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50 free Meat Loaf trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
He was born Marvin Lee Aday, his father reckoned he looked like nine pounds of ground chuck, and a football coach yelled the name that stuck. Meat Loaf went on to sing one of the best-selling albums of all time, lose his voice, go bankrupt, win a Grammy for a 12-minute single, and play Eddie in Rocky Horror and Bob in Fight Club along the way. These 50 questions cover his Dallas childhood, Hair and the Motown duet album with Stoney, meeting Jim Steinman at an audition, the long rejection of Bat Out of Hell before Cleveland International took it, Todd Rundgren's motorcycle guitar, Ellen Foley and Phil Rizzuto on Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Dead Ringer for Love with Cher, the songs he says Steinman gave away to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply, Bat Out of Hell II and the mystery of Mrs. Loud, Bat III and the trademark lawsuit, Celebrity Apprentice, Hartlepool United, his film roles and his death in January 2022. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and each explanation adds one more detail. Play it solo or print it for a classic-rock quiz night.
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Q 01What was Meat Loaf's birth name?
Marvin Lee Aday
He legally changed Marvin to Michael in 1984 after being haunted by a Levi's commercial that mocked "poor fat Marvin".
Q 02In which city was Meat Loaf born in 1947?
Dallas
At 16 he saw President Kennedy arrive at Dallas Love Field on the morning of the assassination.
Q 03What did his father say the newborn looked like, putting "Meat" on his crib?
Nine pounds of ground chuck
He said he was born bright red and stayed that way for days.
Q 04Who reportedly yelled "Get off my foot, you hunk of meatloaf!" at the young Aday?
A football coach
He played defensive tackle at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas.
Q 05How did Meat Loaf try to fail his Vietnam draft physical?
By gaining 60 pounds
He still got a notice to appear before the draft board, and ignored it.
Q 06What was the name of his first band, formed in Los Angeles?
Meat Loaf Soul
It later became Popcorn Blizzard and Floating Circus as guitarists came and went.
Q 07Which musical gave Meat Loaf the publicity that led to a Motown invitation?
Hair
He later rejoined its cast on Broadway after touring in the off-Broadway show Rainbow.
Q 08With whom did Meat Loaf record a 1971 Motown duet album?
Shaun "Stoney" Murphy
Stoney & Meatloaf spelled his name as one word and yielded the single What You See Is What You Get.
Q 09At the audition for which show did Meat Loaf first meet Jim Steinman?
More Than You Deserve
He got the part of Rabbit, a soldier who blows up his comrades so they can go home.
Q 10Which two roles did Meat Loaf play in the original L.A. cast of The Rocky Horror Show?
Eddie and Dr. Scott
In the 1975 film he played only Eddie, a change he felt made the movie weaker than the stage show.
Q 11For which guitarist's 1976 album Free-for-All did Meat Loaf sing lead on five tracks?
Ted Nugent
He filled in when regular vocalist Derek St. Holmes temporarily quit the band.
Q 12Meat Loaf was understudy to which comedian in The National Lampoon Show?
John Belushi
It was there he met Ellen Foley, his duet partner on Paradise by the Dashboard Light.
Q 13Who produced Bat Out of Hell, believing the duo already had a record deal?
Todd Rundgren
He also played lead guitar, including the motorcycle-sounding solo on the title track.
Q 21Roughly how many copies has Bat Out of Hell sold worldwide?
43 million
It is certified 14 times platinum in the US and is the best-selling album ever in Australia.
Q 22In which country is Bat Out of Hell the best-selling album of all time?
Australia
It knocked the Bee Gees off number one there and is certified 26 times platinum.
Q 23Which band did his touring group open for at its very first gig, in Chicago?
Cheap Trick
Two months later he got national exposure as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
How did Meat Loaf finish his 1978 tour after jumping off a stage in Ottawa?
Q 14Which label finally took a chance on Bat Out of Hell in October 1977?
Cleveland International Records
Founder Steve Popovich was sold by the spoken-word intro to You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth.
Q 15Bat Out of Hell grew out of which Steinman musical?
Neverland
It was a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan written for a 1974 workshop.
Q 16Which two members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band played on Bat Out of Hell?
Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg
Van Zandt did help, by putting the team in touch with Cleveland International.
Q 17Which Yankees announcer calls the baseball play-by-play in Paradise by the Dashboard Light?
Phil Rizzuto
Rizzuto publicly claimed not to know his call would be equated with sex; Meat Loaf said he knew exactly.
Q 18Who sings the female part on the album version of Paradise by the Dashboard Light?
Ellen Foley
Karla DeVito toured and lip-synced in the videos because Foley was unavailable.
Q 19Who illustrated the Bat Out of Hell album cover of a motorcycle bursting from a grave?
Richard Corben
Q magazine ranked it 71st among the hundred best record covers of all time in 2001.
Q 20Which saxophonist plays on All Revved Up with No Place to Go?
Edgar Winter
Members of Rundgren's Utopia, Kasim Sulton, Roger Powell and Willie Wilcox, also played on the album.
In a wheelchair
The jump broke his leg.
Q 25Who ended up singing Bad for Good, the intended Bat Out of Hell follow-up, in 1981?
Jim Steinman himself
Touring, drugs and exhaustion had cost Meat Loaf his voice, so Steinman recorded it under pressure from the label.
Q 26Who sings the female lead on the 1981 hit Dead Ringer for Love?
Cher
The song failed to chart in the US but reached number 5 in the UK and stayed 19 weeks on the chart.
Q 27Which film did Meat Loaf star in as Travis Redfish while waiting for his voice to return?
Roadie
It was released in 1980, the year before Dead Ringer.
Q 28Which two Steinman songs did Meat Loaf say he was offered but his label refused for 1983?
Total Eclipse of the Heart and Making Love Out of Nothing at All
Bonnie Tyler's and Air Supply's versions sat at numbers one and two together during 1983.
Q 29In what year did Meat Loaf file for personal bankruptcy?
1983
Poor money management and 45 lawsuits totalling $80 million cost him the rights to his songs.
Q 30Which Who frontman duets on the title track of 1984's Bad Attitude?
Roger Daltrey
He recorded the album in England, where he said he felt increasingly at home.