| Coverage : Devo Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about Devo? This Devo Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of this famous band. |
| 1. | Devo is an American rock group formed in Akron, Ohio in? |
| a. | | 1972 |
| b. | | 1973 |
| c. | | 1974 |
| d. | | 1975 |
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| 2. | They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to number what on the Billboard Hot 100 chart? |
| a. | | #10 |
| b. | | #12 |
| c. | | #13 |
| d. | | #14 |
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| 3. | Their style has been variously classified as punk, art rock and post-punk, but they are most often remembered for their late 1970s and early 1980s New Wave music which, along with others ushered in the synth pop sound of the what? |
| a. | | 1970s |
| b. | | 1980s |
| c. | | 1990s |
| d. | | 2000s |
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| 4. | Devo were also pioneers of the music video, creating many memorable clips that were popular in the early days of MTV, although their use of the video medium dates right back to their very first appearance on stage at Kent State University in? |
| a. | | 1972 |
| b. | | 1973 |
| c. | | 1974 |
| d. | | 1975 |
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| 5. | The name "Devo" comes from the concept of what which means the evolution of man into "primitive" forms? |
| a. | | Devolution |
| b. | | Evolution |
| c. | | Ubolution |
| d. | | Revolution |
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| 6. | Devo recorded a series of songs, much slower and more ethereal than the band's typical sound, at Briarwood Studio on High Street, a small recording studio run by Phil Gallo and Dave Bennet from the band Armentrout in the mid what? |
| a. | | 1970s |
| b. | | 1960s |
| c. | | 1980s |
| d. | | 1990s |
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| 7. | Devo's big break came when their short film The Truth About De-Evolution won a prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival; it was then seen by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, who championed them and enabled Devo to secure a recording contract with Warner Bros in? |
| a. | | 1976 |
| b. | | 1977 |
| c. | | 1978 |
| d. | | 1979 |
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| 8. | Devo released Duty Now for the Future in? |
| a. | | 1979 |
| b. | | 1977 |
| c. | | 1974 |
| d. | | 1972 |
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| 9. | Devo gained a new level of visibility with 1980s Freedom of Choice, which included their best-known hit, "Whip It", which immediately became a Top 40 hit? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 10. | Devo reformed with what new drummer in 1987? |
| a. | | David Kendrick |
| b. | | Brian Kendrick |
| c. | | Robert Kendrick |
| d. | | Joseph Kendrick |
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