| Coverage : Cars Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about Cars? This Cars Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of this very famous band. |
| 1. | The Cars were a what New Wave band? |
| a. | | American |
| b. | | Swedish |
| c. | | English |
| d. | | French |
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| 2. | The Cars was fronted by Ric Ocasek, that emerged from the early punk scene in the late what? |
| a. | | 1950s |
| b. | | 1960s |
| c. | | 1970s |
| d. | | 1980s |
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| 3. | Other members of the band were bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer named? |
| a. | | Stewart Galliant |
| b. | | Chris Thomas |
| c. | | David Robinson |
| d. | | Alec Galliant |
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| 4. | They hailed from Boston, Massachusetts and were signed to Elektra Records in? |
| a. | | 1979 |
| b. | | 1978 |
| c. | | 1977 |
| d. | | 1976 |
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| 5. | The Cars were at the forefront in merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synth-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and which would flower in the early what? |
| a. | | 1980s |
| b. | | 1986s |
| c. | | 1990s |
| d. | | 1998s |
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| 6. | Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr were the first to meet at a party in Columbus what? |
| a. | | Ohio |
| b. | | Colorado |
| c. | | Texas |
| d. | | California |
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| 7. | A more experimental album, Panorama, was released in? |
| a. | | 1980 |
| b. | | 1981 |
| c. | | 1982 |
| d. | | 1983 |
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| 8. | The Cars took a short break and went to work on solo projects, with Ric Ocasek and Greg Hawkes both releasing their debut albums in? |
| a. | | 1982 |
| b. | | 1983 |
| c. | | 1984 |
| d. | | 1985 |
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| 9. | The Cars reunited and released their most successful album, Heartbeat City, in? |
| a. | | 1988 |
| b. | | 1986 |
| c. | | 1984 |
| d. | | 1982 |
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| 10. | Their most successful single, "Drive", gained particular notability when it was used in a video of the Ethiopian famine prepared by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and introduced by David Bowie at the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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