🎵 Music trivia questions

1. What did concertgoers traditionally hold aloft during power ballads before cell phones?

   • Glow sticks
   • Flashlights
   • Lighters
   • Their beers, dangerously
   Answer

   Lighters · from Music Mix

2. In The Princess Bride, Westley returns under what feared alias?

   • The Masked Avenger
   • The Dread Pirate Roberts
   • The Black Corsair
   • The Man in Grey
   Answer

   The Dread Pirate Roberts · from 80s Night

3. Walker Hayes' TikTok hit "Fancy Like" got so big that which restaurant chain brought back its Oreo shake?

   • Applebee's
   • Chili's
   • TGI Fridays
   • Denny's
   Answer

   Applebee's · from Country Music

4. What does a guitarist's capo do?

   • Raises the pitch of all strings
   • Adds distortion
   • Runs the guitar mafia
   • Mutes the strings
   Answer

   Raises the pitch of all strings · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

5. Which Daft Punk album won the Grammy for Album of the Year?

   • Random Access Memories
   • Discovery
   • Homework
   • Human After All
   Answer

   Random Access Memories · from Music Mix

6. Who played Snake Plissken in Escape from New York?

   • Kurt Russell
   • Jeff Bridges
   • Mel Gibson
   • Michael Biehn
   Answer

   Kurt Russell · from 80s Night

7. Which Johnny Cash novelty hit tells of a boy with an unusual name?

   • Jackson
   • A Boy Named Sue
   • Folsom Prison Blues
   • A Boy Named Kevin
   Answer

   A Boy Named Sue · from Country Music

8. What 1978 film starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in an Oz reimagining?

   Answer

   The Wiz · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

9. In 2013, "Harlem Shake" became the first No. 1 after Billboard's Hot 100 started counting what?

   • Ringtone sales
   • YouTube views
   • Tweets
   • Shazam searches
   Answer

   YouTube views · from Music Mix

10. Which of these 80s blockbusters hit theaters first?

    • Ghostbusters
    • Back to the Future
    • The Goonies
    • Top Gun
    Answer

    Ghostbusters · from 80s Night

11. True or false: Reba McEntire starred on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun.

    Answer

    True · from Country Music

12. True or false: The cast of Les Misérables (2012) sang live on set instead of lip-syncing to recordings.

    Answer

    True · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

13. Radiohead originally performed under what band name while at school?

    • Dead Air
    • Nine Days
    • On a Friday
    • The Oxford Five
    Answer

    On a Friday · from Music Mix

14. Which shredded bubble gum came in a pouch styled like chewing tobacco?

    • Bazooka
    • Bubble Tape
    • Hubba Bubba
    • Big League Chew
    Answer

    Big League Chew · from 80s Night

15. Before country stardom, Charley Pride played professionally in which sport?

    • Baseball
    • Boxing
    • Football
    • Basketball
    Answer

    Baseball · from Country Music

16. True or false: Rita Moreno, the Oscar-winning Anita of 1961, also appears in Spielberg's 2021 West Side Story.

    Answer

    True · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

17. At Woodstock '99, fans rioted partly over bottled water that cost about how much?

    • $4
    • $1
    • $20
    • It was free but warm
    Answer

    $4 · from Music Mix

18. What move does Daniel use to win the tournament in The Karate Kid?

    • The spinning heel kick
    • The crane kick
    • The dragon punch
    • Wax on, wax off
    Answer

    The crane kick · from 80s Night

19. Farm Aid started in 1985 after which star, at Live Aid, said American farmers needed help too?

    • Neil Young
    • Willie Nelson
    • Bob Dylan
    • Bruce Springsteen
    Answer

    Bob Dylan · from Country Music

20. Which American Idol also-ran went on to win an Oscar for Dreamgirls?

    • Jennifer Hudson
    • Fantasia Barrino
    • Kelly Clarkson
    • Beyoncé
    Answer

    Jennifer Hudson · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

21. "867-5309/Jenny" was the signature hit for which band?

    • Tommy Tutone
    • The Knack
    • Player
    • Every prank caller in 1982
    Answer

    Tommy Tutone · from Music Mix

22. Which Prince smash famously has no bass line at all?

    • When Doves Cry
    • Purple Rain
    • Raspberry Beret
    • Little Red Corvette
    Answer

    When Doves Cry · from 80s Night

23. Which Kenny Rogers hit offers advice on knowing when to hold 'em?

    • The Gambler
    • Lucille
    • The Kenny Rogers Roasters jingle
    • Coward of the County
    Answer

    The Gambler · from Country Music

24. True or false: Mary Poppins was Julie Andrews's first movie.

    Answer

    True · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

25. Freddie Mercury refused to fix his famous overbite, fearing it would change his voice. What caused it?

    • A boxing injury
    • Four extra teeth
    • A childhood fall
    • Years of thumb-sucking
    Answer

    Four extra teeth · from Music Mix

26. Who directed Apple's famous "1984" Super Bowl commercial?

    • David Fincher
    • Ridley Scott
    • Steven Spielberg
    • James Cameron
    Answer

    Ridley Scott · from 80s Night

27. What is Nashville's famous nickname?

    • Music City
    • Guitar Town
    • The Big Easy
    • Bachelorette Party Central
    Answer

    Music City · from Country Music

28. Which four-string instrument's Hawaiian name is often translated as "jumping flea"?

    Answer

    Ukulele · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

29. Which band, formed in Birmingham, England, is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal?

    • Led Zeppelin
    • Deep Purple
    • Black Sabbath
    • Iron Maiden
    Answer

    Black Sabbath · from Music Mix

30. On The Greatest American Hero, what did Ralph lose that explains his superpowered suit?

    • The alien power crystal
    • The matching helmet
    • The secret password
    • The instruction manual
    Answer

    The instruction manual · from 80s Night

31. Nashville's neon-lit strip of honky-tonks is on which street?

    • Bourbon Street
    • Sixth Street
    • Beale Street
    • Broadway
    Answer

    Broadway · from Country Music

32. What do you call a keyboard synthesizer worn with a strap like a guitar?

    Answer

    Keytar · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

33. What does the rave motto PLUR stand for?

    Answer

    Peace, Love, Unity, Respect · from Music Mix

34. In 1985, which act became the first Western pop group to play a concert in communist China?

    • Wham!
    • Duran Duran
    • Culture Club
    • Hall & Oates
    Answer

    Wham! · from 80s Night

35. Which Shania Twain hit famously name-drops Brad Pitt?

    • That Don't Impress Me Much
    • Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
    • You're Still the One
    • Any Man of Mine
    Answer

    That Don't Impress Me Much · from Country Music

36. In Bugs Bunny's "What's Opera, Doc?", Elmer Fudd sings "Kill the wabbit" to music by which composer?

    • Richard Wagner
    • Gioachino Rossini
    • Giuseppe Verdi
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Answer

    Richard Wagner · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

37. "Wonderwall" is a signature 1995 song by which British rock band?

    • Oasis
    • Blur
    • Every guy with an acoustic guitar at a party
    • Radiohead
    Answer

    Oasis · from Music Mix

38. On Pee-wee's Playhouse, what does everyone do when the secret word is said?

    • Clap
    • Dance
    • Freeze
    • Scream
    Answer

    Scream · from 80s Night

39. Which country star played the gun-crazy survivalist wife in the 1990 monster movie "Tremors"?

    • Tanya Tucker
    • Reba McEntire
    • Dolly Parton
    • Loretta Lynn
    Answer

    Reba McEntire · from Country Music

40. True or false: Adele's 'Skyfall' was the first James Bond theme ever to win the Oscar for Best Original Song.

    Answer

    True · from Musicals, Broadway & Classical

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