So you think you know your music trivia ...

1. What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?

2. What was Freddie Mercury’s real name?

3. Who was the very first American Idol winner?

4. Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star?

5. What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Alice Cooper?

6. Before Bleachers and fun., Jack Antonoff fronted what band?

7. Before Miley Cyrus recorded “Wrecking Ball,” it was offered to which singer?

8. Which artist’s entire 1985 Live Aid set consisted of just a single cover song?

9. What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?

10. Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band?

11. In The Big Lebowski, The Dude can’t stand which band?

12. Who founded Motown Records?

13. Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?

14. What was Madonna’s first top 10 hit?

15. What rock star moonlights as a horror movie writer and director?

16. What film did The Clash’s Joe Strummer direct starring some of his bandmates?

17. Eminem’s 8 Mile is named after a road in which city?

18. Who was Marvin Gaye’s duet partner?

19. Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?

20. What artists made up the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys?

Answers

1. Mariah Carey

2. Farrokh Bulsara

3. Kelly Clarkson

4. Brie Larson

5. Kesha

6. Steel Train

7. Beyoncé

8. Elvis Costello

9. David Bowie

10. Led Zeppelin

11. The Eagles

12. Berry Gordy

13. Peter Gabriel

14. “Holiday”

15. Rob Zombie

16. Cops and Robbers

17. Detroit

18. Tammi Terrell

19. Little Richard

20. George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan