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Heavy Metal Music Quiz #1 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 65 times
- The average score is 12 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which band is known for the hit "Back in Black"? | AC/DC | 89%
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| Which band is widely regarded as the pioneers of heavy metal, formed in 1968 in Birmingham, England? | Black Sabbath | 89%
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| Which 1970 Black Sabbath song is frequently cited as the first true heavy metal song? | "Black Sabbath" (from their debut album) | 87%
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| Lead singer of Black Sabbath | Ozzy Osbourne | 78%
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| This band is synonymous with the term Cowboys from Hell | Pantera | 76%
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| Name the "Big Four" bands of thrash metal. | Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth | 74%
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| What is the title of Metallica's 1986 landmark thrash album? | Master of Puppets | 65%
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| Bassist Steve Harris is the only original member of this iconic Heavy Metal band remaining since 1975. Known for there deep dives on history and their mascot. | Iron Maiden | 63%
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| Metallica has had this many members in their career | 8 | 61%
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| This guitarist was fired from Metallica and went onto starting a new Thrash Metal band | Dave Mustaine | 61%
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| Who is known as the "Metal God" and is the frontman for Judas Priest? | Rob Halford | 61%
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| This subgenre often drew more from funk and hip-hop grooves rather than thrash metal speed. | Nu Metal | 50%
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| Who was the first to use the iconic the "horns" gesture (\m/)? | was introduced to metal by Ronnie James Dio, inspired by his grandmother. | 50%
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| Which American musical genres influenced the early, pre-metal sound? | Blues, swing, jazz, gospel, ragtime, and country | 48%
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| Pantera’s _______ (1992) defined the mid-90s sound, focusing on heavy rhythms, slow-down grooves, and raw emotion rather than shredding guitar solos. | Vulgar Display of Power | 48%
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| Which band's drummer, Ian Paice, is credited with using the term "Heavy Metal Thunder"? | Deep Purple | 37%
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| What other bands are also known to be members of the Big Four? | Exodus and Testament | 37%
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| In 1970, Klaus Meine and Michael Schenker joined ______, paving the way for their signature high-pitched vocals and shredding guitars. | Scorpions | 30%
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| Metalcore is distinguished from other subgenres by its emphasis on "_______," which are slowed-down, intense, and rhythmically syncopated passages created for moshing. | Breakdowns | 28%
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| This subgenre is characterized by big, melodic choruses, melodic hooks, and, famously, the "monster ballad" | Hair Metal | 28%
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| What band is often credited as the very first thrash metal band? | Venom | 26%
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| Death metal perfected this_______—an incredibly fast, alternating drum technique. It became so popular that it influenced modern, mainstream metal. | Blast Beats | 20%
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| These Industrial Metal pioneers hail from Chicago, Illinois | Ministry | 15%
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| Who is credited with coining the term Mosh Pit? | The term "mosh pit" is widely credited to H.R. (Paul Hudson), the vocalist for the Washington D.C. hardcore punk band Bad Brains, around 1979–1980. H.R. often yelled "mash it" (from the Jamaican phrase "mash up the place") to encourage energetic dancing, but his accent led audiences to hear it as "mosh it". | 11%
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| The last time Monty Python star Graham Chapman appeared on film before he died was in the music video for this Iron Maiden song | Can I play with Madness | 9%
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