Just a little fun now- a little music Quiz!

This quiz is here to test all ages and knowledge of general music .

Have a go and let us know your scores!!!!

  1. Who recorded the latest James Bond theme for No Time to Die?
  2. Who were the three headliners of Glastonbury 2019?
  3. In what year was the first Woodstock festival held?
  4. What is the highest-selling album of all time? (worldwide)
  5. What is David Bowie’s real name?
  6. Who is the only musician ever to have been awarded the Nobel prize for literature?
  7. Which unlikely part-time musician beat Zayn Malik and Blossoms to win the highest-selling debut album of 2016?
  8. Which artist has the record for the highest grossing tour of all time (not adjusted for inflation)?
  9. Who was the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song?
  10. Who became the oldest person ever to achieve a UK number one single?
  11. Which artist has won the most GRAMMYs in history?
  12. Which musician caused controversy when he famously interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009?
  13. What is the real name of U2’s guitarist, known as The Edge?
  14. Which famous rock band wrote the song ‘Grantchester Meadows’?
  15. Who designed the solid-body electric guitar?
  16. Who is the only artist ever to have won the Mercury Prize more than once?
  17. One Direction came a lowly third in the 2010 edition of X-Factor – but who won that year’s competition?
  18. What is the name of the Beatles’ first album?
  19. What is the highest-selling single of all time? (worldwide)
  20. Which Beatles song was banned from the BBC for its lyrics?

Answers

  1. Billie Eilish
  2. The Cure, The Killers and Stormzy
  3. 1969
  4. Thriller – Michael Jackson
  5. David Jones
  6. Bob Dylan
  7. Bradley Walsh
  8. Ed Sheeran
  9. Kate Bush
  10. Captain Thomas Moore
  11. Georg Solti. The late conductor won 31 GRAMMYs.
  12. Kanye West
  13. David Evans
  14. Pink Floyd
  15. Les Paul
  16. PJ Harvey
  17. Matt Cardle
  18. Please Please Me
  19. White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
  20. I am the Walrus