🎵 Top 50 Music Trivia: Test Your Knowledge! (Easy, Medium, Hard)

Who is often called the 'King of Pop'?

visibilityShow Answers

Easy Level

  1. Who is often called the 'King of Pop'?
  2. Which British band sang 'Hey Jude'?
  3. What type of instrument is a guitar?
  4. Which female artist sang 'Rolling in the Deep'?
  5. What does the acronym 'DJ' stand for?
  6. What is the title of Elvis Presley's mansion?
  7. Which country is the band ABBA from?
  8. What is the name of the annual music awards show featuring a golden gramophone?
  9. Which song by Queen features the lyrics 'We are the champions'?
  10. What is the lead instrument in a standard orchestra?

Medium Level

  1. What was the name of Nirvana's iconic 1991 album?
  2. Which instrument did Jimi Hendrix famously play?
  3. What is the musical term for a sequence of notes that is pleasing to the ear?
  4. Which singer-songwriter released the album 'Tapestry' in 1971?
  5. What is the name of the famous music festival held annually in Pilton, Somerset, UK?
  6. Which genre of music originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s?
  7. What is the name of the debut album by The Strokes, released in 2001?
  8. Which classical composer wrote 'Für Elise'?
  9. What is the term for singing without instrumental accompaniment?
  10. Which iconic 1980s album featured the songs 'Billie Jean' and 'Beat It'?
  11. What is the name of the lead singer of the band Coldplay?
  12. Which musical has songs like 'Defying Gravity' and 'For Good'?
  13. What is the standard tuning for the six strings of a guitar (from lowest to highest)?
  14. Which band released the album 'The Dark Side of the Moon'?
  15. What is the name of the handheld percussion instrument consisting of a frame with pairs of small metal jingles?

Hard Level

  1. What is the birth name of the artist known as Stevie Wonder?
  2. Which opera features the famous aria 'Nessun Dorma'?
  3. What was the name of the short-lived supergroup featuring Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page?
  4. In music theory, what is the term for a chord consisting of three notes built on consecutive intervals of a major third?
  5. Which jazz musician is credited with popularizing the 'scat singing' technique?
  6. What is the title of Kate Bush's experimental 1982 album featuring the track 'Running Up That Hill'?
  7. Which composer is known for his 'Brandenburg Concertos'?
  8. What is the name of the electronic musical instrument invented by Léon Theremin?
  9. Which punk rock band released the album 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'?
  10. What is the term for a gradual increase in tempo in a piece of music?
  11. Which member of the Wu-Tang Clan produced most of their early albums?
  12. What is the name of the musical scale that contains only five notes?
  13. Which influential blues guitarist was known as 'King of the Delta Blues Singers'?
  14. What is the name of the signature guitar riff in Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water'?
  15. Which contemporary classical composer is known for his minimalist works, such as 'Music for 18 Musicians'?
  16. What is the name of the wind instrument that is a double-reed woodwind and is often used in orchestras?
  17. Which hip-hop group released the album 'The Low End Theory'?
  18. In musical notation, what does 'staccato' indicate?
  19. Which iconic album by The Velvet Underground featured a banana on its cover designed by Andy Warhol?
  20. What is the term for a recurring musical phrase or idea associated with a particular person, idea, or situation, especially in Wagnerian opera?