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Music by Letter - G

Identify these musical things that start with the letter G.
The previous quiz in this series can be found here (Quiz F)
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: June 2, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 20, 2017
Times taken16,892
Average score70.0%
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Hint
Answer
Common strummed instrument
Guitar
Christian hymn "Amazing _____"
Grace
Pop singer Selena
Gomez
Geri Halliwell's alter ego: ______ Spice
Ginger
"Rhapsody in Blue" composer
Gershwin
Paul Simon's partner
Garfunkel
Singer Estefan
Gloria
Folk singers Arlo and Woody
Guthrie
The devil went down here to have a
fiddle battle
Georgia
Seattle-born rock genre
Grunge
Hint
Answer
Xylophone-like instrument
Glockenspiel
Phonograph, Victrola
Gramophone
Singer Stefani from No Doubt
Gwen
"Summer Nights" hit musical
Grease
Judy of "Over the Rainbow" fame
Garland
The Prince of Motown, Marvin ___
Gaye
Band headed by Axl Rose
Guns 'n' Roses
Phil Collins's former group
Genesis
"Dizzy" trumpet player
Gillespie
Freelance musician's job
Gig
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Level 23
Feb 21, 2017
I guess if all I missed was the Spice Girls' nicknames I'm doing okay.... :)
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Level 47
Jun 3, 2018
great quiz! would like to see more of these!
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Level 82
Jun 3, 2018
The gig clue threw me
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Level 84
Jun 3, 2018
How the hell was I typing "Gillespie" that it didn't take? I typed it again and again, even trying misspellings, and nothing worked.
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Level 74
Jul 29, 2018
I feel like typing George Gershwin should work for Gershwin, especially since his first name starts with G too.
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Level 72
Jul 30, 2018
Good quiz! And it's fine as is, but I have a personal preference for the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis... (Which Phil Collins was also a part of, but you know.)
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Level 66
Aug 20, 2019
What about gamelan besides glockenspiel?
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Level 82
Jun 22, 2022
per Wikipedia, gamelan is the genre of music and not the instruments itself. Although it would be cool to have a question about it :-)
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Level 66
May 7, 2023
Those two folk singers really stand out as being the most obscure - who on earth are they?!

Al Green surely could have had a look-in here!

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Level 76
Jul 5, 2023
Considering the other alternate spellings you allow, I was shocked that my trumpet player answer didn't register.