Friday Afternoon Contest on Trivia - 4/27/07 Friday, April 27, 2007
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It’s Friday. It’s the afternoon. It’s time for the “Friday Afternoon Contest on Trivia”.
I once made the mistake of letting me coworker (”The Burnout”) do a FACT on a topic of his choosing. Here is that FACT, in its entirety. It is 25 questions long, and, sadly, none of them are on Notorious Academy Award Whore Tom Hanks. We still owe him a beer for doing such a great job….
Having tired of all the smarty-pants quizzes on politics, geography, etc, let’s free our pent up hedonistic impulses this week with a contest on everyone’s favorite cliché: “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll.” Mostly Rock and Drugs, with a bit of tragi(comi)c mortality thrown in:
1. What punk icon and semi-competent bass player famously murdered his girlfriend in room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel in 1978 (and then died himself of a heroin overdose a year later), inspiring a film adaptation about the couple starring Gary Oldman? Half-point bonus: name the girlfriend.
2. This Forest Hills-cum-Bowery band combined a love of Phil Spector, power chords and getting wrecked in such classic songs as “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” and “Chinese Rock”. Bonus point: quote the complete lyrics to “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.”
3. With lyrics like, “Up to Lexington / One-two-five / Feel sick and dirty more dead than alive,” these denizens of the Warhol scene made scoring heroin sound great and simultaneously founded the New York downtown rock scene and post-punk (before there was punk, people!), and launched the career of one of the biggest assholes in Rock n Roll. Name the band.
4. These two British rock star cocaine and heroin enthusiasts were once found by one of their wives snuggled up in bed together. Titillating rumors of bisexual bonkering ensued, but have never been definitively confirmed. Half-point for naming each of the two fellas.
5. This outlandish progenitor of punk absconded to Berlin with one of the stars from question #4, who produced his late-70s comeback album (the title track of which has recently been used in numerous car commercials and televised sporting events, minus the creepy “where’d you get that / lo-shuuuunnnn” lyrics). In the late 60s he was known for the hardest rockin band in America, rolling in broken glass onstage, and covering the walls of his Ann Arbor, Michigan bedroom with blood as he clumsily tried to shoot dope all day long. Name either the singer in question, or his original band.
6. Name the trio of classic rock legends who died of drug overdoses in 1970. 1/3 point each.
7. In 1969, one of the characters from question #6 was arrested in Miami for getting onstage, drunk as hell, screaming “Do you want to see my [use your imagination]?!?!?” to the audience and exposing himself. Who would do such a thing?
8. This diminutive freak from the upper Midwest sports a huge-lapelled, heavily-studded leather jacket and nice tight black man-panties on the cover of his third album, a masterpiece of ultra-lascivious rock/funk/soul/pop/new wave that raised the bar about 10 feet for bands operating in any one of a dozen genres in the ‘80s. Who is it? Bonus point: name the album.
9. Taking Baudelaire’s prescription for immortality to heart (“A poet makes himself a seer by a long prodigious and rational disordering of the senses”), this transcendent folker/rocker immersed himself in all manner of drugs over the course of 1964-65, and soon thereafter introduced the Beatles to the great joys marijuana, which chilled them out and forever cast off their early pop-rock derivations. Thank you, [name the artist]!
10. The very first concert I ever attended (at age 3, in Lakeland, Florida) was to see Gene “I slept with 4,600 women” Simmons and his pretty rad battle-axe-shaped bass get down with this band. Name. The. Band.
11. This country star was pretty damned rock n roll. So much swagger, so intense yet beauteous, and he had a mean amphetamine addiction to boot. Despite the fact that two of his greatest performances were staged in California prisons, he never spent more than a couple days in the county klink. Name the man.
12. Speaking of California prisons, this rock/funk/soul singer and bass player (why all the bass players on this quiz, anyway?) spent 2 years in one of the institutions immortalized in song by the answer to question #11 for conspiring with his girlfriend to detain and torture another woman by burning her with heated crack pipes. But it turns out there’s also a downside to drugs: in 2004 he was found dead, having overdosed on a combination of cocaine, methamphetamine, vicodin, valium, wellbutrin, xanax, digoxin, and chlorpheniramine. Who was he?
13. Know yr dope! Match the drug by type - amphetamine, opiate, benzodiazepine, or psychedelic/hallucinogen - for a half-point each and a total of 4 possible points):
a. Dexedrine
b. Methadone
c. Xanax
d. Mescalin
e. Ritalin
f. Rohypnol
g. Codeine
h. Ayahuasca
14. He transformed grunge music from a turgid regional version of heavy metal to an art form of its own, curbed his chronic stomach cramps with heroin, and produced a child with a women photographed with a complete stranger attached to her breast outside a Los Angeles club before presciently killing himself in 1994. Name him.
15. In 1996 this living antithesis of rock had his Cessna or whatever fired upon by the Jamaican air force, who mistook it for a drug trafficking plane. U2 singer “Bono” was with him at the time, proving once and for all that Bono does not rock. No one was injured, unfortunately, but who was this flaccid, washed up rock wannabe?
a. Fred Durst
b. Jimmy Buffett
c. Don Henley
d. Joe Cocker
16. From 1970 on, this group was the true godfather of Capital-M-Hail-Satan Metal. In 1982, their brilliant guitarist Randy got drunk with a couple friends and crashed a Beechcraft Bonanza plane into the group’s tour bus. All on board the plane were killed, while miraculously the people on the bus all survived relatively unscathed (thus allowing the group’s singer 15 years later to clean up… sort of… and lead a new career in reality television). Name the group.
17. Know yr sexually transmitted infections! The following diseases are or are not transmitted through sexual contact of various kinds (half-point each for a total of 4 possible points):
a. PID
b. Diphtheria
c. Hepatitis C
d. Human Papillomavirus
e. Laryngitis
f. Syphilis
g. Trichomonas
h. Blindness
18. Dial-the-Truth Ministries, a phone and internet based evangelical ‘resource’ claims that “Modern electronic-rock music, inaugurated in the early 1960s, is, and always has been, a joint enterprise of British military intelligence and Satanic cults. On the one side, the Satanists control the major rock groups through drugs, sex, threats of violence, and even murder. On the other side, publicity, tours, and recordings are financed by record companies connected to British military intelligence circles. Both sides are intimately entwined with the biggest business in the world, the international drug trade.” That is awesome. What guitarist and principle figure in this nefarious cabal does DTTM claim had to replace his entire heroin-laced blood supply [through transfusion]” in order to get a U.S. visa?
a. Jimmy Page
b. Eric Clapton
c. Keith Richards
d. John Lennon
19. This fear of Rock that the extreme Christian right harbors is pretty fun. One pamphlet originating in those quarters states that “Many rock bands drink blood along with taking drugs to ‘let the demons come through,’ so they’ll be given greater insights to hypnotize the public with their music,” and goes on to admonish the reader that “the Bible warns against blood drinking” in case you were leaning in the other direction. But seemingly middle-of-the-road people sometimes freak out too. Name the wife of a two-time presidential campaign loser who headed the Parents Music Resource Center in an attempt to censor all that terrible music our children are buying.
20. No Sex or Drug Content: According to the Recording Industry Association of America, what artist or group has the single highest selling album of all time, now at 28 million copies?
21. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that a major conduit of trafficking in LSD disappeared with the demise of this band following the death of their lead singer and guitarist (from… heroin and cocaine overdose) in 1995. That’s one reason it’s so hard to get acid on the East Coast these days (the other being the bust of a major production lab in Kansas a few years ago). Name this band, noted for its endless touring over a span of nearly 30 years.
22. This early pioneer of rock n roll married his cousin, Myra Gail Brown, in December 1957, six months before divorcing his second wife. A storm of outrage ensued, leading him to cut short his UK tour after he was booed off stage (Brit audiences were presumably less sympathetic to incestuous relationships than those in his home state of Louisiana). Who was he?
23. Another early mega-rock-star approached the White House in 1970 with his desire to become a special federal agent in the fight against illicit drugs. Nixon staff conceived the brilliant idea for him to record the song “Get High on Life” as a public service. Meanwhile, he was a longtime fiend for prescription painkillers, the long term use of which contributed to his death from congestive heart failure later in the decade. Who was he?
24. My favorite scene in Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz, which chronicles the final performances of The Band, is when Bob Dylan hits the stage and this performer is so agog at Dylan’s immense brilliance that he damn near keels over. Or maybe it was all the coke: the cameras catch her/him in that scene with a huge glob of white powder coming out one nostril (later digitally removed in the reprint commissioned in 2001). Who was it?
a. Ringo Starr
b. Neil Diamond
c. Joni Mitchell
d. Neil Young
e. Emmylou Harris
25. They were such nice boys, a perfect picture of sunny SoCal optimism. Then their mad-genius leader fell into mental illness, heavy psychedelic use, and half the group started hanging out with the Manson Family. Despite (or because of) this they still produced their greatest album of music during this time, replete with happy goats on the cover art. Half-point each: name the group, the mad-genius, and the album.
1. Sid Vicious; Nancy Spungen (sp?)
2. The Ramones. But I do know “I Wanna Be Sedated” and “The KKK took my Baby Away”
3. The Velvet Underground
4. David Bowie and Mick Jagger (I remember hearing bisexual rumors about these guys, but I don’t know if the incident is the same)
5. Iggy Pop (fka Iggy Stooge, of the Stooges). Now I know Bowie is right.
6. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison
7. Jim Morrison, The Lizard King
8. Glen Danzig of the Misfits? no clue
9. Bob Dylan. I believe this incident was mentioned in that Klosterman steroids piece.
10. K(nights) I(n) S(atan’s) S(ervice)
11. Johnny Fucking Cash. San Quentin and Folsom Prison.
12. Rick James ?
13. Hunter Thompson would be disappointed in my lack of drug knowledge. I’m guessing Methadone is an opiate, Ritalin is an amphetamine.
14. Kurt Cobain.
15. Don Henley sounds lame enough. “I fucking hate the Eagles, man”
16. Black Sabbath. But Randy Rhoads was the guitarist for Ozzy when he went solo.
17. syphillis is an std. this is why i’m not pre-med
18. Keith Richards. Insert “snort your own father” joke.
19. Tipper Gore.
20. The Eagles, with their Hell Freezes Over album. Thriller used to be number 1.
21. The Grateful Dead. Listen to Night of the Living Dead on WFRD(.com) on Sunday Nights, if you dig that thing.
22. Jerry Lee Lewis. Great Balls of Fire indeed.
23. Elvis The King Presley.
24. I only know that Neil Young was in the movie, so that’s going to be my guess.
25. Beach Boys; Brian Wilson; Pet Sounds. Damn right.
Very nicely done, Greek. Well, looks like DeadOn has a resident “rock n roll” expert, though lacking a bit in the “drugs” and “sex” areas…
You only missed #8, 13, 15, and 17, I believe.
Who wants to be DeadOn’s “drug” and “sex” experts?
1. Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen
2. The Ramones
3. Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says Lou Reed’s not an a-hole.
4. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger?
5. Iggy Pop and the Stooges
6. Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison (you only want 3?)
7. Jim Morrison
8. ?
9. Dylan
10. Kiss
11. Johnny Cash
12. Rick James, Bitch
13.
a. Dexedrine - Amphetamine
b. Methadone - Opiate
c. Xanax - benzodiazepine
d. Mescalin - Psychedelic
e. Ritalin - amphetamine
f. Rohypnol - Benzodiazepine
g. Codeine - Opiate
h. Ayahuasca - Psychedelic
(I think these are right - I took neurobio in college, but it’s been a while)
14. Cobain
15. Buffett
16. Black Sabbath
17. Hep C, Syphilis, Human Papillomavirus, Trichonomas. You can only give yourself blindness by touching yourself too much.
18. Richards, I think
19. ?
20. The Eagles
21. Grateful Dead
22.?
23. Elvis
24. ?
25. Beach Boys
Amphetamines: dexadrine (aka dextroamphetamine), Ritalin
Opiates: Methadone, Codeine (mmm Lean)
Benzodiazepines: Xanax
Hallucinogens: Mescalin, Rohypnol (aka, roofies, forget-me-nows)
Never heard of Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca has to be a psychedelic. But Rohypnol is a benzodiazepine.
For 17, the answers are Syphilis, Hep C, Human Papillomavirus and Trichonomas
Oh, and #15 is Buffett
Sex: No, no, yes, yes, no, yes (stupid, sexy Christopher Columbus), I think so, and sometimes (syphilis can cause blindness)
Hey, I try. And I in no way feel ashamed about not knowing my sex and drugs.
What the heck? It took 10 minutes for my answers to post? Is Nibbles here too?
1. Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen
2. The Ramones, Now I wanna sniff some glue, Now I wanna have something to do, All the kids wanna sniff some glue, All the kids want something to do
3. The Velvet Underground
4. David Bowie and Mick Jagger
5. Iggy Pop
6. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison
7. Morrison
8.
9. Bob Dylan
10. KISS
11. Johnny Cash
12. Rick James
13. amphetamine, opiate, benzodiazipine, hallucinogen, amphetamine, benzo, opiate, hallucinogen
14. Kurt Cobain
15. Buffet
16. Quiet Riot? Not sure what you were looking for (Ozzy, Black Sabbath, or Quiet Riot)
17. Diptheria, Laryngitis, Blindness are not STDs.
18. Richards
19. Tipper Gore
20. Eagles
21. Grateful Dead?
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Elvis
24. Young
25. Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds
Where did my answers go? I knew almost every question!
Elric is definitely our drug man. Not so much on the sex, though… you missed one.
Maybe one of our Ladies is an STI/STD expert?…
Andie - mine were gone for a while too - I think it was because I typed them in a word file and pasted. Apparently WordPress doesn’t like that or something, because it took a good ten minutes for my answers to appear.
Fine, here they are again:
1. Sid Vicious/Nancy Spungen
2. Ramones: Now I wanna sniff some glue, now I wanna have something to do. All the kids wanna sniff some glue, all the kids want something to do
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Mick Jagger and David Bowie
5. Iggy Pop
6. Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix
7. Jim Morrison
8.
9. Bob Dylan
10. KISS
11. Johnny Cash
12. Rick James
13. amphetamine, opiate, benzo, hallucinogen, amphetamine, benzo, opiate, hallucinogen
14. Cobain
15. Buffet
16. I’m not sure if you want Quiet Riot or Black Sabbath, but Ozzy was solo by the time Rhoads played for him
17. Diptheria, Laryngitis and blindness are the only non-STDs
18. Richards
19. Tipper Gore
20. Eagles
21. Grateful Dead
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Elvis
24. Neil Young
25. Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds
SML, I will submit that even though I wasn’t first, I got the most right. And I didn’t have to look any up.
“Not so much on the sex, though…”
Ooh, burn! Though maybe that’s the VD.
@LA and Elric: 2 of Elrics, and 1 of LA’s comments got flagged by the spam filter for some reason and I had to go in and give them the ok.
Filth Flarn Flarn Filth Spam Filter….
Re: Spam Filter.
It works in 2 ways
1) We define keywords that will automatically kill an email.
2) Askimet (spam people) block stuff they think could be spam.
Andrea’s got caught because her myspace page is listed as her URL. We set “myspace” as a keyword in the early days because we were getting a lot of band-spam the first couple weeks. It looks like the myspace keyword isn’t in the blocklist anymore, but maybe Askimet (spam people) have started filtering it on their own.
Not sure why Elric’s was flagged.
Just for reference, here are the currently flag phrases we have defined:
http://ridingwithricky.blogspot.com/
viagra
imparare
i had totally forgotten about the ridingwithricky experience
“Not sure why Elric’s was flagged.”
Probably because I used the word semprini.
1. Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungeon
2. The Stooges
3. Velvet Underground
4. Mick Jagger and David Bowie
5. Iggy Pop
6. Janis, Jimi, and Jim.
7. Jim
8. Prince (Sign O’ The Times?)
9. Dylan
10. KISS
11. JOHNNY CASH!
12. Rick James, bitch
13. amphetamine, opiate, benzo, psychedelic, amphetamine, benzo, opiate, psychedelic
14. Kurt Cobain
15. Jimmy Buffett
16. Sabbath?
17. no, no, yes, yes, no, no, yes, no
18. Keef
19. Tipper Gore
20. MJ, “Thriller”
21. The Grateful Dead
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Elvis
24. I can see Andie’s answers above mine, but I’d like to think that it’s sweet little Joni Mitchell who’s all hopped up on nose candy
25. Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds
I know why mine got caught–when I unspam it you’ll see how I answered the “know your drugs” question.
PRINCE! dammit.
i think the drug references are going to trip up a lot of people spam wise b/c the comment automaton overload will think it must be a spambot trying to sell us all on the wonder of CH3AP DRUGZ!!
I did my answers on paper and only missed one or two. I didn’t get Jim Morrison for 6 or 7 and I don’t know my drugs. Is #20 The Eagles or Michael Jackson for Thriller? I had the Eagles but there seems to be some disagreement here.
But on the whole, I know my rock music trivia. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to strut around the office for a while.
Wow, Spam killed the Friday quiz.
Lady Andrea, congrats… you are the sex expert.
Clare - you are my hero! Finally someone got #8 right. Clare, you may not have responded in time to be named the DeadOn Sex (LA), Drug (Elric) or Rock N Roll (Greek) expert, but… you got the funk. Use it well, sugar.
Sorry Peter - it’s the Eagles last time I checked. Unless someone just went on a Michael Jackson buying spree….
No, the Eagles took over a few years ago. It’s their Greatest Hits Vol. I album.
Hey, I also got more Rock n Roll and Drug questions right…… : )
I vote blindness counts as an STD
Babe, I didn’t make you blind…..
Stupid work keeping me from answering these. I would have missed one question. As a pre-med Health Science degree-holder I’m familiar with the drugs and the sex. And of course the rock.
1. Sid Vicious/Nancy Spungeon
2. Ramones ( Now I wanna sniff some glue/now I wanna have something to do)
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Mick Jagger and David Bowie
5. Iggy Pop, The Stooges
6. Hendrix, Joplin, Jim Morrison
7. Jim Morrison
8. Prince
9. Bob Dylan
10. Kiss
11. Johnny Cash
12. Rick James (bitch)
13. a. amphetamine
b. opiate
c. benzodiazepine
d. psychedelic
e. amphetamine
f. opiate
g. opiate
h. benzodiazepine
14. Kurt Cobain
15. Don Henly
16. Black Sabbath
17. a. no
b. no
c. yes
d. yes
e. no
f. yes
g. no
i. no
18. Keith Richards
19. Tipper Gore
20. Michael Jackson
21. Grateful Dead
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Elvis Presley
24. Neil Young
25. Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds
I’m funky! I’m funky!
8 = Prince ALbum is Dirty Mind