2016 Year-End Stern Show Quiz: Musical Guest Edition

Stern Show listeners were treated to a slew of sweet live performances and musical guest interviews in 2016, from up-and-comers like Aurora to industry icons like Sting. Take the year-end quiz (below) and see how well you remember each visit.

December 21, 2016

1. Peter Frampton was the first musical guest to come alive on the Stern Show in 2016. Which Beatles song did he cover to Howard and Robin’s delight?

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- “Blackbird”
- “Nowhere Man”
- “Something”
- “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
2. In March, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told Howard about his very first band. It was called ______

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- The Rockin’ Honkeys
- White Men Can Jam
- Flour Power
- Chill Frolic
3. Legendary rocker Graham Nash performed “Our House” live from the Stern Show studio in April. He also confirmed the song had been inspired by his relationship with ____
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  Marijuana
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  David Crosby
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  Joni Mitchell
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  Jesus Christ
4. Cheap Trick joined the show in April after finally being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Which song did they admit almost didn’t make it onto the band’s epic live album “Cheap Trick at Budokan”?

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- “Surrender”
- “I Want You to Want Me”
- “Hello There”
- “Clock Strikes Ten”
5. When Steve Miller joined the show in May, he revealed he had become friendly with several rock stars before he himself became famous, including everyone mentioned below except ______

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  The Beatles
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  Jerry Lee Lewis
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  Les Paul
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  Chuck Berry
6. In June, during a studio appearance, Howard dared Train’s drummer to perform which notoriously difficult Zeppelin drum solo in honor of their new album “Train Does Led Zeppelin II”?

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- “Rock and Roll”
- “Moby Dick”
- “Good Times Bad Times”
- “Fool in the Rain”
7. Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora made her Stern Show debut in July and told Howard she had once met which legendary musician in a dream? (Hint: She described him as looking like “Jesus … if he was wearing, like, a nightgown.”)
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  Bob Dylan
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  Notorious B.I.G.
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  David Bowie
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  Ludwig Van Beethoven
8. When the Stern Show welcomed back Metallica in September, Howard was blown away by the band’s high-octane performance of its classic ’80s tune _____

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- “… And Justice for All”
- “One”
- “Master of Puppets”
- “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
9. During the band’s October visit, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recalled what a cop once said while arresting him after a show: “Son, you can do that on the West Coast and you can do that in New York, but … it’s illegal in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.” What had Billie Joe just done on stage?

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- Decapitate a chicken
- Burn the America flag
- Yell “Fuck the police!”
- Get naked
10. Which 2016 musical guest declared his or herself to be “the poster child for no Photoshop”?
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  Lady Gaga
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  Meghan Trainor
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  Jon Bon Jovi
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  Aurora
11. When Jon Bon Jovi joined the show in October, he revealed his band began using ______ in the 1990s to ensure it stayed together

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  Magic Mushrooms
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  Meditation crystals
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  Therapeutic dance
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  A clinical psychologist
12. Sting — the Stern Show’s final musical guest of 2016 — confirmed which hit Police track had been inspired by his fascination with Parisian prostitutes?

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- “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”
- “Every Breath You Take”
- “Roxanne”
- “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”