| Coverage : Bee Gees Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about the Bee Gees? This Bee Gees Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of this famous band. |
| 1. | The Bee Gees were a singing trio of what? |
| a. | | cousins |
| b. | | brothers |
| c. | | sisters |
| d. | | friends |
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| 2. | They were born on the Isle of Man to what parents, lived in England for several years and moved to Australia where their music careers began; their world-wide successcame when they returned to England? |
| a. | | German |
| b. | | Irish |
| c. | | English |
| d. | | Swiss |
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| 3. | The group's name is derived from the initials "B.G.", primarily standing for what? |
| a. | | Brothers Gibb |
| b. | | Brothers Three |
| c. | | Friends and Gibb |
| d. | | Cousins of Gibb |
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| 4. | The multiple Grammy Award-winning group was successful for all of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late what? |
| a. | | 1960s |
| b. | | 1970s |
| c. | | 1980s |
| d. | | 1990s |
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| 5. | No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable; as brothers, their voices blended perfectly, in the same way that The Beach Boys voices blended? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 6. | The group's name was retired after Maurice died in January in? |
| a. | | 2002 |
| b. | | 2003 |
| c. | | 2004 |
| d. | | 2005 |
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| 7. | It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' album and single sales total more than how many million units, easily making them part of the list of best-selling music artists? |
| a. | | 10 |
| b. | | 70 |
| c. | | 100 |
| d. | | 180 |
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| 8. | Their what Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees"? |
| a. | | 1995 |
| b. | | 1996 |
| c. | | 1997 |
| d. | | 1998 |
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| 9. | Their album Bee Gees' 1st scored well with critics and the public, offering an innovative blend of rock and orchestral ballads such as the charting "To Love Somebody" and the well-regarded what? |
| a. | | I Can't See Nobody |
| b. | | I Can't Love No More |
| c. | | I Can't See You |
| d. | | I Can't Stand It |
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| 10. | The Bee Gees' next release was Odessa (1969), a dense and complex album with orchestral accompaniment? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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