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THE PSPOT'S WEEKLY MUSIC TRIVIA CHALLENGE (PAGE VI)

The Pspot's weekly music trivia is back! Each week, The Pspot will post at least one new advanced trivia question regarding Pspot related music (primarily garage, psychedelic, pop-sike, obscure pop & gum from 1964-1972). The questions will be directly from The Pspot or from original 60's band members who have supplied questions and answers related to the band or artists. Some will be illustrated, some will be multi-part, and others will even have a prize that will go to the first to answer correctly. The Pspot will leave ALL questions, answers and winners posted for future referral.

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Only one answer per person per question is allowed.

And now, plug in your cerebral synapses and light up The Pspot Trivia page with your knowledge of music from THE BEST DECADE IN ROCK 'N ROLL!

The illustration below is from the front cover of a 1968 soft-psych-pop LP of an all-girl band from Los Angeles. The LP was on the United International label, and only 500 original covers were made. A member of the band, Rosemary Lane, went on to sing back-up for Jackson Browne. Name the band and the album title.

(Correct Joe!)

Answers: "Straight Or Lame" - The Daisy Chain

Name the Dallas, Texas 60's garage band illustrated below. They released 4 singles off the Bismark label, and their (best) second release from late 1965 was remade by the neo-garage/punk band The Brood.

Answer: The Chessmen "I Need You There"

The 60's band from Beverly, MA formed in early 1964 and released several singles but only one LP (Tower label), which was released in 1968. The illustration below is from the front cover of that LP. The LP consisted of a cut titled "Kona, Idaho" and a masterpiece psychedelic cut (IMHO) about a man selling a wonderful fruit "jam" Name the band, the LP title and the psychedelic classic.

Answers: Teddy And The Pandas, Basic Magnetism, Raspberry Salesman

The all-girl 60's garage band illustrated below (1966 photo) were from the Bay State, and formed at Simmons College in the State's capital. Their two 45 single releases were from 1967 (Liberty label):

"About My Baby (I Could Write a Book)"/"New Day"
"Don't Bother"/"Games"

Name the band and primary reason they formed the band.

Answer: The Pandoras.

They formed primarily as a way to meet The Beatles.

The illustrations below are of two 60's (early 70's) singer/songwriters that played a role in the wonderful world of gum. Their angelic soprano voices are world famous in the "first wave" gum era, and they also had some fine obscure pop cuts. Name both of them, and how they are musically related.

1969

She was on the U.S. Billboard #1 song of 1969!

1971

She took over the position of the individual above

(Correct Joe!)

Answers: Toni Wine & Tracy Russell (Donna Marie)

They were the singing voices of Veronica & Betty of The Archies.

Toni Wine was responsible for the lead female vocals on "Sugar Sugar" and "Jingle Jangle" and Tracy performed lead female vocals on songs such as "Together We Two"

Check out Toni Wine's website at http://toniwine.com/

Name the 60's garage band below. The members were Les Brown, Jr., George Patterson, Ed Wade, and Kirby Johnson. Also, what does this band have in common with The Peppermint Trolley Company?

(Correct Cindy and Joe!)

Answers: The Mosquitoes (seen on episode #48 'Don't Bug The Mosquitoes' on the sitcom GILLIGAN'S ISLAND). All but Les Brown Jr. were actually members of The Wellingtons who sang the theme song "The Ballad Of Gilligan's Island." The Peppermint Trolley Company sang the theme to The Brady Bunch during the first season.

Below are two sequence lists that are directly related to one another. The common link is from the 1966 sound of Lucky Eleven and the State whose name is derived from a Chippewa Indian word that means "great lake." Name the number and word that appropriately comes next in each list and the relation that the two sequence lists have.

1- 16, 7, 12, 13, 26, ?

2- phones, motorcycles, airplanes, years, teachers, ?

Answers: This question was created and dedicated to the loss of Terry Knight

The next number is 11

The next word is (good) men

The numbers and words are from Terry Knight & The Pack's killer 1966 single "NUMBERS"

The band below is from the State whose official State Bird is the common loon. They kicked out an IGL label 7" platter in 1966 that had a killer version of "Born In Chicago" on the A-side. In 1967, they won the Roof Garden Jamboree Battle Of The Bands. Name the band and the State where they recorded their last 45.

Answer: Canoise

Name the 60's Wolverine State band illustrated below that had a 7" A & B-side winner on the SOUND label. Hint: Guitarist, vocalist, writer and PSPOT member Dan Schafer has lived in Nashville, TN for over 20 years making music and working with artists such as Shania Twain.

Answer: The Bark Of Paper Mulberry