Play REO Speedwagon Quiz: Test Your Rock Band Facts
REO Speedwagon Quiz: Test Your Rock Band Facts
Test your REO Speedwagon knowledge with this fun quiz and see how well you know the band’s history, hits, and trivia!
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About This Quiz
This Quiz is about testing your knowledge of REO Speedwagon facts, covering their iconic songs, debut album release year, founding keyboard player, hit-co-writing guitarist who departed in 1989, and the meaning behind the "REO" name.
Did You Know?
REO Speedwagon was among the first rock bands to shift toward power ballads in the early 1980s. This move helped REO Speedwagon reach wider airplay on both rock and adult contemporary radio formats.
Practice Questions
Q:Where was the rock band REO Speedwagon formed?
A:REO Speedwagon was formed in Champaign, Illinois.
The band originated at the University of Illinois in the late 1960s, part of the Midwest college rock scene that nurtured many American rock acts during that period.
Q:How did REO Speedwagon get their unique band name?
A:Their name comes from the REO Speed Wagon, an early 1900s delivery truck model.
Keyboardist Neal Doughty saw the name in a transportation history book and suggested it, giving the band a distinct mechanical name linked to American automotive history.
Did You Know?
REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin joined the group in 1972 and left briefly before rejoining in 1976. Cronin's return coincided with the band’s rise in commercial popularity.
