thumbnail

Music General Knowledge #4

Answer these random questions about the world of music.
Quiz by Quizmaster
Rate:
Last updated: February 25, 2020
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedMarch 26, 2015
Times taken15,707
Average score50.0%
Rating3.74
4:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 20 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Question
Answer
Delta, Chicago, and Kansas City are subgenres of what type of music?
Blues
Who "shook off" country music to become a pop singer in 2014?
Taylor Swift
Who wrote music for a "Well-Tempered Clavier"?
J.S. Bach
What type of dance was famously performed at the Moulin Rouge?
Can-Can
What former NSYNC member has had the most successful solo career?
Justin Timberlake
What, according to Kanye West, was one of the best music videos of all time?
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Who composed "Flight of the Valkyries"?
Richard Wagner
What percussion instrument was prominently featured in the song
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"?
Cowbell
Who did Niccolò Paganini and Robert Johnson supposedly have to thank
for their "ungodly" musical prowess?
The Devil
What country singer has friends in low places?
Garth Brooks
What, according to Gil Scott-Heron, will not be televised?
The Revolution
What city do The White Stripes, Aretha Franklin, and Kid Rock come from?
Detroit
Who just called to say he loves you?
Stevie Wonder
What genre of music was New York's "Studio 54" most associated with?
Disco
Who wrote "Rhapsody in Blue"?
George Gershwin
What type of tasty treat brings "all the boys to the yard"?
Milkshake
What British rock band recorded "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
and "Fluorescent Adolescent"?
The Arctic Monkeys
What band was founded by Lou Reed and John Cale?
The Velvet Underground
What music producer is the father of actress Rashida Jones?
Quincy Jones
What stringed instrument did King David play?
Lyre
+2
Level 92
Mar 27, 2015
Accept "All the Single Ladies" or "Put a Ring on it"?

Also... MORE COWBELL!

+1
Level ∞
Mar 27, 2015
Okay
+3
Level 90
Feb 25, 2020
I've got a fever! And the only prescription is for you to accept "more cowbell"!
+7
Level 74
Apr 21, 2015
King David didn't play the banjo, then? Shame.
+1
Level 40
Jul 26, 2015
haha, I tried that too. Also sitar, oud and harp.
+1
Level 72
Jul 27, 2015
Wow, didn't expect to get them all. Yay.
+3
Level 89
Aug 6, 2018
More people need to know Gil Scott-Heron.
+1
Level 28
Dec 3, 2019
How did only 39% of people get Garth Brooks?
+10
Level 88
Feb 26, 2020
Because 61% of quiz takers didn't know the correct answer.
+2
Level 63
Mar 3, 2020
I'm somewhere in between. I didn't know the answer because I'm not into country but I guessed a random singer and got it.
+2
Level 53
Mar 2, 2020
Sad to see that more people aren't aware of one of the most influential (and my favourite) band, The Velvet Underground
+2
Level 67
May 30, 2020
I have always found them terribly overrated, but I think my opinion is colored by the fact that I heard so many stories about what a horrible person Lou Reed was before I ever got a chance to really dive into this music.
+1
Level 73
May 30, 2020
Aretha Franklin wasn't born in Detroit. She was from Memphis
+3
Level 67
May 30, 2020
Doesn't say "born." It says "come from." Aretha Franklin moved to Detroit at a very young age and grew up there. She made her name there, and probably most importantly, she always identified Detroit as her hometown.
+3
Level ∞
May 30, 2020
It continues to boggle my mind why people seem to care about the town where someone was born. I was born in a hospital in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. As far as I know, I have never once returned to that suburb in my entire life since. It would be beyond strange for me to consider that suburb my hometown. It has had no influence on my character whatsoever. Likewise, Aretha Franklin only spent the first two years of her life in Memphis. She likely had no memories of her time there. Aretha Franklin is from Detroit. Full stop.
+2
Level 77
May 30, 2020
I think that perhaps a majority of people grew up in the town where they were born, and in that case the two concepts become synonymous. I still live in the city of my birth, but what about a military family that relocates every year or two? Those children are from nowhere - or everywhere - never staying in one place long enough to put down roots. So for them their place of birth becomes a reasonable default (but I am not one of them so please correct me if I'm wrong!)
+3
Level 62
Jun 1, 2020
+1 for eric29's comment....coming from one of those military brats who moved every year or two. I spent very little time in Iwakuni, Japan (total of perhaps 3 years), but my mother is from there, and since I'm from nowhere, I list it when I'm asked where I'm from. My hometown, though, is where I live now.
+2
Level 62
May 30, 2020
kid rock is from Romeo, Michigan, not Detroit
+1
Level 72
Jul 8, 2020
You probably don't need to give us the "Jones" in the Rashida Jones clue. Unless you want to make sure we give you the first name?
+1
Level 44
Jul 13, 2021
Please make more!!
+1
Level 75
May 12, 2023
Can The Arctic Monkeys be changed to just 'Arctic Monkeys', they always complain about this as it isn't their band name lol!