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.
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What artists made up the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys?
Answer: George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
Billie Eilish is obsessed with which classic TV show?
Who was the only guest rapper on Jay-Z's album, "The Blueprint"?
What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Alice Cooper?
Which guitar icon's mom was a designer for the likes of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, David Bowie, Linda Ronstadt and The Pointer Sisters?
Question: What band is said to have the most number 1 hits of all time?
Before Miley Cyrus recorded "Wrecking Ball," it was offered to which singer?
Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band?
What rock star moonlights as a horror movie writer and director?
Who was the first woman to have four country albums reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200?
Who sang the Spongebob Squarepants theme song for the movie?
Who, to date, has won the most Grammys of all time?
What was the first music video to ever air on MTV?
What artist recorded one of their bestselling albums while they were behind bars?
What group sings "Who Let the Dogs Out"?
What Michael Jackson album achieve five chart-topping singles?
Vanilla Ice’s 1991 hit “Ice Ice Baby” was used as a sample from which Queen song?
What band has Patrick Stump as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist?
What is the name of the singer with the huge hit “Fallin”?
David Bowie appeared in what cult film in 1986?
In which country did Kanye West live when he was ten years old?
What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote which Rolling Stones song?
Art Garfunkel initially declined to sing one of Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hits solo. Which song is it?
David Crosby says who is the best singer of all time?
The Wu-Tang Clan recommends protecting which body part?
Paul McCartney is a fan of what song referencing his work?
Weird Al Yankovic mistakenly thought which artist gave his blessing for a parody?
Which Britney Spears songs have hit No. 1?
Cher's first single referenced which rock star?
Who was Elton John's longtime lyricist?
What do Drake, Taylor Swift and The Beatles have in common?
Answer: They all replaced themselves at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
What city is considered the birthplace of jazz?
What is The Weeknd's real name?
Who is the youngest pop star with a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100?
What year did Britney Spear's hit single, "Baby...One More Time" come out?
Which Pink Floyd album features a prism on the cover?
What instrument is used by the indigenous people of Australia to accompany ceremonial dancing and singing?
Which pop singer’s real name is Robyn Fenty?
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?
ABBA originated in which country?
What US festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?
Which Beatle worked on a James Bond theme song?
What American rock band was founded as a one-person project in Seattle in 1994?
Which lead singer popularized stage diving?
What was the first album AC/DC released after the death of their lead singer Bon Scott?
In 2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee topped the chart in 47 countries with which song?
Michael Jackson debuted his trademark moonwalk during which song in 1983?
What was Willie Nelson’s job before he became a famous Country & Western singer?
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?
The Barenaked Ladies wrote and performed the theme-song for which television series?
Which classical composer was deaf?
Who was the very first American Idol winner?
What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?
Who founded Motown Records?
Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?
Eminem's 8 Mile is named after a road in which city?
Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?
Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?
What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit in the United States?
What other legendary vocalist is a cousin of Whitney Houston?
"The Day the Music Died" refers to the tragic deaths of which artists?
What singer is known as "The Vocal Bible?"
What did Stevie Ray Vaughan name of his most beloved guitar?
What video beat "Thriller" for Video of the Year at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards?
Where was Tupac Shakur born?
What singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?
Which astronomer is namedropped in "Bohemian Rhapsody?"
Frank Sinatra changed the lyrics of "The Lady is a Tramp" to "The Lady is a" what?
Who was the first lead guitarist of Metallica?
What does Lady Gaga affectionately call her fans?
What was the first rap single to hit the Billboard Top 40?
What one-hit wonder act is behind "Barbie Girl?"
Jared Leto is the frontman of what band?
Adele credits what political figure for making her career?
What is Post Malone's favorite restaurant?
Which member of Kiss wore makeup to look like a cat?
What legendary pop group got their name from "Brothers Gibb"?
Members of Wilson Phillips are the daughters of which music legends?
Answer: Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas.
John Mayer wrote a song about which law of physics?
"Islands in the Stream" was originally written for what artist?
Question: Sean "Diddy" Combs sent Da Band to walk 10 miles to get what iconic dessert?
Why did Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer leave the band?
To use music for personal or financial gain, you must first receive written permission from who?
The Spice Girls released their debut album in 1996. What was the name of the album?
What does the Italian musical term adagio mean?
Ozzy Osbourne was the lead vocalist of which classic heavy metal band?
What is the name of Beyonce’s alter ego?
What stringed symphonic instrument has a pedestal and a crown?
Justin Timberlake started his career as a member of what band?
What 80s band covered and reworked the song “Tainted Love”?
What musical group performs on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show?
Who was the lead singer for the Scorpions?
Where was the band Genesis founded?
Which The Cure album features the song ‘Fascination Street’?
What was Freddie Mercury's real name?
Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star?
Before Bleachers and fun., Jack Antonoff fronted what band?
Which artist's entire 1985 Live Aid set consisted of just a single cover song?
In The Big Lebowski, The Dude can't stand which band?
What was Madonna's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100?
Who was Marvin Gaye's duet partner?
Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Which member of *NSYNC was a replacement for another who quit before they got big?
Van Halen famously banned what color M&Ms in their rider?
Which rockstars were known as "The Terror Twins?"
Prince introduced his iconic symbol on the cover of which single?
What book do The Police reference in "Don't Stand So Close to Me?"
Missy Elliott references what infamous celebrity couple in "Let Me Fix My Weave?"
Which Alanis Morissette song contains the phrase "jagged little pill" (the title of her debut album)?
Which Super Bowl Halftime Show performer was upstaged by a dancing shark?
How many coaches (full and part-time) from The Voice have won Grammys?
"William Bowery" is a pseudonym for whom?
Cardi B starred on what reality show?
What iconic Nashville club does Garth Brooks call "the beginning and the mecca, the end"?
George Harrison wrote what song for Eric Clapton about his sweet tooth?
Though made most famous by Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary" was first recorded by whom?
What singer founded the MuttNation dog rescue organization?
What languages does Shakira speak?
Answer: English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian and Portuguese.
What rock singer testified before Congress about the Parents Music Resource Center?
Who are all of the original members of N.W.A.?
U2 wrote the song "Stuck in a Moment" about what late frontman?
Taylor Swift named her debut country single after which singer?
Who produced Michael Jackson's Bad?
What rockstar's memoir is titled The Heroin Diaries?
Milli Vanilli were performing which of their hit songs when they were exposed for lip-syncing live?
What Rolling Stones song title is also a restaurant chain?
The "J" in Mary J. Blige stands for what?
Which Marvel movie's soundtrack won two Grammys?
Stephen Sondheim says his only autobiographical song is which?
Lizzo plays what instrument?
Which member of The Runaways competed on Jeopardy?
The iconic CBGB stood for what?
Which Backstreet Boys are first cousins?
What was the first K-pop group to reach one billion views on YouTube?
Justin Bieber was discovered on which streaming platform?
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is situated in what US State?
What Smashing Pumpkins song was originally done by Fleetwood Mac?
Which popular singer is referred to as “the Boss”?
What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the “Prince of Darkness”?
Which song gave Tina Turner her first solo number-one single?
Who were the three original members of the Backstreet Boys?
What song by Fergie featured her on a private plane?
When yall do trivia questions, add more than a double return to the answer. Like 5+ returns. It's a lot easier to scroll a bit and NOT reveal the answer. I gave up after about 11 entries in each of these trivia lists because it kills the fun
When yall do trivia questions, add more than a double return to the answer. Like 5+ returns. It's a lot easier to scroll a bit and NOT reveal the answer. I gave up after about 11 entries in each of these trivia lists because it kills the fun
