What songs are in the 1940s quiz?

10 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Billie Holiday, Lata Mangeshkar and Charlie Parker among the artists you'll hear. We don't publish the track list: knowing it would be the answer key, and the point is to name the record from the music. The breakdown above shows the years and the difficulty spread instead.

Is the 1940s quiz free to play?

Yes, and there's no sign-up. Press play and a record starts. You can play as many rounds as you like here; the app adds ranked duels, friends rooms and pass-the-phone party games.

1940s Music Quiz

10 records from the 1940s, and a second and a half each to place them.

10 records
Free, no sign-up
30 seconds each

Song 1

1940s — 0

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Worth right now

of —

0:00

Nothing heard yet

— cold — at 0:15 — floor

Replaying is free: the price only falls past the furthest point you have heard.

Which one is playing?

Music previews on Apple Music. Apple and Apple Music are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

The game needs JavaScript to play a record and keep score. Everything written on this page — how the scoring works, what is in this quiz — reads fine without it.

How to play the 1940s quiz

Press the record and pick the cover that is playing the moment you know it. Each of the 10 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the 1940s quiz is a bet on your own ear: commit early and it pays in full, wait for the chorus and it pays half. The full scoring rules are on the hub.

What’s in the 1940s quiz

10 playable records, released between 1941 and 1949. We don’t list the tracks: that would be the answer key.

How hard it gets

Band 1 is the most-played tenth of the catalogue. A quiz weighted to the left is one almost everyone can play.

Artists you’ll hear

Billie Holiday
Lata Mangeshkar
Charlie Parker
Chet Baker
Édith Piaf
Hank Williams
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Questions

How the scoring works, what a wrong guess costs and whether you need Apple Music are answered once, on the hub.

What songs are in the 1940s quiz?: 10 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Billie Holiday, Lata Mangeshkar and Charlie Parker among the artists you'll hear. We don't publish the track list: knowing it would be the answer key, and the point is to name the record from the music. The breakdown above shows the years and the difficulty spread instead.
Is the 1940s quiz free to play?: Yes, and there's no sign-up. Press play and a record starts. You can play as many rounds as you like here; the app adds ranked duels, friends rooms and pass-the-phone party games.