Kings of Leon
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50 free Kings of Leon trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Kings of Leon are one of rock's great family stories: three brothers and a relative from the American South who went from a childhood spent on the road to the biggest stages, festival headline slots and Grammy wins. Britain fell for them first, America caught up later, and Sex on Fire and Use Somebody turned them into a household name. This quiz covers the whole run, from the scrappy early EP and the garage-rock debut to the stadium-sized albums and the newer releases. Expect questions on the Followills themselves, the stories behind the songs and album sleeves, chart milestones, music videos, film and TV appearances, and a few of the stranger moments on tour. It suits casual listeners who know the big singles as well as long-time followers who can tell their B-sides apart. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you will pick up something new even when you miss one.
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Q 01A 2010 Kings of Leon show near St. Louis was abandoned after three songs over droppings from which birds?
Pigeons
Pigeons pelted the band from above the stage at the Missouri amphitheatre, and the set ended after three songs. The cancelled show made headlines for the tour.
Q 02Kings of Leon, Slash and Foo Fighters all refused to let which hit TV musical series use their songs?
Glee
Glee creator Ryan Murphy publicly criticised the artists who turned the show down, which set off a war of words in the press.
Q 03Kings of Leon took their name from a man called Leon, who was which relative of the three Followill brothers?
Grandfather
Grandfather Leon gave the band its name, and the brothers' father, Ivan, carries Leon as a middle name too.
Q 04Use Somebody won Kings of Leon which Grammy in 2010, beating songs by Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift?
Record of the Year
Record of the Year went to Use Somebody ahead of Poker Face, I Gotta Feeling and You Belong with Me, and the song took two rock Grammys at the same ceremony.
Q 05Which pop superstar covered Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire during her headline festival set in England in 2011?
Beyoncé
Beyoncé worked the song into her headlining set to much acclaim, three years after it gave the band a first UK number one.
Q 06Kings of Leon's Followill brothers grew up on the road across the American South while their father did which job?
Preacher
Preacher Ivan Followill led Pentecostal services at churches and tent revivals across the Deep South, with the family camping for a week or two at each stop.
Q 07Kings of Leon say they wrote their first songs during a month locked away in which part of the family home?
The basement
The basement sessions lasted a month, with Nathan's mother bringing food down, and ended with Molly's Chambers and three more songs ready to play for RCA.
Q 08Kings of Leon's lead guitarist Matthew Followill is what relation to the three brothers who complete the band's line-up?
Cousin
Cousin Matthew joined after the brothers told his mother he would visit for just a week; they never let him go home.
Q 09Which Victoria's Secret Angel did Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill marry at a California ranch in 2011?
Lily Aldridge
Lily Aldridge is said to have inspired Sex on Fire, and the couple married in Montecito in May 2011.
Q 10In 2021 Kings of Leon's When You See Yourself was billed as the first new album sold in which digital format?
An NFT
An NFT series called NFT Yourself offered the album in three token packages, and it became the first of its kind displayed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Q 11Nathan Followill, who sings backing vocals for Kings of Leon, plays which instrument in the band?
Drums
Drums were Nathan's job from the start: when RCA wanted to build a group around him and Caleb, he volunteered for the kit while Caleb taught himself guitar.
Q 12Which famous English festival did Kings of Leon headline in 2008, months before Sex on Fire topped the charts?
Glastonbury
Glastonbury put the band on the same 2008 bill as Jay-Z, the first major hip-hop artist to headline the festival.
Q 13Which 2008 Kings of Leon album, made in Nashville, contains both Sex on Fire and Use Somebody?
Only by the Night
Only by the Night was the band's first platinum album in America and went on to sell more than six million copies worldwide.
Q 21The annual Followill family reunion filmed for Kings of Leon's documentary Talihina Sky takes place in which US state?
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is where the Followills have family roots: the reunion is held in the small town of Talihina, which also gave an early song its name.
Q 22Kings of Leon's single The Bucket is about which band member struggling with sudden fame at the age of 17?
Jared
Jared, the band's bassist and youngest member, was still a teenager when the group took off; the song became a top 20 hit in Britain.
Q 23Kings of Leon's fourth album was the best-selling album of 2008 in which country?
Australia
Australia took to the band in a big way: listeners of the Triple J radio station also voted Sex on Fire the top song of 2008.
Q 14Which country star featured Kings of Leon on his 2025 single Bowery and had them open his MetLife Stadium shows?
Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan trades verses with Caleb Followill on Bowery, a song described as part folk ballad and part rock anthem.
Q 15Kings of Leon's retro look and gritty debut drew early comparisons to Lynyrd Skynyrd and which New York band?
The Strokes
The Strokes and Skynyrd were both invoked by Rolling Stone, while The Guardian called the Followills the authentic, hairy rebels the Rolling Stones longed to be.
Q 16Kings of Leon toured with U2 and Pearl Jam in 2005 and 2006, as well as which veteran American songwriter?
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan took the young band on the road as his support act, and Elvis Costello was among the rock peers who praised them.
Q 17In 2009 Kings of Leon's fourth album became the UK's biggest-selling digital album, overtaking an album by which singer?
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black held the digital sales crown until February 2009, by which point the Kings of Leon album had passed a million UK sales.
Q 18Three members of Kings of Leon made a cameo in a 2011 high school reunion episode of which sitcom?
It's Always Sunny
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast Caleb Followill as a man at the bar and two of his brothers as bartenders in its seventh season.
Q 19Kings of Leon played at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 as part of which sporting event's festivities?
The NFL Draft
The NFL Draft festivities followed the March 2021 release of the band's eighth album, When You See Yourself.
Q 20Kings of Leon's debut single Molly's Chambers took its title from which Irish band's version of Whiskey in the Jar?
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy were among the bands the brothers' Nashville songwriting mentor introduced them to, along with the Rolling Stones and the Clash.
Q 24Kings of Leon's 2016 album Walls became the band's first to reach number one on which chart?
Billboard 200
Billboard 200 glory had narrowly escaped the band twice: Mechanical Bull and Come Around Sundown both stalled at number two.
Q 25Kings of Leon cancelled the rest of a 2011 US tour after Caleb Followill walked off stage in which Texas city?
Dallas
Dallas saw the singer leave mid-set promising to return for three more songs; he never did, and the band began a hiatus within months.
Q 26What is the title of Kings of Leon's 2003 debut album, which reached number three in the UK?
Youth & Young Manhood
Youth & Young Manhood sold far better abroad than at home, moving 750,000 copies overseas against 100,000 in the United States.
Q 27Kings of Leon cancelled 2025 UK and European shows after Caleb Followill suffered which injury in a freak accident?
A broken foot
A broken foot kept the singer off the road for eight weeks, and he explained the cancellations to ticket holders in a video message.
Q 28Which music magazine declared Kings of Leon's first album one of the best debut albums of the last 10 years?
NME
NME gave the album nine out of ten and later ranked it the seventh best album of 2003.
Q 29Kings of Leon filmed their first live DVD in June 2009 at which London venue, in front of more than 18,000 people?
The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena show ran to 22 songs, and Nathan Followill said the band chose England as the first place they broke.
Q 30Which flower appears on both the UK and US covers of Kings of Leon's second album, Aha Shake Heartbreak?
An orchid
An orchid fronts both sleeves: a white bloom on black for the UK and Ireland, and a different variety on a white background for America.