The Smiths Quiz Hub
Four albums. Five years. A complete dissolution. And yet Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce left a crater in post-punk and alternative music that the rest of the decade spent crawling out of. From the Band History Quiz to the deep-cut gauntlet of the Queen Is Dead Album Quiz, there's a full arsenal of challenges here spanning their catalogue — songs, albums, and the details that separate casual listeners from true devotees. Here's the sobering truth: across all our Smiths quizzes, the community is only getting 72% of answers right — so if you think you know your Hand in Glove from your How Soon Is Now?, your B-sides from your debut singles, it's time to prove it.
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The Smiths are noticeably trickier to quiz on than most of their genre peers — fans score only 70% overall, while similar indie and new wave acts like Pulp (95%), Fontaines D.C. (94%), and Interpol (93%) leave The Smiths in the dust.
When it comes to The Cure vs. The Smiths, Smiths fans absolutely dominate — scoring a massive 91% on the head-to-head matchup quiz, making it the easiest Smiths quiz by far. Meanwhile, the deep-dive Morrissey solo quiz is the toughest challenge, with fans scraping just 64%.
Quiz Insights
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Q:What's the single most confusing question for Smiths fans?
A:Which Morrissey album features 'The More You Ignore Me'?
Only 58% got it right — nearly 1 in 4 guessed 'Kill Uncle', and almost no one picked the correct answer: 'Vauxhall and I'.
Q:Do fans know when The Smiths' debut single dropped?
A:Only 63% correctly identified 'Hand in Glove' as the debut single.
A surprising 16% thought it was 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' — a classic mix-up of early-era essentials that trips up even devoted fans.
The Smiths Profile
| Inception | Formed in Manchester, England in 1982. |
| Members | Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke |
| Key Albums | The Queen Is Dead (1986), The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), Strangeways, Here We Come (1987). |
| Key Tracks | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986), This Charming Man (1983), Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (1984), Bigmouth Strikes Again (1986), Back to the Old House (1984), Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1984), This Night Has Opened My Eyes (1984), I Know It's Over (1986), How Soon Is Now (1984), Asleep (1985). |
| Hall of Fame | Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. |
