Test your knowledge of The Smiths with this challenging trivia quiz featuring 20 hard questions about the band’s history, members, albums, early demos, and iconic moments. Perfect for fans of 1980s British indie music.
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#1. Who said this “If Morrissey says don’t eat meat, then I’ll eat meat, because I hate Morrissey?”
#2. Morrissey, throughout the career of the Smiths, was known for all of the following except?
#3. What was the Name of guitarist of The Smiths?
He was one of the core members, alongside Morrissey (vocals), Andy Rourke (bass), and Mike Joyce (drums), and was the co-songwriter with Morrissey.
#4. Morrissey wrote a book about James Dean What was the name of the book ?
The name of the book that Morrissey wrote about James Dean is ‘James Dean Is Not Dead’.
#5. Morrissey depicts his young years as ____________ ?
Morrissey consistently depicts his young years as Depressing.
Morrissey consistently depicts his young years as Depressing.
In his book Autobiography and through other accounts, he uses highly negative and intense language to describe his childhood and adolescence in working-class Manchester:
He writes of his schooldays as “deeply unhappy” and the education he received as “basically evil and brutal,” where he learned to “have no self-esteem and to feel ashamed without knowing why.”
He describes his existence in Manchester as a “miserable existence” in a “mournful Manchester,” and refers to his school as a “Victorian prison” and “St Mary’s School of Ceaseless Suffering.”
One passage says he spent months hospitalized as a baby, gripping onto a short life that had already “throttled me.”
#6. What is the first name of Johnny Marr’s wife?
The first name of Johnny Marr’s wife is Angie.
They have been married since 1985.
#7. Morrissey was president of Which band’s fan club when he was eighteen?
#8. Which early Smiths track was based on the tempo of Patti Smith’s “Kimberly”?
Marr modeled the song’s tempo after Patti Smith’s “Kimberly”.
#9. Which girl-group song did The Smiths cover early in their career?
Morrissey suggested covering this 1960s Cookies song.
#10. Where did The Smiths record their first demo?
Bassist Dale Hibbert worked there and helped record the first demo.
#11. Who introduced the band onstage at their first public performance?
He also performed maraca-style go-go dancing during the gig.
#12. What caused the band to temporarily become a five-piece in 1986?
Gannon briefly joined as rhythm guitarist.
