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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.

 
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