Argentine Rock quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which artist holds the record for Argentina's best-selling rock album?

   Answer: Fito Páez

   Why: The record is El amor después del amor from 1992, and nothing in Argentine rock has outsold it in the decades since.

2. 2 Medium

   Which 1980s band was known for the flamboyant singer Federico Moura?

   Answer: Virus

   Why: Three of the members were brothers, and the singer's death in 1988 was one of the first high profile AIDS deaths in the country.

3. 3 Hard

   What inspired the band name Los Abuelos de la Nada?

   Answer: A phrase from a book

   Why: Miguel Abuelo took it from Marechal's novel El banquete de Severo Arcángelo: father of lice, grandfather of nothing.

4. 4 Easy

   Which frontman jumped from a ninth floor balcony into a pool?

   Answer: Charly García

   Why: It happened on 3 March 2000 at the Hotel Aconcagua in Mendoza, and Charly later turned the fall into the song Noveno B.

5. 5 Medium

   Which guitarist is known for the blues-rock band Pappo's Blues?

   Answer: Norberto Napolitano

   Why: Everyone called him Pappo, and he died on 25 February 2005 in a motorcycle crash at kilometre 71 of national Route 5 near Lujan.

6. 6 Hard

   What 1970s supergroup was often called the Beatles of Argentina?

   Answer: Serú Girán

   Why: The name comes from an invented language, and the band lasted only four years before splitting in 1982.