Music Quiz

Test your knowledge of artists, songs, albums, and music history.

Artists, bands, albums and the scenes around them — Coachella, the East Coast–West Coast rivalry, the grunge that defined the nineties. Genres range from rock to hip-hop to current pop.

1000+ questions in this theme

20 of them, with the answers

The questions, with answers

1. Which British band did Keith Moon play in until his death in 1978?

   AnswerThe Who

2. With which TV programme was Cathy McGowan associated?

   AnswerReady Steady Go

3. Lesanes name was later changed to Tupac Amaru. What does Tupac Amaru mean in Inca?

   AnswerShining Serpent

4. What term is used for the music created by The Jackson 5?

   AnswerBubblegum soul

5. What music festival is held annually in Indio, California?

   AnswerCoachella

6. Which artist released the 2012 single "Harlem Shake", which was used in numerous YouTube videos in 2013?

   AnswerBaauer

7. 'Don’t You Want Me?' was a number one hit in 1981 for which electropop band?

   AnswerHuman League

8. What 1999 song recorded by Sting features Algerian rai singer Cheb Mami?

   AnswerDesert Rose

9. Bartonlino de Padova was a member of which religious order?

   AnswerThe Carmelite order

10. Which artist had a famous rivalry with Tupac Shakur in the East Coast-West Coast rap wars?

    AnswerNotorious B.I.G.

11. What is the title of the song by The Police containing the lyrics, O cant you see, You belong to me, How my poor heart aches with every step you take?

    AnswerEvery Breath You Take

12. What was Cilla Blacks real first name?

    AnswerPriscilla

13. What influential singer was Whitney Houston’s godmother?

    AnswerAretha Franklin

14. Which pop singer is known as "Princess of Pop"?

    AnswerBritney Spears

15. A note which is one octave above another note has what frequency compared with the lower note?

    AnswerDouble the frequency

16. Which 1995 album by Alanis Morissette became one of the best-selling albums of all time?

    AnswerJagged Little Pill

17. What R&B and soul musician performed the 2001 hit song Family Affair?

    AnswerMary J. Blige

18. Which member of the British pop group "The Spice Girls" was known as Ginger Spice?

    AnswerGeri Halliwell

19. At what show did Michael Jackson first do the moonwalk?

    AnswerMotowns 25th Anniversary

20. Who sang "Don’t Stop Me Now"?

    AnswerQueen