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Quiz: How well do you know these famous drummers?

And a one, and a two and a one, two, three, four.

THE BEATLES DRUMMER Ringo Starr turned 80 years old yesterday.

The Liverpudlian is perhaps the most famous exponent of his craft alive today, but how much do you know about these famous drummers?

First up one, one about Starr himself. Who did he replace in The Beatles?
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George Best
Pete Best

Pete Townshend
Brian Epstein
Who is this?
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Alex Van Halen
Phil Rudd

Mick Fleetwood
Steve Gadd
Phil Collins won an Oscar for Best Original Song. What Disney film was the song from?
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Mulan
Tarzan

Hercules
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dave Grohl was the drummer for which band before founding Foo Fighters?
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Nirvana
Pearl Jam

Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Upon their death in 2014, who did the New York Times say 'gave punk rock its pulse'?
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Marky Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone

Joey Ramone
Tommy Ramone
This hotel room-smashing Muppet is inspired by the antics of rock skinsmen, but what is the character called?
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Wilder
Fuzzy

Animal
Headbanger
Keith Moon was the drummer for which English band?
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The Who
The Sex Pistols

Pink Floyd
Cream
Former White Stripes drummer Meg White was what relation to Jack White, the other half of the rock duo?
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Wife
Sister

Sister-in-law
They were no relation
Who was Led Zepplin's drummer?
Jimmy Page
John Bonham

John Paul Jones
Robert Plant
True or false, U2's Larry Mullen Jr. was a member of the Artane Boys Band?
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    Mute Jack Johnson
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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:03 PM

    White stripes question is misleading… They claimed to be brother and sister and also married.

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:10 AM

    @Jack Johnson: She was his ex-wife most of the time they were a band, so i went for no relation.

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    Mute Seán O'Loughlin
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    Jul 8th 2020, 9:41 PM

    Ringo is in fierce fine fettle for a man of 80!

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    Mute Alan McArdle
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    Jul 8th 2020, 9:47 PM

    @Seán O’Loughlin: certainly is. 9 for me.

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    Mute Link
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    Jul 8th 2020, 9:51 PM

    My first ever 10/10.
    Finally, 2020 has a highlight!

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    Mute Ken Loughman
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    Jul 8th 2020, 9:47 PM

    This is a classic:

    https://youtu.be/VJh9W3Gcpmo

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    Mute Sorcha
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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:19 PM

    Meg white is Jack white’s sister but that wasn’t the right answer

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    Mute Laura Healy
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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:27 PM

    @Sorcha: I looked it up, turns out they weren’t related, but married. Who knew !

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    Mute Paul Buckley
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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:56 AM

    @Sorcha: jack and Meg white divorced before they found worldwide success with The White Stripea…. incidentally Jack White’s real surname is Gillis …. he took Megs surname …..
    It was easier to say after they became relatively famous to say they were brother and sister in interviews, btw Meg never gave interviews so she couldn’t contradict.Jack White , it was a public joke in concerts after a few songs jack would speak to the audience and introduce Meg as his “sister” .

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    Mute Nollaig Kelly
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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:56 AM

    @Laura Healy: I always thought they were married

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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:22 PM

    Octopuses garden is the best song ever written by a drummer, fact! Happy birthday ringo. His son zach has also drummed for the who and oasis

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    Mute JC
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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:00 PM

    @Brian Dunne: Dave Grohl might disagree

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    Jul 9th 2020, 4:50 AM

    @JC: I’d doubt it, Dave knows the score

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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:22 PM

    A quizz about drummers without mentioning Buddy Rich,, shocking…

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    Mute Danny McCarthy
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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:06 PM

    @Seymour business: or Ginger Baker

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker

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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:37 PM

    @Seymour business: Or Levon Helm?

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:18 AM

    @Gary Sheahan: or Charlie watts

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    Mute Nollaig Kelly
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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:57 AM

    Or Stuart Copeland

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:58 AM

    @alan: or Stewart Copeland

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:58 AM

    @Nollaig Kelly: beat me to it !

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    Jul 9th 2020, 1:12 AM

    @Seymour business: or Neil Peart

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    Jul 9th 2020, 6:34 AM

    @Dearbhla O Reilly: RIP Neil

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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:20 PM

    Neil Peart was an absolute beast. That Rush show in the point was sensational. RIP.

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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:01 PM

    @Ed:
    Vital Signs has Neil doing ownage

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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:28 PM

    @Ed: Never heard he had died.what a musician and songwriter. I can play Exit Stage Left any time of day or night and lose myself. RIP.

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    Mute Frank Higgins
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    Jul 8th 2020, 9:48 PM

    4/10. All guesses

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    Jul 8th 2020, 11:04 PM

    I’d like to be
    Under the sea
    In an octopuses garden
    In the shade…

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    Mute Pat Kelly
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    Jul 8th 2020, 10:07 PM

    7 out a 10.. Drummer’s are all mental, but never boring I guess..

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    Jul 9th 2020, 1:11 AM

    Wheres Neil Peart?

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:56 AM

    Tommy Aldridge is one of the most underrated drummers in rock history

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    Jul 9th 2020, 9:39 AM

    A disappointing 10/10. Was hoping for more

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    Jul 9th 2020, 8:43 AM

    I got 8 out of 10 – stumbled on the Ramones Q (should have known!) and Meg not bieng Jack’s sister… Jack White’s 45′th birthday today… incidentally… not that it matters in the grand scheme… ;-)

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    Jul 9th 2020, 11:04 AM

    8/10.
    I forgive myself for the Phil Collins one but I really should have got the Ramones one.

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    Jul 9th 2020, 10:15 PM

    Thought your man from the Drake in Finglas would have been there .

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:28 PM

    9/10. Got it wrong on the Ramones question.

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    Jul 9th 2020, 12:56 AM

    10 outta 10

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