Paul Revere and the Raiders Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Who were Paul Revere & the Raiders?
A: They were an American
rock band.
Paul Revere & the Raiders saw considerable U.S. success in
the second half of the what?
A: 1960s and early
1970s.
In his early 20s, where did Paul Revere own several
restaurants?
A: In Caldwell, Idaho.
Paul first met singer Mark Lindsay while picking up what?
A: Hamburger buns from the bakery where Lindsay worked.
When did Lindsay join Revere's band?
A: In 1958.
What was the band originally called?
A: The Downbeats.
They changed their name to Paul Revere & the Raiders in
what year?
A: 1960 on the eve of their first record release for Gardena Records.
The band garnered their first hit in the Pacific Northwest
in 1961, with what instrumental ?
A: "Like, Long Hair".
The record peaked at what number on the Billboard chart on
April 17, 1961?
A: No. 38.
What did Paul become when he was drafted for
military
service?
A: He became a conscientious objector.
What did Paul do for a year and a half of deferred service?
A: He worked as a cook at a mental institution.
By summer 1962, Revere and Lindsay were working together
again in Oregon with a version of the Raiders that featured who?
A: Mike "Smitty" Smith, a drummer.
KISN DJ Roger Hart, who was producing teen
dances, hired
the band for one of his what?
A: Teen dances.
Shortly after that Hart became the group's what?
A: Personal manager.
It was Hart who suggested they record what song?
A: "Louie Louie".
In 1965, the Raiders began recording a string of what?
A: Garage rock classics.
What was the name of the group’s first major national hit?
A: "Just Like Me".
It was one of the first rock records to feature a
distinctive, double-tracked guitar solo, performed by whom?
A: Guitarist Drake Levin.
The band regularly appeared on national
television, most
notably on what three shows?
A: Where the Action Is, Happening '68, and It's Happening.
When Levin left the group in 1966 to join the National
Guard he was replaced by whom?
A: Jim Valley.
Of these, "Kicks" became their what?
A: Best-known song.
In mid-1967, Paul Revere & the Raiders were Columbia's
what?
A: Top-selling rock group.
When did the Raiders make their one and only appearance on
the Ed Sullivan show?
A: On April 30, 1967.
Changing tastes in the late 1960s rendered the Raiders
what?
A: Unfashionable.
On January 6, 1968, Revere and Lindsay returned to the air
as hosts of what new Dick Clark-produced show?
A: Happening '68 (later shortened to Happening).
In August 1968, who left the group again and was replaced
by former Action heartthrob Keith Allison?
A: Bassist Coe.