Test your knowledge of Doo Wop Music from our High School period- OR not. You may know them anyway.
30 questions with answers at the bottom.
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’clock2. ”Rock Around The Clock” was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones3. What’s missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm4. ”I found my thrill . . .” where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill5. ”Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,”:
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun7. He asked, ”Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?” Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown8. In Bobby Darin’s ”Mack The Knife,” the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara9. Name the song with ”A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.”
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ”Rock And Roll”?
(a) Dic k Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando12. Paul Anka’s ”Puppy Love” is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello13. The Everly Brothers were . . …
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill14. The Big Bopper’s real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr.., started a small record company called…
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown16. Edd Brynes 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 Six17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood18.. They were a one hit wonder with ”Book Of Love”:
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows19.. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ”Till I ______ You.”
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met20. Chuck Berry sang ”Oh, ___________, why can’t you be true?”
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
21. ”Wooly _______”
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully22. ”I’m like a one-eyed cat . . . .”
(a) can’t go into town no more
(b) sleepin’ on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin’ in a seafood store23. ”Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do . . . . ..”
(a) cause there ain’t no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car’s gassed up and I’m ready to cruise24.. ”They often call me Speedo, but my real name is … . . . . .”
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jackie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle25. ”You’re my Fanny and nobody else’s ……”
(a) girl
(b) butt
(c) love26. ”I want you to play with my . . . ”
(a) heart
(b) dreams
(c) ding a ling27. ”Be Bop A Lula ….”
(a) she’s got the rabies
(b) she’s my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe28. ”Fine Love, Fine Kissing …”
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you29. ”He wore black denim trousers and . . .”
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots30. ”I got a gal named . … .”
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney
Answers:
Scroll Down so you aren’t tempted to cheat (as if cheating were needed here).
* * * * * * * * * * * *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. Sandman
6. (c) Sun
7. (b) Charlie Brown
8. (a) Mac Heath
9. (c) Tutti Fruitti
10. (c) Alan Freed
11. (a) Little Richard
12.. (c) Ann ette 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
19. (b) Kissed
20. (c) Maybelline
21. (b) Bully
22. (c) peepin’ in a sea food store
23. (b) cause there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
24. (a) Mr. Earl
25. (b) butt
26. (c) ding a ling
27. (b) she’s my baby
28. (a) right here
29. (c) motorcycle boots
30. (c) Boney Maroney
Send this to everyone lucky enough to be teenagers in the Doo Wop era…or who wishes they had been.