1) "The day the music died" a) The day Elvis died in a plane crash b) When Michael Jackson died in a plane crash c) The day Buddy Holly died in a plane crash d) When Mr. Wyner and Mr. W sang a duet 2) "Bye bye Miss American Pie...(the chorus)" a) Nostalgia for the America of the 50s b) a Chevy dealer who also sells pies c) Saying goodbye to Don's best friends  d) There is no meaning to it 3) "I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym" a) Don's ex-gf b) Class night c) A very complicated relationship Don had with his mother d) A Sock Hop 4) The Jester / The King a) Bob Dylan / Elvis Presley b) Elvis Presley / John Lennon c) John Lennon  / Jimi Hendrix d) Don Mclean / Frank Sinatra 5) "And while the king was looking down, the Jester stole his thorny crown" a) Protest music like Bob Dylan replaces pure rock like Elvis b) When Marvin Gaye stole a crown from Elvis c) Music became more silly and less royal d) When Bob Dylan stole a crown from Janis Joplin 6) "Thorny crown" a) The crown Prince Philip wore b) A reference to the crown Jesus wore c) A rose bush d) A crown worn in fast food burger commercials 7) "Helter Skelter in a summer swelter" a) Michael Myers b) Watergate c) Woodstock d) The Manson murders of 1969 8) "...with the jester on the sidelines in a cast" a) When Bob Dylan couldn't make it to woodstock b) When Bob Dylan got in a motorcycle crash c) When Bob Dylan got killed in the Manson murders d) When Bob Dylan was mauled by a tiger 9) "the sergeants" a) Both The Vietnam War and a Beatles album (Sergeant Pepper's) b) The general who sent US soldiers into Korea c) President Nixon d) Bob Dylan 10) "As flames climbed high into the night...I saw Satan laughing with delight" a) "Highway to Hell," a Janis Joplin song b) "Imagine," a Beatles song c) "American Pie," a Maroon 5 song d) "Sympathy for the Devil," a Rolling Stones song 11) "a girl who sang the blues" a) Alicia Keys b) Janis Joplin c) Aretha Franklin d) Whitney Houston 12) "Father, Son and the Holy Ghost" a) Star Wars, Jaws and Rocky b) Pacman, Pong and Sonic c) MLK, JFK, RFK d) Lennon, McCartney, Garfunkel 13) What is the song American Pie about?  a) A pie store near Don McLean's house b) The 1960s as a crossroads of American society, culture and music c) The sweetness of our country d) July 4th desserts 

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