October 2026 edition

Bach quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Bach was church music director in which city from 1723?
ABerlin
BLeipzig
CVienna
DDresden
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about Bach? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from the Brandenburg Concertos to the art of counterpoint.

Bach · October 2026 edition

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Q3 / 50Opener
Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer from which country?
AGermany
BItaly
CAustria
DNetherlands

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerBrandenburg Concertos, cello suites and organs
2EasyBach's family, childhood and early jobs
3TrickyArnstadt, Weimar and the Köthen court
4HardPassions, chorales and the B minor Mass
5BrutalBWV numbers, counterpoint and arrangements
Bach titlesout of 500
Perfect cadence50 / 50
Fugue master350+
Kapellmeister275+
Court musician200+
Church organist100+
Choirboy1+
Broken string0

44 of 50 right · six short of Perfect cadence

You vs Katie BBach · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Who revived Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1829?
Mozart
Mendelssohn✓GBKB
Brahms
Schumann

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which country was Bach from? No time for a rest.

The ramp

Melody first, then the fugue.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

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When you finish, your score earns a title: Broken string if you score nothing, Perfect cadence if you get every question right.

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