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From well-known bands to composers and songs, this music quiz puts your musical knowledge to the test. Explore 100 text-based questions in five fixed rounds. You do not need to identify audio clips: choose an answer, see whether it is correct and keep your score as you go.
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Set 1 · Music
- EasyWhich Twitch streamer is the vocalist for Red Vox?
Answer: Vinesauce
- EasyWho is the frontman of the band 30 Seconds to Mars?
Answer: Jared Leto
- EasyWhich Beatles album does NOT feature any of the band members on it's cover?
Answer: The Beatles (White Album)
- EasyBrian May was the guitarist for which band?
Answer: Queen
- EasyThe "K" in "K-Pop" stands for which word?
Answer: Korean
- MediumTypically, how many keys are on a piano?
Answer: 88
- MediumIn August 1964, who introduced the Beatles to cannabis?
Answer: Bob Dylan
- MediumAccording to the RIAA: Which artist has sold the most albums by the million?
Answer: The Beatles
- MediumThe 2023 Beatles song "Now and Then" originated from an unfinished demo recorded by which Beatle?
Answer: John Lennon
- MediumWhich of these is not a member of the virtual band Gorillaz?
Answer: Phi Cypher
- HardWhen was the 3rd album "Notes from the Underground" of the band "Hollywood Undead" released?
Answer: 2013
- HardWhat year was Weezer's album "Pinkerton" released?
Answer: 1996
- HardAccording to their 1974 hit, what were Brownsville Station doing "In The Boys' Room"?
Answer: Smokin'
- HardWhat was Britney Spears' debut single?
Answer: ...Baby One More Time
- HardWhich of these artists has NOT been a member of dancehall group Major Lazer?
Answer: Skrillex
- Very hardIn what year did US band Weezer release Weezer (The White Album)?
Answer: 2016
- Very hardWhat group struck gold with the song Incense and Peppermints in 1967?
Answer: The Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Very hardRick Astley's hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was released in what year?
Answer: 1987
- Very hardWhich Nirvana album won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996?
Answer: MTV Unplugged in New York
- Very hardWhich 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
- EasyHow many members are there in the band Nirvana?
Answer: Three
- EasyWhat is the name of Rivers Cuomo's wife?
Answer: Kyoko Ito
- EasyWhich 80s band is fronted by singer/guitarist Robert Smith?
Answer: The Cure
- EasyWho was "Kung Fu Fighting" in 1974?
Answer: Carl Douglas
- EasyWho is the lead singer of Arctic Monkeys?
Answer: Alex Turner
- MediumWhat was David Bowie's real surname?
Answer: Jones
- MediumWhen did Tame Impala release their second album?
Answer: 2012
- MediumKorean girl group TWICE is under which Entertainment Label?
Answer: JYP
- MediumWhich song in Drake's "Views" features Future?
Answer: Grammys
- MediumWho is the lead singer of Bastille?
Answer: Dan Smith
- HardGrand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy is a song by which band?
Answer: Fall Out Boy
- HardWhat is the real name of Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5?
Answer: Joel Zimmerman
- HardWhat is the name of French electronic music producer Madeon's 2015 debut studio album?
Answer: Adventure
- HardWhich famous 90's rap album is commonly referred to as "The Bible of Hip Hop"?
Answer: Illmatic
- HardWhich of these bands are NOT from Australia?
Answer: The Naked and Famous
- Very hardWho was the first Jazz Musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music
Answer: Wynton Marsalis
- Very hardThe 1952 musical composition 4'33", composed by prolific American composer John Cage, is mainly comprised of what sound?
Answer: Silence
- Very hardOn which Beatles album would you find the song 'Eleanor Rigby'?
Answer: Revolver
- Very hardThe heavy metal band Black Sabbath hail from which English city?
Answer: Birmingham
- Very hardWhich of Michael Jackson's albums sold the most copies?
Answer: Thriller
Set 3 · Music
- EasyWhich Nirvana album had a naked baby on the cover?
Answer: Nevermind
- EasyWhat album did Bon Iver release in 2016?
Answer: 22, A Million
- EasyWhose signature guitar technique is called the "windmill"?
Answer: Pete Townshend
- EasyWhat is the real name of American rapper Eminem, also known as Slim Shady?
Answer: Marshall Mathers
- EasyWhich famous artist featured on Rowdy Rebel's 2015 song "Computers"?
Answer: Bobby Shmurda
- MediumWhich of these bands is the oldest?
Answer: Pink Floyd
- MediumWhich of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
Answer: Rent
- MediumWhich genre of Hip Hop does MC Frontalot rap?
Answer: Nerdcore
- MediumWhich of the following music bands is not from Finland?
Answer: Sabaton
- MediumWhich 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
- HardWhich American family band had a 1986 top 10 hit with the song 'Crush On You'?
Answer: The Jets
- HardWhich one of these artists appears in the album Deltron 3030?
Answer: Dan the Automater
- HardThe name of post-grunge rock band Nickelback is related to which of these aspects of its bass guitarists life?
Answer: Work
- HardWhat was Raekwon the Chefs debut solo album?
Answer: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
- Very hardArtis Leon Ivey Jr. is better known as which rap artist?
Answer: Coolio
- Very hardChino Moreno is the lead singer of which alternative metal band?
Answer: Deftones
- Very hardWhich of these aliases has NOT been used by electronic musician Aphex Twin?
Answer: Burial
- Very hardWho was the previous drummer of blink-182 before Travis Barker?
Answer: Scott Raynor
- Very hardWho sings the rap song "Secret Wars Part 1"?
Answer: The Last Emperor
Set 4 · Music
- EasyWhich member of the Foo Fighters was previously the drummer for Nirvana?
Answer: Dave Grohl
- EasyWho 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
- EasyThe four strings on a violin are the G string, D string, A string, and...
Answer: E string
- EasyWhich one of these songs did the group "Men At Work" NOT make?
Answer: Safety Dance
- MediumWhich popular rock band has a one-armed drummer?
Answer: Def Leppard
- MediumWhat was the title of ABBA`s first UK hit single?
Answer: Waterloo
- MediumWhat artist sang the original version of American Pie?
Answer: Don McLean
- MediumChester Bennington is the lead singer of what group?
Answer: Linkin Park
- MediumWhich one of these Pink Floyd albums were also a movie?
Answer: The Wall
- HardWhich of these languages was NOT included in the 2016 song "Don't Mind" by Kent Jones?
Answer: Portuguese
- HardWho had a US and UK number 1 hit in 1962 with the instrumental, 'Telstar'?
Answer: The Tornados
- HardIn what year was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture composed?
Answer: 1880
- HardWhich of these artists was NOT a member of the electronic music supergroup Swedish House Mafia, which split up in 2013?
Answer: Alesso
- HardWhich of the following is not a piece from the 1950's musical West Side Story?
Answer: The Back Alley
- Very hardWhich member of the English band "The xx" released their solo album "In Colour" in 2015?
Answer: Jamie xx
- Very hardWhat event inspired The Cranberries song "Zombie" ?
Answer: The Warrington Bombings
- Very hardWho wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's 1957 Brodway musical West Side Story?
Answer: Stephen Sondheim
- Very hardPete Townshend collaborated with which famous guitarist for an event at Brixton Academy in 1985?
Answer: David Gilmour
- Very hardWhich of these artists did NOT feature in the fitfh studio album "Humanz" by British virtual band Gorillaz?
Answer: Snoop Dogg
Set 5 · Music
- EasyWhich artist released the 2012 single "Harlem Shake", which was used in numerous YouTube videos in 2013?
Answer: Baauer
- EasyWhat was Rage Against the Machine's debut album?
Answer: Rage Against the Machine
- EasyThe "British Invasion" was a cultural phenomenon in music where British boy bands became popular in the USA in what decade?
Answer: 60's
- EasyWhich of the following songs did Elton John perform following Princess Diane's passing?
Answer: Candles in the Wind
- EasyWhich punk rock band released hit songs such as "Californication", "Can't Stop" and "Under the Bridge"?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- MediumWhich rapper had an album that went double platinum with no features?
Answer: J. Cole
- MediumWho is the lead singer of The Lumineers?
Answer: Wesley Schultz
- MediumWhat band released Hell Awaits, Seasons in the Abyss and Diabolus in Musica?
Answer: Slayer
- MediumWho is the primary lyricist for Canadian progressive rock band Rush?
Answer: Neil Peart
- MediumWhich of these bands was a featuring artist in Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's 2017 album, "DAMN."?
Answer: U2
- HardWho had hits in the 70s with the songs "Lonely Boy" and "Never Let Her Slip Away"?
Answer: Andrew Gold
- HardWhich of the following guitarists recorded an album as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Answer: Dave Navarro
- HardWhich trumpet player famous for his high register playing was featured in the Ellington Orchestra?
Answer: William Anderson
- HardIn what year was the smash hit song "Scatman's World" released?
Answer: 1995
- HardWhat was the release date of the They Might Be Giants album, 'Mink Car?'
Answer: September 11th, 2001
- Very hardWhat year was Huun Huur Tu's album Altai Sayan Tandy-Uula released?
Answer: 2004
- Very hardWhich of these songs was released in 1996?
Answer: The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
- Very hardWhat year was Min Yoongi from South Korea boy band "BTS" born in?
Answer: 1993
- Very hardWhich 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?
Answer: Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!
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