The Music Quiz: Charli XCX has sampled a song by which blues great?
Plus: What is the name of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White?
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The Music Quiz: Harry Styles sings about what type of restaurant on his 2022 album Harry’s House?
In honour of Irish Times Food Month, 10 tasty questions chosen to hit the musical sweet spot
The Nick Cave Music Quiz: What was the original name of side project Grinderman?
In honour of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, a special quiz on the ‘grand lord of gothic darkness’
The Music Quiz: Radiohead side project The Smile took their name from a poem by whom?
Plus: Which David Bowie song did Greta Gerwig choose to take with her on Desert Island Discs?
The Music Quiz: Who sings Ode to Billy Joe on Mercury Rev’s covers album of Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete?
Plus: Which of The Smiths was once thrown into jail, he says, for wearing a Baby’s Got a Gun T-shirt?
The Music Quiz: What is the most disappointing album ever, according to Rolling Stone?
Plus: Diablo IV, an online-only dungeon game, features a cover of which Who song by Camila Cabello?
The Music Quiz: Who inspired the title of the 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
Plus: Which Kate Bush classic is covered on The Last Dinner Party’s new album
The Music Quiz: How many times have Radiohead been nominated for the Mercury prize?
With a new album (The Smile) and book of photographs (How to Disappear) landing, a special query into all things Thom Yorke & company
The Music Quiz: Who is the Sinéad O’Connor parody in the Rock a Hula episode of Father Ted?
Plus: Who is about to be honoured for her philanthropy at the Golden Heart Awards?
The Music Quiz: Which band’s orchestral ballad was rejected as the title track for the Bond movie Spectre?
Plus: Who is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz better known as?
The Music Quiz: What’s the best Oasis song of all time, according to Rolling Stone?
Plus: questions about The Supremes before they were supreme, Kate Bush covers Elton John, Wendy Erskine on Rod Stewart, and the only two-time British Mercury prize winner
The Music Quiz: Carole King sang which Taylor Swift tune at the first Swifties for Kamala event?
Plus: Who’s that with a tattoo of Jesus Christ on his leg?
The Music Quiz: Which rapper has paid $6 million for the naming rights to a Florida football stadium?
Plus: Who is the Irish singer duetting with Julian Lennon on his 1998 song Faithful?
The Music Quiz: Which Coldplay album cover became a Royal Mail postage stamp?
Ahead of their four shows at Croke Park, a deep dive into all things Chris Martin & co
The Music Quiz: Which of AC/DC’s early 1990s songs is all about Donald Trump?
In honour of the mighty metalheads Saturday concert at Croke Park, an electrifying query into all things AC/DC
The Music Quiz: Which Kylie Minogue song contains ‘one of pop music’s most violent and distressing lyrics’?
Ahead of her appearance at Electric Picnic 2024, an exhaustive trivia trawl through all things Kylie
The Music Quiz: What was named the worst album cover of all time by Rolling Stone?
Plus: What was the first hip-hop song beamed into outer space?
The Music Quiz: Which Irish act knocked Sgt Pepper’s off the UK #1 spot?
Plus: What nabbed top position in Rolling Stone’s recent Best Album Covers of All Time list?
The Music Quiz: Which Taylor Swift song recently surpassed one billion streams on Spotify?
Plus: Can you name the first rap group to win a Grammy?
The Music Quiz: Stevie Nicks adapted the words from which writer for her song Annabel Lee?
Plus: Which rapper recently ran a 200m race at the Olympic Trials?
The Music Quiz: The Rolling Stones once performed a jingle TV ad for which breakfast cereal?
Plus: Who is the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
The Music Quiz: Colombia-born Shakira is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and ... ?
Plus: What is the name of the wine brand owned by pop star Pink
The Music Quiz: Which music legend has lauded Taylor Swift as her ‘professional granddaughter’?
Plus: As Taylormania gathers pace, a trivia-packed questionnaire to stump even the most fanatical Swiftie
The Music Quiz: Red Right Hand has been covered by which rapper for Peaky Blinders?
Plus: Who is the Irish rapper born Alexander Anyaegbunam?
Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donahue: ‘I got a very quick but intense focus on the Troubles in the 1980s. I was frightened, there’s no doubt’
Linking back to Ireland is critical to Jonathan Donahue, singer of Mercury Rev, who occupy a special place in alternative pop
The Music Quiz: Netflix’s Bridgerton has given a classical makeover to which song by Pitbull?
Plus: What was the name of future PM Tony Blair’s 1970s rock’n’roll band?
The Music Quiz: What is the name of the made-up boyband in Anne Hathaway’s romcom The Idea of You?
Plus: Who recently asked Rolling Stone magazine to ‘write the most horrific article about me’?
The Music Quiz: Which all-female pop group released a trio of fragrances called Tempt, Tease and Touch?
Plus: Lorde covers which Talking Heads song on new tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved?
The Music Quiz: Which well-known board game has been branded with ‘The Beatles’?
Plus: Who was the first British female artist to win five Grammys at the one ceremony?
The Music Quiz: How many times has Bruce Springsteen performed in Ireland?
In honour of the unstoppable Boss’s upcoming Irish gigs, a special quiz on all things Springsteen
Eurovision Music Quiz: What is Bambie Thug’s full name?
Think you know the Eurovision Song Contest? Test your knowledge with questions about Ireland's entry Bambie Thug, Graham Norton's presenting debut and more
The Music Quiz: Canadian rapper Drake has a tattoo of which Beatles album cover?
Think you know your music? Test your knowledge with our latest quiz featuring questions about Drake, the new Garfield movie, Kacey Musgraves, Blur, and more
Amy Winehouse Back to Black Music Quiz: What was the singer’s middle name?
As Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic about Amy Winehouse is released, how much do you know about the singer?
Kurt Cobain’s 30th anniversary special music quiz: What is the Nirvana frontman’s middle name?
Test your knowledge on Kurt Cobain, who died on April 5th in 1994, and Nirvana with these 10 questions
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