AC/DC Trivia
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46 free AC/DC trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free AC/DC trivia questions with answers. This AC/DC trivia quiz plugs into more than fifty years of the band: the Young brothers forming it in Sydney in 1973, the sewing-machine label that named it, Angus's school uniform, Bon Scott joining from Fraternity, the Vanda & Young years, High Voltage and T.N.T., the Atlantic deal, Let There Be Rock, Highway to Hell with Mutt Lange, Bon's death in London, Brian Johnson's audition, Back in Black and its all-black cover, the Phil Rudd sagas, The Razors Edge and Thunderstruck, the Hall of Fame, Black Ice, Malcolm's illness, Axl Rose filling in and Power Up. It also covers producers, side songs like Big Gun and Who Made Who, chart records and sales. Early questions suit anyone who has yelled along to Thunderstruck at a stadium; later ones reward fans who know which bassist was fired in 1977 and where Bon Scott is buried. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing. No lyrics are quoted.
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Q 01In which city was AC/DC formed in 1973?
Sydney
Their first official gig was at Chequers nightclub on New Year's Eve 1973.
Q 02Where did the Young brothers find the band's name?
On the adapter of their sister's sewing machine
On the adapter of their sister's sewing machine. Margaret Young spotted the 'AC/DC' alternating/direct current marking on her sewing machine, and she also suggested Angus's schoolboy uniform.
Q 03Which costumes did Angus try before settling on the schoolboy uniform?
Zorro, a gorilla and Superman
Zorro, a gorilla and Superman. Angus Young tried a Zorro outfit, a gorilla suit and a 'Super-Ang' Superman parody before first wearing the schoolboy uniform in April 1974 at Victoria Park, Sydney.
Q 04In which Scottish city was the band's lead guitarist born?
Glasgow
Glasgow. Lead guitarist Angus Young was born in Glasgow in 1955 and grew up in its Cranhill district before the family emigrated to Sydney in 1963.
Q 05Which guitarist's duckwalk does Angus imitate on stage?
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry. Angus Young's stage duckwalk is borrowed from Chuck Berry, whose one-legged hopping duckwalk was a trademark of his 1950s shows.
Q 06Which older brother of Angus and Malcolm co-produced the band's early albums with Harry Vanda?
George
He had been in the Easybeats with Harry Vanda.
Q 07Which two bands had Bon Scott sung with before joining AC/DC in 1974?
The Valentines and Fraternity
The Valentines and Fraternity. Bon Scott fronted Perth's The Valentines and then Adelaide's Fraternity before ex-Valentine Vince Lovegrove introduced him to AC/DC in 1974.
Q 08Which Australian-only album supplied most tracks for the band's first international release?
T.N.T.
T.N.T. The 1976 international High Voltage took seven of its nine tracks from T.N.T. and only two from the Australian High Voltage debut.
Q 09Which label signed AC/DC to an international deal in 1976?
Atlantic
Atlantic. Phil Carson of Atlantic Records signed AC/DC to a worldwide deal after manager Michael Browning sent promo material, and Atlantic issued the international High Voltage in 1976.
Q 10Which album was the first to carry the band's lightning-bolt logo?
Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock. The lightning-bolt AC/DC logo, designed by American typographer Gerard Huerta, first appeared on the 1977 international release of Let There Be Rock.
Q 11Which bassist was fired in May 1977 and replaced by Cliff Williams?
Mark Evans
Mark Evans. Bassist Mark Evans was dismissed in May 1977 after the Let There Be Rock sessions and replaced by Cliff Williams; Evans later wrote the memoir Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC.
Q 12Which live album was recorded at the Apollo in Scotland on the Powerage tour?
If You Want Blood You've Got It
If You Want Blood You've Got It. AC/DC's first live album was recorded at the Glasgow Apollo on 30 April 1978 during the Powerage tour and released that October.
Q 13Who produced Highway to Hell in 1979?
Mutt Lange
Q 21Which drummer was fired during the Flick of the Switch sessions in 1983 after a fight with Malcolm?
Rudd
Rudd. Phil Rudd was sacked in 1983 during the Flick of the Switch sessions after a fight with Malcolm Young; he returned in 1994 and in 2015 pleaded guilty to threatening to kill.
Q 22Which Stephen King film had a soundtrack album by AC/DC called Who Made Who?
Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive. Who Made Who (1986) was the soundtrack to Stephen King's only film as director, Maximum Overdrive, mixing old hits with the new title track and two instrumentals, 'D.T.' and 'Chase the Ace'.
Q 23Which producer, known for Aerosmith and Bon Jovi, made The Razors Edge in Vancouver?
Bruce Fairbairn
Mutt Lange. Robert 'Mutt' Lange produced Highway to Hell, the band's first album without Vanda & Young, and returned for Back in Black and For Those About to Rock.
Q 14What was the official cause of Bon Scott's death in February 1980?
Acute alcohol poisoning
Acute alcohol poisoning. The coroner recorded acute alcohol poisoning and death by misadventure after Scott was left to sleep overnight in a car in East Dulwich, London, and found dead on 19 February 1980.
Q 15Where was Bon Scott buried?
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle, Western Australia. Bon Scott's ashes were interred at Fremantle Cemetery; his family had emigrated from Scotland in 1952 and settled in Fremantle in 1956.
Q 16In which Scottish town did Bon Scott grow up?
Kirriemuir
Kirriemuir. Bon Scott was born in Forfar in 1946 and spent his early childhood in nearby Kirriemuir, which unveiled a statue of him in 2016, before the family emigrated in 1952.
Q 17Which band was Brian Johnson fronting before AC/DC hired him?
Geordie
Geordie. Brian Johnson fronted the Newcastle glam-rock band Geordie, who had a 1973 UK hit with 'All Because of You'; Bon Scott had praised his singing after seeing Geordie play.
Q 18Which two songs did Johnson sing at his AC/DC audition?
'Nutbush City Limits' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie'
'Nutbush City Limits' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie'. At his March 1980 audition Johnson sang Ike and Tina Turner's 'Nutbush City Limits' and AC/DC's own 'Whole Lotta Rosie', and was hired within days.
Q 19Where was Back in Black recorded?
Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas
Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. Back in Black was cut at Compass Point in Nassau in April and May 1980 with Mutt Lange, where tropical storms repeatedly knocked out the studio's power.
Q 20Why is the cover of Back in Black entirely black?
As a sign of mourning for Bon Scott
The label reportedly wanted a grey outline around the logo, which the band resisted.
Its lead single 'Thunderstruck' reached No. 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
Q 24Which drummer played on 1990's The Razors Edge?
Chris Slade
Chris Slade. Slade drummed on The Razors Edge (1990) and the 1992 Live album, left when Phil Rudd returned in 1994, and rejoined for the 2015–16 Rock or Bust tour.
Q 25For which Arnold Schwarzenegger film did AC/DC record 'Big Gun'?
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero. 'Big Gun' was written for the 1993 Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero; Schwarzenegger appears in its video dressed in Angus Young's schoolboy uniform.
Q 26In which year was AC/DC inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
2003
2003. AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003, with the late Bon Scott honoured alongside Brian Johnson, Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd.
Q 27In how many countries did Black Ice reach No. 1 in 2008?
29
29. Black Ice debuted at No. 1 in 29 countries in October 2008, including Australia, the UK and the US, and was the second-best-selling album of 2008 worldwide.
Q 28Which Marvel film's soundtrack was an AC/DC compilation released in 2010?
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2. The 2010 soundtrack AC/DC: Iron Man 2 compiled earlier studio tracks such as 'Shoot to Thrill' and 'Highway to Hell' rather than new material; 'Shoot to Thrill' plays over Tony Stark's Stark Expo entrance.
Q 29Why did Malcolm Young retire from the band in 2014?
Early-onset dementia
Early-onset dementia. Malcolm Young left AC/DC in 2014 after being diagnosed with dementia and died in November 2017, aged 64.
Q 30Which singer replaced Brian Johnson for the rest of the 2016 tour when Johnson risked hearing loss?
Axl Rose
Axl Rose. Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose fronted AC/DC for the remaining 2016 Rock or Bust dates after doctors warned Brian Johnson he risked total hearing loss.