Music Trivia

80's & 90's

100

What band made the 80's hit "Love Shack"?

B 52's

200

What was the first video played on MTV on Aug. 1, 1981?

Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles

300

What rock guitarist played on the Michael Jackson song “Beat It"?

Eddie van Halen

400

What year was the first commercially available CD player available for purchase?

BONUS POINT: What brand?

1982 - the Sony CDP 101

500

What was the best-selling single of the entire decade of the 1990s?  

Candle in the Wind by Elton John

2000's

100

In the summer of 2023, country singer Luke Combs had a hit with "Fast Car," originally a hit for what singer-songwriter in 1988?

Tracy Chapman

200

Which music couple famously wore matching denim outfits to the 2001 American Music Awards?

Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake

300

This is the logo of ______, an illegal peer-to-peer music sharing program, popular in the early 2000's and estimated to be installed on 1/3 of all home computers?

Limewire

400

Winning her first for "Fearless" and her most recent for "Midnights", which American pop singer is the only artist to have won four Grammy Awards for Album of the Year?

Taylor Swift

500

Which British artist released numerous albums in the 2010s using only math symbols as titles? Bonus point: write what symbols were used (five total)

Ed Sheeran (+,–,=,÷,×)

Finish the Lyrics

100

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills, till ___ _______ _____ ___ _____ 

the landslide brought me down

200

Hello from the other side

I must've ____ _ _____ ___

called a thousand times

300

I come home, in the mornin' light

My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?" 

Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones And girls, they wanna have fun 

Oh girls just wanna have fun... 

The phone rings, in the middle of the night My father yells

"_____ _____ _____ ____ ____ _____ _____?" 

What you gunna do with your life?

400

Somebody once told me 

The world is gonna roll me 

I ____ ____ ______ ____ ___ ___ ____

ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

500

She say, "Do you love me?" I tell her, "Only partly
_ ____ ____ __ ___ ___ ___ ____, ___ ____

I only love my bed and my momma, I'm sorry

Finish the Lyrics 2

100

I got hot sauce in my bag, ____

SWAG

200

'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And ___ ___ ___ _____ _____ 

the bird you cannot change

300

When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said ___ ______ __ ____ _____

I'll always be your friend

400

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, __  ______ ____ __, __ __ ____ __ ___ __

we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

500

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man, "We are programmed to receive
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___, ___ ___ ___ _____ _____

you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave

Government Names

100

 Onika Maraj

Nicki Minaj

200

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Lady Gaga

300

Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Elton John

400

Peter Gene Hernandez

Bruno Mars

500

Stevland Hardaway Judkins

Stevie Wonder