Entertainment: Music trivia questions
5102 multiple-choice Entertainment: Music trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which 1983 song is considered a protest song against the violence during the guerrilla war in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to the 1990s?
- Which of these songs appears on the Guinness Book of Records as a song having more than 3000 cover versions?
- The soundtrack of this Broadway musical includes the popular song Tomorrow with the famous chorus: Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, youre always a day away..
- How long is the weekend in the song Weekend by the Black Eyed Peas?
- John Cougars 1982 smash about the heartland, Jack and Diane, specifically mentions this restaurant chain.
- According to Rolling Stone, how much did the Beach Boys spend recording their 1966 smash single Good Vibrations?
- American Music is a 1991 song by this bass-happy Wisconsin band.
- Although they worked hard at a roots-rock, down home bayou sound, Creedence Clearwater Revival actually hails from what state?
- Billy Joels 1973 classic Piano Man is based on his experiences playing at what piano bar?
- In 1973, Bruce Springsteen released his debut Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ album with its famous postcard cover. But Springsteen is not from Asbury Park; what New Jersey burg gave us the Boss?
- Which of these facts about The King, Elvis Presley, is NOT true?
- What was the Godfather of Soul James Browns name at birth?
- Kurt Cobain, guitarist and singer of Nirvana, left a suicide note that ended with a quoted lyric from a song he did not write. What song did he quote?
- Neil Diamonds smash America is taken from the soundtrack of what 1980 film remake, in which Diamond also starred?
- The Boston Globe ranked the 1986 song Heartbeat as No. 1 on their Top Ten Worst Songs of All Time, referring to it as a truly awful song. What actor recorded this painful song?
- When jazz or lounge singers try their hand at rock and roll, things can get ugly. What easy-listening artist known as the Velvet Fog made the regretful decision to record the Donovan hippie folk song Sunshine Superman? [sound clip]
- It is amazing to think that The Curly Shuffle by Jump N The Saddle made it to #15 on the Billboard charts, while Jimi Hendrixs Purple Haze never made it past #65. What year did this excruciating tune reach its Billboard peak?
- This1985 Starship song has the distinction of being the #1 Most Awesomely Bad Song Ever according to Blender magazine.
- Great Moment in Music: The Lord of the Rings novels inspire Led Zeppelin to record Ramble On Bad Moment in Music: The Lord of the Rings novels inspire this Star Trek star to record Bilbo Baggins [sound clip]
- What do you get when you combine a Casio keyboard and this former Entertainment Tonight host? Answer: New Age music that would make Elvis, Hendrix and Joplin turn over in their graves in unison. Name the musician that can be held responsible for this mess.
- Who recorded the song Who Can it be Now? in 1982?
- Which of these groups recorded the song Talking in Your Sleep?
- Who released the song Be Near Me in 1985?
- Which rock band had a number one hit in 1970 with the song Mama Told Me Not to Come?
- This rockin band performed the songs Humans Being and Jump.
- What post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts recorded Thats When I Reach For My Revolver and Academy Fight Song?
- What power-pop band, formed in 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, featured Chris Bell and Alex Chilton?
- Before the formation of Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Philips was a member of which band?
- Johnny Cash recorded the Grammy Award-winning album American Recordings in collaboration with which famous producer?
- The following lyrics are from which Jerry Rafferty song? Hes got a dream about buying some land. Hes gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands. Then hell settle down in a quiet little town and forget about everything?