Trivia Quiz on Band History

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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From garage beginnings to stadium-shaking legends, this Band History quiz hits all the right notes. Test your knowledge of line-up changes, chart-toppers, and iconic moments across rock, punk, and pop eras.

Tune up your team spirit for a group-friendly Band History showdown that spans classic rock, punk pioneers, new wave gems, and chart-storming anthems. Perfect for office socials, classroom icebreakers, music club meetups, or livestreams on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, and more—split into teams, swap fun facts, and see who can riff through the most music milestones. With questions ranging from lineup shake-ups and first singles to one-hit wonders and chart trivia, this is a high-energy set that’s easy to host, quick to play, and guaranteed to spark sing-along nostalgia and friendly competition.

1. Creedence clearwater revival sings 'have you ever ______'

A) heard the rain

B) Seen the rain

C) felt the rain

D) smelled the rain

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2. Which was the first British group to have 3 consecutive U.K. No. 1 hits that went straight to No. 1 upon release

A) The Beatles

B) The Shadows

C) Gerry and the pacemakers

D) The Kinks

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3. Who Spent Four Weeks In The Charts As The High Numbers

A) The Kinks

B) The Rolling Stones

C) The Beatles

D) The Who

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4. Which Member Of The Buzzcocks Went On To Form The Band Magazine

A) Pete Shelley

B) Steve Diggle

C) Howard Devoto

D) John Maher

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5. What Was The Cult Originally Known As "Southern Death Cult" Or "Sudden Death"

A) Sudden Death

B) Southern Death Cult

C) The Cult

D) Death Cult

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6. Bon Scott Was The Lead Singer For Which Famous Rock Band?

A) AC/DC

B) Led Zeppelin

C) The Rolling Stones

D) Queen

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7. From which metal band was Dave Mustaine fired in 1982?

A) Metal Church

B) Anthrax

C) Slayer

D) Metallica

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8. Who replaced Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd?

A) Roger Waters

B) Nick Mason

C) Richard Wright

D) David Gilmour

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9. The Living Years Was A Hit For Which Band

A) Genesis

B) Dire Straits

C) The Police

D) Mike And The Mechanics

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10. Steve Jones Was Guitarist With Which Punk Band

A) The Clash

B) Buzzcocks

C) The Sex Pistols

D) The Ramones

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11. Paul Young Was Once A Member Of Which Band Was It The Q Tips Or The Q Jumpers

A) The Q Jumpers

B) The Q Dots

C) The Q Tips

D) The Q Players

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12. Teardrop Explodes Was Fronted By Who

A) Ian McCulloch

B) Howard Devoto

C) Pete Shelley

D) Julian Cope

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13. Which day did the Boomtown Rats not like

A) Tuesday

B) Friday

C) Sunday

D) Monday

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14. Under What Name Had Punk Band PVS-2 Previously Had A No.1 Hit

A) The Velvet Riot

B) Noiz Factory

C) Silk (Forever & Ever)

D) Crude Boyz

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15. 1976 Proved To Be The Year For This Group With The Song "Now Is The Time"

A) Genesis

B) ABBA

C) Jimmy James & The Vagabonds

D) The Eagles

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16. The rolling stones first recorded song was?

A) Come On

B) I Can't Get No Satisfaction

C) Paint It Black

D) Brown Sugar

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