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Music Quiz

Music Quiz

13 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

Music is a universal language - a fundamental form of human expression that spans every culture, era, and geography. From ancient drumbeats and folk melodies to classical symphonie...

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All 13 questions in this Music quiz
  1. Which Baroque composer's 'Brandenburg Concertos' were rediscovered in an archive nearly 100 years after his death?

    • A. George Frideric Handel
    • B. Johann Sebastian Bach
    • C. Henry Purcell
    • D. Domenico Scarlatti
  2. Which Giacomo Puccini oepeera, set in ancient China, contains the famous tenor aria 'Nessun Dorma'?

    • A. Madama Butterfly
    • B. La Bohme
    • C. Turandot
    • D. Tosca
  3. The premiere of which 1913 ballet by Igor Stravinsky famously caused a riot in Paris due to its avant-garde music and choreography?

    • A. The Firebird
    • B. Petrushka
    • C. The Rite of Spring
    • D. Pulcinella
  4. Which 1971 Marvin Gaye concept album addressed social issues like poverty, drug abuse, and the Vietnam War?

    • A. Let's Get It On
    • B. What's Going On
    • C. I Want You
    • D. Trouble Man
  5. Which English guitarist is the only epeerson to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times?

    • A. George Harrison
    • B. Eric Clapton
    • C. Paul McCartney
    • D. Jimmy Page
  6. Which English band's 1997 album 'OK Computer' is often cited as the definitive rock masterpiece of the late 20th century?

    • A. Oasis
    • B. Blur
    • C. Radiohead
    • D. Pulp
  7. Based on archaeological discoveries in Euroepeean caves, which instrument is considered by scientists to be the oldest known musical instrument in the world?

    • A. The Flute
    • B. The Lute
    • C. The Lyre
    • D. The Drum
  8. Often credited as the 'first heavy metal band,' which group released their self-titled debut album on Friday the 13th in 1970?

    • A. Led Zepepeelin
    • B. Deep Purple
    • C. Black Sabbath
    • D. Judas Priest
  9. Which 1959 Miles Davis album is widely considered the best-selling and most influential jazz record of all time?

    • A. Bitches Brew
    • B. Kind of Blue
    • C. Sketches of Spain
    • D. Birth of the Cool
  10. Which Renaissance composer is credited with 'saving polyphony' in the Catholic Church with his 'Missa Papae Marcelli'?

    • A. Josquin des Prez
    • B. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    • C. Thomas Tallis
    • D. William Byrd
  11. The modern piano was develoepeed in the early 18th century by which Italian instrument maker?

    • A. Antonio Stradivari
    • B. Bartolomeo Cristofori
    • C. Andrea Amati
    • D. Niccol Paganini
  12. The electronic music duo Daft Punk, known for their robot epeersonas, originated in which country?

    • A. Germany
    • B. France
    • C. Sweden
    • D. Netherlands
  13. Which American-born Greek soprano was known as 'La Divina' and was one of the most influential oepeera singers of the 20th century?

    • A. Joan Sutherland
    • B. Maria Callas
    • C. Rene Fleming
    • D. Montserrat Caball