Legends of Music: Billy Joel
"We Didn't Start the Fire" but we are bringing the heat with this trivia game featuring everyone's favorite "Piano Man," Billy Joel.
15 questions · Published May 9, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. As a member of the site selection committee in 1986, Billy Joel cast the deciding vote to build the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in _____________.
In the original 1986 vote, seven of the fifteen members of the site selection committee voted for Cleveland, Ohio and seven voted for San Francisco, California. Billy Joel cast the deciding vote for Cleveland.
- Multiple Choice
2. What was the original title of Billy Joel's "Allentown," which he changed because the original didn't sing as well?
Initially intended to be about the area where he grew up, Billy Joel found that "Levittown" didn't roll off the tongue as easily as "Allentown."
- Multiple Choice
3. Billy Joel began a monthly residence at what famed New York venue in January 2014?
FUN FACT
Thanks to his monthly appearances, Billy Joel set the record in July 2015 for most shows at Madison Square Garden by a single artist.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these albums is the only one for which Billy Joel appears on the cover?
Because of a broken nose suffered during his early days as a boxer, Billy Joel was rarely shot straight-on for his album covers. Of the albums listed here, 1976's "Turnstiles" is the only one to feature Joel on the cover.
- Multiple Choice
5. Beginning in 1994, Billy Joel teamed up with ______________ for a series of "Face to Face" concerts.
The highly successful "Face to Face" tours, which took place in 1994-95, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010, paired Billy Joel with fellow piano player Elton John.
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