🎵 Music trivia questions

1. True or false: The Beach Boys' original lineup included three brothers, a cousin, and a family friend.

   Answer

   True · from Music Deep Cuts

2. Which Tina Turner hit became a stadium anthem as "Simply the Best"?

   • Better Be Good to Me
   • The Best
   • Proud Mary
   • Typical Male
   Answer

   The Best · from 80s Pop Superstars

3. Tim McGraw's father was a star in which sport?

   • Football
   • Rodeo
   • Baseball
   • Basketball
   Answer

   Baseball · from Country Music Night

4. Which 1970 live album by The Who is named for the English city where it was recorded?

   • Live at Wembley
   • Live in Manchester
   • Live at Hull
   • Live at Leeds
   Answer

   Live at Leeds · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

5. Ray Charles, Elton John and Alicia Keys are all famous for playing which instrument?

   • Guitar
   • Saxophone
   • Harmonica
   • Piano
   Answer

   Piano · from Musical Instruments

6. True or false: Mozart wrote the original tune of 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.'

   Answer

   False · from Composers & Classical Music

7. Which song spent a then-record 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019?

   • Old Town Road
   • Despacito
   • One Sweet Day
   • Uptown Funk
   Answer

   Old Town Road · from Music Deep Cuts

8. Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced which 1980 Diana Ross smash?

   • Missing You
   • Chain Reaction
   • Upside Down
   • Muscles
   Answer

   Upside Down · from 80s Pop Superstars

9. Which 1991 Garth Brooks album was the first country LP to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200?

   • Ropin' the Wind
   • Garth Brooks
   • In Pieces
   • No Fences
   Answer

   Ropin' the Wind · from Country Music Night

10. Coachella is held at the Empire Polo Club in which California city?

    • Twentynine Palms
    • Palm Springs
    • Palm Desert
    • Indio
    Answer

    Indio · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

11. On a standard drum kit, which drum is played with a foot pedal?

    • Rack tom
    • Floor tom
    • Bass drum
    • Snare drum
    Answer

    Bass drum · from Musical Instruments

12. The march played at countless American graduations comes from Elgar's what?

    • The Planets
    • Music for the Royal Fireworks
    • Enigma Variations
    • Pomp and Circumstance
    Answer

    Pomp and Circumstance · from Composers & Classical Music

13. True or false: The Rolling Stones formed before The Beatles.

    Answer

    False · from Music Deep Cuts

14. Which Whitney Houston 1985 hit wonders "How Will I" what?

    • Love
    • Know
    • Feel
    • Go
    Answer

    Know · from 80s Pop Superstars

15. What is George Strait's home state?

    Answer

    Texas · from Country Music Night

16. Lollapalooza began in 1991 as what?

    • A one-day show in Central Park
    • A radio contest
    • A traveling tour
    • A TV special
    Answer

    A traveling tour · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

17. Which brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves?

    • Euphonium
    • Tuba
    • Cornet
    • Trombone
    Answer

    Trombone · from Musical Instruments

18. Schubert set which Goethe poem about a deadly supernatural king to music as a teenager?

    Answer

    Erlkönig · from Composers & Classical Music

19. Immediately before becoming Coldplay, what was the band called?

    • Starfish
    • Pectoralz
    • Big Fat Zero
    • Blueshift
    Answer

    Starfish · from Music Deep Cuts

20. Whitney Houston's mother was which gospel and session singer?

    • Cissy Houston
    • Aretha Franklin
    • Darlene Love
    • Dionne Warwick
    Answer

    Cissy Houston · from 80s Pop Superstars

21. Which Dolly Parton song is about a patchwork coat her mother sewed?

    • My Tennessee Mountain Rag
    • Coat of Many Colors
    • Tennessee Mountain Home
    • Applejack
    Answer

    Coat of Many Colors · from Country Music Night

22. The 2016 Desert Trip festival, starring the Stones, Dylan and McCartney, was nicknamed what?

    • Legendpalooza
    • Boomerfest
    • Rockstock
    • Oldchella
    Answer

    Oldchella · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

23. True or false: A marimba is usually larger and deeper-sounding than a xylophone.

    Answer

    True · from Musical Instruments

24. Which composer wrote the Hungarian Rhapsodies?

    • Béla Bartók
    • Johannes Brahms
    • Franz Liszt
    • Zoltán Kodály
    Answer

    Franz Liszt · from Composers & Classical Music

25. For decades, which artist held the record for the most total entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?

    • Elvis Presley
    • Frank Sinatra
    • James Brown
    • The Beatles
    Answer

    Elvis Presley · from Music Deep Cuts

26. Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" was written by which Dire Straits frontman?

    • Eric Clapton
    • Sting
    • Phil Collins
    • Mark Knopfler
    Answer

    Mark Knopfler · from 80s Pop Superstars

27. True or false: Kenny Rogers was once a member of The First Edition.

    Answer

    True · from Country Music Night

28. Which New York venue opened in 1932 billed as "the Showplace of the Nation"?

    • Radio City Music Hall
    • The Beacon Theatre
    • Carnegie Hall
    • The Apollo Theater
    Answer

    Radio City Music Hall · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

29. Which guitar maker produces the Les Paul and SG models?

    • Fender
    • Gretsch
    • Ibanez
    • Gibson
    Answer

    Gibson · from Musical Instruments

30. Frédéric Chopin wrote almost all of his music for which instrument?

    • Piano
    • Organ
    • Violin
    • Cello
    Answer

    Piano · from Composers & Classical Music

31. Radiohead's acclaimed album 'OK Computer' was released in which year?

    • 1997
    • 1995
    • 1999
    • 2000
    Answer

    1997 · from Music Deep Cuts

32. Complete Whitney Houston's 1988 hit: "So ___"

    Answer

    Emotional · from 80s Pop Superstars

33. What is Nashville's famous nickname?

    • Music City
    • Guitar Town
    • The Big Easy
    • Motor City
    Answer

    Music City · from Country Music Night

34. Which band played its last UK shows with John Bonham at Knebworth in 1979?

    Answer

    Led Zeppelin · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

35. Which is the smallest, highest-pitched woodwind in a typical orchestra?

    • Recorder
    • Flute
    • Piccolo
    • Oboe
    Answer

    Piccolo · from Musical Instruments

36. The clarinet belongs to which family of instruments?

    • Percussion
    • Brass
    • Woodwinds
    • Strings
    Answer

    Woodwinds · from Composers & Classical Music

37. Which New York City club is widely credited as a key birthplace of American punk rock?

    • CBGB
    • The Bitter End
    • The Fillmore East
    • Max's Kansas City
    Answer

    CBGB · from Music Deep Cuts

38. Irene Cara sang the Oscar-winning title song of which 1983 film?

    • Flashdance
    • Footloose
    • Dirty Dancing
    • Staying Alive
    Answer

    Flashdance · from 80s Pop Superstars

39. Dolly Parton was born in which state?

    • Kentucky
    • Tennessee
    • Georgia
    • West Virginia
    Answer

    Tennessee · from Country Music Night

40. Burning Man ends with participants torching what?

    • A cardboard city
    • A replica pirate ship
    • A giant wooden figure
    • A pile of pianos
    Answer

    A giant wooden figure · from Music Festivals & Legendary Concerts

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