Music Trivia Fun Facts

Who is known as "The King of Rock and Roll"

• Elvis Presley

• Elton John

• Michael Jackson

• Ed Sheeran

Who gave Snoop Dogg his nickname?

• Dr. Dre

• His Mother

• A teacher

• Eminem

What song goes "From California to the New York Island. From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream Waters"?

• My Country 'Tis of Thee

• America the Beautiful

• This Land is Your Land

• Born in the U.S.A.

What did the drummer from Def Leppard (Richard Allen) lose in a 1985 car accident?

• His arm

• His car keys

• His big toe

• His drumsticks

How many children did Johann Sebastian Bach have?

• 5

• 6

• 20

• 12

Which Michael Jackson album featured 5 "Billboard Hot 100" No. 1 singles? It was the first album to do this

• Dangerous

• Off the Wall

• Thriller

• Bad

Composer John Cage wrote a 3-movement piece in 1952 entitled "4' 33"". It includes 4 minutes and 33 seconds of what?

• Quarter notes

• Silence/Rests

• The same notes

• Fast moving runs

What famous Jazz musicians nickname comes from the term "satchel mouth"

• Louis Armstrong

• Frank Sinatra

• Benny Goodman

• Duke Ellington

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?

• 33

• 27

• 40

• 21

What Tony Award winning musical features the story of one of our country's founding fathers told through rap and hip-hop music?

• Kinky Boots

• Dear Evan Hansen

• Wicked

• Hamilton