09 February 2024

Quiz: How well do you know these musical destinations?

From Elvis Presley's famous home to Eurovision cities, how many high notes will you hit in this tricky music-themed quiz?

4 mins

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Ice Music Festival & Coachella Music Festival: Alamy

1. Where will you find the Bob Marley Museum in Jamaica?

Portmore

Montego Bay

Kingston

Negril

2. Bluesman Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads near Dockery Plantation in which US state?

Mississippi

Tennessee

Illinois

Louisiana

3. Where is the Cavern Club?

London, UK

Hamburg, Germany

Liverpool, UK

Dublin, Ireland

4. The Ice Music Festival – where all instruments are carved from ice or snow – takes place in which country during winter?

Finland

Greenland (Denmark)

Iceland

Norway

5. Elvis Presley’s former Memphis home (previously a cattle ranch, now a museum) was built in 1957. What is it called?

Cowland

Graceland

Neverland

Bluesland

6. The Buena Vista Social Club were formed in which UNESCO-listed city?

Cordoba, Spain

Antigua, Guatemala

Havana, Cuba

Quito, Ecuador

7. The late Doors frontman Jim Morrison is buried in which city?

Los Angeles

Paris

San Francisco

London

8. Fifty years after ABBA famously won Eurovision, Sweden will be hosting the popular singing competition in 2024. But in which city is it taking place?

Stockholm

Malmö

Gothenburg

Uppsala

9. In which US state does world-famous Coachella Valley Music Festival take place?

Nevada

Colorado

California

Arizona

10. In which American city will you find the famous ‘Birdland’ jazz club?

Chicago

New York

New Orleans

Pittsburgh

11. In which Asian city will you find the legendary Budokan arena?

Bangkok

Ho Cho Minh

Manila

Tokyo

12. In 2023, which style of singing was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list?

Italian opera singing

Japanese Rekuhkara throat-singing

Croatian Ojkanje singing

Southern USA blues singing

13. In what year did Sydney Opera House open?

1963

1973

1983

1993

14. With more than 800 instruments on display, in which European Capital will you find the Museum of Musical Instruments?

Budapest

Belfast

Berlin

Belgrade

15. The Lake of Stars Festival takes place on the shores of Lake Malawi, a lake that spans which three African countries?

Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique

Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Botswana, Malawi and Namibia

Angola, Congo and Malawi