Tom Petty Quiz Questions and Answers
Q1. In which year was Tom Petty born?
A. 1948
B. 1950
C. 1952
D. 1954
Answer: B. 1950
Q2. What is Tom Petty’s full birth name?
A. Thomas Earl Petty
B. Thomas Edward Petty
C. Thomas Earl Peterson
D. Thomas Michael Petty
Answer: A. Thomas Earl Petty
Q3. In which Florida city was Tom Petty born and raised?
A. Miami
B. Tampa
C. Gainesville
D. Jacksonville
Answer: C. Gainesville
Q4. What was the original name of Tom Petty’s first serious band formed in 1970?
A. Mudcrutch
B. The Heartbreakers
C. The Epics
D. The Sundowners
Answer: A. Mudcrutch
Q5. Which artist inspired Tom Petty to pick up the guitar after seeing him on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964?
A. Bob Dylan
B. Elvis Presley
C. The Beatles
D. The Rolling Stones
Answer: C. The Beatles
Q6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in which year?
A. 1999
B. 2000
C. 2001
D. 2002
Answer: D. 2002
Q7. What was the title of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ debut album released in 1976?
A. Damn the Torpedoes
B. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
C. You’re Gonna Get It!
D. Hard Promises
Answer: B. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Q8. Which 1979 album is considered Tom Petty’s commercial breakthrough and reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200?
A. Damn the Torpedoes
B. Hard Promises
C. Long After Dark
D. Southern Accents
Answer: A. Damn the Torpedoes
Q9. Which song from Damn the Torpedoes became Tom Petty’s first Top 10 hit in the U.S.?
A. Here Comes My Girl
B. Refugee
C. Don’t Do Me Like That
D. Even the Losers
Answer: C. Don’t Do Me Like That
Q11. Which 1985 album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers incorporated Southern themes and featured the hit “Don’t Come Around Here No More”?
A. Southern Accents
B. Long After Dark
C. Pack Up the Plantation
D. Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)
Answer: A. Southern Accents
Q12. Tom Petty joined which supergroup in 1988, alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison?
A. The Wilburys
B. Traveling Wilburys
C. The Rock Hall Five
D. The Highwaymen
Answer: B. Traveling Wilburys
Q13. Under what pseudonym did Tom Petty perform in the Traveling Wilburys?
A. Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.
B. Muddy Wilbury
C. Nelson Wilbury
D. Lefty Wilbury
Answer: A. Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.
Q14. Which 1989 album marked Tom Petty’s first solo release without the Heartbreakers, produced by Jeff Lynne?
A. Full Moon Fever
B. Wildflowers
C. Into the Great Wide Open
D. Highway Companion
Answer: A. Full Moon Fever
Q15. The hit “Free Fallin'” appears on which Tom Petty album?
A. Into the Great Wide Open
B. Full Moon Fever
C. Echo
D. The Last DJ
Answer: B. Full Moon Fever
Q16. In 1991, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers reunited for which album featuring “Learning to Fly”?
A. Wildflowers
B. Into the Great Wide Open
C. Songs and Music from “She’s the One”
D. Echo
Answer: B. Into the Great Wide Open
Q17. Which 1994 album, often considered Petty’s masterpiece, was intended as a double album but released as a single?
A. Full Moon Fever
B. Highway Companion
C. Wildflowers
D. Hypnotic Eye
Answer: C. Wildflowers
Q18. Who produced Tom Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers?
A. Rick Rubin
B. Jeff Lynne
C. Jimmy Iovine
D. George Drakoulias
Answer: A. Rick Rubin
Q19. Tom Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 as a member of which band?
A. Traveling Wilburys
B. Mudcrutch
C. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
D. Solo artist
Answer: C. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Q20. Which 2006 solo album by Tom Petty featured the single “Saving Grace”?
A. The Last DJ
B. Highway Companion
C. Mojo
D. Hypnotic Eye
Answer: B. Highway Companion
Q21. In 2014, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released which album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, their first to do so?
A. Mojo
B. Hypnotic Eye
C. The Live Anthology
D. An American Treasure
Answer: B. Hypnotic Eye
Q22. Tom Petty reformed which of his early bands in 2007, releasing a self-titled album and a live album?
A. The Epics
B. The Heartbreakers
C. Mudcrutch
D. The Sundowners
Answer: C. Mudcrutch
Q23. Which Tom Petty song famously opens with the line “She was an American girl”?
A. Refugee
B. American Girl
C. Free Fallin’
D. Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Answer: B. American Girl
Q24. The lyric “I won’t back down” is the title and chorus of a hit from which album?
A. Damn the Torpedoes
B. Hard Promises
C. Full Moon Fever
D. Southern Accents
Answer: C. Full Moon Fever
Q25. Tom Petty passed away on October 2, 2017, due to what primary cause?
A. Heart attack
B. Accidental drug overdose
C. Cancer
D. Stroke
Answer: B. Accidental drug overdose