Who is often called the “King of the Blues”?
a) B.B. King
b) Muddy Waters
c) Howlin’ Wolf
d) Robert Johnson
Answer: a) B.B. King
Who is known for his unique bottleneck slide guitar playing and had a hit with the song “Death Letter Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: c) Son House
Who is considered one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time and is known for his song “Sweet Home Chicago”?
a) Buddy Guy
b) Albert Collins
c) B.B. King
d) Freddie King
Answer: a) Buddy Guy
Who was known as “The Empress of the Blues” and had a hit with the song “St. Louis Blues”?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Ma Rainey
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Bessie Smith
Which blues musician was a pioneer of electric blues and had a hit with the song “The Thrill Is Gone”?
a) Albert King
b) Freddie King
c) B.B. King
d) Albert Collins
Answer: c) B.B. King
Who is known as the “Queen of the Slide Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Ball and Chain”?
a) Bonnie Raitt
b) Koko Taylor
c) Shemekia Copeland
d) Deborah Coleman
Answer: a) Bonnie Raitt
Who was known as “The Hoochie Coochie Man” and had a hit with the song of the same name?
a) Muddy Waters
b) John Lee Hooker
c) Elmore James
d) Howlin’ Wolf
Answer: d) Howlin’ Wolf
Who is known for his unique harmonica playing style and had a hit with the song “Juke”?
a) Little Walter
b) Sonny Boy Williamson II
c) James Cotton
d) Junior Wells
Answer: a) Little Walter
Which blues musician was known as “The Georgia Peach” and had a hit with the song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Ruth Brown
Answer: d) Ruth Brown
Who is often called the “Queen of the Blues Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Come to Mama”?
a) Koko Taylor
b) Bonnie Raitt
c) Shemekia Copeland
d) Deborah Coleman
Answer: b) Bonnie Raitt
Which blues musician was known for his powerful voice and hit song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Little Richard
Answer: b) Wynonie Harris
Who is known for his unique bottleneck slide guitar playing and had a hit with the song “Statesboro Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: a) Blind Willie McTell
Who is often referred to as the “Father of the Delta Blues”?
a) Blind Willie Johnson
b) Lead Belly
c) Robert Johnson
d) Son House
Answer: c) Robert Johnson
Which blues musician was known for his song “Cross Road Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: b) Robert Johnson
Who was known as “The Empress of the Blues” and had a hit with the song “At Last”?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Ma Rainey
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Etta James
Answer: d) Etta James
Who is often called the “King of the Slide Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Dust My Broom”?
a) Elmore James
b) Muddy Waters
c) John Lee Hooker
d) Lightnin’ Hopkins
Answer: a) Elmore James
Which blues musician was known for his song “Sweet Little Angel” and is often referred to as “The Velvet Bulldozer”?
a) Albert Collins
b) Buddy Guy
c) Otis Rush
d) Albert King
Answer: b) Buddy Guy
Who was a pioneering blues musician and pianist known for her song “Backwater Blues”?
a) Big Mama Thornton
b) Ma Rainey
c) Bessie Smith
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: c) Bessie Smith
Which blues musician was known for his song “Boogie Chillen” and is considered a major influence on rock and roll?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Lead Belly
c) John Lee Hooker
d) Lightnin’ Hopkins
Answer: c) John Lee Hooker
Who is known as the “Queen of Gospel” and had a major influence on gospel and blues music?
a) Clara Ward
b) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
c) Mahalia Jackson
d) Shirley Caesar
Answer: b) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Which blues musician was known for his song “Mississippi Blues” and played the guitar with a knife or a razor blade?
a) Blind Willie Johnson
b) Lead Belly
c) Robert Johnson
d) Son House
Answer: d) Son House
Who was known as “The Honeydripper” and had a hit with the song “T-Bone Shuffle”?
a) T-Bone Walker
b) Big Joe Turner
c) Roy Brown
d) Ivory Joe Hunter
Answer: a) T-Bone Walker
Who was known as the “Black Snake Moan” and is considered one of the greatest female country blues artists?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Ma Rainey
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Bessie Smith
Who was a pioneering blues musician and guitarist known for his song “Sitting on Top of the World?
a) Mississippi Fred McDowell
b) Blind Lemon Jefferson
c) Lead Belly
d) Big Bill Broonzy
Answer: a) Mississippi Fred McDowell
Who was known as “The Mother of the Blues” and had a hit with the song “See See Rider”?
a) Ma Rainey
b) Bessie Smith
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Ma Rainey
Who is known as “The Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and had a hit with the song “Strange Things Happening Every Day”?
a) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
b) Memphis Minnie
c) Big Mama Thornton
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Which blues musician was known as “The Georgia Peach” and had a hit with the song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Ruth Brown
Answer: d) Ruth Brown
Who is often called the “Queen of the Blues Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Come to Mama”?
a) Koko Taylor
b) Bonnie Raitt
c) Shemekia Copeland
d) Deborah Coleman
Answer: b) Bonnie Raitt
Which blues musician was known for his powerful voice and hit song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Little Richard
Answer: b) Wynonie Harris
Who is known for his unique bottleneck slide guitar playing and had a hit with the song “Statesboro Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: a) Blind Willie McTell
Who is often referred to as the “Father of the Delta Blues”?
a) Blind Willie Johnson
b) Lead Belly
c) Robert Johnson
d) Son House
Answer: c) Robert Johnson
Which blues musician was known for his song “Cross Road Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: b) Robert Johnson
Who was known as “The Empress of the Blues” and had a hit with the song “At Last”?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Ma Rainey
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Etta James
Answer: d) Etta James
Who is often called the “King of the Slide Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Dust My Broom”?
a) Elmore James
b) Muddy Waters
c) John Lee Hooker
d) Lightnin’ Hopkins
Answer: a) Elmore James
Which blues musician was known for his song “Sweet Little Angel” and is often referred to as “The Velvet Bulldozer”?
a) Albert Collins
b) Buddy Guy
c) Otis Rush
d) Albert King
Answer: b) Buddy Guy
Who was a pioneering blues musician and pianist known for her song “Backwater Blues”?
a) Big Mama Thornton
b) Ma Rainey
c) Bessie Smith
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: c) Bessie Smith
Which blues musician was known for his song “Boogie Chillen” and is considered a major influence on rock and roll?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Lead Belly
c) John Lee Hooker
d) Lightnin’ Hopkins
Answer: c) John Lee Hooker
Who is known as the “Queen of Gospel” and had a major influence on gospel and blues music?
a) Clara Ward
b) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
c) Mahalia Jackson
d) Shirley Caesar
Answer: b) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Which blues musician was known for his song “Mississippi Blues” and played the guitar with a knife or a razor blade?
a) Blind Willie Johnson
b) Lead Belly
c) Robert Johnson
d) Son House
Answer: d) Son House
Who was known as “The Honeydripper” and had a hit with the song “T-Bone Shuffle”?
a) T-Bone Walker
b) Big Joe Turner
c) Roy Brown
d) Ivory Joe Hunter
Answer: a) T-Bone Walker
Who was known as the “Black Snake Moan” and is considered one of the greatest female country blues artists?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Ma Rainey
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Bessie Smith
Who was a pioneering blues musician and guitarist known for his song “Sitting on Top of the World”?
a) Mississippi Fred McDowell
b) Blind Lemon Jefferson
c) Lead Belly
d) Big Bill Broonzy
Answer: a) Mississippi Fred McDowell
Who was known as “The Mother of the Blues” and had a hit with the song “See See Rider”?
a) Ma Rainey
b) Bessie Smith
c) Alberta Hunter
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Ma Rainey
Who is known as “The Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and had a hit with the song “Strange Things Happening Every Day”?
a) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
b) Memphis Minnie
c) Big Mama Thornton
d) Victoria Spivey
Answer: a) Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Which blues musician was known as “The Georgia Peach” and had a hit with the song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Ruth Brown
Answer: d) Ruth Brown
Who is often called the “Queen of the Blues Guitar” and had a hit with the song “Come to Mama”?
a) Koko Taylor
b) Bonnie Raitt
c) Shemekia Copeland
d) Deborah Coleman
Answer: b) Bonnie Raitt
Which blues musician was known for his powerful voice and hit song “Good Rockin’ Tonight”?
a) Big Joe Turner
b) Wynonie Harris
c) Big Bill Broonzy
d) Little Richard
Answer: b) Wynonie Harris
Who is known for his unique bottleneck slide guitar playing and had a hit with the song “Statesboro Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: a) Blind Willie McTell
Who is often referred to as the “Father of the Delta Blues”?
a) Blind Willie Johnson
b) Lead Belly
c) Robert Johnson
d) Son House
Answer: c) Robert Johnson
Which blues musician was known for his song “Cross Road Blues”?
a) Blind Willie McTell
b) Robert Johnson
c) Son House
d) Skip James
Answer: b) Robert Johnson
