Test Your Music IQ With This Trivia
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?
- A.
Six
- B.
Ten
- C.
Twelve
- D.
Fifteen
Correct Answer
B. Ten -
- 2.
What musical instrument's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971?
- A.
Piano
- B.
Keyboard
- C.
Drums
- D.
Guitar
Correct Answer
D. Guitar -
- 3.
What does the Italian musical term adagio mean?
- A.
Choppy
- B.
Smooth
- C.
Slow
- D.
Fast
Correct Answer
C. Slow -
- 4.
What city's opera house does " The Phantom of the Opera" prowl?
- A.
New York
- B.
Paris
- C.
London
- D.
Atlanta
Correct Answer
B. Paris -
- 5.
What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"?
- A.
Jelly Roll Morton
- B.
Earl Hines
- C.
Red Nichols
- D.
Louis Armstrong
Correct Answer
D. Louis Armstrong -
- 6.
What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"?
- A.
Herb Alpert
- B.
Dizzy Gillespie
- C.
Miles Davis
- D.
Louis Armstrong
Correct Answer
C. Miles Davis -
- 7.
What classical conductor won posthumous Grammy Awards in 1991, 1992, and 1993?
- A.
Leonard Bernstein
- B.
Igor Stravinsky
- C.
John Cage
- D.
Robert Strassburg
Correct Answer
A. Leonard Bernstein -
- 8.
What tenor received a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?
- A.
Jonathan Ansell
- B.
Fritz Wunderlich
- C.
Luciano Pavarotti
- D.
Mario Lanza
Correct Answer
C. Luciano Pavarotti -
- 9.
"The Dancing Cuckoos" was the theme song of which pair of comics?
- A.
Abbott and Costello
- B.
Laurel and Hardy
- C.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- D.
Burns and Allen
Correct Answer
B. Laurel and Hardy -
- 10.
Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970's according to Billboard?
- A.
Stevie Wonder
- B.
Bob Dylan
- C.
James Taylor
- D.
Elton John
Correct Answer
D. Elton John -
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