TriviaQuestionsPlay a Duel
Music quiz

Music Dance and Festivals Trivia

Music, dance history, festivals, and performance facts for a lively culture quiz.

14 questionsMedium mixCurated setFree to play
Question 1 of 14Medium

The second plane crash behind "The Day the Music Died," in 1963 in Tennessee, killed which musicians?

Choose one answer to reveal the explanation.

Topic guide

About this music dance festival trivia quiz

Music dance festival trivia brings together 14 multiple-choice questions about music dance and festivals. This medium-difficulty set belongs to the music collection and is designed for a quick, replayable way to test what you know while discovering a few unexpected facts.

The set includes prompts such as “The second plane crash behind "The Day the Music Died," in 1963 in Tennessee, killed which musicians?”, “Nashville, Tennessee, is called the Home of Country Music, but which cities also competed with it in the 1920s–1950s?” and “Bluegrass country music originated in which U.S. state in the 1930s?”. Read each question carefully, choose an answer, and use the explanation after each round to learn the context behind the correct choice. You can also challenge a friend to the same topic when you are ready for a head-to-head trivia duel.

What you will explore

What does this trivia set cover?

  • The second plane crash behind "The Day the Music Died," in 1963 in Tennessee, killed which musicians?
  • Nashville, Tennessee, is called the Home of Country Music, but which cities also competed with it in the 1920s–1950s?
  • Bluegrass country music originated in which U.S. state in the 1930s?
  • "The Day the Music Died" refers to two plane crashes. The first, in 1959 in Ohio, killed which musicians?
  • Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, was a patron of what music genre?
Question preview

Trivia questions in this set

14 questions · Music

Browse the question topics before you play music dance festival trivia. The full answer explanation appears after you choose an option in the quiz above.

  1. The second plane crash behind "The Day the Music Died," in 1963 in Tennessee, killed which musicians?
  2. Nashville, Tennessee, is called the Home of Country Music, but which cities also competed with it in the 1920s–1950s?
  3. Bluegrass country music originated in which U.S. state in the 1930s?
  4. "The Day the Music Died" refers to two plane crashes. The first, in 1959 in Ohio, killed which musicians?
  5. Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, was a patron of what music genre?
  6. Jazz dancing got incredibly popular in which decade?
Show all 14 question prompts
  1. Odissi dancing was used as what?
  2. Arabian belly dance has been around since when?
  3. Jazz has formal ties to what?
  4. La Tomatina was banned for quite some time between the 50s and 60s, but the government removed the ban starting when?
  5. The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust is held on what date?
  6. La Tomatina is a Spanish festival that started from what in 1945?
  7. Mardi Gras has been a party in New Orleans since which century?
  8. Slugs can breathe (and smell) out of how many noses?

Questions are from the Selected 500 Trivia Question Bank, with the current set reviewed on 2026-08-07.

Play together

Know someone who can beat you?

Keep exploring
More Music trivia