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’70s Music Quiz Questions and Answers: The New Wave

We Love Quizzes October 16, 2022

Welcome to another decade-based We Love Quizzes quiz. This time, our trip through the ages takes us to the ‘70s, a period filled with disco and funk. Take these 39 ‘70s Music Quiz Questions and Answers to see how much groove you got!

‘70s Music Quiz Questions and Answers

1970s Concert


1 Which band did Paul McCartney form with his wife Linda in the ‘70s?

A Wings

B The Traveling Wilburys

C Stormborn

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Paul McCartney & Wings were responsible for many major hits of the ‘70s, such as Silly Love Songs and Maybe I’m Amazed.

2 Which Doobie Brothers song hit #1 in 1979?

A What a Fool Believes

B With a Little Luck

C Baby’s Request

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What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers, co-written by the esteemed Kenny Loggins, stayed in #1 for a week in 1979.

3 Who wrote the 1977 hit, Blinded by the Light?

A Jeff Hoves

B Denny Laine

C Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Sprinsteen wrote Blinded by the light, which hit #1 for a week.

4 Who played Blinded by the Light when it hit #1?

A Bruce Springsteen

B Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

C Joanne Dane

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Though Bruce Springsteen wrote it, it was the version by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band that made the song hit #1.

5 Though the ‘70s were a period of funk and grooviness, the turn of the decade also marked what event?

A The murder of President Nixon

B The break-up of The Beatles

C The beginning of the Vietnam War

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After The Beatles had cemented their mark in history in the 1960s, bitter disputes led to their breakup in 1970.

6 Which singer remade Betty Everett’s 1963 song You’re No Good and sent it to the top of the charts?

A Linda Ronstadt

B Linda McCartney

C Linda Larosa

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Linda Ronstadt’s rendition of the 1963 song earned her a spot at the top of the charts.

7 ______ Ways to Leave Your Lover is a song by Paul Simon.

A 50

B 100

C A Thousand

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Paul Simon’s song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

8 Which of these musical genres first emerged in the late ‘70s?

A Euro disco

B rock and roll

C punk rock

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Euro disco, a variant of disco, first emerged in the late ‘70s.

9 What was the ‘70s musical movement in Latin America called?

A Merengue

B Nueva cancion

C Liberation theology

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The musical movement in Latin America in the ‘70s is known as the Nueva cancion movement.

10 What variant of a popular music genre gained a following throughout the 1970s in Africa?

A Afriquerock

B Afrobeat

C Punkgeria

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Afrobeat gained a following in the 1970s in Africa, especially Nigeria.

11 David Bowie and Roxy Music are prime examples of ________ pioneers.

A acid rock

B glam rock

C psychedelic rock

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David Bowie, Roxy Music, and countless others are regarded as pioneers of glam rock.

12 What were two early British acts who popularised the punk rock genre?

A The Sex Pistols and The Clash

B The Rolling Stones and The Move

C The Beatles and The Who

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The Sex Pistols and The Clash led the way for punk rock in the mid-1970s.

13 How many weeks did Terry Jacks’s rendition of Seasons in the Sun spend at the top of the charts?

A five days

B three weeks

C six months

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Terry Jacks’s adaptation of the Belgian song Seasons in the Sun spent three weeks top of the charts.

14 What musical genre is a prime influence in the works of The Clash?

A punk

B ska

C disco

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The Clash are notable for having been heavily influenced by ska music in their works.

15 The band AC/DC came from…

A Australia.

B Austria.

C Britain

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AC/DC came from Australia and later went international.

16 Which album served as AC/DC’s international debut?

A Back in Black

B High Voltage

C Highway to Hell

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AC/DC’s 1976 album High Voltage was their international debut.

17 Which female artist from Australia won three Grammys?

A Olivia Newton-John

B Yoko Ono

C Linda McCartney

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Olivia Newton-John, the most successful Australian female artist of the decade, won three Grammys.

18 According to music journalist Robert Christgau, embracing the ‘70s meant…

A an elitist withdrawal from the messy concert and counterculture scene

B a profiteering pursuit of the lowest common denominator in FM radio and album rock

C both A and B

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”[E]mbracing the ‘70s meant both an elitist withdrawal from the messy concert and counterculture scene and a profiteering puruist of the lowest common denominator in FM radio and album rock.” – Robert Christgau.

19 In the first half of the 1970s, which of these bands were at the height of their international fame?

A KISS

B Queen

C Aerosmith

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Queen led the way in the first half of the 1970s, but KISS and Aerosmith soon overtook.

20 How did folk and country musician Bob Dylan adapt to the 1970s?

A He moved to the rural midwest

B He switched to heavy metal

C He helped pioneer country rock

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In the 1970s, Bob Dylan helped pioneer country rock, a fusion of rock and country music.

21 In which chart did AC/DC’s album, Highway to Hell, peak at number 13?

A Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums of All Time

B Billboard Hot 100

C Kent Music Report Albums Chart

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Highway to Hell peaked at number 13 in the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.

22 Which English-Australian group broke through the US with their chart-topping How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

A Fleetwood Mac

B The Bee Gees

C The Human League

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The Bee Gees topped the US charts with How Can You Mend a Broken Heart in 1971, but did not follow up until many years later.

23 Which song served as the band’s rebound after their failed album, Life in a Tin Can?

A Main Course

B Children of the New World

C Stayin’ Alive

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Though they did not make any major impact for some years since 1971, the Bee Gees rebounded in 1975 with Main Course.

24 What year did musician Freddie King die?

A 1972

B 1976

C 1979

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Freddie King died in 1976 at the age of 42.

25 Why did Freddie King die?

A stress from constant touring

B acute lymphoblastic leukemia

C murder from a hammer to the head

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Freddie King died at the age of 42 due to many factors, such as the stress that built up from constant touring and a poor diet.

26 Which song was the best-selling single of 1971 in the UK?

A My Sweet Lord

B All Things Must Pass

C Oh Yoko!

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George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord became the best-selling single of 1971 in the UK.

27 Pink Floyd’s most commercially successful album is…

A The Wall

B Dark Side of the Moon

C Meddle

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At an estimated 50 million copies sold, Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd’s most commercially successful album and is ranked as one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

28 For how long did the album remain in the charts?

A 3 days

B 18 months

C 741 weeks

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From 1973 to 1988, a total of 741 weeks, the album walked all up and down the charts.

29 How many times did it take to make the song (They Long to Be) Close to You a hit?

A two tries

B four tries

C five tries

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It took four different renditions of the song before it became a hit!

30 Which musician got the song Lovin’ You to the top of the charts in 1975?

A Minnie Riperton

B Ray Stevens

C Maureen McGovern

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Minnie Riperton got the song to the top of the charts.

31 Allen Toussaint was a major figure in…

A New Orleans R&B music

B New York punk rock music

C San Francisco new wave music

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Allen Toussaint was a major influential figure in New Orleans R&B music.

32 Which band released the song Iron Man in 1970?

A Queen

B Black Sabbath

C AC/DC

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Found in the album Paranoid, the rock classic Iron Man was released in 1970 by Black Sabbath.

33 The 1970s song Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young mentions _________ in its opening lyrics.

A Richard Nixon

B John Lennon

C Lennie Small

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The song Ohio mentions US president Richard Nixon in its opening lyrics.

34  What three genres did progressive rock music incorporate?

A classical, jazz, and world

B punk, rock, and psychedelia

C country, folk, and blues

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Progressive rock music from the 1970s often contains elements from classical, jazz, and world music.

35 On January 1 2005, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation held a poll that voters could vote on, naming the greatest song in the century.  Virgin Radio and Nine Network conducted similar surveys (at differing dates). All three radio stations chose this one song from 1971. What was the song?

A Across the Universe by The Beatles

B Imagine by John Lennon

C Hey Jude by The Beatles

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B Imagine by John Lennon

36 The 1970s witnessed the emergency of which type of rock music?

A. Punk rock

B. Alternative rock

C. Hard rock

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Answer: C. Hard rock

37 When did the English rock band break up permanently?

A. 1970

B. 1975

C. 1979

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Answer: A. 1970

38 Which singer came back during the 1970s with a better voice after a motorcycle accident in 1966?

A. Elvis Presley

B. Elton John

C. Bob Dylan

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Answer: C. Bob Dylan

39 The 1970s was the golden age for which type of music records?

A. Cassette tapes

B. Vinyl records

C. VCDs

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Answer: B. Vinyl records

Enjoy this quiz? Do you want to try out another one with more trivia questions? Well, click here to try out our quiz on the Golden Age of Hip Hop, or here to try out our quiz on the Age of Rock and Roll.

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One Response

  1. Tam

    I need one with a different genre of artists and I’ll feel more confident, some greats here though especially Imagine by Lennon.

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