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1. What famous lie circulated about The Beatles in 1966?
George is the Walrus
Paul is dead
John was shot
Ringo lip-syncs

2. Which of these starlets has John Mayer NOT dated?
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Parker Posey
Jennifer Aniston
Jessica Simpson

3. Who headlined at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969?
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix

4. The LIVE 8 concert organized by Bob Geldof and Bono had the number eight in its title because it consisted of eight concerts, was held in eight different cities, and?
Cost $8 per ticket
Was a plea to G8 member governments
Took place in 2008
Pledged to raise 8 million dollars

5. Which musician converted to Islam at the height of his fame in December, 1977, and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam?
Donovan
Bob Zimmerman
Cat Stevens
Declan McManus

6. In 2008, 89% more vinyl records were sold than in 2007. What band, famous for their 1978 hit single “Rock Lobster,” should get some of the credit for that statistic having released their new album on vinyl in 2008?
UB40
U2
B-52’s
OMD

7. The album Mermaid Avenue, a collaboration between Wilco and Billy Bragg produced in 1998, was a collection of lyrics put to music. Which American folk singer wrote the original lyrics?
Ian Tyson
Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan
Pete Seeger

8. Which former pop princess recently married rock-and-roll bad boy Ryan Adams?
Gwen Stefani
Pink
Mandy Moore
Cyndi Lauper

9. The song “Chelsea Hotel #2,” written and performed by Leonard Cohen, was about an encounter at the famous New York hotel with which famous female singer?
Joan Baez
Janis Joplin
Joni Mitchell
Linda Ronstadt

10. David Bowie’s original name was:
Ziggy Stardust
David Robert Hayward-Jones
Davie Jones
Beauregard Davidson