| Coverage : Deep Purple Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about Deep Purple? This Deep Purple Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of the famous band Deep Purple. |
| 1. | Deep Purple are an English hard rock band formed in London in? |
| a. | | 1966 |
| b. | | 1967 |
| c. | | 1968 |
| d. | | 1969 |
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| 2. | Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered one of the pioneers of heavy metal and hard rock? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 3. | Deep Purple has sold how many million albums worldwide? |
| a. | | 10 |
| b. | | 25 |
| c. | | 50 |
| d. | | 100 |
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| 4. | The band has gone through many line-up changes, as well as an eight years split and how many reunions? |
| a. | | one |
| b. | | two |
| c. | | three |
| d. | | four |
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| 5. | Their second and most commercially successful line-up featured: Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and? |
| a. | | Ian Paice |
| b. | | Nick Simper |
| c. | | Glenn Hughes |
| d. | | David Coverdale |
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| 6. | Deep Purple had tremendous success in the US with a cover of Joe South's "Hush," taken from their debut album Shades of Deep Purple, and they were booked to support Cream on their Goodbye tour in? |
| a. | | 1969 |
| b. | | 1968 |
| c. | | 1967 |
| d. | | 1966 |
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| 7. | The band's second album, The Book of Taliesyn, was released in the United States to coincide with this tour, although it would not be released in their home country until the what? |
| a. | | contracts were settled |
| b. | | following year |
| c. | | new band member joined |
| d. | | new promotion finished |
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| 8. | 1969 saw the release of their third album called what which contained strings and woodwind on one track? |
| a. | | Flowers And Sun |
| b. | | Deep Purple |
| c. | | Deeply Inlove |
| d. | | For The Stars |
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| 9. | The album "In Rock" contained the then concert staples "Speed King", "Into The Fire", and? |
| a. | | Child of Mine |
| b. | | Child in Time |
| c. | | Little Children |
| d. | | Flower Child |
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| 10. | A fire incident inspired the band to write what song? |
| a. | | Smoke on the Water |
| b. | | Smoke on the Table |
| c. | | Smoke Jacks |
| d. | | Smoke Chokes |
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