Blues quiz
3 questions. No signup. Your move.
Where did Robert Johnson supposedly sell his soul?
Now make it a duel.
Play more questions on Blues in LearnClash. Challenge friends in a new quiz duel.
Play more in the appA tap copies this page’s link so the app can pick up where you left off.
That was every question in this preview. Pick another topic or keep going in the app.
A new quiz every day: Today’s quiz
The video couldn’t load. You can watch it on YouTube.
Choose a topic, answer questions and challenge a friend in LearnClash.
Watch on YouTubeA tap copies this page’s link so the app can pick up where you left off.
More questions about Blues
These visible examples show the question style. LearnClash turns the full topic into ranked duels and spaced repetition.
-
Who had a 1969 hit with The Thrill Is Gone?
Answer: B.B. King
Why: Roy Hawkins co-wrote it and took his own version to number six on the R&B chart in 1951.
-
How many strings did Lead Belly's guitar have?
Answer: 12
Why: Twelve-string guitars pair their strings in six courses, the lower four tuned an octave apart and the top two in unison.
-
Who recorded Crazy Blues, the first big blues hit, in 1920?
Answer: Mamie Smith
Why: It sold 75,000 copies at a dollar each within two months, opening a market for records made for Black buyers.
-
Which country's 1960s bands sent the blues back to America?
Answer: Britain
Why: In the wake of those British bands, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker suddenly won fans among middle-class white Americans.
-
Which rock singer helped pay for Bessie Smith's headstone in 1970?
Answer: Janis Joplin
Why: Smith's grave near Philadelphia had gone unmarked for 33 years, since her death in a 1937 car crash.
-
Who wrote That's All Right, Elvis Presley's debut single?
Answer: Arthur Crudup
Why: Crudup recorded his own That's All Right in Chicago in 1946, eight years before Elvis cut it at Sun Studio.
Keep going in the app
A tap copies this page’s link so the app can pick up where you left off.
