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Do you know why everybody loves to play a music trivia game? Because you can participate in it without being a musician or even having a good musical ear. Not everyone has musical talent or can show off their skills, but most people still love music in one form or another, and a music quiz can bring everyone together.  

Music trivia goes way beyond just song trivia. Of course, release dates and albums, details in the lyrics, and dedications are all great things to ask your players, but pop quiz questions can also be about interesting facts from musicians’ lives, band histories, iconic performances, and so much more. 

You can choose to make your game general or focus it around a specific genre, or even one artist if, for example, all the participants are big fans of said artist. No matter which option you choose, make sure you prepare lots of fun music trivia questions and answers (you shouldn’t ask questions that you don’t know the answers to) and make the game about having fun and spending good time with your friends.

To help you organize the quiz, we collected some trivia about music in the form of questions and answers. Hope you enjoy playing with your friends! Let us know in the comments if there was something new you learned from these questions.

#1

What artists made up the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys?

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Answer: George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.

#2

Billie Eilish is obsessed with which classic TV show?

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#3

Who was the only guest rapper on Jay-Z's album, "The Blueprint"?

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What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Alice Cooper?

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Which guitar icon's mom was a designer for the likes of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, David Bowie, Linda Ronstadt and The Pointer Sisters?

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Question: What band is said to have the most number 1 hits of all time?

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#7

Before Miley Cyrus recorded "Wrecking Ball," it was offered to which singer?

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Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band?

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#9

What rock star moonlights as a horror movie writer and director?

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Who was the first woman to have four country albums reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200?

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#12

Who, to date, has won the most Grammys of all time?

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#13

What was the first music video to ever air on MTV?

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#14

What artist recorded one of their bestselling albums while they were behind bars?

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#16

What Michael Jackson album achieve five chart-topping singles?

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#17

Vanilla Ice’s 1991 hit “Ice Ice Baby” was used as a sample from which Queen song?

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#18

What band has Patrick Stump as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist?

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#21

In which country did Kanye West live when he was ten years old?

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#22

What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?

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#23

Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote which Rolling Stones song?

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#24

Art Garfunkel initially declined to sing one of Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hits solo. Which song is it?

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#26

The Wu-Tang Clan recommends protecting which body part?

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#27

Paul McCartney is a fan of what song referencing his work?

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#28

Weird Al Yankovic mistakenly thought which artist gave his blessing for a parody?

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#29

Which Britney Spears songs have hit No. 1?

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#32

What do Drake, Taylor Swift and The Beatles have in common?

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#33

What city is considered the birthplace of jazz?

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Who is the youngest pop star with a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100?

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#36

What year did Britney Spear's hit single, "Baby...One More Time" come out?

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#37

Which Pink Floyd album features a prism on the cover?

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#38

What instrument is used by the indigenous people of Australia to accompany ceremonial dancing and singing?

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#40

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?

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#42

What US festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?

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#44

What American rock band was founded as a one-person project in Seattle in 1994?

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#46

What was the first album AC/DC released after the death of their lead singer Bon Scott?

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#47

In 2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee topped the chart in 47 countries with which song?

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#48

Michael Jackson debuted his trademark moonwalk during which song in 1983?

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#49

What was Willie Nelson’s job before he became a famous Country & Western singer?

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#50

What is the name of the late Italian composer who not only wrote more than 400 scores for film and TV, and went on to win the Oscar for his score to Tarantino’s Hateful Eight, but also influenced the likes of Metallica, Dire Straits, and Radiohead?

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#51

The Barenaked Ladies wrote and performed the theme-song for which television series?

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#54

What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?

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#56

Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?

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#57

Eminem's 8 Mile is named after a road in which city?

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#58

Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?

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#59

Believe it or not, Jimi Hendrix only had one Top 40 hit. Which song was it?

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#60

Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?

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#61

What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit in the United States?

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#62

What other legendary vocalist is a cousin of Whitney Houston?

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#63

"The Day the Music Died" refers to the tragic deaths of which artists?

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#65

What did Stevie Ray Vaughan name of his most beloved guitar?

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#66

What video beat "Thriller" for Video of the Year at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards?

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#68

What singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?

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#69

Which astronomer is namedropped in "Bohemian Rhapsody?"

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#70

Frank Sinatra changed the lyrics of "The Lady is a Tramp" to "The Lady is a" what?

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#72

What does Lady Gaga affectionately call her fans?

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#73

What was the first rap single to hit the Billboard Top 40?

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#75

Jared Leto is the frontman of what band?

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#76

Adele credits what political figure for making her career?

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#78

Which member of Kiss wore makeup to look like a cat?

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#79

What legendary pop group got their name from "Brothers Gibb"?

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#81

Members of Wilson Phillips are the daughters of which music legends?

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Answer: Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas.

#83

"Islands in the Stream" was originally written for what artist?

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#84

Question: Sean "Diddy" Combs sent Da Band to walk 10 miles to get what iconic dessert?

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#85

Why did Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer leave the band?

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#86

To use music for personal or financial gain, you must first receive written permission from who?

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#87

The Spice Girls released their debut album in 1996. What was the name of the album?

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#89

Ozzy Osbourne was the lead vocalist of which classic heavy metal band?

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#91

What stringed symphonic instrument has a pedestal and a crown?

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#92

Justin Timberlake started his career as a member of what band?

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#93

What 80s band covered and reworked the song “Tainted Love”?

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#94

What musical group performs on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show?

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#97

Which The Cure album features the song ‘Fascination Street’?

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#99

Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star?

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#100

Before Bleachers and fun., Jack Antonoff fronted what band?

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#101

Which artist's entire 1985 Live Aid set consisted of just a single cover song?

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#102

In The Big Lebowski, The Dude can't stand which band?

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#103

What was Madonna's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100?

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#105

Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

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#106

Which member of *NSYNC was a replacement for another who quit before they got big?

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#107

Van Halen famously banned what color M&Ms in their rider?

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#108

Which rockstars were known as "The Terror Twins?"

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#109

Prince introduced his iconic symbol on the cover of which single?

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#110

What book do The Police reference in "Don't Stand So Close to Me?"

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#111

Missy Elliott references what infamous celebrity couple in "Let Me Fix My Weave?"

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#112

Which Alanis Morissette song contains the phrase "jagged little pill" (the title of her debut album)?

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#113

Which Super Bowl Halftime Show performer was upstaged by a dancing shark?

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#114

How many coaches (full and part-time) from The Voice have won Grammys?

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#117

What iconic Nashville club does Garth Brooks call "the beginning and the mecca, the end"?

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#118

George Harrison wrote what song for Eric Clapton about his sweet tooth?

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#119

Though made most famous by Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary" was first recorded by whom?

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#120

What singer founded the MuttNation dog rescue organization?

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#121

What languages does Shakira speak?

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#122

What rock singer testified before Congress about the Parents Music Resource Center?

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#123

Who are all of the original members of N.W.A.?

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#124

U2 wrote the song "Stuck in a Moment" about what late frontman?

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#125

Taylor Swift named her debut country single after which singer?

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#127

What rockstar's memoir is titled The Heroin Diaries?

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#128

Milli Vanilli were performing which of their hit songs when they were exposed for lip-syncing live?

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#129

What Rolling Stones song title is also a restaurant chain?

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#131

Which Marvel movie's soundtrack won two Grammys?

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#132

Stephen Sondheim says his only autobiographical song is which?

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#135

The iconic CBGB stood for what?

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#136

Which Backstreet Boys are first cousins?

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#137

What was the first K-pop group to reach one billion views on YouTube?

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#138

Justin Bieber was discovered on which streaming platform?

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#140

What Smashing Pumpkins song was originally done by Fleetwood Mac?

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#141

Which popular singer is referred to as “the Boss”?

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#142

What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the “Prince of Darkness”?

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#143

Which song gave Tina Turner her first solo number-one single?

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#144

Who were the three original members of the Backstreet Boys?

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#145

What song by Fergie featured her on a private plane?

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