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10 question quiz - Answers in subsequent post...

..............It's Only Rock 'N' Roll..............

1. The audience went wild! The tortured Fender Stratocaster
screeched as it was set ablaze on-stage at the 1967 Monterey
Pop Festival. Who was responsible for this act of pyromania?

Pete Townshend
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Marc Bolan

2. Glam rock star Marc Bolan played a Fender Stratocaster on
the seventies hit single "Get It On." What was the name of the
group with whom Marc played?

The Animals
T. Rex
The Move
Mungo Jerry

3. The stunning Strat featured on the 1958 track "Peggy Sue."
Who sang lead vocal on this rock masterpiece?

4. A classic pop track featuring the Strat in rather laid-back
mode is "Sultans of Swing." Who played the lead guitar on this
exalted tune?

Bob Geldof
Keith Richard
Mark Knopfler
Gary Newman

5. Jimi Hendrix created new playing techniques and guitar sounds
- not just strumming the Strat. But, what else was unusual about
the way Jimi Hendrix played his Fender Stratocaster?

It only had five strings
He used a gold plectrum
He always wore gloves
It was upside-down

6. One of the first successful Strat recordings was the legendary
track "Blue Suede Shoes." Who wrote and recorded the original
version of this song?

Bill Haley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins
Little Richard

7. The Fender Stratocaster had an older brother, an electric guitar
introduced in 1952. What was the name of this early Fender model?

Tonecaster
Telecaster
Moviecaster
Newscaster

8. Cliff Richard first hit the UK charts with the song "Move It". His
backing group on that track later became known as the Shadows,
lead by Strat playing Hank B Marvin. But, they had a different name
on "Move It."

Drifters
Wanderers
Clifftops
Strollers

9. At which music festival did Jimi Hendrix give a memorable rendition
of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on a solo Fender Stratocaster?

Woodstock
Watkin's Glen
Monterey
Altamont

10. Before he founded Derek and the Dominoes and recorded the hit
"Layla," Eric Clapton was part of which of these famous bands?

Cream
All of them
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
The Yardbirds
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