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Set 1 · Music
Easy
Which Twitch streamer is the vocalist for Red Vox?
Answer: Vinesauce
Easy
Who is the frontman of the band 30 Seconds to Mars?
Answer: Jared Leto
Easy
Which Beatles album does NOT feature any of the band members on it's cover?
Answer: The Beatles (White Album)
Easy
Brian May was the guitarist for which band?
Answer: Queen
Easy
The "K" in "K-Pop" stands for which word?
Answer: Korean
Medium
Typically, how many keys are on a piano?
Answer: 88
Medium
In August 1964, who introduced the Beatles to cannabis?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Medium
According to the RIAA: Which artist has sold the most albums by the million?
Answer: The Beatles
Medium
The 2023 Beatles song "Now and Then" originated from an unfinished demo recorded by which Beatle?
Answer: John Lennon
Medium
Which of these is not a member of the virtual band Gorillaz?
Answer: Phi Cypher
Hard
When was the 3rd album "Notes from the Underground" of the band "Hollywood Undead" released?
Answer: 2013
Hard
What year was Weezer's album "Pinkerton" released?
Answer: 1996
Hard
According to their 1974 hit, what were Brownsville Station doing "In The Boys' Room"?
Answer: Smokin'
Hard
What was Britney Spears' debut single?
Answer: ...Baby One More Time
Hard
Which of these artists has NOT been a member of dancehall group Major Lazer?
Answer: Skrillex
Very hard
In what year did US band Weezer release Weezer (The White Album)?
Answer: 2016
Very hard
What group struck gold with the song Incense and Peppermints in 1967?
Answer: The Strawberry Alarm Clock
Very hard
Rick Astley's hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was released in what year?
Answer: 1987
Very hard
Which Nirvana album won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996?
Answer: MTV Unplugged in New York
Very hard
Which of these is NOT the name of an album released by Miami-based producer DJ Khaled?
Answer: Don't Ever Play Yourself
Set 2 · Music
Easy
How many members are there in the band Nirvana?
Answer: Three
Easy
What is the name of Rivers Cuomo's wife?
Answer: Kyoko Ito
Easy
Which 80s band is fronted by singer/guitarist Robert Smith?
Answer: The Cure
Easy
Who was "Kung Fu Fighting" in 1974?
Answer: Carl Douglas
Easy
Who is the lead singer of Arctic Monkeys?
Answer: Alex Turner
Medium
What was David Bowie's real surname?
Answer: Jones
Medium
When did Tame Impala release their second album?
Answer: 2012
Medium
Korean girl group TWICE is under which Entertainment Label?
Answer: JYP
Medium
Which song in Drake's "Views" features Future?
Answer: Grammys
Medium
Who is the lead singer of Bastille?
Answer: Dan Smith
Hard
Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy is a song by which band?
Answer: Fall Out Boy
Hard
What is the real name of Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5?
Answer: Joel Zimmerman
Hard
What is the name of French electronic music producer Madeon's 2015 debut studio album?
Answer: Adventure
Hard
Which famous 90's rap album is commonly referred to as "The Bible of Hip Hop"?
Answer: Illmatic
Hard
Which of these bands are NOT from Australia?
Answer: The Naked and Famous
Very hard
Who was the first Jazz Musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music
Answer: Wynton Marsalis
Very hard
The 1952 musical composition 4'33", composed by prolific American composer John Cage, is mainly comprised of what sound?
Answer: Silence
Very hard
On which Beatles album would you find the song 'Eleanor Rigby'?
Answer: Revolver
Very hard
The heavy metal band Black Sabbath hail from which English city?
Answer: Birmingham
Very hard
Which of Michael Jackson's albums sold the most copies?
Answer: Thriller
Set 3 · Music
Easy
Which Nirvana album had a naked baby on the cover?
Answer: Nevermind
Easy
What album did Bon Iver release in 2016?
Answer: 22, A Million
Easy
Whose signature guitar technique is called the "windmill"?
Answer: Pete Townshend
Easy
What is the real name of American rapper Eminem, also known as Slim Shady?
Answer: Marshall Mathers
Easy
Which famous artist featured on Rowdy Rebel's 2015 song "Computers"?
Answer: Bobby Shmurda
Medium
Which of these bands is the oldest?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Medium
Which of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
Answer: Rent
Medium
Which genre of Hip Hop does MC Frontalot rap?
Answer: Nerdcore
Medium
Which of the following music bands is not from Finland?
Answer: Sabaton
Medium
Which artist or group did John Lennon consider "son(s) of the Beatles"?
Answer: Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra
Hard
'74–'75 is a 1993 single from the album Ring by what American band?
Answer: The Connells
Hard
Which American family band had a 1986 top 10 hit with the song 'Crush On You'?
Answer: The Jets
Hard
Which one of these artists appears in the album Deltron 3030?
Answer: Dan the Automater
Hard
The name of post-grunge rock band Nickelback is related to which of these aspects of its bass guitarists life?
Answer: Work
Hard
What was Raekwon the Chefs debut solo album?
Answer: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Very hard
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. is better known as which rap artist?
Answer: Coolio
Very hard
Chino Moreno is the lead singer of which alternative metal band?
Answer: Deftones
Very hard
Which of these aliases has NOT been used by electronic musician Aphex Twin?
Answer: Burial
Very hard
Who was the previous drummer of blink-182 before Travis Barker?
Answer: Scott Raynor
Very hard
Who sings the rap song "Secret Wars Part 1"?
Answer: The Last Emperor
Set 4 · Music
Easy
Which member of the Foo Fighters was previously the drummer for Nirvana?
Answer: Dave Grohl
Easy
Who is the lead singer of the British pop rock band Coldplay?
Answer: Chris Martin
Easy
"Some people call me the space cowboy" is the first line from what song?
Answer: The Joker
Easy
The four strings on a violin are the G string, D string, A string, and...
Answer: E string
Easy
Which one of these songs did the group "Men At Work" NOT make?
Answer: Safety Dance
Medium
Which popular rock band has a one-armed drummer?
Answer: Def Leppard
Medium
What was the title of ABBA`s first UK hit single?
Answer: Waterloo
Medium
What artist sang the original version of American Pie?
Answer: Don McLean
Medium
Chester Bennington is the lead singer of what group?
Answer: Linkin Park
Medium
Which one of these Pink Floyd albums were also a movie?
Answer: The Wall
Hard
Which of these languages was NOT included in the 2016 song "Don't Mind" by Kent Jones?
Answer: Portuguese
Hard
Who had a US and UK number 1 hit in 1962 with the instrumental, 'Telstar'?
Answer: The Tornados
Hard
In what year was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture composed?
Answer: 1880
Hard
Which of these artists was NOT a member of the electronic music supergroup Swedish House Mafia, which split up in 2013?
Answer: Alesso
Hard
Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950's musical West Side Story?
Answer: The Back Alley
Very hard
Which member of the English band "The xx" released their solo album "In Colour" in 2015?
Answer: Jamie xx
Very hard
What event inspired The Cranberries song "Zombie" ?
Answer: The Warrington Bombings
Very hard
Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's 1957 Brodway musical West Side Story?
Answer: Stephen Sondheim
Very hard
Pete Townshend collaborated with which famous guitarist for an event at Brixton Academy in 1985?
Answer: David Gilmour
Very hard
Which of these artists did NOT feature in the fitfh studio album "Humanz" by British virtual band Gorillaz?
Answer: Snoop Dogg
Set 5 · Music
Easy
Which artist released the 2012 single "Harlem Shake", which was used in numerous YouTube videos in 2013?
Answer: Baauer
Easy
What was Rage Against the Machine's debut album?
Answer: Rage Against the Machine
Easy
The "British Invasion" was a cultural phenomenon in music where British boy bands became popular in the USA in what decade?
Answer: 60's
Easy
Which of the following songs did Elton John perform following Princess Diane's passing?
Answer: Candles in the Wind
Easy
Which punk rock band released hit songs such as "Californication", "Can't Stop" and "Under the Bridge"?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Medium
Which rapper had an album that went double platinum with no features?
Answer: J. Cole
Medium
Who is the lead singer of The Lumineers?
Answer: Wesley Schultz
Medium
What band released Hell Awaits, Seasons in the Abyss and Diabolus in Musica?
Answer: Slayer
Medium
Who is the primary lyricist for Canadian progressive rock band Rush?
Answer: Neil Peart
Medium
Which of these bands was a featuring artist in Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's 2017 album, "DAMN."?
Answer: U2
Hard
Who had hits in the 70s with the songs "Lonely Boy" and "Never Let Her Slip Away"?
Answer: Andrew Gold
Hard
Which of the following guitarists recorded an album as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Answer: Dave Navarro
Hard
Which trumpet player famous for his high register playing was featured in the Ellington Orchestra?
Answer: William Anderson
Hard
In what year was the smash hit song "Scatman's World" released?
Answer: 1995
Hard
What was the release date of the They Might Be Giants album, 'Mink Car?'
Answer: September 11th, 2001
Very hard
What year was Huun Huur Tu's album Altai Sayan Tandy-Uula released?
Answer: 2004
Very hard
Which of these songs was released in 1996?
Answer: The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
Very hard
What year was Min Yoongi from South Korea boy band "BTS" born in?
Answer: 1993
Very hard
Which Elton John hit starts with the line "When are you gonna come down"?
Answer: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Very hard
"All the Boys" by Panic! At the Disco was released as a bonus track on what album?