Question: What was Van Halen's 1986 album called?
Answer: 5150

Question: Who was the new lead singer for Van Halen on 5150?
Answer: Sammy Hagar

Question: What Aerosmith ballad debuted at number one on the charts?
Answer: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

Question: What was the title of AC/DC's 1995 double lp?
Answer: Ballbreaker

Question: Bon Jovi's 1995 album was called what?
Answer: These Days

Question: What commercially successful sub-genre emerged from the grunge movement?
Answer: post-grunge

Question: When did Aerosmith's album Get A Grip come out?
Answer: 1993

Question: What are two examples of glam metal bands?
Answer: Bon Jovi and Def Leppard

Question: What two genres cut into hard rock's popularity at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s?
Answer: grunge and later Britpop

Question: What were some hard rock bands of the 1970s?
Answer: Led Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Van Halen

Question: What style did some hard rock bands embrace in the 1980s?
Answer: pop rock

Question: What genre laid the roots for hard rock?
Answer: electric blues

Question: Who recorded "Rumble"?
Answer: Link Wray

Question: When was "Rumble" released?
Answer: 1958

Question: What were two of Dick Dale's better known songs?
Answer: "Let's Go Trippin'" (1961) and "Misirlou" (1962)

Question: What city's blues style produced hard rock precursors in electric blues?
Answer: Memphis

Question: What was the landmark hard rock album recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1972?
Answer: Exile on Main St.

Question: Which Led Zeppelin album featured the hit "Stairway to Heaven"?
Answer: Led Zeppelin IV

Question: What two hard rock songs are featured on Deep Purple's Machine Head album?
Answer: "Highway Star" and "Smoke on the Water"

Question: Who was Deep Purple's guitarist?
Answer: Ritchie Blackmore

Question: Who was the drummer for The Who?
Answer: Keith Moon

Question: Who was the original lead singer of AC/DC who died?
Answer: Bon Scott

Question: Who was the Led Zeppelin drummer who passed away?
Answer: John Bonham

Question: What singer replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath?
Answer: Ronnie James Dio

Question: What was Ozzy Osbourne's first solo album?
Answer: Blizzard of Ozz

Question: What are some thrash metal bands?
Answer: Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer

Question: Guns N Roses released both Use Your Illusion albums in what year?
Answer: 1991

Question: What band's debut was titled Shake Your Money Maker?
Answer: The Black Crowes

Question: What was the title of Def Leppard's 1992 album?
Answer: Adrenalize

Question: Adrenalize followed what 1987 Def Leppard record?
Answer: Hysteria

Question: Adrenalize topped US album charts for how long?
Answer: five weeks

Question: When did the band The Darkness break up?
Answer: 2006

Question: The Sword, High on Fire, Witchcraft and Wolfmother are all examples of what hard rock sub-genre?
Answer: retro-metal

Question: What is the title of Airbourne's debut lp?
Answer: Runnin' Wild

Question: Glam metal band Steel Panther is from what city?
Answer: Los Angeles

Question: What are some Swedish sleaze metal revivalist bands?
Answer: Vains of Jenna, Hardcore Superstar and Crashdïet

Question: Who were three Chicago blues players who influenced hard rock?
Answer: Elmore James, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf

Question: Who recorded "You Really Got Me"?
Answer: The Kinks

Question: "Shapes of Things" was a 1966 single by what band?
Answer: The Yardbirds

Question: What garage rock classic was recorded by The Kingsmen?
Answer: "Louie Louie"

Question: When did the Rolling Stones release "(I Can't Get No" Satisfaction"?
Answer: 1965

Question: When did Free break up?
Answer: 1973

Question: What band did Free lead singer Paul Rodgers help form?
Answer: Bad Company

Question: Bad Company's self titled debut album was released in what year?
Answer: 1974

Question: What nationality was the band Nazareth?
Answer: Scottish

Question: What was Queen's massive 1975 hit single called?
Answer: "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Question: What sub-genre of hard rock does Def Leppard belong to?
Answer: the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Question: What was Def Leppard's second album called?
Answer: High 'n' Dry

Question: What were the three Top 40 singles from Def Leppard's Pyromania album?
Answer: "Photograph", "Rock of Ages" and "Foolin'"

Question: What band had the first glam metal album to hit number one on the Billboard charts?
Answer: Quiet Riot

Question: When did Motley Crue's album Shout At The Devil come out?
Answer: 1983

Question: What was the title of Nirvana's 1991 album?
Answer: Nevermind

Question: What was the hard rock style that emerged in the early 1990s?
Answer: grunge

Question: What are some grunge bands with a strong 1970s influence?
Answer: Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone and Soundgarden

Question: What 1990s hard rock band had a big stadium rock sound?
Answer: Stone Temple Pilots

Question: What element made Oasis unique among 1990s Britpop bands?
Answer: a hard rock sound

Question: When did the Foo Fighters album In Your Honor come out?
Answer: 2005

Question: Three Days Grace is from what country?
Answer: Canada

Question: The band Jet is from what country?
Answer: Australia

Question: What supergroup featured members of Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and Led Zeppelin?
Answer: Them Crooked Vultures

Question: What was the title of Buckcherry's 2007 hit single?
Answer: "Sorry"

Question: What instrument is usually at the center of a hard rock sound?
Answer: The electric guitar

Question: Rhythm guitar in hard rock usually plays what?
Answer: repetitive riffs with a varying degree of complexity

Question: In hard rock, an electric guitar can also be used for what?
Answer: a solo lead instrument

Question: What carries the backbeat in hard rock drumming?
Answer: snare

Question: What instrument works in tandem with the drums to provide hard rock rhythms?
Answer: The bass guitar

Question: Who was the guitarist for the band Cream?
Answer: Eric Clapton

Question: Who was the guitarist in the Kinks?
Answer: Dave Davies

Question: Who played guitar in The Who?
Answer: Pete Townshend

Question: When did The White Album come out?
Answer: 1968

Question: Keith Richards is the guitarist of what band?
Answer: The Rolling Stones

Question: Who recorded the album School's Out?
Answer: Alice Cooper

Question: Tres Hombres is the name of an album by what band?
Answer: ZZ Top

Question: Who was the lead singer of Montrose?
Answer: Sammy Hagar

Question: Kiss' double live album Alive! came out in what year?
Answer: 1975

Question: Who had a hit single with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"?
Answer: Blue Öyster Cult

Question: What was the title of Deep Purple's 1980s reunion album?
Answer: Perfect Strangers

Question: What album was Van Halen's commercial high point?
Answer: 1984

Question: In what year did ZZ Top release Eliminator?
Answer: 1983

Question: What band recorded "Keep On Loving You"?
Answer: REO Speedwagon

Question: The hit single "Amanda" was recorded by what band?
Answer: Boston

Question: What was Van Halen's last album with Sammy Hagar?
Answer: Balance

Question: Who was the Guns N Roses drummer who was fired by the band?
Answer: Steven Adler

Question: What former member of Extreme briefly served as the lead singer for Van Halen?
Answer: Gary Cherone

Question: Who was the only original member left in Guns N Roses?
Answer: Axl Rose

Question: Slash left Guns N Roses in what year?
Answer: 1996

Question: By the late 60s, what term was synonymous with hard rock?
Answer: heavy metal

Question: What heavy metal group introduced darker themes to the music?
Answer: Black Sabbath

Question: What genre was an influence on extreme metal in the 1980s?
Answer: hardcore punk

Question: Hard rock is differentiated from heavy metal by containing more of an influence of what genre?
Answer: bluesy