The Beach Boys

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

1) The band was formed in 1961. Who was NOT an original band member?

• Mike Love
• Brian Wilson
• Bruce Johnston

2) What was their first group name?

• The Pendletones
• The Surfer Dudes
• The Hang Tens

3) The group's first paying gig on New year's Eve, 1961, at the Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance in Long Beach. Who headlined the event?

• Chuck Berry
• Ike and Tina Turner
• Little Richard

4) Which original group member left for college?

• Brian Wilson
• Carl Wilson
• Al Jardine

5) What was the group’s first #1 Single?

• “409”
• “Little Deuce Coupe”
• “I Get Around”

6) They had a huge #1 hit in 1966. What was the song?

• “Good Vibrations”
• “Wichita Lineman”
• “The Anvil Song”

7) What song became their biggest-selling hit ever?

• “Kokomo”
• “The Days of Wine and Roses”
• “Hang Ten”

8) With all the surfing motif of the Beach Boys, who was the only Beach Boy that reportedly surfed?

• Mike Love
• Dennis Wilson
• Brian Wilson

9) Which Beach Boy brought the folk song, “Sloop John B.” to Brian Wilson’s attention? However, he didn’t sing lead (Brian & Mike did).

• Bruce Johnston
• Al Jardine
• Carl Wilson

10) Bruce Johnston joined the band on April 9, 1965. He was a Grammy winner song writer and #1 hit; however, not a Beach Boy song. What is the song and performer?

• “I Write the Songs” / Barry Manilow
• "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me / Elton John
• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” / Glen Campbell

Check Your Answers

1. Bruce Johnston
2. The Pendletones
3. Ike and Tina Turner
4. Al Jardine
5. “I Get Around”
6. “Good Vibrations”
7. “Kokomo”
8. Dennis Wilson
9. Al Jardine
10. “I Write the Songs” / Barry Manilow