Music Quiz Questions and Answers:
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
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
What is the name for a musical work primarily designed to develop the technique of an instrumentalist?
(a) Cantata
(b) Sonata
(c) Symphony
(d) Etude
Which among the following is not a stringed instrumentalist?
(a) Sitar
(b) Sarod
(c) Santopr
(d) Tabla
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
What is the name of the famous Christmas song that was written by Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby?
(a) Jingle Bells
(b) Deck the Halls
(c) White Christmas
(d) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
How is the Russian musical instrument, the balalaika, usually played?
(a) Bowed
(b) Blown
(c) Struck
(d) Plucked or strummed
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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Who composed the music for the musical Chess”?
(a) Richard Rodgers
(b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
(c) Lionel Bart
(d) Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
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
With what would one play a kazoo?
(a) Fingers
(b) Bow
(c) Mouth
(d) Plectrum
By what name is Vincent Fernier better known?
(a) Axl Rose
(b) Alice Cooper
(c) Meat Loaf
(d) Dr John
Fanta Four are one of what country’s top hip hop bands?
(a) UK
(b) Belgium
(c) Austria
(d) Germany
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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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
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
Who called foxhunting “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) W B Yeats
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) John Milton
The number of keys in an ordinary piano are –
(a) Eighty eight
(b) Ninety eight
(c) Seventy eight
(d) Sixty eight
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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Which of these is not an annual music festival in Belgium?
(a) Pukkelpop
(b) Rock Werchter
(c) Graspop Metal Meeting
(d) Rock am Ring
Ornette Coleman, Louis Armstrong and Charles Mingus are associated with what style of music?
(a) Jazz
(b) Country
(c) Heavy metal
(d) Opera
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
__ was a famous Sarangi player
(a) Asad Ali Khan
(b) Ustad Binda Khan
(c) Latif Khan
(d) Naina Devi
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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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
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
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
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
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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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
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
Find the odd one from the given alternatives.
(a) Flute
(b) Violin
(c) Guitar
(d) Sitar
What instrument is played by blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Char lie Musselwhite and Junior Wells?
(a) Guitar
(b) Harmonica
(c) Bass
(d) Saxophone
Normally, a string quintet contains how many violins?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
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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What style of music is synonymous with Perez Prado?
(a) pso
(b) Rhumba
(c) Samba
(d) Mambo
What is the first name of Senor Domingo, one of the ”Three Tenors”?
(a) Placido
(b) Vasco
(c) Jose
(d) Luciano
What is the name of the traditional Scottish musical instrument?
(a) Bagpipe
(b) Harp
(c) Piano
(d) Guitar
