Band Name Trivia Game (April 2008 #1)

In the ancient era of 2006, I used to belong to a community website that, for a time, had a very strong sense of community. Part of the community spirit was expressed through games that I used to run in which certain I would write trivia questions that fit with a certain theme and the first letter of the answers to all of those questions could be unscrambled in order to spell the pseudonym (or real name) of a member of of the blogging community. Whoever guessed the hidden clue got to make a new set of clues using the same format on their blog within the site, thus drawing traffic to their blog. It was good while it lasted.

It ended for a time, but there is no reason to keep the game down just because the original host site is kaput. I am going to start again over here, but this time I will use general (but related to music somehow) trivia questions off the top of my head and instead of a blogger the first letters of all of the answers can be scrambled to spell the name of a band. Whoever guesses the name correctly gets to post a new set of clues on their blog, but I would appreciate it if the explanation for the blog links back to this post. I think it would also be the right thing to do to check out the non-game content of the blog you are playing on whenever you play this sort of trivia game.

And now it begins:


1) The "hairless" variety of what bird is a national symbol of the United States of America?

2) What classic rock song could also be the result of a tree falling in an empty forest according to some philosophers?

3) In a classic country song, the singer claims not to be afraid of Clifton Clowers. What geographical feature is in the song's title?

4) What do you get when you take away an apostrophe, the second letter of the alphabet, and a space from the collective name of the powerful hitters that the Houston Astros used to have?

5) Which city's Richmond County is notorious for its landfills?

6) Part of the argument for invading Iraq was that Saddam Hussein wouldn't change his (fill in the blank) ways.

7) If what people did was dictated by similar pronunciation of words, what musical instrument would be favored by vagrants?



It would've been much easier without the music theme.