Q23 / 50Tricky15.0s
Which jazz singer was born Eleanora Fagan?
ABillie Holiday
BElla Fitzgerald
CSarah Vaughan
DNina Simone
112 pts+10

October 2026 edition

Jazz quiz

How much do you really know about jazz? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from ragtime and the Jazz Age to Miles Davis.

Jazz · October 2026 edition

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Q14 / 50Easy
Which American jazz vocalist was nicknamed the "First Lady of Song"?
ASarah Vaughan
BElla Fitzgerald
CBillie Holiday
DDinah Washington

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerBossa nova, ragtime and Nat King Cole
2EasyScott Joplin, jazz funerals and steamboats
3TrickyRonnie Scott's, Kenny G and Billie Holiday
4HardMingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Rhapsody in Blue
5BrutalOscar Peterson, Cal Tjader and Hoagy Carmichael
Jazz titlesout of 500
Perfect pitch50 / 50
Living legend350+
Headliner275+
Bandleader200+
Session player100+
Sitting in1+
Tough crowd0

44 of 50 right · six short of Perfect pitch

You vs Priya BJazz · Tricky
412 pts
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You
389 pts
72%
Priya
In which city was Duke Ellington born and raised?
Washington, D.C.✓GBKB
Kansas City
Chicago
New Orleans

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Fifteen seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Who was the First Lady of Song? No time to tune up.

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Five rounds of ten, and every one turns the difficulty up a notch.

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When you finish, your score earns a title. Score nothing and it's a Tough crowd; get every question right for Perfect pitch.

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