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Classic Rock Trivia Questions: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. Which band recorded the 1971 epic "Stairway to Heaven"?

    1. The Rolling Stones
    2. Deep Purple
    3. Led Zeppelin
    4. Black Sabbath

  2. Pink Floyd's 1973 album with a prism splitting light into a rainbow on the cover is called what?

    1. Wish You Were Here
    2. The Wall
    3. The Dark Side of the Moon
    4. Animals

  3. Which band released the 1976 album Hotel California?

    1. Fleetwood Mac
    2. America
    3. The Doobie Brothers
    4. Eagles

  4. Which New Jersey rocker, nicknamed the Boss, released the album Born to Run in 1975?

    1. Bob Seger
    2. Bruce Springsteen
    3. John Mellencamp
    4. Tom Petty

  5. Which guitarist co-wrote most of the Rolling Stones' biggest hits with Mick Jagger?

    1. Ronnie Wood
    2. Bill Wyman
    3. Keith Richards
    4. Brian Jones

  6. Which band released the 1969 rock opera Tommy, about a boy who becomes a pinball champion?

    1. Jethro Tull
    2. The Who
    3. Genesis
    4. The Kinks

  7. In which US city was guitar legend Jimi Hendrix born?

    1. Seattle
    2. Memphis
    3. Detroit
    4. Chicago

  8. Lynyrd Skynyrd took its name from which real person?

    1. The band's first manager
    2. A high school gym teacher
    3. A Florida sheriff
    4. A Jacksonville radio DJ

  9. Queen first released "Bohemian Rhapsody" on which 1975 album?

    1. News of the World
    2. Sheer Heart Attack
    3. A Night at the Opera
    4. A Day at the Races

  10. The Doors took their name from a book by which author?

    1. Allen Ginsberg
    2. Ken Kesey
    3. Aldous Huxley
    4. Jack Kerouac

Answer key

  1. Led Zeppelin (C)

    It appeared on the band's untitled fourth album and was never released as a single in the US.

  2. The Dark Side of the Moon (C)

    The album stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for more than 900 weeks.

  3. Eagles (D)

    The title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1978.

  4. Bruce Springsteen (B)

    He landed on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week that October.

  5. Keith Richards (C)

    Jagger and Richards first met as children in Dartford, England, then reconnected on a train platform in 1961.

  6. The Who (B)

    Ken Russell turned it into a 1975 movie with Elton John as the Pinball Wizard.

  7. Seattle (A)

    He became a star in England first, after moving to London in 1966.

  8. A high school gym teacher (B)

    Coach Leonard Skinner was famous for enforcing his school's rule against long hair on boys.

  9. A Night at the Opera (C)

    The album took its name from a 1935 Marx Brothers comedy, as did its follow-up A Day at the Races.

  10. Aldous Huxley (C)

    Huxley's title, The Doors of Perception, borrowed a phrase from poet William Blake.

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