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Hard Chuck Berry Trivia Quiz
A 15-question trivia quiz about Hard Chuck Berry.
15 Questions
2 Takers
1
Which Chuck Berry recording was chosen for NASA's Voyager Golden Record in 1977?
A.
Rock and Roll Music
B.
Roll Over Beethoven
C.
Johnny B. Goode
2
In "Johnny B. Goode," what original lyric did Berry change to "country boy" for broader radio play?
A.
colored boy
B.
city boy
C.
poor boy
3
Berry’s breakthrough "Maybellene" was adapted from which traditional song?
A.
Honey Bee
B.
Ida Red
C.
Goodnight Irene
4
Which pianist was Berry’s longtime collaborator and is often credited with inspiring many of his compositions?
A.
Ray Charles
B.
Johnnie Johnson
C.
Lafayette Leake
5
Which Chess Records house bassist performed on many of Chuck Berry's seminal 1950s recordings?
A.
Willie Dixon
B.
Paul Chambers
C.
James Jamerson
6
What was the blues B-side to the "Maybellene" single?
A.
Blue Feeling
B.
Driftin' Blues
C.
Wee Wee Hours
7
Which single became Chuck Berry’s only U.S. No. 1 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100?
A.
Johnny B. Goode
B.
My Ding-a-Ling
C.
Sweet Little Sixteen
8
Which Berry song reveals at the end that the narrator is trying to reconnect with his young daughter, not a former lover?
A.
Nadine (Is It You?)
B.
Memphis, Tennessee
C.
You Never Can Tell
9
Berry’s early-1960s prison sentence stemmed from which federal charge?
A.
Violation of the Mann Act
B.
Tax evasion
C.
Draft evasion
10
On the 1967 album "Live at the Fillmore Auditorium," which group backed Chuck Berry?
A.
Big Brother and the Holding Company
B.
The Steve Miller Band
C.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
11
Many of Berry’s classic sides were cut at Chess Studios at which Chicago address?
A.
2120 South Michigan Avenue
B.
225 Parsons Street
C.
706 Union Avenue
12
Which 1964 single marked Berry’s first release following his prison term?
A.
No Particular Place to Go
B.
Nadine (Is It You?)
C.
Promised Land
13
Which Beach Boys hit borrowed heavily enough from "Sweet Little Sixteen" that Berry ultimately received songwriting credit?
A.
Fun, Fun, Fun
B.
California Girls
C.
Surfin' U.S.A.
14
Which drummer played on many of Berry’s 1950s Chess recordings?
A.
Hal Blaine
B.
Charlie Watts
C.
Fred Below
15
Which later Berry hit reuses the same basic melody as "School Days"?
A.
No Particular Place to Go
B.
Reelin' and Rockin'
C.
Back in the U.S.A.
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