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Music Trivia questions, page 1

  1. Which composer wrote 'Messiah,' with its famous 'Hallelujah' chorus?

    1. George Frideric Handel
    2. Henry Purcell
    3. Johann Sebastian Bach
    4. Joseph Haydn

  2. Grunge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam rose from which city's music scene?

    1. San Francisco
    2. Portland
    3. Seattle
    4. Denver

  3. Who composed the six 'Brandenburg Concertos'?

    1. Johann Sebastian Bach
    2. Georg Philipp Telemann
    3. Antonio Vivaldi
    4. Johann Pachelbel

  4. Which French composer wrote 'Bolero' in 1928?

    1. Maurice Ravel
    2. Camille Saint-Saens
    3. Erik Satie
    4. Claude Debussy

  5. What was The Who's 1969 rock opera about a deaf, mute and blind boy?

    1. Tommy
    2. Quadrophenia
    3. Ziggy Stardust
    4. Arthur

  6. The Beatles came from which English city?

    1. Liverpool
    2. Manchester
    3. London
    4. Birmingham

  7. Berry Gordy founded Motown Records in which city?

    1. Chicago
    2. Detroit
    3. Memphis
    4. Philadelphia

  8. Which English composer wrote the orchestral suite 'The Planets'?

    1. Edward Elgar
    2. Gustav Holst
    3. Ralph Vaughan Williams
    4. Benjamin Britten

  9. Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical centers on a masked figure haunting a Paris theater?

    1. Starlight Express
    2. Evita
    3. Sunset Boulevard
    4. The Phantom of the Opera

  10. Which smooth-voiced singer had a 1951 hit with 'Unforgettable'?

    1. Nat King Cole
    2. Billy Eckstine
    3. Sam Cooke
    4. Johnny Mathis

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Music Trivia questions, page 2

  1. Which singing trio had a 1941 hit with 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'?

    1. The Boswell Sisters
    2. The Andrews Sisters
    3. The McGuire Sisters
    4. The Lennon Sisters

  2. Which Motown group had a 1965 hit with 'Stop! In the Name of Love'?

    1. Martha and the Vandellas
    2. The Shirelles
    3. The Supremes
    4. The Ronettes

  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in which city?

    1. Prague
    2. Munich
    3. Vienna
    4. Salzburg

  4. Which musical features rival gangs called the Jets and the Sharks?

    1. Grease
    2. West Side Story
    3. Guys and Dolls
    4. Bye Bye Birdie

  5. Who composed 'Rhapsody in Blue'?

    1. Cole Porter
    2. Aaron Copland
    3. George Gershwin
    4. Irving Berlin

  6. Whose 1960 version of 'Georgia on My Mind' helped make it Georgia's state song?

    1. Sam Cooke
    2. Little Richard
    3. Otis Redding
    4. Ray Charles

  7. In what year was the Woodstock music festival held in New York State?

    1. 1967
    2. 1969
    3. 1965
    4. 1971

  8. Which singer was known as 'The Godfather of Soul'?

    1. Sam Cooke
    2. James Brown
    3. Otis Redding
    4. Ray Charles

  9. Which band released 'Good Vibrations' in 1966?

    1. The Beach Boys
    2. The Byrds
    3. The Turtles
    4. The Monkees

  10. Which country singer wrote and recorded both 'Jolene' and '9 to 5'?

    1. Tammy Wynette
    2. Dolly Parton
    3. Reba McEntire
    4. Loretta Lynn

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Answers

  1. A. George Frideric Handel
  2. C. Seattle
  3. A. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. A. Maurice Ravel
  5. A. Tommy
  6. A. Liverpool
  7. B. Detroit
  8. B. Gustav Holst
  9. D. The Phantom of the Opera
  10. A. Nat King Cole
  11. B. The Andrews Sisters
  12. C. The Supremes
  13. D. Salzburg
  14. B. West Side Story
  15. C. George Gershwin
  16. D. Ray Charles
  17. B. 1969
  18. B. James Brown
  19. A. The Beach Boys
  20. B. Dolly Parton

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