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Within this lens you'll find many interactive music trivia games (click on the game pictures to play) in various music styles. I have also included printable music trivia questions and answers for each of the music styles and some odd facts that you may not have known.

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COUNTRY MUSIC SECTION

ROCK N ROLL SECTION

CLASSICAL MUSIC SECTION

BLUES & JAZZ SECTION

BRITISH INVASION SECTION

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Country Music Trivia Facts 

  • Determining Patsy Cline's hometown is difficult since she and her family moved 19 times before she reached the age of 15.


  • Despite her greatest hit being "Stand By Your Man", country singer Tammy Wynette has been married five times.


  • In the US, there are more radio stations that play country music than any other type of music.


  • Kris Kristofferson worked as a janitor at Columbia studios while Bob Dylan was recording the album Blonde on Blonde.


  • Roy Rogers is the only person inducted two times into the Country Music Hall of Fame.


  • Charley Pride was a professional baseball pitcher before becoming a country music artist.


  • Faith Hill sang her first gig at a Mississippi Tobacco Spit contest.


  • Dottie West was the first female country singer to win a Grammy.


  • Dolly Parton penned the song "I will always love you" for Porter Wagner.


  • Johnny Cash had the first country music album to top the US Pop Album charts with "Ring of Fire" in 1964.


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Country Music Trivia Questions 

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Kingsland, Arkansas - He died in Nashville in 2003.Where was Johnny Cash born?

Tim McGraw - He has won three Grammys.Who is married to country music singer Faith Hill?

Charlie Pride - Charlie Pride was named the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1971.Who's signature song is 'Kiss An Angel Good Morning'?

Willie Nelson - He also appeared in The Electric Horseman.Which country music singer appeared in the films Thief and Gone Fishin?

Alan Jackson - Alan Jackson was born on October 17th 1958 in Newman Georgia.Who's first country album was titled 'Here in the Real World'?

Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard was born in Bakersfield Ca.Which county singer is noted for helping to create the Bakersfield sound?

Randy Travis - He had a number one hit with the song Three Wooden Crosses.Which country music star changed their focus from country music to gospel?

Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton has 26 number one singles.Which county singer has an album called 'Here You Come Again'?

Loretta Lynn - Sissy Spacek stars in the movie Coal Miner's Daughter.Which country music stars auto-biography is titled Coal Miner's Daughter?

Yukon Okalahoma - He has produced 3 albums under Capitol - Nashville, Liberty and Big/Machine Pearl.Where was Garth Brooks Born?


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Rock N Roll Trivia Facts 

  • Colonel Tom Parker, (Elvis Presley's manager) ran a troupe of dancing chickens.


  • Star Trek has featured both Mick Fleetwood and Iggy Pop.


  • Over $70 million dollars was raised for starving Africans by the broadcast of "Live Aid" on July 13th 1985


  • Crosby, Stills and Nash asked Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and George Harrison to join their band. Neil Young who was asked fourth was the first to accept.


  • Most rock historians claim that the Rolling Stone's tongue logo was originally designed by Andy Warhol. However, in a 1997 TV interview Mick Jaggar stated it was actually done by John Pasch.


  • "Blackie" a Fender Stratocaster once owned by Eric Clapton is the most expensive guitar ever sold. It sold on June 25, 2004 for $959500.


  • WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) was founded by Peter Gabrielle


  • Canadian singer Anne Murray once had Bruce Springsteen open for her.


  • The first 100,000 copies of "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad were stamped out of gold coloured vinyl.


  • Jimi Hendrix was hired as the Monkees' opening act for their 1967 Summer tour. He was quickly replaced after being booed off of the stage.


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Rock N Roll Trivia Questions 

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Led Zeppelin - Robert Plant was the lead singer.Which band's lead guitarist was Jimmy Page?

Van Halen - Sammy Hagar was also one of their lead singers.David Lee Roth was the lead singer for which rock band?

Jerry Garcia - He was a member of the Grateful Dead.Which lead guitarist had his finger cut off while chopping wood with his brother?

ZZ Top - Frank Beard is the beardless member of the band.Which rock band includes Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons?

Ronnie Van Zant - He and two other band members died in a plane crash. He was 29 years old.Which famous rocker said that he would never see the age of thirty and that he wanted to die with his boots on?

Nickelback - Nickelback comes from Hanah Alberta.Which band's first release was an EP titled 'Hesher'?

3 Doors Down - The band 3 Doors Down started in Mississippi.Which band's debut album was titled 'The Better Life'?

Cream - They also recorded Sunshine of Your Love and Spoonful. Which bands hits include 'White Room', 'Crossroads' and 'Badge'?

Tantric - This band started in Louisville Kentucky.Which band's third album is entitled 'The End Begins'?

Genesis - The band was formed in 1967.Which band's members included Pete Gabriel, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett?


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Classical Music Trivia Facts 

  • Frederic Chopin who is buried at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in France, at his request, had his heart taken and sent to Poland to be buried there.


  • A wealthy widow financed Tchaikovsky for over 13 years even thou they never met.


  • The national orchestra of Monaco is larger than their army.


  • Despite producing numerous concertos, operas, masses and chamber pieces Wolfgang Mozart died penniless.


  • Ludwig van Beethoven only composed one opera in his lifetime entitled Fidelio. Originally it was a failure but after nine years of revisions it finally received some success.


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Classical Music Trivia Questions 

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1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer.Which of his own compositions did Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky describe as being very loud and noisy?

Johannes Brahms - Brahms spent most of his life in Vienna.Which famous composer played in bars that also acted as brothels to help support his family?

Maurice Ravel - He also wrote Miroirs and Jeux d'eau. Bolero which was used in the movie '10' was composed by which famous person?

Franz Liszt - Wagner and Bach are both Germans.Which composer is from Hungry?

Antonio Vivaldi - Antonio Vivaldi was ordained as a priest in 1703.Which famous composer was also known as the Red Priest?

Wolfgang Mozart - Wolfgang's full name is Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Which famous composer began composing music at the age of five?

Felix Mendelssohn - Felix was born on February 3rd 1809.Which composer wrote the now famous 'wedding march'?

Kosaku Yamada - He wrote Japanese opera called The Black Ships.Who was the first Japanese symphonic composer?

Franz Schubert - Schubert wrote 9 symphonies.Who composed the Military March? This piece is played by four hands.

Giacomo Puccini - He also wrote the operas Edgar and Tosca.Who the famous opera Madame Butterfly?


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Blues & Jazz Trivia Questions 

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk - After suffering a major stroke in 1975 Kirk was forced to modifying to playing with only one arm.Which famous jazz musician was blind and could play a flute through his nose?

Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington died of cancer in 1974.Which famous jazz musician preferred to refer to his style of music as 'American Music'?

Miles Davis - He played the role of a street performer.Which famous jazz musician made an appearance with Bill Murray in the movie 'Scrooged'?

Smokey Robinson - William 'Smokey' Robinson was born in Detroit Michigan on Feb.19th 1940.Which jazz great not only recorded music but was the vice president of Motown Records from 1961 to 1988?

Guitar - Legend says that he sold his soul to the devil.Robert Johnson the famed delta blues musician played what instrument?

Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters has a park and a street dedicated to him in Westmount, Illinois.Which Blues great has albums called 'King Bee' and 'I'm Ready and Hard Again'?

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley died in his home in Archer Florida on June 2nd 2008. Which blues great was actually born Ellas Otha Bates?

Smokey Robinson - He has also made guest appearances on the hit shows 'Days of Our Lives' and 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'.Which famous jazz artist was a guest judge on the hit show American Idol in 2003?

Bo Diddley - He was supposed to play 'Sixteen Tons' by Tennessee Ford but instead he played 'Bo Diddley'.Which famous blues artist was told by Ed Sullivan that he wouldn't last six months and was banned from appearing on the show after not playing the song that Ed wanted him to?

Saxophone - He biggest hit was Moody's Mood For Love.What instrument is James Moody noted for playing?

Saxophone - John Coltrane received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board.John Coltrane noted composer and musician played what instrument?


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British Invasion Trivia Facts 

Facts you may not have known.

  • The Beatles at one point were paying to work. Their taxes were over 100%.


  • Rolling Stone member Brian Jones is rumoured to have fathered six illegitimate children.


  • The Troggs were original called the Troglodytes. The word Troglodyte means cave dweller.


  • Elvis Presley was interviewed by Peter Noone (better known as Herman of Herman's Hermits) for the paper New Music Express.


  • The Who used to ban Keith Moon from the studio when they recorded vocals because his voice was terrible.


  • John Lennon shoplifted one of his harmonicas from a store in Holland. He recorded 'Love Me Do' with it.


  • Songs recorded by The Who are the theme songs for CSI, CSI New York and CSI Miami.


  • The Kinks got their name from their weird or 'Kinky' stage outfits. They wore leather boots and capes.


  • Bill Wyman is the only Rolling Stone to have a number one hit as a solo artist.


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The British Invasion Trivia Questions 

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Manfred Mann - These songs are on the album Manfred Mann Chapter Three.Which British invasion band had hits with these songs, 'Travelling Lady', 'One Way Glass' and 'Devil Woman'?

Reg Presley - The band also included, Tony Murray, Ronnie Bond, Pete Staples and Chris Briton.The Troggs were a British invasion band formed in 1964. Who was the lead singer?

Peter Noone - He was best known as Herman of Herman's Hermits.Which British invasion musician appeared on 'Married With Children', 'Too Close for Comfort' and 'My Two Dads'?

Freddie and the Dreamers - The guitarist for Freddie and the Dreamers was Roy Crewdson.Which British invasion band had hits with these songs, 'Turn Around', 'I'm Telling You Now', and 'I Love You Baby'?

The Yardbirds - Yardbird is a slang term for either a prisoner or a chicken.Which British invasion band's members included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck?

Charlie Watts - The band was started in 1962. One of the Big Four British invasion bands was the Rolling Stones. Who is their drummer?

The Moody Blues - The Moody Blues started in 1964 and are still touring.The albums 'The Other Side of Life' and 'In Search of the Lost Chord' were done by which British invasion band?

The Hollies - Graham Nash also did vocals and played guitar.Allan Clark was the lead singer for which British invasion band?

The Animals - They got their name because of the strange things they did on stage.Which British invasions band's signature song is 'The House of the Rising Sun'?

Keith Moon - While touring Keith was known to blow up toilets with fireworks.The British Rock band 'The Who' officially stopped playing in 1983 although they did perform at a few special events. One of their members had died of a drug overdose in 1978. Who was it?


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