Music Trivia Questions - A mixture of
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:50 pm
This should help to pass the time when you can't get out.
No limit to guesses.
1. What was Peter Blake a pop art designers most famous work? - SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. What kind of apple is on the Beatles record label? - GRANNY SMITH
3. Ernest Evans became famous after changing his name to what? - CHUBBY CHECKER
4. Who was known as the "King of Swing"? - BENNY GOODMAN
5. What was the name of the Rolling Stones first number 1 hit?
6. What was the name of the Troggs most famous hit? - WILD THING
7. What actor was called "The voice of Canada" and had 1964 hit "Ringo"?
8. When you graduate with a degree in music, what color tassel do you wear?
9. What was the name of the first British instrumental to top the American charts?
10. Devil Woman was a hit for what artist? - CLIFF RICHARD
11. Lionel Bart wrote what Cliff Richards hit song?
12. What was the name of the first Pink Floyd album? - PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
13. What musical instrument does Vladamere Ashkenazy play? - PIANO
14. What pop group dropped Iain Stewart because he looked too normal?
15. What is Milan's opera house called? - LA SCALA
16. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
17. Rolling Stones were signed by what record label in 1991?
18. Who did the carpenter and the walrus ask to walk with them?
19. The sackbut developed into which modern instrument? - TROMBONE
20. Another name for a Kazoo is what ?
21. What Henry Mancini recording won the 1961 Grammy for record of year?
22. Ombra mai fu, an Aria from a Handel opera, has what other name?
23. A penny whistle is another name for what musical instrument?
24. Whose final opera was called Death in Venice?
25. About which famous person did Philip Glass write an opera?
26. What is the more commonly used name for the Londonderry Air?
27. In music, what is meant by pianissimo? - VERY QUIETLY/SOFTLY
28. Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brian was born in 1939 and was better known as who? - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
29. Before it was the Birmingham Royal Ballet it was called what?
30. Tosca is the heroine of the opera but what is her first name?
31. What was the song that Debby Boone sang and was the number one song of the 70s? - YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
32. John Richie achieved fame and fortune using what name? - SID VICIOUS
No limit to guesses.
1. What was Peter Blake a pop art designers most famous work? - SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. What kind of apple is on the Beatles record label? - GRANNY SMITH
3. Ernest Evans became famous after changing his name to what? - CHUBBY CHECKER
4. Who was known as the "King of Swing"? - BENNY GOODMAN
5. What was the name of the Rolling Stones first number 1 hit?
6. What was the name of the Troggs most famous hit? - WILD THING
7. What actor was called "The voice of Canada" and had 1964 hit "Ringo"?
8. When you graduate with a degree in music, what color tassel do you wear?
9. What was the name of the first British instrumental to top the American charts?
10. Devil Woman was a hit for what artist? - CLIFF RICHARD
11. Lionel Bart wrote what Cliff Richards hit song?
12. What was the name of the first Pink Floyd album? - PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
13. What musical instrument does Vladamere Ashkenazy play? - PIANO
14. What pop group dropped Iain Stewart because he looked too normal?
15. What is Milan's opera house called? - LA SCALA
16. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
17. Rolling Stones were signed by what record label in 1991?
18. Who did the carpenter and the walrus ask to walk with them?
19. The sackbut developed into which modern instrument? - TROMBONE
20. Another name for a Kazoo is what ?
21. What Henry Mancini recording won the 1961 Grammy for record of year?
22. Ombra mai fu, an Aria from a Handel opera, has what other name?
23. A penny whistle is another name for what musical instrument?
24. Whose final opera was called Death in Venice?
25. About which famous person did Philip Glass write an opera?
26. What is the more commonly used name for the Londonderry Air?
27. In music, what is meant by pianissimo? - VERY QUIETLY/SOFTLY
28. Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brian was born in 1939 and was better known as who? - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
29. Before it was the Birmingham Royal Ballet it was called what?
30. Tosca is the heroine of the opera but what is her first name?
31. What was the song that Debby Boone sang and was the number one song of the 70s? - YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
32. John Richie achieved fame and fortune using what name? - SID VICIOUS