Quiz  /  Australian Popular Music Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which classic Aussie rock band had national and international hits with “Friday on My Mind” and “She’s So Fine”?

  • The Twilights
  • Daddy Cool
  • Choirboys
  • The Easybeats

  • 2. 
    Name the Aussie guitarist famous for wearing a schoolboy outfit onstage.

  • Ian Moss
  • Chris Cheney
  • Angus Young
  • Rick Brewster

  • 3. 
    What is the stage name of the Aussie country legend who was born David Gordon Kirkpatrick?

  • Chad Morgan
  • Slim Dusty
  • Lee Kernaghan
  • Keith Urban

  • 4. 
    Which Aussie band shares its name with a swimming stroke?

  • Trudgen
  • The Dog Paddlers
  • Scissor Kick
  • Australian Crawl

  • 5. 
    Frogstomp was the first album by which Aussie band?

  • You Am I
  • The Church
  • Regurgitator
  • Silverchair

  • 6. 
    In which Victorian town was Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett born?

  • Bendigo
  • Robinvale
  • Geelong
  • Wangaratta

  • 7. 
    What is the subject of Cold Chisel’s Aussie rock classic “Khe Sanh”?

  • the first lunar landing
  • the Great Depression
  • the Summer of Love
  • the Vietnam War

  • 8. 
    Which Aussie band holds the record for playing to the largest crowd ever at a concert in Australia?

  • The Seekers
  • Powderfinger
  • Midnight Oil
  • INXS

  • 9. 
    Name the Aussie band that sang about “traveling in a fried-out Kombi.”

  • Cold Chisel
  • Men at Work
  • Little Heroes
  • The Angels

  • 10. 
    Which singer, now a member of the Australian Music Hall of Fame, was unkindly nicknamed the “Singing Budgie” early in her career?

  • Missy Higgins
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Iggy Azalea
  • Sia

  • 11. 
    Name the multitalented Aussie who fronted bands such as the Birthday Party, the Bad Seeds, and the Boys Next Door.

  • Nick Cave
  • Bernard Fanning
  • John Farnham
  • Ian Moss

  • 12. 
    Which hugely successful Aussie band received a Grammy for lifetime achievement in 2015?

  • AC/DC
  • Midnight Oil
  • Skyhooks
  • The Bee Gees

  • 13. 
    The title of Sherbet’s 1976 hit “Howzat” comes from which of these sports?

  • Rugby league
  • Australian rules football
  • Cricket
  • Surfing
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