Q 01/05

In what U.S. state was Elvis Presley born?

A) Tennessee

B) Alabama

C) Arkansas

D) Mississippi

Answer · why

D) Mississippi

Elvis was born in Mississippi in a two-room shotgun house his father built; the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in November 1948, when he was 13.

Q 02/05

What was the name of Elvis Presley's mother?

A) Minnie Mae

B) Octavia

C) Gladys

D) Rosella

Answer · why

C) Gladys

Gladys Love Presley, née Smith, doted on her only surviving child; she died of heart failure in August 1958, aged 46, while Elvis was serving in the A...

Q 03/05

Which number-one hit, with what RCA called a 'mild rock beat', was Elvis's first single after leaving the Army in 1960?

A) It's Now or Never

B) Are You Lonesome Tonight?

C) Return to Sender

D) Stuck on You

Answer · why

D) Stuck on You

'Stuck on You' shows how much the Army softened Elvis: RCA's own publicity sold its 'mild rock beat', and discographer Ernst Jorgensen just calls it u...

Q 04/05

In which city did Elvis Presley make his first recordings for RCA Victor on January 10, 1956?

A) Memphis

B) Nashville

C) New York

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

B) Nashville

Elvis's first RCA session took place in Nashville on January 10, 1956, with guitarist Chet Atkins and pianist Floyd Cramer among the studio players.

Q 05/05

What was the title of Elvis Presley's first commercial single, released in 1954?

A) 'Heartbreak Hotel'

B) 'That's All Right'

C) 'Hound Dog'

D) 'Blue Suede Shoes'

Answer · why

B) 'That's All Right'

'That's All Right' was released on July 19, 1954, after Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips played an acetate of it repeatedly on WHBQ's Red, Hot & Blue.