Question 1

True or false: Prince never performed 'Purple Rain' live after the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

False. He performed it regularly until his final tour in 2015, often with extended guitar solos.

Question 2

True or false: Prince’s real name was Prince Nelson Rogers.

Accepted Answer

False. His full birth name was Prince Rogers Nelson. The middle name 'Nelson' came after his father’s stage name.

Question 3

True or false: Prince played 27 different instruments on his debut album 'For You'.

Accepted Answer

True. At age 19, Prince wrote, performed, and produced nearly everything on 'For You', playing all instruments himself.

Question 4

True or false: Prince’s first hit single was '1999', released in 1982.

Accepted Answer

False. His first hit was 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' in 1979, which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Question 5

True or false: Prince once legally changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol to escape a contract.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1993, Prince adopted the 'Love Symbol' as his name, forcing Warner Bros. to release him from his contract.

Question 6

True or false: Prince’s album 'Purple Rain' was originally titled 'Dreams'.

Accepted Answer

False. 'Purple Rain' was always the title; 'Dreams' was considered for a different project but never used.

Question 7

True or false: Prince turned down a role in the 1984 film 'Footloose'.

Accepted Answer

True. He was offered the lead but declined, feeling the script didn't match his vision; Kevin Bacon took the role.

Question 8

True or false: Prince recorded a song with a then-unknown 14-year-old Beyoncé.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1996, Prince worked with Beyoncé on a track for her group Girl’s Tyme, years before Destiny’s Child formed.

Prince Trivia Questions