Monday 30 March 2020 / music
Big Fat Lockdown Quiz: General Music Edition
Impress your friends with this music quiz next time you assemble on House Party for your weekly pub quiz. It's split into three difficulty levels, so choose which you feel is most appropriate for your group or mix and match to create your own. Good luck!
HARD
Q1) The most famous version of Twist and Shout was released by The Beatles in 1963, but who recorded the original?
Q2) Which famous Indian musician is the father of singer Norah Jones?
Q3) Which flamboyant male singer was responsible for assembling the groupie girl band The GTOs?
Q4) In which year did Adam and the Ants release their debut album, Dirk Wears White Sox?
Q5) How many Grammys has Lana Del Rey been nominated for?
Q6) Which famous ex did Nick Jonas write Wedding Bells about?
Q7) Which rocker was declared clinically dead for two minutes in 1987 before being revived by paramedics?
Q8) Which iconic rock anthem was named after a brand of deodorant?
Q9) Which folk singer’s life inspired the Coen Brothers’ 2013 film, Inside Llewyn Davis?
Q10) What colour bus is calling Jim Morrison in the song The End?
Q11) In which year did Wu-Tang Clan form?
Q12) Which song was the first to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958?
Q13) Which Hollywood starlet released an album called Anywhere I Lay My Head in 2008?
Q14) Name the four legendary musicians who formed the short-lived supergroup The Dirty Mac in 1968 (one point for each member).
Q15) Singer Christopher Edwin Breaux is better known by what moniker?
A1) The Top Notes
A2) Ravi Shankar
A3) Frank Zappa
A4) 1979
A5) 6
A6) Miley Cyrus
A7) Nikki Sixx
A8) Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
A9) Dave Van Ronk
A10) Blue
A11) 1992
A12) Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson
A13) Scarlett Johansson
A14) Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell and John Lennon
A15) Frank Ocean
MEDIUM
Q1) On which legendary American crooner was the character of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather supposedly based?
Q2) Who was the lead vocalist of both Whitesnake and Deep Purple?
Q3) Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (2008)?
Q4) What was the name of The Who’s rock opera released in 1969?
Q5) Which song did Rolling Stone proclaim the greatest of all time?
Q6) Who is the bassist of American band, Pearl Jam?
Q7) Which jazz singer released an autobiography titled Lady Sings the Blues in 1956?
Q8) Which British band released the song Telegram Sam in 1972?
Q9) Which of these iconic singers DIDN’T die in a helicopter crash: Otis Redding, Buddy Holly or Little Richard?
Q10) Which famous musician played the guitar solo on the Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
Q11) What was the most expensive music video of all time?
Q12) In which area of South London was David Bowie raised?
Q13) Which Rage Against the Machine song became Christmas Number One in 2009 as a result of a campaign to end the X Factor’s domination of the festive charts?
Q14) Martha Reeves was the lead singer of which 1960s girl group?
Q15) Which band inspired Daisy Jenkins Reid’s 2019 smash hit novel, Daisy Jones & The Six based?
A1) Frank Sinatra
A2) David Coverdale
A3) Jack White and Alicia Keys
A4) Tommy
A5) Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
A6) Jeff Ament
A7) Billie Holiday
A8) T. Rex
A9) Little Richard
A10) Eric Clapton
A11) Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson
A12) Brixton
A13) Killing in the Name
A14) Martha and the Vandellas
A15) Fleetwood Mac
EASY
Q1) Which English band had a number one hit in 1965 with (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?
Q2) Which American singer married burlesque performer Dita Von Teese in 2004?
Q3) Which member of One Direction left the group to pursue a solo career in 2015?
Q4) Who released Don’t Stop Believing in 1981?
Q5) Which band became the first to win The X Factor in 2011?
Q6) Which American rapper posthumously released Ghetto Gospel alongside Elton John in 2004?
Q7) Whose signature song is Hotel California?
Q8) Who is the lead singer of Evanescence?
Q9) Which Mississippi-born singer is often called the King of Rock and Roll?
Q10) Which band famously asked ‘where were you when we we’re getting high?’
Q11) Which British singer occupied 16 positions in the UK Top 20 in 2017?
Q12) What was the first single released by Adele?
Q13) In 2004, a Pepsi advert aired featuring Pink, Britney Spears and Beyonce as rival gladiators. Which iconic song did they perform together?
Q14) Who was the lead singer of My Chemical Romance?
Q15) Who had the top selling album of 2019?
A1) The Rolling Stones
A2) Marilyn Manson
A3) Zayn Malik
A4) Journey
A5) Little Mix
A6) Tupac Shakur
A7) The Eagles
A8) Amy Lee
A9) Elvis Presley
A10) Oasis
A11) Ed Sheeran
A12) Hometown Glory
A13) We Will Rock You by Queen
A14) Gerard Way
A15) Lewis Capaldi
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