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A Veritable Mix of Music Trivia Quiz

A mixture of all types of music, from classical to country to rock to pop.

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
EnglishJedi

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
392,757

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
466

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Originally released in 1954 as the B-side to "Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)", "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets only became a big hit after it was played over the credits of which 1955 film? Hint

Don't Knock the Rock

To Sir with Love

Blackboard Jungle

Great Balls of Fire

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Question 2 of 10

2. Although perhaps best-remembered as a great songwriter, which female solo artist scored her only U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one single as a singer with the 1971 double A-side "It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move"? Hint

Carole King

Carly Simon

Carole Bayer Sager

Joni Mitchell

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which 1968 single became the first posthumous U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one? Hint

(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay

Time in a Bottle

Me and Bobby McGee

(Just Like) Starting Over

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Question 4 of 10

4. According to John Denver, where was "almost heaven"? Hint

East Grimstead

South Carolina

West Virginia

North Dakota

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose second studio album, "Fearless", won four Grammy awards in 2009, making her (at 19 years old) the youngest winner of Album of the Year in Grammy history? Hint

Adele

Pixie Lott

Pink

Taylor Swift

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh", "All I Ask of You" and "The Point of No Return" are songs from which hit theatrical musical that premiered in the West End in 1986? Hint

42nd Street

The Phantom of the Opera

A Chorus Line

Starlight Express

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which American R&B/soul vocal group, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, scored their only U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one (and their only U.K. Top Ten single) with "Love Train" in 1973? Hint

The Lovin' Spoonful

The Shirelles

The O'Jays

The Four Tops

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Minnie the Moocher" was the biggest hit for which 1930s jazz singer and bandleader, nicknamed "The Hi de Ho Man"? Hint

Jimmy Dorsey

Count Basie

Cab Calloway

Benny Goodman

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which German Baroque composer wrote the instrumental compositions the "Brandenburg Concertos" and the "Goldberg Variations"? Hint

Henry Purcell

George Frideric Handel

Antonio Vivaldi

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Question 10 of 10

10. The title track, along with "Father Figure", "One More Try" and "Monkey", were all U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one singles from the 1989 Grammy award winning Album of the Year, "Faith". This was which singer's debut solo album? Hint

Gary Moore

George Michael

Todd Rundgren

Peter Gabriel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Blackboard Jungle

The film was the breakout role for Sidney Poitier, who later become the first black Best Actor Oscar winner. Here he plays a musically-talented student in a film noted for its rock & roll soundtrack.

Answer: Carole King

The single came from her 1971 album, "Tapestry", which for over 20 years held the record for the longest stay at the top of the U.S. album chart by a female solo artist. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame (of which the three alternatives are also members) in 1987.

3. Which 1968 single became the first posthumous U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one?

Answer: (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding died in 1967 and the song for which he is best-remembered was released as a single the following year. Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee" became the second posthumous number one in 1971. Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" was a posthumous hit in 1973 and John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" in 1981.

4. According to John Denver, where was "almost heaven"?

Answer: West Virginia

"Almost heaven, West Virginia" is the opening line of Denver's classic 1971 country hit, "Take Me Home, Country Roads". His first chart single, it reached number two in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. He had four number one singles later in the decade, though.

5. Whose second studio album, "Fearless", won four Grammy awards in 2009, making her (at 19 years old) the youngest winner of Album of the Year in Grammy history?

Answer: Taylor Swift

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1989, at the age of 14 she became the youngest artist ever signed by Sony. At 16, she became the youngest artist ever to write and perform a number one single, when "Our Song" topped the Billboard Hot Country chart.

6. "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh", "All I Ask of You" and "The Point of No Return" are songs from which hit theatrical musical that premiered in the West End in 1986?

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera

The longest-running show in Broadway history, it became the first production to celebrate its 10,000th performance in 2012. It won the 1986 Olivier and 1988 Tony for Best Musical, with Michael Crawford also receiving both awards for Best Actor in a Musical.

Answer: The O'Jays

Formed in Canton, Ohio in 1958, the classic line-up consisted of Eddie Levert, Walter Williams and William Powell. They were inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
The alternatives are also all members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Shirelles were inducted in 1996, The Four Tops in 1990 and The Lovin' Spoonful in 2000.

8. "Minnie the Moocher" was the biggest hit for which 1930s jazz singer and bandleader, nicknamed "The Hi de Ho Man"?

Answer: Cab Calloway

He was born Cabell Calloway III in Rochester, New York on Christmas Day 1907. He began singing in the Cotton Club in Harlem in the 1930s, led big bands in the 1940s, and continued to perform until his death at the age of 86 in 1994.

9. Which German Baroque composer wrote the instrumental compositions the "Brandenburg Concertos" and the "Goldberg Variations"?

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Born in the town of Eisenach in central Germany in 1685, Bach is now regarded as one of the all-time great composers. He is perhaps best-known for the sacred oratorio written in 1727, the "St Matthew Passion", two chapters of Matthew's gospel set to music.
The alternatives are three more Baroque-era composers: Purcell ("Dido and Aeneas") was born in 1659, Vivaldi ("The Four Seasons") in 1678 and Handel ("Messiah") in 1685.

Answer: George Michael

His first solo album after the break-up of Wham!, "Faith", topped the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Six singles were released from the album, four topping the U.S. chart whilst "I Want Your Sex" and "Kissing a Fool" were also Top Five hits.

Source: Author EnglishJedi

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