November 2026 edition

Music History quiz

Q12 / 50Easy15.0s
Prehistoric music is first firmly dated by evidence of what?
AWritten scores
BClay pianos
CBone flutes
DMetal bells
104 pts+10

How much music history do you really know? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from classical masters to prehistoric instruments.

Music History · November 2026 edition

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Q6 / 50Opener
Who composed the Ninth Symphony with the "Ode to Joy"?
AMozart
BBeethoven
CBach
DBrahms

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerFamous composers and classic instruments
2EasyChurch music, opera and the symphony
3TrickyAncient Greece, China and the Silk Road
4HardByzantine chant, Persian theorists, Tang courts
5BrutalStaff notation, polyphony and the Rigveda
Music History titlesout of 500
Timeless classic50 / 50
Master composer350+
Concert soloist275+
Court musician200+
Village drummer100+
Bone flute1+
Lost notation0

44 of 50 right · six short of Timeless classic

You vs Katie BMusic History · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Gagaku is the court music of which country?
China
Korea
India
Japan✓GBKB

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Who wrote the Ode to Joy symphony? No time for an encore.

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

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When you finish, your score earns a title: Lost notation if you score nothing, Timeless classic if you get every question right.

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