Drums Trivia
From Bonham to Buddy Rich, show off your rhythm and prove you’ve got the chops to rock our drum trivia.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Lars Ulrich was once a junior tennis player before switching to drums; which famous rock band did he co-found?
Metallica
Which late Foo Fighters drummer sang “Rock and Roll” at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, swapping places with Dave Grohl on drums to pay tribute to John Bonham?
Taylor Hawkins
In Rush’s instrumental YYZ, the opening drum pattern is a rhythmic representation of which code?
Morse code
Which cymbal did bebop pioneer Kenny “Klook” Clarke popularize for primary timekeeping, creating that distinctive “ching-chinga-ching” drive?
Ride cymbal
During a 1967 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour performance, what explosive did Keith Moon use to blow up his drum kit?
Gunpowder