Surfing Rock

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1) The rockabilly sound influenced a wild, mostly instrumental sound called surf music, though surf culture saw itself as a competing youth culture to rock and roll. This style featured faster tempos, innovative percussion, and reverb- and echo-drenched electric guitar sounds. Who is NOT a surfer group?

• Beach Boys
• Jan and Dean
• The Four Tops

2) The surf instrumental is generally dance music of medium to fast tempo, with electric guitars dominating the sound, and almost always in straight 4/4 common time. Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Quincy, Massachusetts) is �The King of the Surf Guitar�: a pioneer of surf rock and one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s. Dale's recording of "Miserlou" became the title song for what movie?

• �Pulp Fiction�
• �King of Queens�
• �Surfin� Safari�

3) Although written and first performed by Johnny Smith, the Ventures' version is believed to be one of the first surfing songs to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #2. What is this 1960 hit instrumental song?

• �Ventura Highway�
• �Walk, Don�t Run�
• �The Real McCoy's�

4) Written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson of The Surfaris, in 1963 they recorded a B-Side single that has become a classic instrumental surfer rock. The drum solo is unforgettable. What is the song?

• �Dead Man�s Curve�
• �Walk, Don�t Run�
• �Wipe Out�

5) In 1962, this group released their first album. Who is this group?

• The Ventures
• Dick Dale
• The Beach Boys

6) He sang lead on songs such as �Help Me, Rhonda,� �Vegetables,� �Then I Kissed Her,� and �Transcendental Meditation,� and shared the lead with other members of the band on tracks including "Break Away" and "I Know There's an Answer." An original member, his is the only non-family original band member. Who is the Beach Boy?

• Alan Charles "Al" Jardine
• Alan "Al" Eastep
• Mike Love

7) After an anxiety attack in 1964, Brian Wilson left the touring Beach Boys. Who became his replacement on tour?

• Dean Martin, Jr.
• Glen Campbell
• Jan Berry

8) Jan & Dean was a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (3 April 1941 � 26 March 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born 10 March 1940). Although Jan & Dean pre-dated The Beach Boys, they became most famously associated with the vocal �surf music� craze. What was their first #1 hit?

• �Baby Talk�
• �Dead Man�s Curve�
• �Surf City�

9) Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs had a #1 hit in 1963. What is the title?

• �Leave My Heart in San Francisco�
• �Leaving On A Jet Plane�
• �Sugar Shack�

10. In the surf culture, what is a fall, particularly a spectacular fall?

• Wipe out
• Hang ten
• Wannabe

Check Your Answers

1. The Four Tops is correct.
2. �Pulp Fiction� is correct.
3. �Walk, Don�t Run� is correct.
4. �Wipe Out� is correct.
5. The Beach Boys is correct.
6. Alan Charles "Al" Jardine is correct.
7. Glen Campbell is correct.
8. �Surf City� is correct.
9. �Sugar Shack�
10. Wipe out is correct.