 - 1. In what year did Karl Green leave Herman's Hermits?
A) 1980
B) 1994
C) 1986
D) 1983
- 2. What business did Karl Green open in London after leaving the band?
A) Concert venue management
B) Music production
C) Plumbing and tiling
D) Sound system manufacturing
- 3. Which band did Herman's Hermits perform with during a 1986 US reunion tour?
A) The Monkees
B) The Salford Jets
C) The Tornados
D) Gerry and the Pacemakers
- 4. Which former Salford Jets member joined Herman's Hermits in the late 1980s?
A) Rod Gerrard
B) Barry Whitwam
C) Keith Hopwood
D) Geoff Foot
- 5. What illness caused the death of Leckenby in 1994?
A) Cancer
B) Pneumonia
C) Heart disease
D) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- 6. Who remained as the only original member of the band after 1994?
A) Keith Hopwood
B) Barry Whitwam
C) Peter Noone
D) Karl Green
- 7. In what year did Hopwood, Green, and Whitwam reunite with Noone for a one-off concert?
A) 1993
B) 1997
C) 1986
D) 2000
- 8. Who joined the band as a keyboardist in May 2002?
A) Tony Young
B) John Summerton
C) Kevan Lingard
D) Robert Birrell
- 9. Who was brought in to fill in for Robert Birrell's keyboard duties in 2005?
A) Tony Hancox
B) Rod Gerrard
C) Kevan Lingard
D) Paul Cornwell
- 10. At which event did Peter Noone win 'Entertainer of the Year' in 2019?
A) Grammy Awards
B) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
C) Sixties Gold Tour
D) Casino Entertainment Awards
- 11. Who did Peter Noone beat to win the 2019 Entertainer of the Year award?
A) Barry Manilow and Dwight Yoakam
B) The Monkees
C) Gerry and the Pacemakers
D) The Salford Jets
- 12. How many concerts did Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone perform in 2024?
A) 100
B) 125
C) 112
D) 118
- 13. Who replaced Geoff Foot after he left the Hermits in 2023?
A) Tony Hancox
B) Tony Young
C) Jamie Thurston
D) John Summerton
- 14. Where did Geoff Foot play his last gig with the Hermits?
A) Butlin's
B) Chiller Theatre
C) Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
D) Leeds Grand Theatre
- 15. Which band did Tony Young come from before joining the Hermits?
A) Gerry's Pacemakers
B) The Salford Jets
C) The Tornados
D) Flintlock
- 16. What is the name of the CD released by Peter Noone and Keith Hopwood in 2026?
A) Sourmash
B) A Whale of a Tale!
C) Sixties Gold
D) Remember When
- 17. Who produced the CD 'Remember When'?
A) Keith Hopwood and his son Daniel
B) Barry Whitwam
C) John Summerton
D) Peter Noone
- 18. Which song was Herman's Hermits' final UK Top 10 hit for Columbia in 1970?
A) Years May Come, Years May Go
B) Bet Yer Life I Do
C) Lady Barbara
D) Oh You Pretty Thing
- 19. Which label did the group join after leaving Columbia?
A) Pye
B) CBS
C) RCA
D) RAK Records
- 20. Where was the 1970 Royal Variety Command Performance held?
A) London Palladium
B) Royal Albert Hall
C) Strawberry Studios
D) Wembley Stadium
- 21. Who revised the group's act at the Royal Variety Command Performance?
A) Mickie Most
B) Michael Grade
C) Keith Hopwood
D) Peter Noone
- 22. What song from 'Fiddler on the Roof' was included in the band's 1970 medley?
A) Lady Barbara
B) London Pride
C) If I Were a Rich Man
D) Fish and Chips
- 23. Which group member was invited to shake hands with the Queen Mother after the show?
A) Karl Green
B) Peter Noone
C) Keith Hopwood
D) Peter Cowap
- 24. What was the group's final UK Top 20 hit?
A) Lady Barbara
B) Heart, Get Ready for Love
C) The Man
D) Ginny Go Softly
- 25. Who wrote Peter Noone's debut solo single 'Oh You Pretty Thing'?
A) Noël Coward
B) David Bowie
C) Tony Wilson
D) Eric Stewart
- 26. Who became the group's lead singer after Peter Noone's departure?
A) John Gaughan
B) Frank Renshaw
C) Peter Cowap
D) Karl Green
- 27. Where was the Hermits' single 'She's a Lady' recorded?
A) Abbey Road
B) Columbia Studios
C) London Palladium
D) Strawberry Studios
- 28. Under what name did the group prepare to record an unreleased album in 1972?
A) Sourmash
B) Herman's Hermits
C) The Hermits
D) The British Invasion
- 29. Who produced the unreleased album 'A Whale of Tale'?
A) Mickie Most
B) Eric Stewart
C) David Bowie
D) Michael Grade
- 30. What was the name of the single released by The Hermits in 1975?
A) The Man
B) She's a Lady
C) Ginny Go Softly
D) Heart, Get Ready for Love
- 31. Who became the group's frontman by 1978?
A) Karl Green
B) Frank Renshaw
C) Peter Cowap
D) John Gaughan
- 32. What was the group's final label for their 1978 single 'Heart, Get Ready for Love'?
A) Private Stock
B) Pye
C) Buddah
D) RCA
- 33. Which newspaper noted that Noone and the Hermits stayed in separate dressing rooms?
A) Evening Post
B) Record World
C) Record Mirror
D) Manchester Evening News
- 34. What was the peak chart position of the group's 1976 Buddah single in Record World?
A) 121
B) 22
C) 7
D) 13
- 35. In what city was Herman's Hermits formed in 1963?
A) Birmingham
B) Manchester
C) London
D) Liverpool
- 36. Which television show had Peter Noone appeared on as an actor before the band's success?
A) Coronation Street
B) Scene at 6.30
C) Top of the Pops
D) The Lads
- 37. The band's name was inspired by a resemblance to which cartoon character?
A) Boris
B) Rocky
C) Bullwinkle
D) Sherman
- 38. Who produced the majority of the group's international hits in the 1960s?
A) Charlie Silverman
B) Mickie Most
C) Harvey Lisberg
D) Johnnie Hamp
- 39. What was the group's only number one single in Britain?
A) I'm Henry VIII, I Am
B) I'm into Something Good
C) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
D) No Milk Today
- 40. What is the name of the band's first EP released in December 1964?
A) Hold On!
B) Hermania
C) Blaze
D) Introducing Herman's Hermits
- 41. What was the title of the band's first starring feature film?
A) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
B) Pop Gear
C) Hold On!
D) When the Boys Meet the Girls
- 42. Which legendary artist did Peter Noone and Keith Hopwood visit on the set of his film 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style'?
A) Donovan
B) The Kinks
C) Elvis Presley
D) The Beatles
- 43. Who opened for Herman's Hermits during their 1967 US and Canada tour?
A) The Kinks
B) The Beatles
C) The Rolling Stones
D) The Who
- 44. What is the name of the music company formed by Hopwood and Leckenby in 1968?
A) Most Productions
B) Manchester Sounds
C) Pluto Music
D) Hermits Music
- 45. Which band were Herman's Hermits often compared to as part of the British Invasion?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) The Kinks
C) The Who
D) The Beatles
- 46. How many consecutive weeks did the band log in the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten in 1965?
A) Twenty-four
B) Twelve
C) Sixteen
D) Ten
- 47. Which songwriter penned 'No Milk Today'?
A) Gerry Goffin
B) P.F. Sloan
C) Graham Gouldman
D) Carole King
- 48. How many top 10 singles did Herman's Hermits collect in the UK between 1964 and 1970?
A) Eighteen
B) Nine
C) Eleven
D) Ten
- 49. How many total top 20 singles did Herman's Hermits have in the UK?
A) Eleven
B) Eighteen
C) Ten
D) Nineteen
- 50. How many consecutive top 10 singles did Herman's Hermits have on the US Billboard Hot 100 between 1965 and 1966?
A) Ten
B) Nineteen
C) Eleven
D) Nine
- 51. How many total top 10 singles did the group collect in the US?
A) Eighteen
B) Ten
C) Eleven
D) Nine
- 52. How many songs did the group place on the Billboard Hot 100 in total?
A) 19
B) 11
C) 18
D) 10
- 53. How many of the group's US LPs were certified Gold by the RIAA?
A) Eleven
B) Nine
C) Ten
D) Five
- 54. In what year did Mickie Most comment on his use of session musicians for the band?
A) 1970
B) 1964
C) 1972
D) 1982
- 55. According to Peter Noone, who played the muted lead on 'This Door Swings Both Ways'?
A) Keith Hopwood
B) Jimmy Page
C) Derek Leckenby
D) Mickie Most
- 56. According to Keith Hopwood, why did Mickie Most sometimes prepare tracks in the band's absence?
A) Because the band did not know how to play
B) Because the band toured frequently
C) Because the band was lazy
D) Because the studio was too small
- 57. Who according to Hopwood, Green, and Noone played on the single 'Wonderful World'?
A) Vic Flick
B) Jimmy Page
C) Derek Leckenby
D) Keith Hopwood
- 58. Since which decade have legal disputes between Whitwam and Noone occurred?
A) 1980s
B) 2010s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s
- 59. In what year were the band members forced to rename themselves for North American tours?
A) 2004
B) 2009
C) 2007
D) 2003
- 60. In which country did Whitwam successfully register ownership of the band name in 2004?
A) Canada
B) United States
C) Australia
D) United Kingdom
- 61. Which band was involved in a 2007 naming disagreement mentioned in the text?
A) The Beatles
B) The Rolling Stones
C) The Angels
D) The Kinks
- 62. Who was the hearing officer for the Australian legal dispute regarding the band name?
A) Peter Noone
B) Glen Shorrock
C) Jock McDonagh
D) Barry Whitwam
- 63. Why did Barry Whitwam stop touring in the United States after 2009?
A) Loss of musical equipment
B) Legal bankruptcy
C) The hassle of promoters mislabeling the act
D) Lack of fan interest
- 64. What entity did Leckenby, Green, and Whitwam approach to stop Noone from using the word 'Hermits'?
A) International Court of Justice
B) High Court of England
C) United States Supreme Court
D) Australian Trade Commission
- 65. According to Noone, the band name should have been treated as what?
A) Whitwam's personal property
B) A public domain term
C) A forfeit trademark
D) A collective asset
- 66. Who joined Herman's Hermits as a bass player in 2020?
A) Geoff Foot
B) Jamie Thurston
C) Karl Green
D) Paul Farnell
- 67. In what year did Derek Leckenby pass away?
A) 1994
B) 1997
C) 2016
D) 2008
- 68. Which member played lead guitar from 1994 to 2002?
A) Alec Johnson
B) Eddy Carter
C) Derek Leckenby
D) Paul Cornwell
- 69. What is the release year of the film 'When the Boys Meet the Girls'?
A) 1968
B) 1966
C) 1965
D) 1967
- 70. Who played keyboards for the band during 1974?
A) Lance Dixon
B) Tony Hancox
C) Paul Robinson
D) Chris Finley
- 71. Which film was released by the band in 1968?
A) Hold On!
B) When the Boys Meet the Girls
C) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
D) Pop Gear
- 72. When did Geoff Foot finish his time with the band?
A) 2016
B) 2020
C) 1995
D) 2023
- 73. Which member played lead guitar from 2004 to 2013?
A) Paul Cornwell
B) Alec Johnson
C) Graham Lee
D) Eddy Carter
- 74. Which member passed away in February 2016?
A) Pete Cowap
B) Chris Finley
C) Robert Birrell
D) Derek Leckenby
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