Quiz

How Much Do You Really Know About Music History?

Think you know your music?

From legendary rock bands and chart-topping hits to unforgettable albums and iconic performers, this quiz will put your music knowledge to the test.

Whether you’re the type who can identify a track from the first three notes or someone who just knows the chorus, there’s only one way to find out how much you really know.

Good luck.

Music Quiz #1

1 of 10

Which producer was behind the "Wall of Sound" recording technique in the 1960s?

  • Quincy Jones
  • Phil Spector
  • George Martin
  • Berry Gordy

 

2 of 10

Miles Davis's landmark 1959 album, often called the best-selling jazz record of all time, is which of these?

  • Bitches Brew
  • Kind of Blue
  • Birth of the Cool
  • Sketches of Spain

 

3 of 10

Which band's name was inspired by a 1960s pulp pornography pamphlet found by a member?

  • Black Sabbath
  • Deep Purple
  • Steely Dan
  • Jethro Tull

 

4 of 10

Fela Kuti is considered the pioneer of which music genre?

  • Highlife
  • Afrobeat
  • Soukous
  • Juju

 

5 of 10

Which classical composer continued writing major works, including his Ninth Symphony, after going deaf?

  • Mozart
  • Bach
  • Beethoven
  • Brahms

 

6 of 10

The album "Pet Sounds" was primarily the creative vision of which Beach Boys member?

  • Mike Love
  • Brian Wilson
  • Carl Wilson
  • Al Jardine

 

7 of 10

Which singer fronted Joy Division before the band became New Order?

  • Robert Smith
  • Ian Curtis
  • Morrissey
  • Mark E. Smith

 

8 of 10

Robert Johnson, a foundational figure of which genre, was famously rumored to have sold his soul at a crossroads?

  • Jazz
  • Country
  • Delta blues
  • Bluegrass

 

9 of 10

Which 1971 Marvin Gaye album is regarded as a landmark socially conscious concept record?

  • Let's Get It On
  • What's Going On
  • Midnight Love
  • I Want You

 

10 of 10

Brian Eno is credited with pioneering and naming which genre with his 1978 album "Ambient 1: Music for Airports"?

  • Krautrock
  • Trip-hop
  • Ambient
  • Shoegaze

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