October 2026 edition

Music quiz

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Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Who composed the musical Starlight Express?
AAndrew Lloyd Webber
BCameron Mackintosh
CTim Rice
DStephen Sondheim
112 pts+10

How much music do you really know? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from punk and pop to Beethoven's symphonies.

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Music · October 2026 edition

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Q4 / 50Opener
Which pop star's fan base is known as 'Swifties'?
ALana Del Rey
BKaty Perry
CTaylor Swift
DAriana Grande

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerSleigh rides, La Scala and Superman
2EasyABBA, Messiah and a punk boat trip
3TrickyHouse music, Rudolph and the Ring cycle
4HardZombie, The Planets and gamelan orchestras
5BrutalHotel California, Wichita Lineman and Beethoven's Fifth
Music titlesout of 500
Hall of Fame50 / 50
Number one350+
Top 10275+
Top 40200+
Radio play100+
Demo tape1+
Broken string0

44 of 50 right · six short of Hall of Fame

You vs Sam BMusic · Tricky
412 pts
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You
389 pts
72%
Sam
Which singer recorded the 1950 hit song "Mona Lisa"?
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Bing Crosby
Nat King Cole✓GBKB

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Quick - whose fans are the Swifties?

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Singalongs first, then the deep cuts.

Five rounds of ten. The notes get trickier.

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When you finish, your score earns a title. Score nothing and you get a Broken string; get every question right for the Hall of Fame.

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