Bill O'Reilly: American Patriot Quiz - Quiz Yourself on Great American Singer-Songwriter Marvin Gaye

1. Gaye began his career as a session drummer for what record company?

Apple

Columbia

Motown

Swan Song

2. Gaye recorded a series of duets written by Ashford & Simpson including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" with which Motown singer?

Gladys Knight

Diana Ross

Martha Vandella

Tami Terrell

3. In 1968, Gaye's recording of what song became his first to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Sexual Healing

Let's Get It On

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

4. Released in 1971, what Gaye concept album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning home?

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

What's Going On?

Let's Get It On

Here, My Dear

5. Gaye grew up in the Capitol View neighborhood of what U.S. city?

Chicago

Olympia

Lansing

Washington, D.C.

6. Gaye ran away from home at the age of seventeen to join what branch of the U.S. military?

Navy

Army

Air Force

Coast Guard

7. Gaye's first wife, Anna, was the eldest sister of what music icon and founder of Motown records?

David Geffen

Clive Davis

Berry Gordy

Leonard Chess

8. Which of the following songs recorded by Gaye reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100?

Let's Get It On

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Sexual Healing

9. Released in 1982 and including the hit song "Sexual Healing," what was Gaye's final studio album?

Let's Get It On

Here, My Dear

Midnight Love

Moods of Marvin Gaye

10. On April 1, 1984, Gaye was shot and killed by whom?

A jilted lover

A record executive

His Father

His Mother