80 Punk Rock Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Punk rock trivia explores the albums, bands, movements, and regional scenes that defined the genre’s first decades. The questions include the Descendents’ Milo Goes to College, Stiff Little Fingers’ Inflammable Material, the Adverts’ Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts, and Minor Threat’s Out of Step.
It is a strong fit for punk fans, record collectors, pub quizzes, and music-focused game nights. Players may be asked to identify the Los Angeles band behind Wild Gift, connect ...And Out Come the Wolves with its performers, or name the feminist punk movement that emerged from Olympia in the early 1990s. The set balances well-known records with details about hardcore, DIY labels, and punk’s political and cultural history.
Which Northern Irish punk band released the 1979 debut album 'Inflammable Material'?
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Stiff Little Fingers
Which hardcore punk band released the 1983 album 'Out of Step'?
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Minor Threat
Which Bad Religion guitarist founded Epitaph Records in 1980?
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Brett Gurewitz
Which punk band released the 2004 rock opera album 'American Idiot'?
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Green Day
Which punk band formed in Lodi, New Jersey, in 1977?
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Misfits
What was the first studio album by the New York Dolls?
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New York Dolls
Which New York Dolls singer later fronted the David Johansen Group?
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David Johansen
Which band released the 1973 proto-punk album 'Raw Power'?
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The Stooges
Which former Doors keyboardist produced X's 1980 album 'Los Angeles'?
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Ray Manzarek
Which Germs singer died in 1980 at age 22?
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Darby Crash
What was the stage name of Dead Kennedys singer Eric Boucher?
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Jello Biafra
Who designed Black Flag's four-bar logo?
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Raymond Pettibon
In which U.S. city did Fugazi form in 1986?
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Washington, D.C.
Which Minor Threat song gave the straight edge movement its name?
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Straight Edge
Which ska punk band released the 1989 album 'Energy'?
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Operation Ivy
Which independent label released the Offspring's 1994 album 'Smash'?
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Epitaph Records
Which punk band released the 1994 album 'Dookie'?
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Green Day
Which MC5 live debut album was released in 1969?
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Kick Out the Jams
Which band released the 1977 debut album 'Marquee Moon'?
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Television
Which Patti Smith debut album was released in 1975?
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Horses
Which American punk band released the 1981 album 'Damaged'?
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Black Flag
Which punk band's debut single 'Orgasm Addict' was released in 1977?
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Buzzcocks
Which punk band's 1979 album 'Entertainment!' featured the song 'Damaged Goods'?
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Gang of Four
Which punk band recorded the 1977 single 'White Riot'?
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The Clash
Who was the lead singer of the punk band The Slits?
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Ari Up
Which punk band released the song 'California Uber Alles' in 1979?
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Dead Kennedys
Which drummer was a founding member of the punk band The Damned?
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Rat Scabies
Which punk band released the single 'Teenage Kicks' in 1978?
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The Undertones
Which punk band's 1977 debut single was 'One Chord Wonders'?
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The Adverts
Who designed the cover of the Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind the Bollocks'?
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Jamie Reid
Punk Rock trivia — quick answers
What are good punk rock trivia questions?
Strong punk rock trivia questions ask players to match bands with albums, cities, labels, movements, and release years. Examples include identifying Milo Goes to College, naming the founder of Epitaph Records, and recognizing the Olympia-based feminist punk movement.
How hard is punk rock trivia?
Punk rock trivia is usually medium difficulty, with easier questions about influential bands and harder ones about debut albums, independent labels, Northern Irish punk, Washington, D.C. hardcore, and the history of Riot grrrl.
What year did the Descendents release Milo Goes to College?
The Descendents released their debut album, Milo Goes to College, in 1982. Recorded in California, the album combined fast punk with unusually melodic songwriting and became a major influence on later pop-punk and skate-punk bands.
Which band released Inflammable Material?
Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers released Inflammable Material in 1979. It was the group’s debut album and addressed the violence and political tensions surrounding life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
What was Riot grrrl?
Riot grrrl was a feminist punk movement that began in the early 1990s, particularly in Olympia, Washington, and Washington, D.C. It combined punk music with feminist activism and encouraged women to create bands, zines, shows, and supportive independent communities.