Nothing kickstarts your day like a quick brainteaser – so why not punch up your pop knowledge at the same time by incorporating a music quiz into your routine? Here are seven of the best available on your smartphone or desktop.
SongPop Classic
What is it? A pretty straightforward ‘guess the song’ game
After you’ve selected your three favourite genres and your favourite decade – hello, ’90s! – this app blasts out a banger and asks to guess either the title or artist. It’s multiple choice and generally quite easy – ‘Iris’ doesn’t really sound like ‘I Will Survive’, for example – but addictive at the same time. You have been warned.
Bandle
What is it? A ‘guess the song’ game with a muso twist
This app challenges you to guess the banger first by playing the drum beat, then the bassline, then the keys… and so on, until you get it right. It’s a little harder to master than some similar games, partly because you only get one song a day for free, but it’s a nice reminder that hits don’t live or die with their topline melody.
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Muzify
What is it? A ‘guess the song’ game… for the fans
This desktop game asks you to pick an artist – anyone from Madonna to Motörhead – then challenges you to identify one of their songs from a clip and three multiple choice options. It’s not afraid to chuck in a deep cut or three, so don’t go thinking it’s a doddle – 7/10 is a perfectly respectable score.
Spotle
What is it? A daily ‘guess the artist’ game
Every day, Spotle gives you 10 attempts to guess an artist selected at random. You begin by typing the name of anyone at all – Paramore, say. Then Spotle helps you to get closer to the correct answer by telling you whether Paramore matches today’s artist in terms of genre, gender, country of origin, year of debut and relative popularity. There’s a fair bit of luck involved, but to quote Paramore, “ain’t it fun” having a crack.
Musicle
What is it? A slightly more educational ‘guess the artist’ game
This game’s twist is that it plays you a song clip, then asks you to name the album from which it came. The Eurovision-themed round is pretty much impossible, but the ‘1001 albums to hear before you die’ round is a great way to update your musical bucket list. Sadly, there’s no option to buy the albums on vinyl direct from the website.
Pop Music Quiz
What is it? Exactly what its name suggests – an old-school pop music quiz
Simply log onto popkwiz.com and get answering questions rooted in pop trivia and knowledge of song lyrics. It’s best to select a decade first, unless you like the idea of answering random questions about everything from Guns N’ Roses to the Pussycat Dolls. Well, can you name the girl-group’s second studio album? (It’s ‘Doll Domination’, FYI).
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