Calling all Pearl Jam pilgrims! This quiz will separate the true fans from the posers.
Pearl Jam Quiz Questions
1. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s debut album?
(a) Ten
(b) Vs.
(c) Vitalogy
(d) Yield
2. Which Eddie Vedder solo song features a ukulele?
(a) Longing to Belong
(b) Ukulele Song
(c) Hard Sun
(d) Better Days
3. What is the highest charting Pearl Jam single on the Billboard Hot 100?
(a) Alive
(b) Jeremy
(c) I’d Rather Be Dead Than Crazy
(d) Last Kiss
4. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s touring company?
(a) Mookie Blaylock
(b) Ten Club
(c) Ticketmaster
(d) PJ Flight Club
5. Which musician was originally asked to be Pearl Jam’s vocalist before Eddie Vedder?
(a) Chris Cornell
(b) Kurt Cobain
(c) Axl Rose
(d) Mike Patton
6. What is the environmental organization that Pearl Jam frequently partners with?
(a) Greenpeace
(b) The Nature Conservancy
(c) Earthjustice
(d) Sierra Club
7. How many times has Pearl Jam headlined Lollapalooza?
(a) Never
(b) Once
(c) Twice
(d) Three times
8. What is the B-side to Pearl Jam’s single “Jeremy”?
(a) Alive
(b) Oceans
(c) Footsteps
(d) Release
9. What was the working title of Pearl Jam’s album Vs.?
(a) Five Against One
(b) Black
(c) Vitalogy
(d) Yield
10. What is the only Pearl Jam album to feature a different drummer besides Dave Abbruzzese and Matt Cameron?
(a) Ten
(b) No Code
(c) Binaural
(d) Backspacer
11. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s official bootleg series?
(a) Live on Ten Legs
(b) Off the Shelf
(c) Yield Everything
(d) PJ Alive
12. What is the recurring sea creature imagery used in Pearl Jam’s album art?
(a) Sharks
(b) Whales
(c) Octopuses
(d) Dolphins
13. Which Pearl Jam song references the Vietnam War?
(a) Alive
(b) Once
(c) Daughter
(d) Even Flow
14. What is the significance of the number “7” in Pearl Jam’s iconography?
(a) It’s Eddie Vedder’s lucky number
(b) It represents the 7 original members of the band
(c) It’s a reference to the 7 continents
(d) It has no specific meaning
15. What was the first Pearl Jam song to win a Grammy Award?
(a) Jeremy
(b) Alive
(c) Oceans
(d) Go
16. What is the name of Pearl Jam’s official fan club?
(a) Mookie Blaylock Fan Club
(b) Ten Club
(c) Alive Nation
(d) PJ Fanatics
17. What year did Pearl Jam release their MTV Unplugged performance?
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995
18. On what soundtrack can the song “Hard To Imagine” be found?
(a) The Hurricane
(b) Dead Man Walking
(c) Singles
(d) Chicago Cab
19. What was stolen from Stone Gossard during the “No Code” tour, but later returned anonymously?
(a) His Cell Phone
(b) A Priceless Les Paul, Gibson Guitar
(c) His Glasses
(d) Fender Stratocaster, Signed By Jimi Himself
20. What was the first single released from Pearl Jam’s “No Code” album?
(a) Hail, Hail
(b) Smile
(c) Who You Are
(d) Sometimes
21. Which of these Pearl Jam songs was part of the soundtrack for the 1998 film “Chicago Cab”?
(a) Not For You
(b) Alone
(c) Present Tense
(d) Hard To Imagine
22. Who played drums on the first Pearl Jam album?
(a) Dave Kursen
(b) Jack Irons
(c) Dave Abbruzzese
(d) Matt Chamberlin
23. What song was the B-side to the Pearl Jam “Off He Goes” single?
(a) Leatherman
(b) Black, Red And Yellow
(c) Face Of Love
(d) Dead Man
24. What is the last song on the “Temple of the Dog” CD that Pearl Jam and Soundgarden co-released?
(a) All Night Thing
(b) Wooden Jesus
(c) Say Hello To Heaven
(d) Hunger Strike
25. Eddie Vedder once considered making a career move from lead singer of Pearl Jam to this?
(a) Artist/Painter
(b) Actor
(c) Plumber
(d) Gas Station Attendant
Pearl Jam Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s debut album?
(a) Ten
2. Which Eddie Vedder solo song features a ukulele?
(b) Ukulele Song
3. What is the highest charting Pearl Jam single on the Billboard Hot 100?
(d) Last Kiss
4. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s touring company?
(b) Ten Club
5. Which musician was originally asked to be Pearl Jam’s vocalist before Eddie Vedder?
(a) Chris Cornell
6. What is the environmental organization that Pearl Jam frequently partners with?
(c) Earthjustice
7. How many times has Pearl Jam headlined Lollapalooza?
(d) Three times
8. What is the B-side to Pearl Jam’s single “Jeremy”?
(c) Footsteps
9. What was the working title of Pearl Jam’s album Vs.?
(a) Five Against One
10. What is the only Pearl Jam album to feature a different drummer besides Dave Abbruzzese and Matt Cameron?
(c) Binaural
11. What was the name of Pearl Jam’s official bootleg series?
(b) Off the Shelf
12. What is the recurring sea creature imagery used in Pearl Jam’s album art?
(c) Octopuses
13. Which Pearl Jam song references the Vietnam War?
(c) Daughter
14. What is the significance of the number “7” in Pearl Jam’s iconography?
(d) It has no specific meaning
15. What was the first Pearl Jam song to win a Grammy Award?
(a) Jeremy
16. What is the name of Pearl Jam’s official fan club?
(b) Ten Club
17. What year did Pearl Jam release their MTV Unplugged performance?
(a) 1992
18. On what soundtrack can the song “Hard To Imagine” be found?
(d) Chicago Cab
19. What was stolen from Stone Gossard during the “No Code” tour, but later returned anonymously?
(b) A Priceless Les Paul, Gibson Guitar
20. What was the first single released from Pearl Jam’s “No Code” album?
(c) Who You Are
21. Which of these Pearl Jam songs was part of the soundtrack for the 1998 film “Chicago Cab”?
(d) Hard To Imagine
22. Who played drums on the first Pearl Jam album?
(a) Dave Kursen
23. What song was the B-side to the Pearl Jam “Off He Goes” single?
(d) Dead Man
24. What is the last song on the “Temple of the Dog” CD that Pearl Jam and Soundgarden co-released?
(a) All Night Thing
25. Eddie Vedder once considered making a career move from lead singer of Pearl Jam to this?
(b) Actor