| Coverage : Band, The Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about The Band? This Band, The Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of The Band. |
| 1. | The Band was a Canadian-American rock group, active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to? |
| a. | | 1999 |
| b. | | 1997 |
| c. | | 1995 |
| d. | | 1993 |
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| 2. | The members of The Band first worked together as The Hawks, the backing band of rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins from 1959 until? |
| a. | | 1961 |
| b. | | 1962 |
| c. | | 1963 |
| d. | | 1964 |
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| 3. | Afterwards, Bob Dylan recruited the group for his 1965 to what world tour? |
| a. | | 1966 |
| b. | | 1967 |
| c. | | 1968 |
| d. | | 1969 |
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| 4. | They also joined him on the informal recordings that later became what? |
| a. | | The Basement Tapes |
| b. | | Bass Tapes |
| c. | | The Production B Tapes |
| d. | | The Cellar Tapes |
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| 5. | They recorded how many of the most acclaimed albums of the late 1960s? |
| a. | | two |
| b. | | three |
| c. | | four |
| d. | | five |
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| 6. | They broke up in 1976, but reformed in 1983 without founding guitarist and main songwriter named? |
| a. | | Robbie Robertson |
| b. | | Chuck Berry |
| c. | | Donald Robertson |
| d. | | Luey Brown |
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| 7. | In what year, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked them #50 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time? |
| a. | | 2004 |
| b. | | 2005 |
| c. | | 2006 |
| d. | | 2007 |
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| 8. | Their music fused many elements: primarily old country music and early rock and roll, though the rhythm section often was reminiscent of Stax or Motown, and Robertson cites Curtis Mayfield and the Staple Singers as major influences, resulting in a synthesis of many musical genres? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 9. | Their first album, Music from Big Pink was widely acclaimed in? |
| a. | | 1964 |
| b. | | 1965 |
| c. | | 1967 |
| d. | | 1968 |
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| 10. | The Band released Moondog Matinee, an album of cover songs in? |
| a. | | 1970 |
| b. | | 1973 |
| c. | | 1977 |
| d. | | 1979 |
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