age I should have known these...LOL

Thank You YoungLisa
I remember watching "77 Sunset Strip".
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Old 03-11-2009, 06:02 PM
 
Location: Somewhere out there
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I remember watching "77 Sunset Strip".
Yup, I did also, still find the opening theme catchy.
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Old 03-11-2009, 06:57 PM
 
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Missed 2...10 and 11
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Old 03-11-2009, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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I missed 3. Thankyou for the memory jog lisa.
BTW Marion Michael Morrison aka 'John Wayne' had a ranch here in So AZ.
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