The Rolling Stones Trivia quiz

And the winners are...

But first, a "startling" revelation: Unlike the Beatles fans who (seem to) know the Fab Four inside-out and upside-down, those of the Rolling Stones don’t (seem to) know their idols well as shown in the entries that poured into the EMI Music Philippines office in connection with the Funfare-EMI tie-up promo quiz for the Rolling Stones’ latest album, Forty Licks.

Contestants were asked to answer 40 questions and, surprisingly, only six of the dozens and dozens of entries got all the correct answers. Each of the winners will get a Forty Licks CD and Rolling Stones poster. they are: 1) Lawrence Lee, Ermin Garcia St., Quezon City; 2) Julius Sevilla, K-10th Kamias Road, Quezon City; 3) Emerson Salvador, e-mail [email protected]; 4) Jerome Godfrey Lluz, Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), Port Area, Manila; 5) Clarita Vintic, Dr. Alejo St., Quezon City, and 6) [email protected].

Here are the 40 questions with the correct answers:

1. With what song did the Rolling Stones first top the American charts?

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

2. What 1978 album produced the No. 1 hit Miss You?

Some Girls

3. What was the first single released on the Rolling Stones’ own label?

Brown Sugar

4. What Rolling Stones song was included in the movie Casino?

Gimme Shelter

5. What Rolling Stones song was used as the theme song of the TV series Nam: Tour of Duty?

Paint It Black

6. According to the Rolling Stones, what color is the door they want to paint in the hit song Paint It Black?

Red

7. Who replaced Brian Jones as Rolling Stones member in 1969?

Mick Taylor

8. In what 1968 movie did Mick Jagger appear as a lipstick-wearing retired rock star?

Performance

9. Which famous artist designed the cover of the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers album in addition to the brand’s famous lips-and-tongue logo?

Andy Warhol

10. What Rolling Stones song is also the name of Keith Richard’s daughter?

Dandelion

11. What drug was the subject of the song Jumpin’ Jack Flash?

Pharmaceutical heroin called "Jacks" by the English

12. In what album sleeves was the Rolling Stones tongue logo first used?

Sticky Fingers

13. What song was used in a Whoopi Goldberg movie?

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

14. What Rolling Stones song was an ironic but cheap joke about interracial sex aimed at restoring the band’s reputation for bad-boy antics?

Brown Sugar

15. How many songs in Forty Licks were produced by The Glimmer Twins?

16 songs

16. What song was banned by the BBC and then by radio stations everywhere immediately upon its release?

Let’s Spend the Night Together

17. Who played the sitar on Paint It Black?

Brian Jones

18. What Buddy Holly song got the Rolling Stones noticed beyond England?

Not Fade Away

19. Bill Gates paid $20 million to use what Rolling Stones song to promote Windows 95?

Start Me Up

20. I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis is the opening line of what song?

Honky Tonk Woman

21. What was the Rolling Stones’ last No. 1 song in the US?

Miss You

22. Please allow me to introduce myself is the opening line of what song?

Sympathy for the Devil

23. Speck of white so fair and pale have you seen a lady fairer is a line from what song?

She’s a Rainbow

24. Think the time is right for a Palace Revolution but where I live the game to play is compromise solution is a line from what song?

Street Fighting Man

25. I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine is a line from what song?

Start Me Up

26. He’s telling me more and more about some useless information is a line from what song?

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

27. What Rolling Stones song was included in the movie Royal Tenenbaums which stars Ben Stiller, Gene Hackman and Gwyneth Paltrow?

Ruby Tuesday

28. How many songs in Forty Licks were written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?

38 out of 40

29. What latest single of Rolling Stones is included in Forty Licks?

30. Before leading the Rolling Stones, what band did Mick Jagger sing for?

Blues Incorporated

31. What was the name of the Rolling Stones’ 1989 tour that began in Philadelphia?

Steel Wheels

32. What was the name of the Rolling Stones’ 1994 album and subsequent tour?

Voodoo Lounge

33. Name three precious stones that Mick Jagger inserted in his upper right incisor.

Emerald, ruby and diamond

34. What’s the name of the Rolling Stones’ private jet?

The Lapping Tongue

35. What album got the Rolling Stones into a lot of legal trouble because it featured photos of women celebrities in the album sleeve without permission?

Some Girls

36. Miss You, Harlem Schufflle, Fool to Cry and Tumbling Dice. Which of these songs was not written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?

Harlem Schuffle

37. In what state did the Rolling Stones’ Bridges to Babylon tour start?

New York

38. Who wrote the single I Wanna Be Your Man for the Rolling Stones and recorded it as well?

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

39. With what song did the Rolling Stones open their concerts for the Voodoo Lounge tour?

Not Fade Away

40. Prince, Tina Turner, Aerosmith and Counting Crows. Who among them hasn’t opened for the Rolling Stones on tour?

Aerosmith

(Note: The six winners may get in touch with either Mel Tria-Katigbak, EMI advertising and promotions supervisor, or Twinky Lagdameo, EMI marketing director, at 723-0861 to 70 local 541 to claim their prizes. Watch for the next Forty Licks promo-quiz with a bigger prize at stake.)