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Music Quiz
From the Beatles to Bruno Mars, this quiz travels through six decades of pop music. Half of the questions play a short clip of a famous song and ask you to name it; the rest test what you know about the artists, the albums and the years they came out.
Read the questions and answers here, or host the quiz live: put it on a big screen, let players join on their phones with a PIN, and see who in the room really knows their music.
The questions
1.Name that song!
- ALet It Be
- BHere Comes the Sun
- CHey Jude
- DYellow Submarine
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Here Comes the Sun. Here Comes the Sun is by the Beatles, from the 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison.
2.How many members were there in the Beatles?
- AThree
- BFive
- CFour
- DSix
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Four. The Beatles were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
3.Name that song!
- AWe Will Rock You
- BDon't Stop Me Now
- CKiller Queen
- DBohemian Rhapsody
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Bohemian Rhapsody. Bohemian Rhapsody is by Queen, from the 1975 album A Night at the Opera. It spent nine weeks at number one in the UK.
4.Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury was born in London.
True or false?
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False. Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946 in Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania, and moved to England as a teenager.
5.Name that song!
- AMamma Mia
- BDancing Queen
- CWaterloo
- DSuper Trouper
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Dancing Queen. Dancing Queen is by ABBA, released in 1976 on the album Arrival. It was their only number one single in the United States.
6.Which country is ABBA from? Tap it on the map.
Find it on the map.
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Sweden. ABBA formed in Stockholm, Sweden, and won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 1974 with Waterloo.
7.Name that song!
- ATelephone Line
- BLivin' Thing
- CMr. Blue Sky
- DDon't Bring Me Down
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Mr. Blue Sky. Mr. Blue Sky is by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), from the 1977 album Out of the Blue. It was written by Jeff Lynne.
8.In which year did the Beatles release their first single, Love Me Do?
Guess the number (between 1950 and 2020).
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1,962. Love Me Do came out in October 1962 and reached number 17 in the UK charts.
9.Name that song!
- ABeat It
- BThriller
- CBad
- DBillie Jean
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Billie Jean. Billie Jean is by Michael Jackson, released as a single in 1983. He first did the moonwalk on TV performing it that year.
10.Elvis Presley is often called the King of _____ and Roll.
Words to choose from: Blues · Jazz · Pop · Rock · Soul
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Rock. Elvis Presley became the biggest star of rock and roll in the 1950s, which earned him the nickname the King.
11.Name that song!
- AThe Final Countdown
- BTake On Me
- CCareless Whisper
- DDon't You (Forget About Me)
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Take On Me. Take On Me is by the Norwegian band a-ha. Its 1985 version, with a famous pencil-sketch video, became a worldwide hit.
12.Which country is the singer Shakira from?
- ASpain
- BMexico
- CArgentina
- DColombia
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Colombia. Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1977 and sings in both Spanish and English.
13.Name that song!
- ASay You'll Be There
- BWannabe
- CSpice Up Your Life
- D2 Become 1
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Wannabe. Wannabe was the Spice Girls' first single, released in 1996. It went to number one in the UK and many other countries.
14.The Beatles came from the city of Liverpool.
True or false?
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True. All four Beatles grew up in Liverpool, and the band played hundreds of shows at the city's Cavern Club.
15.Put these albums in the order they came out, earliest first.
Put in order: 21 – Adele · Sgt. Pepper's – The Beatles · Spice – Spice Girls · Thriller – Michael Jackson
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Sgt. Pepper's – The Beatles → Thriller – Michael Jackson → Spice – Spice Girls → 21 – Adele. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out in 1967, Thriller in 1982, Spice in 1996 and Adele's 21 in 2011.
16.Name that song!
- AHappy
- BShut Up and Dance
- CUptown Funk
- DCan't Stop the Feeling!
Listen to the clip and name the song.
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Uptown Funk. Uptown Funk is by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, released in 2014. It spent 14 weeks at number one in the US.
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