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Deep Purple Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Deep Purple? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Deep Purple held a Guinness World Record for the loudest band in history.

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In 1972, a Deep Purple concert at London's Rainbow Theatre was measured at 117 dB, earning the band recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest pop group. The record has since been surpassed.

2.

The band once fired singer Ian Gillan because he refused to wear a purple cape on stage.

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Gillan left in 1973 due to tensions and exhaustion, not a cape dispute. The cape story is a humorous myth.

3.

Keyboardist Jon Lord used a Hammond organ modified with a Marshall amplifier to create his signature sound.

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Lord famously ran his Hammond through a Marshall stack, giving it a distorted, powerful tone that defined their hard rock sound.

4.

‘Machine Head’ was recorded in a hotel corridor because the planned studio burned down during sessions.

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After the Montreux Casino fire, they booked a theater but noise complaints forced them to record in a hotel hallway, shaping the album’s live feel.

5.

Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple to become a professional cricket player.

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Blackmore left to form Rainbow, not cricket. He did enjoy cricket, but never played professionally.

6.

Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke on the Water’ riff was inspired by a real fire at a Frank Zappa concert.

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The song recounts the 1971 Montreux Casino fire during a Zappa show, where a flare gun ignited the venue.

7.

Deep Purple's original name was ‘Roundabout’.

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The band briefly performed as Roundabout during a 1968 Scandinavian tour before adopting the name Deep Purple, inspired by a song title suggested by a promoter and Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother.

8.

‘Deep Purple’ was the first band to have a song played on the Moon.

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False. No Deep Purple song was ever played on the Moon. The first music transmitted from the lunar surface was a tape of 'America the Beautiful' by Apollo 15 astronauts in 1971, not a rock band.

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