Q 01/05

According to the most famous legend about him, what did Robert Johnson trade for his musical talent?

A) His eyesight

B) His first-born child

C) His soul

D) His guitar

Answer · why

C) His soul

His soul. The tale grew up to explain how a middling player could come back from about a year away as a master; historians credit long hours of practi...

Q 02/05

Which singer is in the '27 Club' with Robert Johnson?

A) Bob Marley

B) Freddie Mercury

C) Janis Joplin

D) Marvin Gaye

Answer · why

C) Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin. She, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones all died at 27 between 1969 and 1971, and once Kurt Cobain followed in 1994 the 'club' w...

Q 03/05

The hall of fame that inducted Robert Johnson in 1986 calls him perhaps the first ever what?

A) Guitar hero

B) Rock star

C) Crossover artist

D) Singer-songwriter

Answer · why

B) Rock star

Rock star. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's biography gives its reasons in a single line: he was 'steeped in mystery, killed mysteriously, his legend ...

Q 04/05

Robert Johnson first recorded in what makeshift studio?

A) A church hall

B) A hotel room

C) A radio station

D) A furniture store

Answer · why

B) A hotel room

A hotel room. The engineers set up their machines in one room and recorded the performers in another; for his second and last session, seven months la...

Q 05/05

Where did Robert Johnson mostly perform to earn his living?

A) Vaudeville and tent shows

B) Street corners and juke joints

C) Radio and recording studios

D) Hotel ballrooms and clubs

Answer · why

B) Street corners and juke joints

Street corners and juke joints. He drifted from town to town playing for tips, and to hold a crowd he would play the pop hits of the day as readily as...