Quiz to test music buffs’ knowledge

Easy 1. Which pop star starred in the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born? 2. Which American rapper is Beyonce married to? 3. What is the best-selling album of all time? 4. Phil Collins began his musical career playing which instrument? 5. Which American musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? 6. Who represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019? 7. Which country is Les Miserables set in? 8. Ludwig Von Beethoven was famously inflicted with which disability later in life? 9. Australian singer Delta Goodrem acted in which which soap opera? 10. According to her 2008 song, American pop singer Katy Perry kissed what and liked it? Medium 11. Which musical group has won the most Grammy awards in their career? 12. Which character is the protagonist of Wicked? 13. Jimmy Barnes emigrated from which nation to Australia in 1962? 14. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda was written about which historical event? 15. One Direction was created on which reality TV show? 16. From which country does the musical genre K-Pop hail? 17. In which section of the orchestra would you find a double bass? 18. Kate Bush released this song, named for an Emily Bronte novel in 1978? 19. Before her solo career, Diana Ross was famously a part of which group? 20. Who is the youngest artist to win record of the year at the Grammys? Hard 21. What was Bridgetown artist Mary Myfanwy’s most recently released album? 22. American musician Cardi B got her name from which alcoholic beverage? 23. According to the English group Madness, our house is located where? 24. The song Tainted Love, made famous by Soft Cell was originally recorded by which singer? 25. The musical Cats is based on a collection of poetry by who? 26. Which Christmas song incited controversy in 2018 over its lyrics? 27. Which artist was banned from the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015? 28. Before becoming an individual act, which role did Kanye West fulfil in the music industry? 29. English musician Cat Stevens now goes by which name? 30. In which year did Kurt Cobain die? Hardest 31. Which artist has recorded the most theme songs for James Bond films? 32. John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman was allegedly inspired to kill by which novel? 33. Which musical group’s songs have featured the most times in Martin Scorcese movies? 34. German pop song 99 Luftballons by Nena is a song about what? 35. Which Genesis album was named for a series of musical notes? 36. Who formed Motown Records? 37. Which South African anti-apartheid activist’s death was memorialised by Peter Gabriel in 1980? 38. What was the name of the Spice Girls movie released in 1997? 39. True or False, former US President Bill Clinton has won a Grammy Award? 40. The cover art of Joy Division’s 1979 album Unknown Pleasures features what? Impossible 41. The day the music died, immortalised by the song American Pie, refers to which historical event? 42. US number one Turn!Turn!Turn! by the Byrds was based on which book? 43. In the Beatles song I Am the Walrus, which musician does the Eggman refer to? 44. Singer Rod Stewart is known for which hobby? 45. The music video for David Bowie’s 1983 hit Let’s Dance was shot in which Australian town? 46. Steve Coogan played this journalist and Factory Records founder in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People? 47. Auld Lang Syne was written by which Scottish Poet? 48. Prince was a member of which religious faith? 49. Advance Australia Fair was written by who? 50. What was the name of the EP released by Manjimup Artist Lemon Myrtle this year? Answers 1. Lady Gaga 2. Jay-Z 3. Thriller, Michael Jackson 4. Drums 5. Bob Dylan 6. Kate Miller-Heidke 7. France 8. Deafness 9. Neighbours 10. A girl 11. U2 12. Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West 13. United Kingdom (Scotland) 14. The invasion of Gallipoli by the Anzacs. 15. X-Factor 16. South Korea 17. Strings 18. Wuthering Heights 19. The Supremes 20. Billie Eilish 21. The Deepest 22. Bacardi 23. In the middle of our street. 24. Gloria Jones 25. TS Elliot 26. Baby It’s Cold Outside 27. Taylor Swift 28. Record Producer 29. Yusuf Islam 30. 1994 31. Shirley Bassey (three) 32. Catcher in the Rye 33. The Rolling Stones, 14 times. 34. Nuclear war 35. Abacab (A-B-A-C-A-B) 36. Berry Gordy Jr 37. Steven Biko 38. Spice World 39. True 40. Radio Waves 41. The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. 42. The Bible (Book of Ecclesiastes) 43. Eric Burdon 44. Model railway building 45. Carinda, New South Wales 46. Tony Wilson 47. Robbie Burns 48. Jehovah’s Witnesses 49. Peter Dodds McCormick 50. The Dentist