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