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Rock and Roll- First Albums Trivia Quiz

I'll give you the performer, you tell what their first album was. All questions are multiple choice because I don't like fill-in-the-blank questions. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by ashlybug. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ashlybug

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
106,420

Updated
Dec 20 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
12 / 25

Plays
4107

Last 3 plays: Guest 195 (8/25), Guest 136 (23/25), Guest 80 (20/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What was the Grateful Dead's first album? Hint

Grateful Dead

Live Dead

Dead Set

Skull & Roses

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Question 2 of 25

2. What was the first album by The James Gang? Hint

James Gang Rides Again

Bang

Straight Shooter

Yer' Album

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Question 3 of 25

3. What was the first Traffic album? Hint

Mr. Fantasy

Traffic

Last Exit

John Barleycorn Must Die

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Question 4 of 25

4. What was the first album by the Alan Parsons Project? Hint

I Robot

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Eve

The Turn of a Friendly Card

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Question 5 of 25

5. What was The Band's first album? Hint

Cahoots

Music From Big Pink

The Band

American Son

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was the first album by The Velvet Underground? Hint

The Velvet Underground and Nico

Loaded

White Light/White Heat

Another View

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Question 7 of 25

7. What was The Eurythmics' first album? Hint

In The Garden

Revenge

Sweet Dreams

Savage

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Question 8 of 25

8. What was the first album from Black Sabbath? Hint

Bite the Bat

Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Machinehead

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Question 9 of 25

9. Ann and Nancy Wilson fronted Heart. What was their debut album? Hint

Passion Works

Little Queen

Dreamboat Annie

Dog and Butterfly

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Question 10 of 25

10. What was the debut album of The Cure? Hint

The Top

Faith

Three Imaginary Boys

Japanese Whispers

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Question 11 of 25

11. What was the first album released by The Beatles? Hint

A Hard Days Night

Rubber Soul

Yellow Submarine

Please Please Me

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Question 12 of 25

12. What was the first album by Bob Marley and the Wailers? Hint

Exodus

Burnin'

The Wailing Wailers

Uprising

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Question 13 of 25

13. What was the first album from Cat Stevens? Hint

New Masters

Matthew and Son

Catch Bull at Four

Mona Bone Jakon

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Question 14 of 25

14. What was the first album from Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention? Hint

Absolutely Free

We're Only in it for The Money

Lumpy Gravy

Freak Out

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was Neil Young's solo debut? Hint

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

Neil Young

Zuma

Trans

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was the first album from Captain Beefheart? Hint

Lick My Decals Off

Mirror Man

The Captain Beefheart File

Safe as Milk

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Question 17 of 25

17. What was the debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience? Hint

Electric Ladyland

Are You Experienced

Isle of Wight

Band of Gypseys

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Question 18 of 25

18. What was the first album from the Jefferson Airplane? Hint

Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

Crown of Creation

Surrealistic Pillow

Bark

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was the debut album from Elton John? Hint

Honky Chateau

Tumbleweed Connection

Empty Sky

Yellow Brick Road

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Question 20 of 25

20. What was the debut album from Pink Floyd? Hint

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Ummagumma

Atom Heart Mother

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Question 21 of 25

21. What was the debut album from Bob Seger? Hint

Noah

Like A Rock

Mongrel

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

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Question 22 of 25

22. What was the first Steely Dan album? Hint

Countdown to Ecstacy

Pretzel Logic

Can't Buy a Thrill

Aja

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Question 23 of 25

23. What was the debut album of ZZ Top? Hint

First Album

Rio Grande Mud

Tejas

Tres Hombres

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Question 24 of 25

24. What was the first album from Depeche Mode? Hint

Construction Time Again

Speak and Spell

Music for the Masses

A Broken Frame

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Question 25 of 25

25. What was the first album from the Beach Boys? Hint

Surfin' USA

Little Deuce Coupe

Surfer Girl

Surfin' Safari

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the Grateful Dead's first album?

Answer: Grateful Dead

'Grateful Dead' was released in 1967.

2. What was the first album by The James Gang?

Answer: Yer' Album

'Yer' Album' was released in 1969 on ABC/Dunhill Records. Joe Walsh was in the band.

3. What was the first Traffic album?

Answer: Mr. Fantasy

Steve Winwood and the other members of the band released 'Mr. Fantasy' on Island Records in 1972.

4. What was the first album by the Alan Parsons Project?

Answer: Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Alan Parsons produced 'Dark Side of the Moon' for Pink Floyd. 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' was released in 1975.

5. What was The Band's first album?

Answer: Music From Big Pink

'Music From Big Pink' was released in 1968. Big Pink was what the band members called the house they were staying in when they recorded the album.

6. What was the first album by The Velvet Underground?

Answer: The Velvet Underground and Nico

Andy Warhol did the cover art for 'The Velvet Underground and Nico', which was released in 1967. Nico left the band after that album.

7. What was The Eurythmics' first album?

Answer: In The Garden

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were members of the UK band The Tourists before they banded together as The Eurythmics and released 'In The Garden' in 1981.

8. What was the first album from Black Sabbath?

Answer: Black Sabbath

The self-titled debut album by 'Black Sabbath' was released in 1970.

9. Ann and Nancy Wilson fronted Heart. What was their debut album?

Answer: Dreamboat Annie

The Wilson sisters started out playing the Seattle bar circuit before they formed Heart in 1973. 'Dreamboat Annie' was released in 1975.

10. What was the debut album of The Cure?

Answer: Three Imaginary Boys

'Three Imaginary Boys' was released in 1977 on Fiction Records.

11. What was the first album released by The Beatles?

Answer: Please Please Me

The Fab Four debuted with 'Please Please Me'.

12. What was the first album by Bob Marley and the Wailers?

Answer: The Wailing Wailers

Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh made up the Wailers. Their first album, from 1965, was a collection of a number of recordings from the period.

13. What was the first album from Cat Stevens?

Answer: Matthew and Son

Stevens debuted in 1967 with 'Matthew and Son'.

14. What was the first album from Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention?

Answer: Freak Out

Zappa and the Mothers debuted in 1966 with 'Freak Out'.

15. What was Neil Young's solo debut?

Answer: Neil Young

Young left the Buffalo Springfield and his first solo album was 'Neil Young'.

16. What was the first album from Captain Beefheart?

Answer: Safe as Milk

Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet released his first album in 1967.

17. What was the debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience?

Answer: Are You Experienced

'Are You Experienced' was released on Polydor Records in 1967.

18. What was the first album from the Jefferson Airplane?

Answer: Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

'Jefferson Airplane Takes Off' was released on RCA Records in 1965.

19. What was the debut album from Elton John?

Answer: Empty Sky

Elton John, born Reginald Dwight, debuted in 1969 with 'Empty Sky'.

20. What was the debut album from Pink Floyd?

Answer: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Pink Floyd's first album, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', was released in 1967.

21. What was the debut album from Bob Seger?

Answer: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man' was released in 1969 on Capitol Records.

22. What was the first Steely Dan album?

Answer: Can't Buy a Thrill

'Can't Buy a Thrill' was released by MCA Records in 1972.

23. What was the debut album of ZZ Top?

Answer: First Album

'First Album', the first album by ZZ Top, was released in 1971.

24. What was the first album from Depeche Mode?

Answer: Speak and Spell

'Speak and Spell' was released in 1981.

25. What was the first album from the Beach Boys?

Answer: Surfin' Safari

'Surfin' Safari' was released in 1962 on Capitol Records.

Source: Author ashlybug

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