Trivia Quiz: Music Through the Years

This quiz has 10 clues to test your knowledge of various decades in music plus 5 bonus clues based on song lyrics. It’s just for fun but give it your best shot anyway and please, don’t give away the answers in the comments.

1905: What is the name of the Richard Strauss’ opera that shares its name with an Oscar Wilde play inspired by the New Testament?

1921: Name the popular song written by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle that the 33rd U.S. President would later adapt during his 1948 campaign

1937: Born on June 15, this future country legend and good ol’ boy would grow up to sing the “Dukes of Hazzard” theme

1948: Bob Hope sang the Oscar-winning song “Buttons and Bows” in what western comedy?

1955: This future Super Password host was a member of The Cheers, a group that hit the Top 10 with “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots”

1967: The fellow in this Turtles No. 1 hit only had to “invest a dime” to call his girlfriend

1977: “Watching the Detectives” was the first hit song in the U.K. for this artist whose real name is Declan MacManus

1989: David Hasselhoff had a huge hit in Germany and Switzerland with “Looking for Freedom”; where did he perform it on New Year’s Eve?

1997: What does Elton John call Princess Diana in the first line of his rewritten “Candle in the Wind” after she died?

2000: Fill in the missing amount from this line in Outkast’s hit song “Ms. Jackson”: “I apologize a _____ times”

Song Lyrics: Here are some lyrics from 5 songs along with the year the song was a hit. You can count yourself right if you know the title or the artist(s).

1969: “I hate to wake you up to say goodbye”
1982: “All I want to do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes”
1965. “Jump back Jack, see ya later, alligator.”
2016. “I got that sunshine in my pocket / Got that good soul in my feet”
1967 & 1987: “Children behave, that’s what they say when we’re together”

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Scoring Suggestion:

11 to 15 Right: Go take the Jeopardy! test

5-10 Right: Study a little more, than go take the Jeopardy! test

1-6 Right: Do not take the Jeopardy! test