Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Iowa Music History?

MATLOCK, UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 03: The crowd watch as on Frank Turner performs on the main stage headlining at the end of day 3 at Y Not Festival at Pikehall on August 3, 2014 in Matlock, United Kingdom. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Redferns via Getty Images)

</p><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>This is Adam Young, founder of a music group with several multiplatinum singles in the 2010s. He’s from Ottumwa, Iowa. Which group is he part of?</h3><ul><li>Owl City</li><li>Black Eyed Peas</li><li>twenty one pilots</li><li>Slipknot</li></ul></section><section data-block="TapAndFind"><h3>This is the band fun., famous for songs like “We Are Young” and “Some Nights.” One of these band members was born in Iowa City. Can you identify which one?</h3><p><p>Click on their face in the photo to make your guess!</p></p><ul><li>{“id”:1,”score”:1,”description”:””,”type”:”circle”,”found”:false}</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>The band Slipknot was formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1995. This is their most popular video on YouTube, the official video for their song “Psychosocial.” Which album was that song on?</h3><ul><li>All Hope Is Gone (2008)</li><li>Slipknot (1999)</li><li>Iowa (2001)</li><li>We Are Not Your Kind (2019)</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>In 2018, Clarksville, Iowa native Maddie Poppe won season 16 of American Idol. Which of these 2018 songs was the name of her first single?</h3><ul><li>Going Going Gone</li><li>Happier</li><li>Tequila</li><li>Back to You</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>The Everly Brothers spent most of their childhood in Shenandoah, Iowa. What are their first names?</h3><ul><li>Phil and Don</li><li>Phil and Joe</li><li>Don and George</li><li>Joe and George</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>In which small Iowa town was Andy Williams born?</h3><ul><li>Wall Lake</li><li>St. Charles</li><li>Washburn</li><li>McGregor</li></ul></section><section data-block="SingleChoice"><h3>Art Farmer, who was born in Council Bluffs, was famous for playing the trumpet and what other instrument?</h3><ul><li>Fluegelhorn</li><li>Saxophone</li><li>Cornet</li><li>French Horn</li></ul></section><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

1 Comment on "Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Iowa Music History?"

C.A. says:
December 24, 2022 at 1:15 am
I was going to say that I know about the Antonin Dvorzak connection to Iowa. But I could tell from the first question that this wasn’t going to be that kind of music quiz:-).

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