Lata Mangeshkar Song Quiz

You hear one second of a real Lata Mangeshkar 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 Lata Mangeshkar 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 Lag Ja Gale, Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh, Tere Bina Zindagi Se, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya. Each round also starts at a random point in the recording, so Lag Ja Gale opening on a verse and Lag Ja Gale opening on the chorus are two completely different puzzles.

Harder than the mixed bollywood quiz. When every round is Lata Mangeshkar, the genre and era clues you normally lean on in the first second are gone, so you are separating Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh from Tere Bina Zindagi Se on texture alone. Most casual listeners need three or four seconds a track; regulars get there in one.

No, but it helps. Knowing Lata Mangeshkar and recognising Lata Mangeshkar 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 Bollywood quiz first and come back.

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