POP QUIZ (THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY)

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash when he was just 22 years old. 
See what you know about the rock-and-roll legend.

1. What was Buddy's real name?
a) Waylon
b) Bob
c) Charles
d) Sam
2. Where was he born?
a) Memphis
b) Lubbock, Texas
c) Luckenbach, Texas
d) Oxford, Miss.
3. True or False : After high school, Holly formed a country band called the Western and Bop Band.
4. Opening for this act at the local youth center persuaded Holly to set aside country music and go with rock and roll.
a) Jerry Lee Lewis
b) Chuck Berry
c) Johnny Cash
d) Elvis Presley
5. This record label signed Holly in early 1956.
a) Decca
b) Columbia
c) RCA
d) Blue Note
6. Holly's first No. 1 hit was this song.
a) "Oh Boy!"
b) "That'll Be the Day"
c) "Peggy Sue"
d) "Maybe Baby"
7. How many Top 40 singles did Buddy Holly and the Crickets chart between August 1957 and August 1958?
a) Three
b) Five
c) Seven
d) Nine
8. This influential band had its first British hit with Holly's "Not Fade Away".
a) The Rolling Stones
b) The Beatles
c) The Hollies
d) The Who
9. The plane that crashed, killing the pilot, Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. (Big Bopper) Richardson, took off from this town.
a) Fargo,N.D.
b) Moorhead, Minn.
c) Joplin, Mo.
d) Mason City, Iowa
10. Who had the lead role in the 1978 movie The Buddy Holly Story?
a) David Bowie
b) Gary Busey
c) Lou Diamond Phillips
d) Jon Bon Jovi

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Answers : 1. c  ; 2. b  ; 3. True  ; 4. d  ; 5. a  ; 6. b  ; 7. c  ; 8. a  ; 9. d  ; 10. b