MusicTrivia Questions & Answers
11 music trivia questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation.
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1. What instrument has 88 keys?
Answer: Piano. A standard piano has 88 keys.
2. Which Beatles album was the band's final studio album to be recorded, released in 1969?
Answer: Abbey Road. Abbey Road was the last album the Beatles recorded together, though Let It Be was released later in 1970.
3. Who replaced Pete Best as the Beatles' drummer in 1962?
Answer: Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best as the band's drummer.
4. In which English city were the Beatles formed?
Answer: Liverpool. The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960, where all four members grew up.
5. Which Beatles song features a sustained final piano chord lasting over 40 seconds?
Answer: A Day in the Life. A Day in the Life, on Sgt. Pepper's, ends with a famous sustained piano chord.
6. Who was the Beatles' longtime record producer, often called the Fifth Beatle?
Answer: George Martin. George Martin produced nearly all the Beatles' recordings and is widely called the Fifth Beatle.
7. In which year did the Beatles play their final commercial concert and stop touring?
Answer: 1966. The Beatles played their last commercial concert in 1966 and focused on studio work thereafter.
8. Which Beatles single became their first number-one hit in the United States in 1964?
Answer: I Want to Hold Your Hand. I Want to Hold Your Hand topped the US charts in early 1964, launching Beatlemania in America.
9. Who was the Beatles' manager from 1962 until his death in 1967?
Answer: Brian Epstein. Brian Epstein managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in August 1967.
10. Which 1968 animated film featured the Beatles and shares its name with one of their songs?
Answer: Yellow Submarine. Yellow Submarine was a 1968 animated film accompanied by a Beatles soundtrack album of the same name.
11. Which Beatles song spent nine weeks at US number one in 1968, their longest-running chart-topper?
Answer: Hey Jude. Hey Jude spent nine weeks at number one in the US in 1968, the longest of any Beatles single.
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