Wychcroft Music Quiz 2009

Music Trivia (2 marks each)

1	Who composed the opera Madame Butterfly?	Pucchini
2	Which of his own compositions did Tchaikovsky describe as being very loud and noisy?	1812 Overture
3	Saul Hudson is better known as which rock guitar icon?	Slash (Guns n Roses)
4	Which was the first CD manufactured in the United States for commercial release? (Artist and Album)	Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA
5	Who is the singing legend that once said, "I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to"?	Elvis Presley
6	Which female singer has been married to both Ray Davis of The Kinks and Jim Kerr of the band Simple Minds?	Chrissie Hynd
7	Who is Eagle Eye Cherry's award winning sister?	Neneh Cherry
8	Which singer-songwriter was murdered on Jim Morrison's birthday?	John Lennon
9	Which singer - musician became the oldest person to top the American album charts in 2006, when his album "Modern Times"?	Bob Dylan
10	What is the name of guitar of Tartar origin very popular among Russian peasantry?	Balalaika
11	What is the name of the ancient Greek stringed instrument which resembles a small harp, but which is played with a plectrum?	Lyre
12	Who wrote and originally recorded the song that was number 1 in the single charts at Christmas 2008?	Leonard Cohen

Know Your Musicals

Which musicals do the following songs come from? (2 marks each)

1	On The Street Where You Live	My Fair Lady
2	The Farmer and the Cowhand	Oklahoma!
3	Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now	Hairspray
4	Shall We Dance	The King and I
5	America!	West Side Story
6	Don't Cry For Me, Argentina	Evita
7	The Lambeth Walk	Me and My Girl
8	You'll Never Walk Alone	Carousel
9	Close Every Door	Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat
10	Journey Of A Lifetime	Aspects of Love
11	The Music Of The Night	Phantom of the Opera
12	Memory	Cats
13	There's No Business Like Show Business	Annie Get Your Gun
14	Sandy	Grease
15	No Matter What	Whistle Down The Wind

Instrumentalists

Name each musician (2 marks) and the instrument they play (2 marks)

1		2		3		4
	Name		Name		Name		Name
	Dizzy Gilhespie		Julian Lloyd-Webber		Larry Adler		Nicola Benedetti
	Instrument		Instrument		Instrument		Instrument
	Trumpet		Cello		Harmonica		Violin

Film Scores

The following films use a well known piece of classical music as background. Name the work (2 marks) and the composer (2 marks).

Film	Work	Composer
Brief Encounter	Piano Concerto No 2	Rachmaninov
The Ladykillers	Minuet	Boccharini
Eyes Wide Shut	Requiem	Mozart
Out of Africa	Clarinet Concerto in A Major	Mozart
Platoon	Adagio for Strings	Barber

Name that Tune

Name the composer (2 marks) and the piece of music (2 marks)

1	Composer	Tchaikovsky	4	Composer	Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits accepted)
	Title	Dance of the Reed Flutes/Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker		Title	Brothers in Arms

2	Composer	Rimsky Korsakov	5	Composer	John Denver
	Title	Flight of the Bumble Bee		Title	Annie’s Song

3	Composer	Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel accepted)
	Title	Bridge over Troubled Water	Team