Bing Music Quiz: 15 Questions on Composers, Instruments and Pop History

15 questions · answers & explanations · updated October 4, 2026

This music quiz mixes classical and popular music: composers, orchestral instruments, legendary bands and landmark albums. There are 15 questions, and each comes with a short explanation.

Music questions often appear in the Bing Quiz around festivals, anniversaries and famous concert venues.

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Every question with its answer and explanation. Open “Show answer” after you guess.

1. 1 How many keys does a standard modern piano have?

   • A 88
   • B 76
   • C 96
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   ✓ Answer: A. 88

   Did you know? A standard piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys.

2. 2 Which composer continued writing music after becoming almost completely deaf?

   • A Beethoven
   • B Mozart
   • C Bach
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   ✓ Answer: A. Beethoven

   Did you know? Beethoven composed his Ninth Symphony when he was profoundly deaf.

3. 3 Which band recorded the album Abbey Road?

   • A The Beatles
   • B The Rolling Stones
   • C Queen
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   ✓ Answer: A. The Beatles

   Did you know? Abbey Road, released in 1969, was named after the London street where EMI's studios stood.

4. 4 The flute belongs to which instrument family?

   • A Woodwind
   • B Strings
   • C Brass
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   ✓ Answer: A. Woodwind

   Did you know? Instruments are grouped by how they make sound, not by what they are made of.

5. 5 Who composed The Four Seasons?

   • A Antonio Vivaldi
   • B George Frideric Handel
   • C Johann Sebastian Bach
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   ✓ Answer: A. Antonio Vivaldi

   Did you know? Vivaldi's four violin concertos were published in 1725.

6. 6 Which singer is known as the 'King of Pop'?

   • A Prince
   • B Elvis Presley
   • C Michael Jackson
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   ✓ Answer: C. Michael Jackson

   Did you know? Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982) is widely reported as the best-selling album of all time.

7. 7 How many strings does a standard guitar have?

   • A Eight
   • B Four
   • C Six
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   ✓ Answer: C. Six

   Did you know? In standard tuning they are E, A, D, G, B and E.

8. 8 Which musical term means 'getting gradually louder'?

   • A Staccato
   • B Crescendo
   • C Diminuendo
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   ✓ Answer: B. Crescendo

   Did you know? Diminuendo means getting softer, and staccato means short, separated notes.

9. 9 Which Queen song includes the word 'Galileo'?

   • A We Will Rock You
   • B Don't Stop Me Now
   • C Bohemian Rhapsody
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   ✓ Answer: C. Bohemian Rhapsody

   Did you know? Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 1975 and runs for almost six minutes.

10. 10 Which composer wrote The Magic Flute?

    • A Richard Wagner
    • B Giuseppe Verdi
    • C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    ✓ Answer: C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Did you know? The Magic Flute premiered in Vienna in September 1791, about two months before Mozart's death.

11. 11 Which city is known as the birthplace of jazz?

    • A Memphis
    • B Chicago
    • C New Orleans
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    ✓ Answer: C. New Orleans

    Did you know? Jazz grew out of New Orleans' mix of blues, ragtime and brass band traditions in the early 1900s.

12. 12 Which instrument has 47 strings and pedals in its modern concert form?

    • A The harp
    • B The sitar
    • C The cello
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    ✓ Answer: A. The harp

    Did you know? The pedals let the harpist change the key of the strings.

13. 13 Which Swedish group won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with 'Waterloo'?

    • A ABBA
    • B Ace of Base
    • C Roxette
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    ✓ Answer: A. ABBA

    Did you know? ABBA went on to become one of the best-selling music acts in history.

14. 14 What is the lowest adult male singing voice?

    • A Bass
    • B Tenor
    • C Baritone
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    ✓ Answer: A. Bass

    Did you know? From highest to lowest, the male voices are tenor, baritone and bass.

15. 15 Which country did the tango originate in?

    • A Cuba
    • B Spain
    • C Argentina and Uruguay
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    ✓ Answer: C. Argentina and Uruguay

    Did you know? The tango emerged in the late 1800s around the Río de la Plata, in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Tips for music trivia

Music questions tend to test famous 'firsts' and records: best-selling albums, a composer's most famous work, or which instrument belongs to which family of the orchestra. The four orchestral families are strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion, and many questions depend on knowing which is which. The flute, for example, is a woodwind even though it is usually made of metal.

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