Queen Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

A Queen quiz is one of rock's most satisfying to play, because the catalog splits into stadium anthems everyone screams and deep cuts only real fans catch. Guess the Queen song from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' to the funk of 'Another One Bites the Dust', then test your trivia on Freddie Mercury's range, from the music-hall 'Killer Queen' to the hard rock of 'Fat Bottomed Girls', the synth-pop of 'Radio Ga Ga' and the David Bowie duet 'Under Pressure'. See how well you really know Queen by ear.

Main genreRock (arena rock, glam rock)

ActiveSince 1970 (1970s, 1980s)

Best-known songs to guessBohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Don't Stop Me Now, Another One Bites the Dust, Somebody to Love

Deep cuts fans missUnder Pressure, Innuendo, The Prophet's Song, Flash's Theme

Eras in the quiz70s opera-rock, late-70s disco-funk, 80s synth-pop and stadium anthems

MembersFreddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon

FrontmanFreddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara, 1946-1991)

Related artistsDavid Bowie, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC

Quiz difficultyEasy on the hits, hard on the era-jumps

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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 Queen Song

From the opening piano of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' to the bassline of 'Another One Bites the Dust', Queen's biggest songs give themselves away from the very first bar. These are the anthems everyone knows, and the easy points that open the round.

Bohemian Rhapsody

We Will Rock You

Don't Stop Me Now

Another One Bites the Dust

Somebody to Love

Under Pressure

Innuendo

The Prophet's Song

Queen Trivia: Questions That Trip Up Fans

The facts behind the hits are where the curveballs hide: a lead guitar built from a fireplace mantel, a number one that returned sixteen years later, an astrophysicist on lead guitar. The kind of detail that decides a tie.

✦A Queen quiz favorite: Brian May built his guitar, the Red Special, with his father from an old fireplace mantelpiece, and that tone is a giveaway once you know it.

✦'Bohemian Rhapsody' has no repeating chorus and runs almost six minutes, yet it hit UK number one twice, in 1975 and again after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, a classic trivia question.

✦'We Will Rock You' was written by Brian May with its stomp-stomp-clap beat so a crowd could perform the whole song with no instruments.

✦Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the island of Zanzibar in 1946, one of the most-asked 'real name' questions on any Queen quiz.

✦Brian May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007, decades after he paused his studies for the band.

How Well Do You Know Queen's Eras?

Queen's catalog splits into tiers of difficulty. Start with the stadium anthems everyone knows, then test yourself on the genre-jumps, the deep cuts and the soundtrack curveballs, and see which era trips you up.

The stadium hits (where casual fans score)

If you know Queen from the radio, this is your territory: 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'We Will Rock You', 'We Are the Champions', 'Don't Stop Me Now' and 'Somebody to Love'. Most players name these from the first bar, so they are the easy points at the start of any Queen quiz.

The genre-jumpers (where it gets tricky)

Queen never sat still, and that is where a quiz sharpens. 'Killer Queen' is music-hall pop, 'Another One Bites the Dust' is funk, 'Radio Ga Ga' is synth-pop and 'Fat Bottomed Girls' is hard rock. Same band, four different sounds, so the trap is assuming a track cannot be Queen.

The deep cuts (where superfans pull ahead)

Beyond the singles, real fans separate on album tracks: the six-minute prog of 'The Prophet's Song', the acoustic ''39' written by Brian May the astrophysicist, 'Innuendo' and 'Save Me'. Place these from a short clip and you are in the top tier of any Queen guess-the-song round.

The team-ups and soundtracks (the curveballs)

The trickiest questions live at the edges of the catalog. 'Under Pressure' is the David Bowie duet, 'Flash's Theme' comes from the Flash Gordon soundtrack, and Freddie Mercury's 'Barcelona' with opera singer Montserrat Caballe sits just outside the band's work. A thorough Queen quiz reaches for these curveballs.

Queen Quiz FAQ

How well do you know Queen?

Play a Queen quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip and answer trivia across their 70s and 80s eras. Score 8 out of 10 and you are a real fan; a perfect 10 across the hits and the deep cuts is rare.

Which Queen songs are in the quiz?

Expect the anthems everyone knows, 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'We Will Rock You', 'Don't Stop Me Now' and 'Another One Bites the Dust', plus deep cuts like 'Under Pressure' and 'Innuendo' that separate the superfans.

How hard is the Queen quiz?

The hits are easy points, but Queen jumped genres constantly, from music-hall pop to funk to synth-pop, so the trap is a track that does not sound like Queen at first. That range is what makes the quiz fun.

Can you score 10 out of 10 on Queen?

Only if you know the album tracks, not just the radio hits. Naming 'The Prophet's Song' or the Flash Gordon theme from a short clip is what pushes a good score to a perfect one.

Who was Queen's lead singer and what was his real name?

Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, fronted Queen until his death in 1991. Brian May and Roger Taylor have since toured with singers including Adam Lambert.

Is the Queen quiz free?

Yes. Every Queen quiz is free to play, with no signup and no Spotify account needed. Just pick one and play.

📚 Sources & methodology

Sources consulted

Wikipedia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · Songtrivia editorial team.

Our methodology

Each topic is curated by a Quiz Master with category expertise. Selection crosses cultural impact, chart performance, recognition potential and era variety.