How well do you know your music?

Music is steeped in influential bands, songs, and albums. This is a general quiz of the history of classic rock and hip hop. If you don't know all the answers to the questions, hopefully you can learn something.

So, you want to give it a try? You are about to enter a world of pretty much useless facts and history of the rock/hip hop genres of music. Good luck!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. While Detroit was mainly known for Motown, it was also a popular rock birthplace. What Ann Arbor garage rocker got his start there?
Ted Nugent
Bob Seger
Gene Simmons
Alice Cooper
4. In what year did LL Cool J release his first single?
1993
1982
1997
1985
5. Seven of their 10 albums reached the top 20 on US album charts...
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Jefferson Airlplane
Pink Floyd
6. The "Best Rap Album" category was introduced to the Grammy's in what year?
1992
1989
1999
1996
7. Which band, starting in 1965, released nearly two dozen albums in 38 years?
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Beatles
The Detours
8. Which artist has won three grammy's for Best Rap Album?
Kanye West
Ludacris
Eminem
Outkast
9. The name Pink Floyd came from...
A random choice
The names of two jazz musicians
The names of two blues musicians
A combination of the band's original names
10. Some say that as early as 1948, the groundwork for rap/hip hop was being laid by a man known as the 'man with a million friends.' Who was this man?
David Myrick
T. Texas Tyler
Eddie Johnstown
Richard Eldons
11. What rock band got their name from an Aldous Huxley novel?
The Beatles
Genesis
The Doors
Journey
12. According to Rolling Stone, Nirvana's "Nevermind" ranked what number on their 500 greatest albums list?
4
11
187
17
13. "If they're calling my music 'noise,' if they're saying that I'm really getting out of character being a black person in America, then fine -- I'm bringing more noise." Who said this?
Flava Flav
Chuck D
Marv Albert
Aretha Franklin

Remember to rate this quiz on the next page!
Rating helps us to know which quizzes are good and which are bad

Related Quizzes:

• New School, or Old School? by Benjamin Stidham
• What Band are you? by Erica
• How much of a music geek are you? by steinway
• Sweet Music Quiz by Alex
• How Well Do You Know Texas Country/Red Dirt Music? by Krysti

Create a quiz on GotoQuiz. We are a better kind of quiz site, with no pop-up ads, no registration requirements, just high-quality quizzes. Hey MySpace users! You can create a quiz for MySpace, it's simple fun and free.