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This is a general knowledge #music #trivia game for Middle School aged children!
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1
Which year's US-hosted Olympic Games was "Summon the Heroes" written for by John Williams?
1984 Los Angeles Summer Games
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games
1996 Atlanta Summer Games
1932 Lake Placid Winter Games
2
What is the order of strings on a standard ukulele, from lowest to highest?
E-A-D-G-B-E
B-E-A-D-G
E-A-D-G
G-C-E-A
3
Who wrote this often used piece of music?
John Williams
Antonín Dvořák
Aaron Copland
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
4
What was put together to make up Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir?
YouTube Videos
Computer Animations
Television Scenes
SoundCloud Recordings
5
What is required to play
arco
on a Violin?
A Mouthpiece
A Reed
A Bow
A Drumstick
6
What is the background music to a movie called?
It's Symphonic Dance
It's Underscore
It's Underline
It's Soundtrack
7
How should a performer play or sing a piece that is marked
staccato?
Loud
Fast
Short & Separated
Smooth & Connected
8
What does
a cappella
translate to in English?
"With A Small Hat" or to perform with gentlemanly style
"A Hammered Sound" or to perform a piece w/ strong dynamics
"In the style of the Chapel" or no instrument accompaniment
"As an instrument of Music" or played only with instruments
9
How many beats does one single -
three-quaver-note triplet
- take up in compounded (fast) 6/8 time?
1/2 of a beat
2 beats
One beat
1 and a 1/2 beats
10
Which of these genres historically came first?
Romantic
Neo-Classical
Classical
New Age
11
Who wrote "Für Elise?"
Carrie Underwood
Ludwig von Beethoven
Aaron Copland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12
Which song is widely recognised, to represent Australia, even more than the Australian National Anthem?
I Am Australian
Advance Australia Fair
Waltzing Matilda
I Still Call Australia Home
13
What artist is the voice in this song?
Johnny Cash
Mandi Moore
Kristen Bell
Idina Menzel
14
What is this style of jazz called?
Swing
Latin
Be-Bop
Fusion
15
Who wrote the original version of this piece?
Kelly Clarkson
Ludwig von Beethoven
Megan Trainor
Carly Rae Jepsen
16
What is music added to a commercial called?
Short
Cadenza
Jingle
Symphony
17
What does the musical term
diminuendo
mean?
Get Faster
Perform Smooth & Connected
Get Louder
Get Softer
18
Ella Fitzgerald is known primarily for what type of singing?
Lounge-style
Rhythm & Blues
Scat
Opera
19
What style of Black American music do most historians attribute to starting Modern Rock?
Hip Hop
Maori War Chants
The Blues
Spirituals
20
Who is considered to be the father of modern musical composing?
Michael Giacchino
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Pachelbel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21
What genre is this piece?
Elevator Music Piano
Jazz Piano
Classical Piano
Rock Piano
22
What family of instruments does this belong to?
String
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
23
How long is a single quaver note in 4/4 time?
1/2 of a beat
1 beat
2 beats
4 beats
24
What tempo is this piece being performed at?
Presto (very fast)
Moderato (Moderate)
Largo (slow)
Allegro (fast)
25
What style of music did Louis Armstrong make famous? (Two correct answers!)
Big Band Jazz
Funeral Music
Dixieland Swing
Improvisational Jazz
26
Who wrote the Main Titles to all the major Star Wars movies?
Hans Zimmer
Justin Bieber
John Williams
Danny Elfman
27
Who is the lead singer of the band Led Zepplin?
Bono
Ozzie Osbourne
Robert Plant
Axl Rose
28
What special "instrument" is actually in the score to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture?
Quarters Dropped on a Table
Artillery Cannons
Popping Balloons
A Typewriter
29
What is the repetitive supporting rhythm created by a drum set actually called in the industry?
The Ostinato
The Groove
The Backbeat
The Pulse
30
What genre is this music?
a cappella Country
a cappella Hip Hop
a cappella Jazz
a cappella Rock
