What first did Aretha achieve in 1987?

First woman in the Rock Hall of Fame

Aretha Franklin Quiz: 10 Questions That Test What You Know

In 1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and this Aretha Franklin quiz follows the Queen of Soul from her father's Detroit church to the world stage. Revisit Respect, Atlantic Records, Natural Woman, the gospel album Amazing Grace, The Blues Brothers and her 2009 inauguration performance.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Rock Hall
What first did Aretha achieve in 1987?
Church
Which Detroit church did Aretha's father lead?
Born
In which city was Aretha born?
Respect
Who first recorded Respect?
Label
Which label released her 1967 breakthrough?
Natural
Who co-wrote (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman?
Amazing
Which live gospel album is her best-selling?
Blues
Which song did Aretha sing in The Blues Brothers?
Inauguration
Whose 2009 inauguration did Aretha sing at?
Pulitzer
What did Aretha receive posthumously in 2019?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What first did Aretha achieve in 1987?
Answer: First woman in the Rock Hall of Fame
She was inducted in January.
Q2: Which Detroit church did Aretha's father lead?
Answer: New Bethel Baptist Church
C. L. Franklin was a famous preacher.
Q3: In which city was Aretha born?
Answer: Memphis
She grew up in Detroit.
Q4: Who first recorded Respect?
Answer: Otis Redding
Aretha transformed it in 1967.
Q5: Which label released her 1967 breakthrough?
Answer: Atlantic
Jerry Wexler produced her.
Q6: Who co-wrote (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman?
Answer: Carole King
Gerry Goffin co-wrote it.
Q7: Which live gospel album is her best-selling?
Answer: Amazing Grace
It was recorded in a Los Angeles church.
Q8: Which song did Aretha sing in The Blues Brothers?
Answer: Think
The film was released in 1980.
Q9: Whose 2009 inauguration did Aretha sing at?
Answer: Barack Obama
Her hat became famous.
Q10: What did Aretha receive posthumously in 2019?
Answer: A Pulitzer Prize special citation
She was the first individual woman so honored.

Aretha Franklin Quiz – The Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis in 1942 and raised in Detroit, where her father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, led New Bethel Baptist Church. She sang gospel as a child and recorded her first album as a teenager.

After signing with Atlantic Records and producer Jerry Wexler, she transformed Otis Redding's Respect into an anthem in 1967. Hits like Chain of Fools, Think and Natural Woman, co-written by Carole King, followed. Her 1972 live gospel album Amazing Grace became the best-selling of her career.

In 1987 Aretha became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She sang at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, won 18 Grammys and received a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2019, the year after she died.

What This Quiz Teaches

Music fans and singers will enjoy these questions.

What first she achieved
Where she grew up
Who first recorded Respect
Which album is her best seller
What she received in 2019

Did You Know?

She was called Lady Soul.
Chain of Fools was released in 1967.
Respect spelled out the word.
She starred in a 2021 biopic played by Jennifer Hudson.
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.