150+ Best Classic Rock Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: In which country were AC/DC formed?

Answer: Australia

Question: In which year were Led Zeppelin formed?

Answer: 1968

Question: Thin Lizzy were formed in which country?

Answer: Ireland

Question: Which artist worked as an engineer on the Beatles' last two albums and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon?

Answer: Alan Parsons

Question: Who was the lead singer of British rock band The Kinks?

Answer: Ray Davies

Question: Who was the lead singer of what band?

Answer: Simple Minds

Question: Who was the lead singer of what band?

Answer: The Zombies

Question: Who replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the vocalist of Black Sabbath in 1979?

Answer: Ronnie James Dio

Question: Which famous rocker bought stock in the Lionel model train company?

Answer: Neil Young

Question: Pearl Jam were founded in what decade?

Answer: 1990's

Question: In what decade were Squeeze founded?

Answer: 1970's

Question: What group is known for the hit song 'Purple Haze'?

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Question: Jim Morrison was the front man of which classic rock band?

Answer: The Doors

Question: Who is the lead singer of British rock band?

Answer: Ray Davies

Question: What group is famous for the song 'My Generation'?

Answer: The Who

Question: What group recorded the song 'Dream On'?

Answer: Aerosmith

Question: What did the band Levon and the Hawks later change their name to?

Answer: The Band

Question: What group sang the song 'Tom Sawyer'?

Answer: Rush

Question: Roger Daltrey is the lead singer of what band?

Answer: The Who

Question: Keith Moon played drums in which band?

Answer: The Who

Question: Which member of The Allman Brothers Band was married to Cher?

Answer: Gregg Allman

Question: Reg Presley was a member of which band?

Answer: Troggs

Question: Brian May played guitar in which band?

Answer: Queen

Question: Mick Jagger is the lead singer of what band?

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Question: Who was not in the Traveling Wilburys?

Answer: Ringo Starr

Question: What group recorded 'Gimme Shelter'?

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Question: Who was Paul Simon married to prior to Edie Brickell?

Answer: Carrie Fisher

Question: What group recorded the hit song 'Black Dog'?

Answer: Led Zeppelin

Question: What group did David Coverdale form in 1977, after leaving Deep Purple?

Answer: Whitesnake

Question: What group recorded the song 'Walk This Way'?

Answer: Aerosmith

Question: What is the name of the songwriter who penned the song 'Woodstock'?

Answer: Joni Mitchell

Question: Which member of the Eagles coined the term 'Parrot Head' for Jimmy Buffett fans?

Answer: Timothy B. Schmit

Question: What was the name of the sitar player who participated in the concert for Bangladesh?

Answer: Ravi Shankar

Question: Which religion did George Harrison study and embrace?

Answer: Hinduism

Question: Eric Clapton wrote the song Layla for the wife of which Beatle?

Answer: George Harrison

Question: Who was the last performing act at Woodstock?

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Question: Which artist won a Grammy for his cover of The Guess Who's 'American Woman'?

Answer: Lenny Kravitz

Question: Which former member of Genesis went on to record 'Sledgehammer'?

Answer: Peter Gabriel

Question: Which artist won an Academy Award for best song in the film Philadelphia?

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Question: Jerry Garcia was a member of which band?

Answer: Grateful Dead

Question: Who wrote the Aretha Franklin song 'Respect'?

Answer: Otis Redding

Question: Marvin Lee Aday is the real name of which rock singer?

Answer: Meatloaf

Question: From which city does Bruce Springsteen hail?

Answer: New Jersey

Question: Ian Anderson is the lead singer in which band?

Answer: Jethro Tull

Question: Adam Clayton is a long-serving member of which band?

Answer: U2

Question: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley founded which band in 1971?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Malcolm and Angus Young were the founders of which band?

Answer: ACDC

Question: Richie Sambora is associated with which band?

Answer: Bon Jovi

Question: Who had a hit with Queen on the track 'Under Pressure'?

Answer: Bowie

Question: David Bowie had a hit with which song?

Answer: Ziggy Stardust

Question: In which year did Lemmy, the lead singer of Motorhead pass away?

Answer: 2015

Question: In which movie did Billy Idol not have a role?

Answer: The Buddy Holly Story

Question: Where does Bruce Springsteen sing about being born?

Answer: USA

Question: Don Henley is a founding member of which American classic rock band?

Answer: Eagles

Question: Before embarking on his solo career, Phil Collins was a drummer and frontman for which band?

Answer: Genesis

Question: Who was Paul McCartney referring to in 'Hey Jude?'

Answer: Julian Lennon

Question: Who was the original lead singer of Fleetwood Mac?

Answer: Peter Green

Question: Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors?

Answer: Val Kilmer

Question: Who sang the duet 'Up Where We Belong' with Jennifer Warnes?

Answer: Joe Cocker

Question: According to The Animals, where is the 'House of the Rising Sun?'

Answer: New Orleans

Question: What group recorded 'Don't Stop Believing'?

Answer: Journey

Question: Rock You Like A Hurricane and Wind of Change are songs by which classic rock band?

Answer: Scorpions

Question: Which band's fans are known as 'Gearheads?'

Answer: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Question: Should I Stay Or Go and London Calling were hits from which British rock band?

Answer: The Clash

Question: Bohemian Rhapsody and Another One Bites the Dust are songs by which British rock band?

Answer: Queen

Question: Who co-wrote Janis Joplin's 'Me and Bobby McGee?'

Answer: Kris Kristofferson

Question: What group recorded 'Hotel California'?

Answer: The Eagles

Question: What group recorded the song 'Walk This Way'?

Answer: Aerosmith

Question: Welcome to the Jungle' was a big hit for what group?

Answer: Guns N Roses

Question: What was The Beatles' first single in England?

Answer: Love Me Do

Question: Ziggy Stardust is an alter-ego of which British rock icon?

Answer: David Bowie

Question: Eric Clapton was a member of which classic rock band?

Answer: Cream

Question: What was the name of The Doors frontman?

Answer: Jim Morrison

Question: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley co-founded which rock band?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Which band contained both Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno?

Answer: Roxy Music

Question: Peter Gabriel was the frontman of which popular classic rock band?

Answer: Genesis

Question: Robert Smith is the lead singer of which rock band?

Answer: The Cure

Question: Pete Townshend was a guitarist and songwriter for which rock band?

Answer: The Who

Question: Who was the frontman for the classic rock group Motorhead?

Answer: Lemmy

Question: Buffalo Springfield had a breakout hit single with which song?

Answer: For What It's Worth

Question: Creedance Clearwater Survival had a hit with which of the following songs?

Answer: Fortunate Son

Question: Which classic rock band had a hit with Nights in White Satin?

Answer: The Moody Blues

Question: The Boys are Back in Town is a hit by which classic rock band?

Answer: Thin Lizzy

Question: On which album did Jimi Hendrix collaborate with Buddy Miles?

Answer: Band of Gypsys

Question: Who played 'The Preacher' in the 1975 film Tommy?

Answer: Eric Clapton

Question: Rebel Yell is a hit song by which classic rock icon?

Answer: Billy Idol

Question: Which of the following was a hit for The Doors in 1971?

Answer: LA. Woman

Question: Which of the following is a hit song for Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Answer: Freebird

Question: Who wrote Three Dog Night's hit song, 'The Show Must Go On?'

Answer: Leo Sayer

Question: The debut album of which band was entitled 'Lonesome Crow'?

Answer: Scorpions

Question: Keep the Faith' was a 1992 release by which band?

Answer: Bon Jovi

Question: Marc Bolan was the lead singer with which band?

Answer: T-Rex

Question: Which band were once known as The Vendors?

Answer: Slade

Question: Focus were a band from which European country?

Answer: Netherlands

Question: John Bonham was the drummer with which band?

Answer: Led Zeppelin

Question: Which band was Van Morrison once a member of?

Answer: Them

Question: Which band were formed in 1971 by the Schenker brothers?

Answer: Scorpions

Question: Tommy Iommi played guitar in which seminal Rock band?

Answer: Black Sabbath

Question: Ronni Van Zant was a member of which band?

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Question: Peter Clack was the drummer in which band?

Answer: ACDC

Question: The Abdabs was the original name of which band?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: Nikki Sixx played the Bass Guitar in which band?

Answer: Motley Crue

Question: Which band entitled their debut album 'Too Fast for Love'?

Answer: Motley Crue

Question: Which band started their career as The New Yardbirds?

Answer: Led Zeppelin

Question: In what year did Iron Maiden release 'Number of the Beast'?

Answer: 1982

Question: The album Hysteria was a release by which rock band?

Answer: Def Leppard

Question: In what year did Black Sabbath release 'Paranoid'?

Answer: 1970

Question: Which of these ACDC albums was released first?

Answer: Highway to Hell

Question: Which is the correct name for Pearl Jam's debut album?

Answer: Ten

Question: Which band released the album 'Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti'?

Answer: Squeeze

Question: To which Record Label were Led Zeppelin first signed?

Answer: Atlantic

Question: What country is the band Rush from?

Answer: Canada

Question: How many studio albums did Jimi Hendrix release with The Experience trio?

Answer: 3

Question: In which town did The Cure form as a rock band?

Answer: Crawley

Question: What is Aldo Nova's given name?

Answer: Aldo Caporusclo

Question: How old was Jim Morrison when he died of heart failure?

Answer: 27

Question: Which band is not from Jacksonville, FL?

Answer: Marshall Tucker Band

Question: Dark Side of the Moon is a 1973 album from which British rock band?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: Ray Davies was the leadsinger of which British rock band?

Answer: The Kinks

Question: Which guitarist has been a member of Cream, The Yardbirds, and Derek and the Dominoes?

Answer: Eric Clapton

Question: Boys Don't Cry and Just Like Heaven are films named after the songs of which rock band?

Answer: The Cure

Question: Which classic rock band has the longest-running fan club according to The Guinness Book of Records?

Answer: Queen

Question: Which rock band were once labeled as an American version of The Rolling Stones?

Answer: Aerosmith

Question: (Don't Fear) The Reaper is a song by which classic rock band?

Answer: The Blue Oyster Cult

Question: What was the name Stevie Ray Vaughn gave to his guitar?

Answer: Lenny

Question: The Song Remains the Same' was a film about which Rock Band?

Answer: Queen

Question: How many of ACDC's singles reached the UK Top 10?

Answer: 0

Question: Who is known by the nickname 'The Boss'?

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Question: Allied Forces is an album by which group?

Answer: Triumph

Question: Joey Kramer is the drummer for which band?

Answer: Aerosmith

Question: Which band headlined the first-ever Glastonbury festival?

Answer: T-Rex

Question: From what country are the band Simple Minds?

Answer: Scotland

Question: Who reached Number 1 in the US with the song 'Jump' in 1984?

Answer: Van Halen

Question: From which US State do the band ZZ Top come from?

Answer: Texas