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Jimi Hendrix Trivia Questions & Answers
Four years that changed the electric guitar forever. Test your Hendrix knowledge, from Cafe Wha? to Woodstock to the Isle of Wight, from easy warm-ups to expert level.
15 Jimi Hendrix trivia questions to test yourself
Tap a question to reveal the answer. From easy warm-ups to expert-level questions only serious fans get right. Want a score and a diploma? Play the full quiz — it has many more Jimi Hendrix questions than this page.
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Which national anthem did Hendrix famously distort at Woodstock? Easy
Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner
His feedback-drenched Star-Spangled Banner became a defining image of the sixties.
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How did the left-handed Hendrix play his guitars? Easy
Answer: Right-handed guitars flipped and restrung
He flipped standard Stratocasters upside down and restrung them.
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What was the Experience's debut album? Easy
Answer: Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced (1967) rewrote the rules of electric guitar.
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What was the Experience's first single, released in 1966? Easy
Answer: Hey Joe
'Hey Joe' reached the UK top ten within weeks.
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What recording studio did Hendrix build in New York in 1970? Easy
Answer: Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios opened weeks before his death and is still in use.
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Which Animals bassist discovered Hendrix and became his manager? Medium
Answer: Chas Chandler
Chas Chandler saw him at Cafe Wha? and brought him to London in September 1966.
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Who played drums in Band of Gypsys? Medium
Answer: Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles brought a heavier funk feel than Mitch Mitchell.
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'Machine Gun', his great Vietnam-era statement, appears on which album? Medium
Answer: Band of Gypsys
The twelve-minute Fillmore East version is considered his live masterpiece.
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What instrument did Noel Redding play before joining the Experience on bass? Medium
Answer: Guitar
Redding was a guitarist who auditioned on bass to get the gig.
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'Crosstown Traffic' features a kazoo-like sound Hendrix made with what? Medium
Answer: A comb and cellophane
He doubled the guitar line with a comb wrapped in cellophane.
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Why was the Band of Gypsys album given to Capitol Records? Hard
Answer: To settle a contract dispute
It settled the PPX lawsuit stemming from a pre-fame contract Hendrix had signed.
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What is Dagger Records? Hard
Answer: The Hendrix estate's official bootleg label
Experience Hendrix created Dagger to release authorized 'bootleg' live tapes to collectors.
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Which UK singles were added to the American version of Are You Experienced? Hard
Answer: Purple Haze, Hey Joe and The Wind Cries Mary
The US edition swapped in the UK hit singles and dropped UK album tracks including Red House, Can You See Me and Remember.
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The 1970 tour to pay for Electric Lady Studios was named after which album project? Hard
Answer: The Cry of Love
The Cry of Love tour ran from April 1970 until his death.
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What name was Hendrix given at birth? Expert
Answer: Johnny Allen Hendrix
Born Johnny Allen Hendrix, he was renamed James Marshall by his father at age four.
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