Music

Terms: |Pop music|

Published: 13. 4. 2026.

Released on the 2009 album The Fall, the song The Man of the Hour is about a poodle called Ralph. What is the name of the artist who sings it?

Norah Jones

Published: 13. 4. 2026.

Before they became famous, Kate Schellenbach, one of the founders, was removed from which “boy” band because she was said not to fit the group’s new creative vision, a decision the members later admitted they regretted?

Beastie Boys

Terms: |Australia| |Bee Gees|

Published: 13. 4. 2026.

How many members were there in the Australian musical group known as the Bee Gees?

Three

Terms: |France| |Jean-Michel Jarre|

Published: 9. 4. 2026.

The French musician Jean-Michel Jarre became an international star thanks to his 1976 album, which sold in excess of twelve million copies. What is that album called?

Oxygène

Terms: |Carl Douglas| |Jamaica|

Published: 9. 4. 2026.

Carl Douglas, the Jamaican recording artist, wrote a song in 1974 that quickly turned into a global smash. It topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, in the US and the UK, and eventually sold around 11 million copies. What was this disco hit called?

Kung Fu Fighting

Published: 9. 4. 2026.

Saul Hudson hardly sounds like the name under which a mega-famous hard rock guitarist would want to conquer the world of show business. That is why he chose a far more memorable nickname for the international scene. What nickname did he choose?

Slash

Terms: |Grammy| |Motown Records| |Paul Justman|

Published: 31. 3. 2026.

What was the name of the Motown Records studio group that played on almost every one of the label’s hits between 1959 and 1972? Although the exact number of musicians involved is not known, Paul Justman’s 2002 documentary identified thirteen of them, and those musicians were later honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Funk Brothers

Terms: |Classical music|

Published: 30. 3. 2026.

Franz Liszt remains one of the towering figures of 19th-century European music and is still regarded as a national cultural icon in which country?

Hungary

Terms: |Seattle|

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

Which American rock band emerged from Seattle in the early 1990s and became one of the principal acts associated with the grunge movement, with albums such as Ten and Vs.?

Pearl Jam