| Coverage : ELO Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about ELO? This ELO Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of this famous band. |
| 1. | Electric Light Orchestra, also known as E.L.O., were a successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s from Birmingham what? |
| a. | | England |
| b. | | Alabama |
| c. | | Michigan |
| d. | | Germany |
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| 2. | It was in the United States that the band was first warmly received, billed as The English guys with the big fiddles? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 3. | By the mid what they had become one of the biggest selling Rock music bands in the world? |
| a. | | 60s |
| b. | | 70s |
| c. | | 80s |
| d. | | 90s |
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| 4. | Under Lynne's leadership the group scored twenty top-20 UK hit singles, as well as how many top-20 appearances in the US Billboard chart? |
| a. | | ten |
| b. | | thirteen |
| c. | | fifteen |
| d. | | twenty |
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| 5. | The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any band in US history, without ever having a what? |
| a. | | #1 single |
| b. | | #1 music video |
| c. | | #1 album |
| d. | | sold out tour |
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| 6. | The group's name is an intended pun based not only on electric light but also using "electric" rock instruments combined with a "light orchestra" which were popular in the? |
| a. | | 1960s |
| b. | | 1970s |
| c. | | 1980s |
| d. | | 1990s |
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| 7. | They released ELO 2 , an album begun before Wood's departure, from which came their first U.S. chart hit, a hugely elaborate version of the Chuck Berry classic "Roll Over Beethoven" in? |
| a. | | 1970 |
| b. | | 1973 |
| c. | | 1976 |
| d. | | 1979 |
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| 8. | The band released On The Third Day featuring the hit "Showdown", with Mike Edwards playing all the cello parts due to Colin Walker leaving the band in? |
| a. | | 1973 |
| b. | | 1974 |
| c. | | 1975 |
| d. | | 1976 |
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| 9. | Eldorado, A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra, a concept album about dreams, scored ELO their first U.S. Top Ten hit with "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" in? |
| a. | | 1977 |
| b. | | 1975 |
| c. | | 1972 |
| d. | | 1970 |
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| 10. | In 1975, Face The Music was released, from which the major singles were "Evil Woman" and? |
| a. | | Strange Woman |
| b. | | Strange Music |
| c. | | Strange Lover |
| d. | | Strange Magic |
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