{
  "pack": "originals-v1",
  "category": "music",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "music-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which band was made up of John, Paul, George and Ringo?",
      "options": [
        "The Rolling Stones",
        "The Beatles",
        "The Who",
        "The Kinks"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The Beatles formed in Liverpool and released their first UK single, 'Love Me Do,' in 1962.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-002",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which composer wrote the set of violin concertos known as 'The Four Seasons'?",
      "options": [
        "Johann Sebastian Bach",
        "George Frideric Handel",
        "Joseph Haydn",
        "Antonio Vivaldi"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Vivaldi published The Four Seasons in 1725 as part of a larger set of concertos.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-003",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which singer is widely known as the 'King of Pop'?",
      "options": [
        "Michael Jackson",
        "Prince",
        "Elvis Presley",
        "Justin Timberlake"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is widely cited as the best-selling album of all time.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-004",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which British band released the landmark 1973 album 'The Dark Side of the Moon'?",
      "options": [
        "Led Zeppelin",
        "Deep Purple",
        "Pink Floyd",
        "The Moody Blues"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The album stayed on the US Billboard 200 chart for well over a decade.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-005",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which guitar legend is nicknamed 'Slowhand'?",
      "options": [
        "Jimmy Page",
        "Keith Richards",
        "Eric Clapton",
        "Jeff Beck"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Clapton picked up the nickname in the 1960s and used it as a 1977 album title.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-006",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the name of Elvis Presley's famous mansion in Memphis, Tennessee?",
      "options": [
        "Graceland",
        "Neverland Ranch",
        "Paisley Park",
        "Twin Oaks"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Elvis bought Graceland in 1957; it opened to the public as a museum in 1982.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-007",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which rapper was born Marshall Mathers?",
      "options": [
        "Macklemore",
        "Vanilla Ice",
        "Mac Miller",
        "Eminem"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "His stage name comes from his initials, M and M.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-008",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The pop group ABBA, famous for 'Dancing Queen,' came from which country?",
      "options": [
        "Norway",
        "Sweden",
        "Denmark",
        "Finland"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with 'Waterloo.'",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-009",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which pop star was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?",
      "options": [
        "Gwen Stefani",
        "Lady Gaga",
        "Katy Perry",
        "Halsey"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Her stage name is widely credited to Queen's 1984 hit 'Radio Ga Ga.'",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which singer, crowned the 'Queen of Soul,' had a 1967 smash with 'Respect'?",
      "options": [
        "Diana Ross",
        "Tina Turner",
        "Gladys Knight",
        "Aretha Franklin"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Otis Redding wrote and first recorded 'Respect'; Franklin's 1967 version made it an anthem.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-011",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which music genre was born at block parties in the Bronx in the 1970s?",
      "options": [
        "Hip-hop",
        "Disco",
        "Punk rock",
        "Funk"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "DJ Kool Herc's 1973 Bronx parties are often cited as the birth of hip-hop.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-012",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which orchestral instrument typically has 47 strings and seven pedals?",
      "options": [
        "Harpsichord",
        "Piano",
        "Harp",
        "Celesta"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Each of the concert harp's seven pedals retunes every string of one note name, such as all the Cs.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-013",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of which British rock band?",
      "options": [
        "Def Leppard",
        "The Clash",
        "Queen",
        "Duran Duran"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Mercury fronted Queen from 1970 until his death in 1991.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-014",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which New Jersey rocker is nicknamed 'The Boss'?",
      "options": [
        "Bruce Springsteen",
        "Jon Bon Jovi",
        "Billy Joel",
        "Tom Petty"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Springsteen's 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. is the best-selling record of his career.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-015",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In January 1969, the Beatles gave their final public performance on the roof of what?",
      "options": [
        "Abbey Road Studios",
        "EMI House",
        "The Cavern Club",
        "Apple Corps headquarters"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The rooftop show took place at 3 Savile Row in central London.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-016",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Taylor Swift launched her career in which genre before her full switch to pop?",
      "options": [
        "Folk",
        "Country",
        "R&B",
        "Rock"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Her 2006 debut was a country album; 2014's 1989 was her first full pop record.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-017",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which country legend recorded famous live albums inside Folsom and San Quentin prisons?",
      "options": [
        "Willie Nelson",
        "Johnny Cash",
        "Merle Haggard",
        "Waylon Jennings"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "At Folsom Prison came out in 1968, and At San Quentin followed in 1969.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-018",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "TRUE_FALSE",
      "prompt": "True or False: Although usually made of brass, the saxophone is classified as a woodwind.",
      "options": [
        "True",
        "False"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Its sound comes from a single reed, which places it in the woodwind family.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-019",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Phil Collins was the drummer, and later the lead singer, of which British band?",
      "options": [
        "Yes",
        "Supertramp",
        "The Police",
        "Genesis"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Collins took over lead vocals after Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-020",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which country star wrote both 'Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You'?",
      "options": [
        "Dolly Parton",
        "Loretta Lynn",
        "Reba McEntire",
        "Tammy Wynette"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Whitney Houston's 1992 cover of 'I Will Always Love You' became a worldwide smash.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-021",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which 1985 charity concert was staged in both London and Philadelphia on the same day?",
      "options": [
        "Farm Aid",
        "Concert for Bangladesh",
        "Live Aid",
        "US Festival"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Live Aid ran on July 13, 1985, at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-022",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which supermodel starred in Billy Joel's 1983 'Uptown Girl' video and later married him?",
      "options": [
        "Cindy Crawford",
        "Elle Macpherson",
        "Christie Brinkley",
        "Cheryl Tiegs"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Brinkley and Joel married in 1985, two years after the video.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-023",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which British singer titled her albums '19,' '21,' '25' and '30'?",
      "options": [
        "Adele",
        "Amy Winehouse",
        "Dua Lipa",
        "Ed Sheeran"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Each album title reflects Adele's age around the time she made it.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "music-024",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which American city is widely considered the birthplace of jazz?",
      "options": [
        "Chicago",
        "Memphis",
        "Kansas City",
        "New Orleans"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Jazz grew from New Orleans' mix of blues, ragtime and brass bands in the early 1900s.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "music-025",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Kurt Cobain fronted which grunge band behind the 1991 album 'Nevermind'?",
      "options": [
        "Pearl Jam",
        "Nirvana",
        "Soundgarden",
        "Alice in Chains"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Nevermind helped carry grunge from the Pacific Northwest into the mainstream.",
      "wildcard": false
    }
  ]
}