(March 3, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 42! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses. Each clue has point values — no dollars! The player(s) with the most points gets bragging rights.
Last week, our Black Music History themed clues had five respondents with three achieving a perfect score. How will this week’s players fare?
This round’s category — “Country Music Hall of Fame Plaques” — was inspired by my recent visit to that hallowed institution during a trip through Nashville last month. Each clue quotes a plaque commemorating a Hall of Fame inductee. You simply need to guess the country music legend it’s describing.
Think you know your country icons? There’s only one way to find out: read on!
You can post your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box below (they’ll be withheld from view until the contest closes), DM me on social media, or email me. Please don’t be that person who posts answers publicly on social media and spoils it for everyone. And, if you’re sending an anonymous comment, please remember to include a name or alias so we can give proper credit.
All correct entries will be recognized in the next Music Jeopardy! post. The prize, as always: eternal bragging rights.
Below are this week’s five clues plus four bonuses — an extra one this week with total potential of 10,000 points! Answers to last puzzle’s MJ41 (“Black Music History”) are at the end, along with that week’s winners. This week’s contest closes at 11:59 pm on Monday, March 9, 2026.
Clue 1:
Clue 2:
Clue 3:
Clue 4:
Clue 5:
Bonus 1:
Bonus 2:
Bonus 3:
Bonus 4:
That’s it. Remember to provide your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box way at the bottom of the article (we will moderate your answers and they won’t appear until the contest closes) or DM me on any of the social media platforms where this is posted.
Here are the results from Music Jeopardy 41! – Category: “Black Music History”
Clue 1 (100 pts): Who is Quincy Jones?
Clue 2 (200): Who are Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds?
Clue 3 (300): What is “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”?
Clue 4 (400): Who is Ray Charles?
Clue 5 (500): Who is New Edition?
Bonus 1 (1000): Who is Prince?
Bonus 2 (1500): Who are Stevie Wonder and Louis Armstrong?
Bonus 3 (2000): Who is Dinah Washington?
Winners: Matt Mullen, JHRoss, Tim McDonnell (6000 each), Honorable Mention: Barbara Lopez, Keith Thoms
Again, good luck with Music Jeopardy 42! The answers and results will be revealed next week.
DJRob
DJRob (he/him) is a freelance music blogger from the East Coast who covers R&B, hip-hop, disco, pop, rock and country genres – plus lots of music news and current stuff! You can follow him on Bluesky at @djrobblog.bsky.social, X (formerly Twitter) at @djrobblog, on Facebook or on Meta’s Threads.
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