Q 01/05

Little Richard was born in 1932 in which Georgia city?

A) Augusta

B) Savannah

C) Macon

D) Athens

Answer · why

C) Macon

Macon's City Auditorium gave him a part-time job as a teenager, selling drinks to the crowds while he studied the touring gospel and R&B stars up clos...

Q 02/05

What was Little Richard's surname at birth?

A) Penniman

B) Pennington

C) Pendleton

D) Peniston

Answer · why

A) Penniman

Penniman is the name he passed on to his adopted son, Danny Jones Penniman, who confirmed his father's death to the press in 2020.

Q 03/05

What did the young Little Richard dream of becoming?

A) A boxer

B) A preacher

C) A schoolteacher

D) A doctor

Answer · why

B) A preacher

A preacher, like his grandfather: he said he wanted to be a singing evangelist in the mold of Brother Joe May. In 1957 he did it, quitting rock at his...

Q 04/05

Which nickname is Little Richard most often given for shaping a genre?

A) The High Priest of Rock and Roll

B) The Architect of Rock and Roll

C) The King of the Jukebox

D) The Godfather of Soul

Answer · why

B) The Architect of Rock and Roll

The Architect of Rock and Roll began as his own boast, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame agreed that history bears it out: his mid-1950s hits laid th...

Q 05/05

What was Little Richard's first name originally supposed to be?

A) Raymond

B) Ricardo

C) Reginald

D) Roberto

Answer · why

B) Ricardo

Ricardo Wayne was the intended name, but the birth certificate came back reading Richard, and his mother said she never got around to having it straig...