Entertainment: Music trivia questions
5102 multiple-choice Entertainment: Music trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Musician and singer Steve Winwood had hits with Back in the High Life, Higher Love and Roll With It as a solo artist, but produced perhaps his best music while a member of several musical groups. Which of these bands was Steve Winwood not a member of?
- Eric Clapton is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century. His career has spanned several decades, and is often considered the greatest guitarist of all time. What band was Clapton not a member of before going solo?
- John Sebastian left this enormously influential group in 1968 for a solo career which yielded the number one single Welcome Back in 1976.
- In a well-known episode of the U.S. TV show The Brady Bunch, Greg Brady is spotted by a musical agent. Unfortunately, the agent doesnt want all the Bradys, only Greg. Subsequently, Greg leaves his brothers and sisters in the dust in favor of a solo career, and adopts a stage name. What is this stage name?
- Björk, the Icelandic singer and songwriter, has earned numerous Grammies, sold millions of albums, and has acted in major Hollywood movies. Before all the critical acclaim and media attention, Björk was once the lead vocalist for which alternative rock/pop band?
- With five number one singles in the 1980s, singer/songwriter Lionel Ritchie has had Billboard chart successes that most musicians can only dream of. Before all this, however, Lionel experienced similar success with this soul/funk group.
- Danny Elfman is one of the leading film composers in the world with acclaimed compositions for dozens of movies including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beetlejuice, Batman, Spiderman, and Charlottes Web. Before his incredible success scoring films, Danny was a member of which new wave rock band?
- The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, a concert in 1973, was attended by more people than Woodstock (1969). Who were the only three bands that played?
- Space Cowboy is a term used by The Steve Miller band. On what album did this term originally appear?
- Gram Parsons was a very talented songwriter who died in the early 70s. Which of the following bands did he not play for?
- Gary Wright, famous for his 1976 hit Dream Weaver, was a member of what rock group?
- Mike Rutherford of the band Mike + The Mechanics, was also a founding member of what successful group?
- Schoolboys in Disgrace was an album released in 1975 by what band?
- What band performed the 1978 song Wheel In The Sky?
- Who was the drummer for the band Led Zeppelin?
- What 80s band performed the 1989 smash hit 18 and Life?
- Who brought us the song Im Eighteen?
- Which of these bands performed the 1978 song Sultans of Swing?
- Which of these bands performed the 1973 song Free Ride?
- What RB group had a huge #2 hit song with Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye)?
- In 1963, this teen pop star became the youngest solo artist ever to have a #1 song in the United States.
- This pop singing sensation had one of the biggest hit songs of 2007 with Umbrella.
- The ultimate answer to the question about the meaning of life from the classic comical sci-fi novel, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, was the inspiration for the name of which 1980s new wave band?
- When this 1980s new wave Goth band broke up, the lead singer Peter Murphy went solo and produced the hit Cuts You Up. The rest of the band went on to form the popular group Love and Rockets. What was the name of the initial 1980s new wave band?
- The stylish 1980s new wave group ABC, which is responsible for such hits as Poison Arrow, Be Near Me and The Look of Love, also put out this classic new wave album.
- What 1980s new wave band had one of their early videos banned from the BBC and heavily edited by MTV for pornographic content in 1981?
- Bono, Sade, Cher, Prince, Sting... several bands have lead singers with only one name. Which 1980s new wave bands lead singer was called only by the name Limahl?
- The song Forever Young by the 1980s new wave band Alphaville, was featured in which popular movie released in 2004?
- Boogie Wonderland and After the Love is Gone were big hits for Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, and the rest of the members of this band. (sound clip: Shining Star)
- This 1973 song by Kool the Gang was featured in the Quentin Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction (1994).