Possibly the toughest music inquisition presently available

Mikey says:

the real problem with this quiz is the nature of its questions, rather than the topic.

if we had a purely classically-oriented quiz that asked questions like “what was the famous piano concerto Mozart wrote the same year his youngest child got a D- in penmanship?”
Or “Which famous Viennese Ear Trumpet manufacturer had a heart attack 12 years after supplying Beethoven with a sample of his product?”

these aren’t in any way shape or form a demonstration of knowledge of music. they demonstrate only a knowledge of pointless trivia.

now, if the questions on the “most difficult music quiz” had been along the lines of “which of these musical groups was heavily influenced by The Smith’s approach to harmony?”, or “Which musical element particularly marked the music of Theolonius Monk?” then I’d say yes, that is at least a quiz about musical knowledge, albeit not the type of knowledge I acquired during my studies. (ok, so I’d probably know the answers to those questions, especially if they were multiple-choice)