Take part in weekly quizzes on this blog.
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 20/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz perhaps requires a bit less musical expertise than usual – some of it’s more general knowledge. It’s in a Jeopardy-style format. I scored 30/30 with 2:53…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored the fastest 19/20 in last week’s quiz. This week, it’s more of the same – twenty albums to identify from their first three songs. I appreciate the eclecticism, spanning from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Drake.…
Congratulations to Tony, who just pipped EclecticMusicLover in last week’s First Three Songs #10 quiz, both scoring 19 It’s another tough one this week, although maybe slightly easier and more oriented toward guitar rock. Just like last week, I’ve only…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored a perfect 20/20 in last week’s quiz. I found this week’s quiz tough – it’s the last one in the series, and they may have been running out of recognisable acts. I’ve only heard six…
Geoff Stephen won last week’s First 3 Songs VIII quiz, narrowly beating out EclecticMusicLover. This week’s challenge is the same format, linking the first three songs to their album. I scored 20/20, although it was hard work. I assume…
I think boppinsblog won last week’s challenge, although it’s hard to compare it with kingclover’s “pretty fast”. This week you need to identify an album by its first three songs. It’s an eclectic bunch, from John Denver to The…
Congratulations to James, from KeepsMeAlive, who scored the fastest time in last week’s 5 Letter Words in 1990s Songs quiz This week your challenge is to match the live album to the artist. I got down to a 50/50…
The Fyfes have always been strong spellers, but not as strong as the Robichauds, one of whom dominated last week’s quiz. This week your challenge is to fill in the blanks in 1990s song titles. I knew enough of…
Jim, music enthusiast, won last week’s quiz, blitzing the hall of fame backing bands quiz in exactly one minute. This week you need to identify the correct spelling of some notable bands. The Fyfes have always been strong spellers,…
EclecticMusicLover dominated last week’s quiz, with the only 20/20 score. This week, your challenge is to link the hall of fame acts with their backing bands. I think it’s pretty straightforward, so that it’s somewhat of a speed challenge. …
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored 21/22 in last week’s band hometowns quiz. This week, your challenge is to differentiate between two similarly named songs. It was a good quiz, with a broad range of artists and eras. I scored…
There were a lot of strong entries in last week’s British or American quiz. But JP Robichaud emerged supreme, blitzing the quiz in less than a minute and realising that Whitesnake were British. This week’s challenge is also geographical –…
Most contestants performed impressively in last week’s synonyms and antonyms quiz. The fastest time came from keepsmealive’s James Kalyn, who solved it in less than minute. This week your challenge is to guess whether the listed bands are from the…
Welcome to this week’s music quiz. Success in last week’s secondary colours quiz was primarily determined by contestants’ familiarity with Gogol Bordello. Here’s ‘Start Wearing Purple’, a song that many of us missed. Congratulations to the contestants who scored 15.…
Noone scored 100% in last week’s Dead Before 30 quiz, but congratulations to everyone who scored 21. Both Avicii and Pigpen proved challenging. This week, your challenge is to complete song titles with secondary colours. I scored 14/15 –…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored a highly credible 23/24 in last week’s Albums with Title Tracks Removed quiz. This week your challenge is to identify 22 rock and pop musicians who died prematurely. I scored 22/24 – I was…
Most competitors beat me in last week’s Homophoney Hits quiz – congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored 15 This week, the challenge is to name albums with their title tracks removed. I scored 20/24 – can you beat me? Shortly…
Last week we looked at singer name definitions. Congratulations to Tony, who scored the fastest time, although Msjadeli managed a very fast time on her second run through. This week we’re looking at Homophoney Hits, where song titles are replaced…
Congratulations to James from keepsmealive, who top scored in last week’s Artist by First Hit quiz. This week your challenge is to match the singer’s image to a definition of their surname. You should recognise most of the faces, but…
I’m away on vacation this week, so I’ve queued this post up early. At the time of writing, EclecticMusicLover had the only perfect score in last week’s quiz. This week it’s another in the same series, identifying artists by their…
Noone scored full marks in last week’s two album decade quiz, but congratulations to the two contestants tied on 39/40 – KingClover and Geoff Stephen. This week you need to match artists with their first number-one hit. It’s eclectic, with…
Congratulations to 2loud2oldmusic, who pipped Tony by less than 10 seconds for the fastest time in the First 3 Songs quiz. This week’s quiz is more time-consuming than most – I recommend setting a few minutes aside for it if…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who proved something of a sex expert on last week’s quiz. This week your challenge is to identify an album given its first three songs. There’s an eclectic mix of music, from John Williams to Cher. …
Congratulations to Tony, who just pipped James Kalyn from Keepsmealive for top honours in last week’s quiz. This week your task is to complete the album titles for songs with sexual euphemisms. I scored 20 It’s a pretty eclectic…
Last week’s Band by Long Song Title quiz favoured younger contestants – King Clover narrowly beat Jprobichaud for bragging rights. This week’s quiz possibly has a similar demographic skew. You need to link lyrics to a song by a 1990s…
Congratulations to Jamie Kyei from The Music in my Ears, who recorded the fastest time in last week’s album quiz. This week you need to link the long and pretentious song title with the artist. I knew 16, then…
A few contestants scored full marks last week, in the 1972 #1 hits quiz. EclecticMusicLover scored the fastest time. This week’s quiz is album-oriented rather than song-oriented. You need to guess the album name based on a tracklist with the…
Congratulations to Max Badfinger, who scored 27/30 on last week’s trivia quiz. This week you need to link the 1972 song to the artist. I scored 20 Can you beat me? There’s a lot of 1970s cheese on the…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored the fastest 28/28 in last week’s Paul quiz, more than three minutes ahead of Max. This week you need to link bands with trivia. It’s interesting, but for someone whose head is stuffed full of…
Tony managed a very strong 49/50 in last week’s tough rock sub-genres quiz, an excellent effort. This week’s quiz is shorter, but I found it challenging. You need to identify hits by seven artists named Paul. I scored 24/28…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored the fastest time in last week’s golfing quiz. This week’s quiz is longer and more challenging. With 50 questions, you may wish to preload on some coffee first. I scored 47/50 with 5:24 remaining.…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who dominated last week’s Bands that Became Other Bands quiz – he scored 25, 16% ahead of four contestants tied on 21 This week’s challenge is a little more straightforward, I believe. You need to identify…
Congratulations to Tony and Max, who tied in last week’s Chart Toppers in the 1980s quiz. Amazingly, Rich and EclecticMusicLover both knew Paul McCartney’s three number one singles in the 1980s. This week you need to identify 25 bands that…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who identified some obscure acts and scored 20/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s challenge involves identifying acts who enjoyed a Billboard #1 single in the 1980s. Note that you don’t get disqualified for clicking a…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored the fastest competitor time in last week’s AI-Generated 1970s Song Quiz. This week, you are presented with four names – one is the name of the band and three are songs by that band. You…
Congratulations to boppinsblog, who beat kingclover for bragging rights in last week’s quiz. We’re staying in the classic rock era for this week’s quiz. You need to guess the song based on AI-generated art. I scored 15/15 with 5:18…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who just pipped Eclectic Music Lover for the fastest time in last week’s Cat Stevens titles quiz. Here’s a live version of my favourite song from the quiz, ‘Sad Lisa’, if you don’t know it already:…
Congratulations to Tony, who just pipped Rich Kamerman in last week’s famous lead singer quiz. This week we have a Cat Stevens quiz. Often I try to avoid artist-specific quizzes, but Stevens’ early 1970s hits are pretty universal. There…
Congratulations to Rich “we mean it” Kamerman, who scored 36/36 in last week’s California Bands quiz, correctly sorting Beach Boys and Green Day albums. In this week’s challenge, you need to identify lead singers of bands by picture. It’s harder…
Jim S narrowly beat EclecticMusicLover in last week’s ‘Got’ Song Titles quiz. This week, you need to link the Californian bands with their albums. Remember you can skip ahead if there’s a band you’re not very familiar with. I…
Tony dominated last week’s MTV Unplugged album quiz, scoring a perfect 24 This week we’re looking at songs with the word “got” in the title. I scored 30/32 – I was down to educated guessing about halfway through the…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 20/20 in last week’s Badly Drawn Albums quiz. This week you need to complete the stanzas in Jimmy Buffett’s ‘Margaritaville’. I’m not a particular fan of Mr Buffett, and only scored 18 of a…
I had to collate last week’s result a little early last week, but when I made this post Max from PowerPop.Blog was the only contestant to score 100%. This week you need to link the artist to the poorly drawn…
Last week we looked at the artists with the most songs in Rolling Stone’s recent Top 500 list. King Clover and EclecticMusicLover both scored 34/35, although King Clover didn’t record a time. This week it’s the companion quiz, with Rolling…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who just pipped MusicEnthusiast in last week’s Music in Song Titles quiz. I was even more impressed by 2loud2oldmusic, who solved last week’s bonus question, linking five albums by knowing they were recorded at Electric Lady studios.…
Congratulations to Jamie, who scored the fastest time with a perfect score in last week’s Name Any Song quiz. In this week’s quiz you need to link the musical term with a song title. Each answer is used exactly twice…
Last week’s semi-obscure 1970s album quiz threw up a diverse range of scores – Rich Kamerman top-scored with 36 This week you need to name any track off of an acclaimed album. Even if you don’t know any songs, a…
Thanks to everyone who played last week’s first album/last album quiz. Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who finished fastest, in less than a minute. This week you need to identify the artists behind some 1970s albums. The artists are pretty well-known,…
Jim couldn’t defend his crown – Tony took out last week’s setlist quiz with the only perfect score. This week you need to recognise a band (or solo artist) when shown a split image of their first and final albums.…
Congratulations again to Jim, who won this site’s Sporcle challenge for the second week running. The very first Sporcle challenge that I laid down on this website was Band by Setlist I – only two people entered, and both of…
Congratulations to Music Enthusiast Jim, who scored the fastest time in last week’s Parentheses quiz. Last week it was parentheses, this week it’s exclamation marks! It’s pretty eclectic, with everything from Louis Armstrong to Bruno Mars. I had to…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who scored the fastest time in last week’s quiz, narrowly beating Max. This week, regular reader KingClover has supplied a quiz for our enjoyment. You need to match the parts of song titles, including parentheses. …
Congratulations to KingClover, who scored the only 10/10 in last week’s quiz. A lot of contestants, including myself, didn’t recognise Motown’s Mary Wells. This week there’s a list of members from 30 well-known 1970s bands that you need to identify.…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored the fastest perfect score in last week’s Signs quiz. There’s just a brief quiz this week, with ten questions: I only answered 8 of those 10 questions correctly – I didn’t recognise a couple…
Thanks for playing Click, Click, Boom! last week. There was a tie for fastest time between Tony and msjadeli. This week you need to link the trivia question to the road sign. It’s a rock-oriented quiz. I scored 16/16…
Hello, and welcome back. Last week’s classic rock picture quiz proved tricky – the two highest challengers tied for 12 This week we’re back to some music trivia. Can you answer the questions correctly? Bear in mind it’s sudden death…
Congratulations to kingclover, who scored 34/35 in last week’s Song Title quiz. And congratulations to Jim, who guessed that Christie Brinkley painted the cover of Billy Joel’s River of Dreams album. This week you need to guess the classic rock…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 20/20 in last week’s Rock Quartet quiz – especially Jim the Music Enthusiast who scored the fastest time. This week, you need to name the hit song from the key line in the chorus. …
Last week’s quiz about Antonyms was pretty straightforward, with a bunch of 20 Tony was fastest. This week is another pretty easy one I think – you have the identify the rock quartet by their first names. They’ve largely stuck…
Congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover, who recorded a perfect 25/25 in last week’s quiz about Albums With At Least Four Top Ten Hits. This week requires some language skills as well as knowledge of song titles. You need to put…
Congratulations to Tony and EclecticMusicLover, who both scored 12/12 in last week’s quiz. This week it’s all about commercial juggernauts – albums with at least four top ten hits. It ranges from the 1970s to the 2010s and is pop-centric.…
I’ve had a few issues with the WordPress Reader feed recently – this post both tests if it’s now working and re-exposes my most recent posts. Today’s Quiz: New Music Reviews: Ten Best Sam Phillips Songs:
Congratulations to Tony, who narrowly edged Sheik Yerbouti for bragging rights in last week’s Shopping List quiz. This week’s quiz has amazing breadth, covering more than a century of recorded music. You need to link the three albums to the…
Last week’s Album by Shopping Receipt IV was a toughie, but a couple of contestants made it to 23/24 – good work Tony and Sheik Yerbouti. I’m not necessarily planning on doing every quiz in the series, but I wanted…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who scored the only 24/24 on last week’s quiz. This week, we’re looking at “Shopping Receipts” from artists – they’re actually tracklists with track times. I liked how it covered a wide variety of music. …
Noone scored a full 24/24 in last week’s quiz, but we did have a bunch of 23s. Tony had the fastest recorded time with 3:54 remaining. It’s the final quiz in the series this week. I managed to arrest…
Congratulations to occasional contestant Heavy Metal Overlord, who scored the fastest time in last week’s Find The Band Member quiz. Due to poor advanced planning on my part, we’re now up to Find the Band Member VII. We started at…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored the fastest time in last week’s Find the Band Member II quiz, locating 24 famous musicians in less than a minute. This week, unsurprisingly, it’s Find the Band Member I – for some reason, I…
Congratulations to Pierce from who snuck in a second faster than Tony to win last week’s challenge in a blistering minute. This week, unsurprisingly, it’s Find the Band Members Part 2. I think they’re getting easier as we work…
It looks like Music Enthusiast Jim won last week’s quiz, leading a large number of perfect scores with the fastest time. Unsurprisingly, we’re moving on to Find the Band Member III this week. I think they get easier as we…
Congratulations to the contestants who scored 24/24 in last week’s quiz – it looks like jprobichaud from was the fastest. This week we’re continuing with the Find the Band Member quizzes – I’ve been enjoying the broad range of…
Last week, in Find the Band Member VI, Rich Kamerman had the best score of 23/24 when I scheduled this post – apologies if you recorded your score later, as I’m on vacation. This week, it’s more of the same.…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 20/20 in last week’s Album Covers II quiz, and also condolences to the contestants who scored 19/20 but missed The Doors’ Strange Days. Special congratulations to Jamie from , who scored the fastest time. This…
I had to post this week’s quiz a little early, so I might have missed some late entries for last week’s Red Album quiz. But congratulations to 2Loud2Old Music, who recorded a perfect score with the best time. This week,…
Congratulations to Tony, who just pipped Max and Eclectic Music Lover for the fastest time in last week’s Blackboard Musicians quiz. This week you need to click the red albums – it’s straightforward. I scored 15/15 with 3:55 remaining…
As you’d expect from a niche quiz, last week’s London Calling competition threw up a range of scores. Congratulations to the Punk Panther who, as you’d hope from his name, scored 19 We have a rather high-brow quiz this week…
Last week we looked at Best New Artist Grammy winners. There was a three-way tie for first place – Tony, Rich, and Geoff (with help from Geoff’s wife) all scored 34 Late Addendum: after I scheduled this post, EclecticMusicLover submitted…
We had a tie last week in the White Album quiz – congratulations to Jim and Max, who tied with a time of 3:10. I’m not sure if we’ll have any 100% scores this week, but I’m happy to be…
Congratulations to Rich “Taxman” Kamerman, who squeaked out the fastest time in last weeks 1960s quiz. There were lots of contestants who were very close on his tail. With apologies to younger readers, we’re staying in the 1960s for another…
We had another tie last week with the quickfire Tic-Tac-Toe quiz. Tony and Geoff both solved the puzzle with 2:13 remaining. This week you need to complete the 1960s song title with a picture. It’s fun and creative. I…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 26/26 in the 1990s Ruined by a Letter quiz – Tony easily recorded the fastest score, thanks to some judicious coffee. Drew didn’t complete the quiz, but was the only person to solve the bonus…
Last week’s US Presidents quiz featured the cover image of Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour. The second single from that album was ‘Deja Vu’, and it’s Deja Vu on the scoreboard this week, with Rich Kamerman and EclecticMusicLover again tying…
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover and Rich Kamerman who both scored 29/30 in last week’s Musicians with US Presidents II quiz. This week we’re looking at the prequel: I scored 22/30 – I struggled with recognising some of the country artists…
Congratulations to Tony, whose 24/25 in last week’s Famous Albums Badly Drawn Quiz was a clear winner. This week you need to identify the musicians pictured with US presidents. I only scored 20/30 – I’m not very good at…
For most of the week, it looked like ‘Advance Australia Fair’ was going to ring around the medal ceremony. A late entry from Rich Kamerman turned out to be the fastest time, just pipping Bruce. Congratulations to everyone who participated.…
Congratulations to everyone who participated in last week’s badly drawn 1970s hits quiz. Especially to Eclectic Music Lover, who just edged Rich Kamerman for first place. Also, thanks for reading my daughters’ book. This week you need to sort a…
Congratulations to kingclover and ElecticMusicLover, who both scored 36/38 in last week’s tough ‘The’ Bands quiz. It included some obscure answers like The Donnas and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. This week, it’s a return to the badly drawn franchise. Can…
Congratulations to Tony, who caffeined up and motored through last week’s Flip Flop albums quiz. This week is straightforward after last time’s visual hysteria. You just need to name the band given the song. I scored 35/38 – I…
Congratulatons to EclecticMusicLover, who easily won last week’s never had a #1 single. He scored 26/29, 3 ahead of J’s 23, while no one else scored over 20. This week’s quiz is a little confusing. You need to select the…
Congratulations to Aaron, who just edged Tony and Rich for the fastest time last week. This week you need to select the artists that never had a #1 Billboard single. It’s not sudden death – if you get one wrong,…
Congratulations to tomwritesaboutstuff, who recorded the fastest time in last week’s acrostic puzzle quiz. This week you need to name the musical act given a promotional product with their branding. I scored 19/20 – I missed the squiggly face…
Congratulations to kingclover, who scored the only 100% score in last week’s finish that album quiz. We can continue on with that series sometime, but here’s a complete the lyrics/acrostic challenge. You can use the acrostic puzzle to help, but…
Congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover and Tony, who were the only 100% scores in last week’s Last Word Albums quiz. Not surprisingly, this week we’re looking at Last Word Albusm II. I scored 32/36 – I missed albums by…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who won last week’s 2010s’ Badly Drawn Songs challenge. This week you need to complete the titles of famous albums – although famous is debatable for some of these titles IMO. I scored 35/36, and…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who scored a perfect 20/20 in last week’s quiz. There were lots of strong 18s and 19s too. I apologise in advance if this week’s quiz is a little tricky for some regular quiz participants –…
Congratulations to Jamie from , who pipped Rich for the fastest time last week. This week we’re back to badly drawn songs. This week it’s the 2000s: I’m not quite as confident in the 2000s as in earlier decades…
