Music is a free topic in Trivial. A round mixes pop history with a little music theory and the occasional question about instruments, so it works for a room where some people know chart history and others played in the school band.
Custom topics are popular here: a decade, a genre or a single artist makes a sharper round than general music.
Which band was originally called Mookie Blaylock, after an NBA player?
Pearl Jam
They changed the name before signing to Epic in 1991 but paid tribute anyway: their debut album "Ten" is named after Blaylock's jersey number.
Who composed the "Moonlight Sonata"?
Ludwig van Beethoven
It is his Piano Sonata No. 14, from 1801. The "Moonlight" nickname came from the critic Ludwig Rellstab, who compared the first movement to moonlight on Lake Lucerne, after Beethoven's death.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo made up which duo?
Daft Punk
The name came from a review that called their earlier band's music "a daft punky thrash". They performed in robot helmets for most of their career and split up in 2021.
Which instrument did Miles Davis play?
Trumpet
His 1959 album "Kind of Blue", recorded with John Coltrane on saxophone and Bill Evans on piano, is the best-selling jazz record of all time.
Which band released "The Dark Side of the Moon" in 1973?
Type the answer
Pink Floyd
It stayed on the Billboard 200 album chart for well over a decade in its original run, one of the longest chart runs of any album. The prism cover was designed by the studio Hipgnosis.
Which singer has released albums titled "+", "x", "÷" and "="?
Ed Sheeran
The series ran Plus, Multiply, Divide and Equals, and was completed by "-" (Subtract) in 2023.
What is the musical term for gradually getting louder?
Crescendo
It is Italian for "growing". Decrescendo is the opposite; accelerando and ritardando are about speed, not volume, which is what makes them good distractors.
Which time signature is known as "common time"?
4/4
Four quarter-note beats to the bar, written with a "C" symbol. 2/2 is "cut time", written as a C with a vertical line through it.
Which instrument is Lizzo classically trained on?
The flute
She studied classical flute at the University of Houston. In 2022 she played James Madison's 200-year-old crystal flute, borrowed from the Library of Congress, on stage in Washington.
Which acoustic guitar did Eric Clapton play on his 1992 "MTV Unplugged" performance?
A 1939 Martin 000-42
The album won six Grammys, and the guitar later sold at auction for a record price for an acoustic at the time. A Stratocaster is an electric, so it should be the first option ruled out.
Which singer is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
In 1987 she became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her best-known record, "Respect", was a cover of an Otis Redding song.
Former band names and real names are a favourite question style. If an option looks too odd to be invented, it is often the right one.
Learn the handful of Italian tempo and dynamics terms (crescendo, decrescendo, accelerando, ritardando). They appear as answers and as distractors.
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