“What rock group has four members who can’t sing or play instruments?”/“Mount Rushmore.”
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture with the heads of four U.S. presidents carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. A riddle is:
Q: What rock group has four members who can’t sing or play instruments?
A: Mount Rushmore.
Forms of the joke have been cited in print since at least 1988, 2002 and 2003. On Reddit—Jokes on July 8, 2017, in response to the question “Which rock group has 4 men that can’t sing?.” the band Nickelback was suggested as an answer.
Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture’s design and oversaw the project’s execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features the 60-foot (18 m) heads of Presidents George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), as recommended by Borglum. The four presidents were chosen to represent the nation’s birth, growth, development, and preservation, respectively.
Newspapers.com
3 November 1988, Daily News (New York, NY), “People” by Phil Roura and Tom Poster, pg. 11, col. 2:
JOHN HOUSEMAN visited the John Houseman Theatre on W. 42d St. to catch “Driving Miss Daisy” about three weeks before his death. He was stopped by a teenage autograph hound who asked, “Do you have a favorite rock group?” Houseman replied quickly, “Mount Rushmore.”
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Puns of the Weak 11/15/02
Stan Kegel
Nov 15, 2002, 8:34:16 PM
(...)
“Miss Fishbreath, what’s your favorite rock group?” “Mt. Rushmore.”
“Geeze, with her it’s always business.” (Shoe: Cassett & Brookins)
1 July 2003, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah,” pg. D1:
Dopey joke o’ the day
From e-mailer Don:
Q: Which rock group doesn’t sing?
A: Mount Rushmore.
Twitter
Obi Weiner Kenobi
@ObiWeinerKenobi
What rock group has four men that don’t sing?
Mount Rushmore!
11:55 AM · Jul 31, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Groaners of the Weak 08-21-04
Stan Kegel
Aug 22, 2004, 4:47:47 AM
(...)
What’s the biggest rock group in South Dakota?
Mount Rushmore (Gary Hallock)
25 March 2011, Boston (MA) Globe, “Surfing the Net With Kids,” pg. G31:
www.ducksters.com/jokesforkids
The navigation at Ducksters is simple, but it works. The jokes and riddles are divided into 29 categories and subcategories. Some of the more unusual ones are Tree Jokes, Occupation Jokes, and Geography Jokes. “What has five eyes and is lying on the water? The Mississippi River!” “Where do pianists go for vacation? Florida Keys!” “What rock group has four men that don’t sing? Mount Rushmore!”
Twitter
bishop, brooke
@bbish03
What’s the name of a rock group with four members who don’t sing?
Mount Rushmore.
11:57 PM · May 25, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/[deleted] July 8, 2017
Which rock group has 4 men that can’t sing?
Mount Rushmore
COMMENTS
hopelesswanderer21
I came here expecting a nickelback joke
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Vthero7 October 5, 2017
What is the name of a rock group that has four members yet none of them sing?
Mount Rushmore
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/andersonfmly August 22, 2020
What rock group has only four members and none of them sing?
Mount Rushmore
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
What rock group has only four members and none of them sing?
Mount Rushmore.
5:41 AM · Aug 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/TheIndrajitKar September 20, 2020
Which rock group has four guys who can’t sing or play instruments?
Mount Rushmore!