Coldplay Song Quiz

You hear one second of a real Coldplay recording and name it. Land it straight away and the round is worth five points. Miss or skip and the clip grows to two seconds, then four, seven and eleven, worth less every time. Five Coldplay tracks per run, roughly two minutes, and the guess box suggests titles as you type so spelling never costs you a round.

Tracks are pulled live from the public catalogue, so the five you get change every run. Expect titles like Yellow, Viva La Vida, Fix You, The Scientist, A Sky Full of Stars. Each round also starts at a random point in the recording, so Yellow opening on a verse and Yellow opening on the chorus are two completely different puzzles.

Harder than the mixed pop & hits quiz. When every round is Coldplay, the genre and era clues you normally lean on in the first second are gone, so you are separating Viva La Vida from Fix You on texture alone. Most casual listeners need three or four seconds a track; regulars get there in one.

No, but it helps. Knowing Coldplay and recognising Coldplay in a single second turn out to be very different skills, which is why the first round humbles almost everyone. If it bites, try the wider Pop & Hits quiz first and come back.

Yes. No sign-up, no download, no cost. The Coldplay Song Quiz runs in any browser on phone, tablet or desktop, and you can replay it as many times as you like because the Coldplay tracks reshuffle each run.