General Awareness
Popular Music Trivia
3,059 Questions
Popular music trivia tests knowledge of global chart-topping songs, iconic music videos, and award-winning soundtracks. Questions cover various genres, famous artists, and cultural themes prevalent in modern music. This section is ideal for improving general knowledge for state level exams and trivia competitions.
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Popular Music Trivia Questions
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In Quidditch, each time a Chaser successfully throws the Quaffle through one of the three opposing goal hoops, their team earns 10 points. The Golden Snitch is worth 150 points, which is option B - a common distractor.
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phonomania
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phyllomania
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plutomania
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pornomania
C
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Plutomania (from Pluto, the Greek god of wealth) means an excessive or abnormal desire for money and wealth. The other options are incorrect: phonomania relates to voices, phyllomania to leaf production, and pornomania to sexual content.
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dinomania
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dipsomania
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discomania
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doramania
C
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Discomania refers to an obsessive craze or mania for disco dancing and music, fitting the reference to Michael Jackson and dance mania.
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"Every Day is exactly the same"
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"The Perfect Drug"
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"The day The whole world went away"
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"Just like you imagined"
D
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Just Like You Imagined is an instrumental track from Nine Inch Nails' 1999 album The Fragile that was prominently featured in the 2006 film 300 during the Tree of the Dead scene. Every Day is Exactly the Same and The Perfect Drug are also NIN songs but were not in 300.
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In My Heart
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Happy Shiney People
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Let Me Fall
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Sing About the World
B
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Before the iconic 'I'll Be There For You' by The Rembrandts was chosen as the Friends theme song, R.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People' was considered as the original soundtrack. The show's creators ultimately decided on an original composition that better captured the show's mood. The option has a typo ('Happy Shiney' instead of 'Shiny Happy') but refers to the correct song.
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Motown 25
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Billboard 200
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The Way You Make Me Feel
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Moon Walk
A
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Michael Jackson first performed the moonwalk publicly during the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special in 1983 while performing 'Billie Jean'. The other options are songs, albums, or incorrect events.
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Always
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Beat it
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Bad
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Billie Jean
A
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Always is a power ballad by the band Atlantic Starr, released in 1987, and is not associated with Michael Jackson. In contrast, Beat it, Bad, and Billie Jean are all iconic songs from Michael Jackson's extensive discography, showcasing his pop and dance-pop style across multiple decades.
B
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Celine Dion is the vocalist who performed the song, not a flute player. The flute and other instrumental parts in "My Heart Will Go On" were performed by studio musicians, not the singer herself.
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Friends are life and lasts long
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Together forever
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We will be friends forever
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I will be there for you
D
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The Friends opening theme song is 'I'll Be There for You' by The Rembrandts. This song became iconic and is instantly recognizable to fans of the show. The other options listed are not the actual theme song - they appear to be made-up phrases that might sound thematically similar but are incorrect.
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rachel and ross
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rachel and pheobe
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pheobe and monica
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joey and chandler
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Coconuts
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MG's
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Romans
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Dakotas
C
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Little Caesar & the Romans were an American musical group best known for their 1961 hit 'Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)', which helped define the oldies but goodies genre.
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Shine on you crazy diamond
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Another brick in the wall
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Echoes
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Have a cigar
C
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Pink Floyd performed at the amphitheatre in Pompeii (a Roman arena, often confused with bullfighting arenas) with no audience present. The performance featured the epic 23-minute song "Echoes" as the centerpiece of their 1972 concert film.
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Roadhouse Bleus
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Digging Indy
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Back Door Man
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Roadhouse Blues
D
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The exact lyric appears in The Doors' Roadhouse Blues: 'I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer'. This is from their 1970 album Morrison Hotel.
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98 degrees
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Savage Garden
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Sting
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Daphne and Celeste
B
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Savage Garden was the Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes (lead vocals) and Daniel Jones (instrumentation). 98 Degrees was an American boy band, Sting is a British solo artist, and Daphne and Celeste were a different pop duo.
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Sweet Home Alabama
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Hotel California
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It's My Life
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Take Me Home, Country Road
D
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The song 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver is adapted as Manchester United's opening home game anthem. The song is played before home matches at Old Trafford and has become a tradition for fans to sing along. 'Sweet Home Alabama', 'Hotel California', and 'It's My Life' are popular rock songs but not associated with Manchester United.