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30 Music trivia questions

1. Who is known as the King of Pop?

Answer: Michael Jackson

2. Which band released the album 'Abbey Road'?

Answer: The Beatles

3. What is the highest female singing voice?

Answer: Soprano

4. Which artist released the hit single 'Bad Romance'?

Answer: Lady Gaga

5. How many strings does a standard guitar have?

Answer: 6

6. Who composed the Four Seasons?

Answer: Vivaldi

7. Which pop star is known as the 'Queen of Pop'?

Answer: Madonna

8. What does the musical term 'forte' mean?

Answer: Loud

9. Which rapper released the album 'The Marshall Mathers LP'?

Answer: Eminem

10. What instrument has keys, pedals, and strings?

Answer: Piano

11. Which British band sang 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?

Answer: Queen

12. Who wrote the song 'Imagine'?

Answer: John Lennon

13. What is the term for a group of musicians playing together?

Answer: Orchestra

14. Which female artist has the most Grammy wins of all time?

Answer: Beyoncé

15. In music, how many beats is a whole note typically worth?

Answer: 4

16. Who is the lead singer of Coldplay?

Answer: Chris Martin

17. What genre originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s?

Answer: Reggae

18. Which composer wrote the music for The Nutcracker?

Answer: Tchaikovsky

19. What instrument did Louis Armstrong famously play?

Answer: Trumpet

20. Which artist released the album '25'?

Answer: Adele

21. What is the term for the speed of a piece of music?

Answer: Tempo

22. Which K-pop group released 'Dynamite'?

Answer: BTS

23. Who wrote the opera 'The Magic Flute'?

Answer: Mozart

24. What is the main instrument in a string quartet?

Answer: Violin

25. Which rock band is known for the song 'Stairway to Heaven'?

Answer: Led Zeppelin

26. What does 'a cappella' mean?

Answer: Without instrumental accompaniment

27. Who sang 'Rolling in the Deep'?

Answer: Adele

28. Which woodwind instrument uses a double reed?

Answer: Oboe

29. What is the name of Taylor Swift's debut album?

Answer: Taylor Swift

30. Which classical composer became deaf later in life?

Answer: Beethoven

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