Daily challenge · 25 September 2026
Music
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Question 1
Which instrument usually has a keyboard of black and white keys?
- A Piano
- B Flute
- C Violin
- D Trumpet
A piano is played using a keyboard of black and white keys.
Question 2
How many strings does a standard violin have?
- A Three
- B Four
- C Five
- D Six
A standard violin has four strings.
Question 3
In which New York town was the 1969 Woodstock festival held?
- A Bethel
- B Albany
- C Saratoga Springs
- D Woodstock
The festival took place on a farm in Bethel, New York, not in the town of Woodstock.
Question 4
What was the first music video shown when MTV launched in 1981?
- A “Video Killed the Radio Star”
- B “Billie Jean”
- C “Physical”
- D “Call Me”
MTV began broadcasting on August 1, 1981, with the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
Question 5
Where did Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony receive its first performance in 1824?
- A Vienna
- B Paris
- C Berlin
- D Prague
The symphony premiered in Vienna at the Theater am Kärntnertor.
Question 6
Which album won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year, presented in 1959?
- A The Music from Peter Gunn
- B Come Fly with Me
- C Johnny’s Greatest Hits
- D Only the Lonely
Henry Mancini’s The Music from Peter Gunn won the Album of the Year award at the 1959 Grammys.
Question 7
How many units must an album sell in the United States to earn an RIAA Diamond certification?
- A 5 million
- B 10 million
- C 15 million
- D 20 million
The RIAA’s Diamond certification threshold for an album is 10 million units.
Question 8
In what year was the jazz label Blue Note Records founded?
- A 1929
- B 1939
- C 1949
- D 1959
Alfred Lion founded Blue Note Records in 1939.
Question 9
The Beatles’ Abbey Road cover shows the band crossing a street near which London neighborhood?
- A St John’s Wood
- B Soho
- C Camden Town
- D Greenwich
The famous crossing is on Abbey Road in St John’s Wood, near the recording studio where the album was made.
Final question
Which album was the first commercially released compact disc, issued in Japan in 1982?
- A 52nd Street by Billy Joel
- B Thriller by Michael Jackson
- C The Visitors by ABBA
- D Tug of War by Paul McCartney
Billy Joel’s 52nd Street was the first commercially released CD, issued in Japan on October 1, 1982.