Music Quiz Questions and Answers:
Ques. What is the song ”Cracklin’ Rosie”, a 1970 song written and performed by Neil Diamond, about?
(a) A type of wine
(b) A pig
(c) A red-headed woman
(d) A flower
Ques. What instrument has a long neck and a round body of parchment stretched over a metal frame?
(a) Tuba
(b) Oboe
(c) Banjo
(d) Viola
Ques. Which among the following is not a stringed instrumentalist?
(a) Sitar
(b) Sarod
(c) Santopr
(d) Tabla
Ques. Who created and performed the most soundtracks for the film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps?
(a) Craig Armstrong
(b) Ali Zafar and Baqir Abbas
(c) Shiny Toy Guns
(d) David Byrne and Brian Eno
Ques. Which of these was a hit record for Madonna in 1986?
(a) Oh Mein Papa
(b) Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
(c) Papa Don’t Preach
(d) Daddy Cool
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Ques. Who composed the music for the musical Chess”?
(a) Richard Rodgers
(b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
(c) Lionel Bart
(d) Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Ques. What was the subtitle of the Beatles song ”Norwegian Wood”?
(a) Stronger than teak
(b) This bird has flown
(c) Isn’t it good
(d) And Finnish copse
Ques. With what would one play a kazoo?
(a) Fingers
(b) Bow
(c) Mouth
(d) Plectrum
Ques. By what name is Vincent Fernier better known?
(a) Axl Rose
(b) Alice Cooper
(c) Meat Loaf
(d) Dr John
Ques. Which piece of music was composed by Tchaikovsky to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon I?
(a) The Marseillaise
(b) 1812 Overture
(c) Moonlight Sonata
(d) Brandenburg Concerto
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Ques. Which of these was a Norwegian composer and pianist who is best known for his ”Pi-ano Concerto in A minor” and his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play ”Peer Gynt”, which includes ”In the Hall of the Mountain King”?
(a) Gabriel Faure
(b) Edvard Grieg
(c) Georges Bizet
(d) Henrik Ibsen
Ques. Which Canadian-born bandleader and violinist formed The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor?
(a) Paul Whiteman
(b) Guy Lombardo
(c) Charles “Buddy” Bolden
(d) Benny Goodman
Ques. Who called foxhunting “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) W B Yeats
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) John Milton
Ques. The number of keys in an ordinary piano are –
(a) Eighty eight
(b) Ninety eight
(c) Seventy eight
(d) Sixty eight
Ques. What is the musical term for playing each note separated from the rest?
(a) Rallentando
(b) Glissando
(c) Andante
(d) Staccato
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Ques. Which of these is not an annual music festival in Belgium?
(a) Pukkelpop
(b) Rock Werchter
(c) Graspop Metal Meeting
(d) Rock am Ring
Ques. Which band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, had the original members of Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, John Steel, and ”Chas” Chandler?
(a) The Kinks
(b) The Alan Price Set
(c) Herman’s Hermits
(d) The Animals
Ques. __ was a famous Sarangi player
(a) Asad Ali Khan
(b) Ustad Binda Khan
(c) Latif Khan
(d) Naina Devi
Ques. The song ”Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” was famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in which 1953 film?
(a) The Carpetbaggers
(b) Stagecoach
(c) Viva Las Vegas
(d) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Ques. What is the name for a group of musicians formed to imitate a famous band?
(a) Tributary band
(b) Tribute band
(c) Triangular band
(d) Trident band
Ques. Which of these was the first person to win all 4 of Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards?
(a) Helen Hayes
(b) Richard Rodgers
(c) Rita Moreno
(d) John Gielgud
Ques. What is the name for the indication that a group of 3 notes are to be performed in the time of 2 of equal value, which is shown by a ”3” and a slur placed above or below the group?
(a) Trifecta
(b) Doublet
(c) Tri
(d) Triplet
Ques. A compilation of whose inspirational letters to a young jazz student named Anthony, has been published as “To a Young Jazz Musician”?
(a) Wynton Marsalis
(b) Paul Whiteman
(c) ”Jelly Roll” Morton
(d) Benny Goodman
Ques. The mediaeval wind instrument called a shawm typically had a cover over its keys called what?
(a) Keyboard
(b) Mute
(c) Cap
(d) Fontanelle
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Ques. Which American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll and jazz singer/songwriter has won 4 Grammys, 17 Blues Foundation Music Awards, and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1993), the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (2001) and the Grammy Hall of Fame (both 1999 & 2008)?
(a) Patti LaBelle
(b) Etta James
(c) Aretha Franklin
(d) Irma Thomas
Ques. Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are associated with what style of music?
(a) Country
(b) Jazz
(c) Heavy metal
(d) Opera
Ques. Find the odd one from the given alternatives.
(a) Flute
(b) Violin
(c) Guitar
(d) Sitar
Ques. Normally, a string quintet contains how many violins?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Ques. Who is singer and actor Miley Cyrus’s godmother?
(a) Dinah Lee
(b) Loretta Lynn
(c) Dolly Parton
(d) Joan Armatrading
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Ques. What style of music is synonymous with Perez Prado?
(a) pso
(b) Rhumba
(c) Samba
(d) Mambo
Ques. What is the first name of Senor Domingo, one of the ”Three Tenors”?
(a) Placido
(b) Vasco
(c) Jose
(d) Luciano
