Song Examples
This infamous beat is associated with these two iconic songs of the 80s and 90s.
(+50 bonus points if you can name the musical term about originality that this represents)
What is Ice Ice Baby / Under Pressure?
This person was the original songwriter and performer of "I Will Always Love You"
(+50 bonus points if you can name the singer who made it famous in the 90s)
Who is Dolly Parton?
This is what "indie" means, in music.
(+50 bonus points if you can explain how this definition has changed over time)
What is "independent" from record labels?
"Doo wop" was a genre named for this stylistic feature of the music.
(+50 bonus points if you can correctly identify the decade doo wop stems from)
What are the syllables groups would typically sing as supporting harmony? (1950s)
In its time, the physical media Motown primarily produced was this now "old-fashioned" way of listening to music.
(+50 bonus points if you can describe what Motown was and correctly identify the decade it comes from)
What are vinyl records?
Here is an example of this specific subgenre of 60s music.
What is Surf Rock?
Aretha Franklin was known as the "Queen of" this genre.
What is soul?
This was the name for a phenomenon of the 1960s where artists from another country became exceedingly popular in the United States.
(+50 bonus points for each band/artist you can name that was a part of this movement)
What is the British Invasion?
This genre was the most popular genre of the 1970s.
(+50 bonus points if you can name any song of this genre from the 70s and the artist)
What is disco?
This invention of the 1980s was a keyboard that could electronically simulate the sound of other instruments, and it lead to the decline of a genre that was previously untouchable.
For full points, name the technology and the genre it overtook.What is a synthesizer?
What is disco?
ELO’s multi-layered masterpiece "Mr. Blue Sky" is rooted in this "ambitious" rock subgenre.
What is Prog(ressive) Rock?
This 90s alternative band sabotaged their own show.
(+50 bonus points if you can explain the reason why)
What is Nirvana?
This technology allowed niche subgenres to explode in popularity in the 2000s.
What is the internet?
This genre was the most popular genre of the 1950s.
(+50 bonus points if you can name a song of this genre from the 50s and the artist)
What is Rock and Roll?
This instrument was crucial to the sound of 1970s funk music.
What is the bass guitar?
In a classic chain of this musical technique, Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby" was borrowed by Daft Punk, whose track was later borrowed by Kanye West for his hit "Stronger."
What is sampling?
This famous artist of the 70s overcame expectations and odds to become famous despite being born with a disability. For full points, name the artist and his disability.
(+50 bonus points if you can name the genre he was most well known for)
Stevie Wonder was a blind funk musician of the 70s
Beyonce's song "Crazy in Love" is an example of this genre, which was influenced by other genres throughout the decades leading up to the 2000s.
(+50 bonus points if you can name one of those influential genres)
What is (pop) r&b?
Laufey’s viral hit "From the Start" introduced a new generation to this sultry style of music from Brazil, famously popularized by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz with "The Girl From Ipanema.
What is Bossa Nova?
Garageband is an example of this technology.
(+50 bonus points if you can name another example of this technology)
What is a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)?
If you want to dance to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" under a spinning mirror ball, you'll need to head out to this 11-letter French word for a dance club (the full name for the musical style).
What is a discoteque?
Though "Seven Nation Army" sounds like it features a massive ensemble, every sound on the track was actually engineered by Meg and this multi-instrumentalist frontman.
Who is Jack White?
This word is the term for artists from around the world becoming more "mainstream" and recognized in other countries.
What is globalization?
This genre hit the mainstream at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s.
(+50 bonus points if you can name a song of this genre from the 80s and the artist)
What is hip-hop and/or rap?
Put the following music-related technologies in chronological order of when they were most popularly used for music consumption:
Radio, CDs, Vinyl Records, Social Media, Cassettes, MP3 players, Streaming Platforms, MTV
Radio, Vinyl Records, Cassettes, CDs, MTV, MP3 Players, Streaming Platforms, Social Media