Jimi Hendrix Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia
The Jimi Hendrix quiz is a guitar-tone test: the feedback, the wah-wah and the whammy bar name him before the vocal does. Guess the Jimi Hendrix song from 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady' and 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)', then test your trivia on the covers he owned, since his 'All Along the Watchtower' outran Bob Dylan's original and his Woodstock 'Star-Spangled Banner' rewired the anthem. Place it in a four-year run that ended at 27, and find out how well you know rock's greatest guitarist.
Start your solo quiz
Name as many tracks as you can from short audio clips. The faster you answer, the more you score.
10 questions4 answers each
Guess the Jimi Hendrix Song
'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady' and 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' give themselves away the moment the guitar tone hits.
Purple Haze
Hey Joe
All Along the Watchtower
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Foxy Lady
Little Wing
The Wind Cries Mary
Castles Made of Sand
Jimi Hendrix Trivia: The Guitar Reinvented
The flipped Stratocaster, the Dylan song he rebuilt, the Woodstock anthem, and a career that ended at 27.
How Well Do You Know Jimi Hendrix
Start with the unmistakable tone, then place the covers, the Woodstock legend and the four-year run.
The tone that gives him away (easy points)
Hendrix is the rare guitarist you can name from tone alone: the fuzz of 'Purple Haze', the swagger of 'Foxy Lady' and the wah-wah of 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' land before a word is sung. These are the quick points that open a round.
The covers he made his own (the Dylan trap)
Some of his signatures started elsewhere. 'All Along the Watchtower' is a Bob Dylan song Hendrix rebuilt so completely that Dylan adopted his arrangement, and 'Hey Joe' was a much-covered tune before him. Spotting the original author is where the quiz bites.
Woodstock and the live legend
The stage is half the story. At Woodstock in 1969 he bent 'The Star-Spangled Banner' into feedback and dive-bombs, and at Monterey in 1967 he set his guitar alight. A live clip can sound nothing like the studio cut you know.
Four years and the 27 Club
His fame lasted barely four years, from the 1966 Experience to his death in 1970 at 27, though he had spent years before that as a sideman backing other acts. With so little solo catalogue, the challenge is telling an early single from a late 'Electric Ladyland' track by ear.
Jimi Hendrix Quiz FAQ
How does the Jimi Hendrix quiz work?
You hear a clip of a Jimi Hendrix track and name it, then answer trivia on his short career, the songs he covered and his festival performances.
Which Jimi Hendrix songs are in the quiz?
'Purple Haze', 'Hey Joe', 'All Along the Watchtower', 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' and 'Foxy Lady', plus deeper cuts like 'Little Wing' and 'The Wind Cries Mary'.
Did Jimi Hendrix write 'All Along the Watchtower'?
No. It is a Bob Dylan song, but Hendrix's 1968 version was so definitive that Dylan went on to play it Hendrix's way. That origin is a classic quiz trap.
What makes the Jimi Hendrix quiz hard?
The tone gives away the hits fast, but naming who wrote a cover and telling a Woodstock live take from the studio original are where scores separate.
Who was Jimi Hendrix?
James Marshall Hendrix, an American guitarist and singer who led the Jimi Hendrix Experience and is often called the greatest electric guitarist in rock.
Is the Jimi Hendrix quiz free?
Yes. The Jimi Hendrix quiz plays free on Songtrivia, with no signup and no Spotify account required.
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