AC/DC Trivia
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46 free AC/DC trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free AC/DC trivia questions with answers. This AC/DC trivia quiz plugs into more than fifty years of the band: the Young brothers forming it in Sydney in 1973, the sewing-machine label that named it, Angus's school uniform, Bon Scott joining from Fraternity, the Vanda & Young years, High Voltage and T.N.T., the Atlantic deal, Let There Be Rock, Highway to Hell with Mutt Lange, Bon's death in London, Brian Johnson's audition, Back in Black and its all-black cover, the Phil Rudd sagas, The Razors Edge and Thunderstruck, the Hall of Fame, Black Ice, Malcolm's illness, Axl Rose filling in and Power Up. It also covers producers, side songs like Big Gun and Who Made Who, chart records and sales. Early questions suit anyone who has yelled along to Thunderstruck at a stadium; later ones reward fans who know which bassist was fired in 1977 and where Bon Scott is buried. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing. No lyrics are quoted.
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Q 01In which city was AC/DC formed in 1973?
Sydney
Sydney. Malcolm and Angus Young formed the band there in November 1973 and played their first official gig at the Chequers nightclub that New Year's Eve, then moved base to Melbourne the following year.
Q 02Where did the Young brothers find the name AC/DC?
On the adapter of their sister's sewing machine
On the adapter of their sister's sewing machine. By the band's account, Margaret Young pointed out the 'AC/DC' marking on her machine, and she later proposed Angus's schoolboy uniform too.
Q 03Which costumes did Angus Young try before settling on the schoolboy uniform?
Zorro, a gorilla and Superman
Zorro, a gorilla and Superman. Angus Young wore each on stage until the band wanted a fresh image for a high-profile park gig in April 1974, where he first appeared as a schoolboy.
Q 04In which Scottish city were Angus and Malcolm Young born?
Glasgow
Glasgow. The Youngs left in June 1963, after one of Scotland's worst winters on record and TV adverts for assisted passage persuaded the family to emigrate to Australia.
Q 05Which guitarist's duckwalk does Angus Young imitate on stage?
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry. Berry said the duckwalk began as a childhood trick that amused his family, which he later revived on stage; Angus Young, who names him as an influence, made it part of his own act.
Q 06Which older brother of Angus and Malcolm Young co-produced AC/DC's early albums with Harry Vanda?
George
George Young. He and his Easybeats bandmate Harry Vanda produced every AC/DC album until 1979, when the record label pushed for a producer with a more American radio sound.
Q 07Which two bands had Bon Scott sung with before joining AC/DC in 1974?
The Valentines and Fraternity
The Valentines and Fraternity. Bon Scott was co-lead singer of Perth pop band The Valentines, then fronted Adelaide-based Fraternity, before old bandmate Vince Lovegrove introduced him to AC/DC in 1974.
Q 08Which Australian-only album supplied most of the tracks on AC/DC's first international release?
T.N.T.
T.N.T. Although the 1976 international release borrowed the debut's title, High Voltage, it took seven of its nine tracks from T.N.T. and only two from the debut itself.
Q 09Which label signed AC/DC to its first international deal?
Atlantic
Atlantic. Phil Carson signed AC/DC from the label's London office, yet its American arm soon refused to release one of the band's albums.
Q 10Which album cover introduced AC/DC's now-famous angular logo?
Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock. Typographer Gerard Huerta drew the lettering for the album's 1977 international sleeve, and it was later adopted as the band's permanent logo.
Q 11Which AC/DC bassist was fired in May 1977 and replaced by Cliff Williams?
Mark Evans
Mark Evans. Back in London after a troubled European tour, he was called to a band meeting and told his services were no longer needed.
Q 12Which AC/DC album was recorded on stage in Scotland during the 1978 Powerage tour?
If You Want Blood You've Got It
If You Want Blood You've Got It. AC/DC's first live album came from a single show at the Apollo theatre on 30 April 1978; the whole concert was filmed, but the footage has never been released in full.
Q 13Who produced AC/DC's 1979 album Highway to Hell?
Mutt Lange
Q 21Which AC/DC drummer was fired midway through the 1983 Flick of the Switch sessions after clashing with Malcolm Young?
Rudd
Rudd. Phil Rudd had already finished his drum parts when he was fired, and the band asked him back in 1994 for five more studio albums.
Q 22Which Stephen King film had a soundtrack album by AC/DC called Who Made Who?
Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive. Stephen King, a devoted AC/DC fan, directed the film himself, and the band wrote three new tracks for it, including the title song 'Who Made Who'.
Q 23Which producer, known for Aerosmith and Bon Jovi hits, made AC/DC's The Razors Edge in Vancouver?
Bruce Fairbairn
Mutt Lange. The label first sent Jimi Hendrix's engineer Eddie Kramer, but the band clashed with him and got Lange instead, who delivered AC/DC's first US Top 20 album.
Q 14What was the official cause of Bon Scott's death in February 1980?
Acute alcohol poisoning
Acute alcohol poisoning. The coroner recorded acute alcohol poisoning and death by misadventure after Scott was left to sleep overnight in a car in East Dulwich, London, and found dead on 19 February 1980.
Q 15Where was Bon Scott buried?
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle, Western Australia. His ashes were interred in the port city where his family had settled in 1956, and so many fans visit that the National Trust has heritage-listed the grave.
Q 16Bon Scott spent his early childhood in which Scottish town, also the birthplace of Peter Pan's creator?
Kirriemuir
Kirriemuir. Bon Scott lived in the small town until his family emigrated when he was six, and it now honours him with an annual festival, Bonfest, and a bronze statue.
Q 17Which band was Brian Johnson fronting before AC/DC hired him?
Geordie
Geordie. Brian Johnson fronted the Newcastle glam-rock band Geordie, who had a 1973 UK hit with 'All Because of You'; Bon Scott had praised his singing after seeing Geordie play.
Q 18Which two songs did Brian Johnson sing at his AC/DC audition?
'Nutbush City Limits' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie'
'Nutbush City Limits' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie'. By the band's own account, hearing Johnson belt out the Tina Turner hit and their own song put the first smiles on their faces since Bon Scott's death.
Q 19Where was Back in Black recorded?
Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas
Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. A tropical storm hit during the sessions, and Brian Johnson turned it into the 'rolling thunder' and 'pourin' rain' of the album's opening lines.
Q 20Why is the cover of Back in Black entirely black?
As a sign of mourning for Bon Scott
As a sign of mourning for Bon Scott. The record label resisted the plain black sleeve, but the band refused to budge; the label settled for a grey outline around the logo.
Bruce Fairbairn. He took over at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound after the Youngs' older brother bowed out early, and the album became AC/DC's big commercial comeback.
Q 24Which drummer played on AC/DC's 1990 album The Razors Edge?
Chris Slade
Chris Slade. It was his only studio album with AC/DC: when the band wanted to try out their former drummer again in 1994, Slade quit rather than wait on standby.
Q 25For which Arnold Schwarzenegger film did AC/DC record 'Big Gun'?
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero. 'Big Gun' was written for the 1993 Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero; Schwarzenegger appears in its video dressed in Angus Young's schoolboy uniform.
Q 26Which rock frontman inducted AC/DC into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler. The Aerosmith singer hailed the band's 'thunder from Down Under' in his speech, then joined AC/DC on stage to sing with them.
Q 27Which 1980 single became AC/DC's first US Top 40 hit?
'You Shook Me All Night Long'
'You Shook Me All Night Long'. Brian Johnson's first single with the band reached number 35 on the Hot 100, a breakthrough no single from the Bon Scott years had managed in America.
Q 28Which Marvel film's soundtrack was an AC/DC compilation released in 2010?
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2. The 2010 soundtrack gathered fifteen older AC/DC tracks with no new songs, yet only 'Shoot to Thrill' and 'Highway to Hell' are actually heard in the film.
Q 29Why did Malcolm Young retire from AC/DC in 2014?
Early-onset dementia
Early-onset dementia. Angus Young said the symptoms had surfaced before the Black Ice album, and that Malcolm had to relearn his own riffs to get through his final tour.
Q 30Which singer fronted AC/DC for the rest of its 2016 tour after Brian Johnson risked losing his hearing?
Axl Rose
Axl Rose. After doctors told Brian Johnson to stop touring at once, AC/DC postponed ten US shows and later played them with the Guns N' Roses singer at the microphone.