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Music

Travel through time as you guess the iconic songs and artists from various music eras, from the swinging '60s to the chart-topping hits of the 2000s.

Music

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  • Q: Who composed the Fifth Symphony?
    A: Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Q: What instrument has 88 keys?
    A: Piano.

  • Q: Which music genre is associated with Elvis Presley?
    A: Rock and Roll.

  • Q: Who is known as the "King of Pop"?
    A: Michael Jackson.

  • Q: What is the highest female voice type in opera?
    A: Soprano.

  • Q: What musical instrument does a drummer use?
    A: Drums.

  • Q: What is the main subject of Bob Marley's song "No Woman, No Cry"?
    A: Reassurance.

  • Q: What type of dance is associated with the Tango?
    A: Ballroom dance.

  • Q: What is the name of the Beatles’ first album?
    A: "Please Please Me."

  • Q: Who sang "Like a Rolling Stone"?
    A: Bob Dylan.

  • Q: What is the national anthem of the United States?
    A: "The Star-Spangled Banner."

  • Q: Which instrument is known as the king of instruments?
    A: Organ.

  • Q: Who is the composer of "The Four Seasons"?
    A: Antonio Vivaldi.

  • Q: What is the most common scale in Western music?
    A: Major Scale.

  • Q: Who is known for the hit song "Thriller"?
    A: Michael Jackson.

  • Q: What instrument measures time in music?
    A: Metronome.

  • Q: What is the lowest male voice type?
    A: Bass.

  • Q: What genre of music did Taylor Swift start in?
    A: Country.

  • Q: Who composed the opera "The Magic Flute"?
    A: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

  • Q: What is the musical term for "slowly"?
    A: Adagio.

  • Q: Who wrote the opera "Carmen"?
    A: Georges Bizet.

  • Q: What is the name of the instrument that is a large, vertical stringed instrument played with a bow?
    A: Double Bass.

  • Q: Who is the famous blind jazz pianist?
    A: Ray Charles.

  • Q: What Beatles song was the first to be recorded using 4-track technology?
    A: "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

  • Q: In which musical does the song "The Music of the Night" appear?
    A: "The Phantom of the Opera."

  • Q: What is the name of the scale that uses five notes per octave?
    A: Pentatonic scale.

  • Q: Who composed "Rhapsody in Blue"?
    A: George Gershwin.

  • Q: What is the name of the music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s?
    A: Ska.

  • Q: Who is the artist behind the album "Born to Run"?
    A: Bruce Springsteen.

  • Q: What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
    A: Trumpet.

  • Q: Who is the composer of the "Messiah" oratorio?
    A: George Frideric Handel.

  • Q: What is the term for a piece of music where a solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra?
    A: Concerto.

  • Q: What is the name of the famous violin maker from Cremona, Italy?
    A: Antonio Stradivari.

  • Q: Who is known for the hit song "Purple Rain"?
    A: Prince.

  • Q: What is the musical term for playing in a carefree, lively style?
    A: Vivace.

  • Q: Who composed "Clair de Lune"?
    A: Claude Debussy.

  • Q: What is the term for a musical composition that is based on a religious or spiritual theme?
    A: Oratorio.

  • Q: What is the name of the folk music that originated among enslaved African people in the United States?
    A: Spirituals.

  • Q: Who was the lead singer of the band Queen?
    A: Freddie Mercury.

  • Q: What is the term for a musical piece that tells a story without words, usually in orchestral form?
    A: Program Music.

  • Q: Who composed the opera "Turandot"?
    A: Giacomo Puccini.

  • Q: What is the term for the speed of the beat of a piece of music?
    A: Tempo.

  • Q: Who was the composer known for his "Polonaises" for piano?
    A: Frédéric Chopin.

  • Q: What is the term for a short piece of music that is usually played at the start of an opera or ballet?
    A: Overture.

  • Q: Who composed the "Planets Suite"?
    A: Gustav Holst.

  • Q: What is the name of the scale used in Indian classical music?
    A: Raga.

  • Q: Who composed the music for the ballet "Swan Lake"?
    A: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

  • Q: What is the term for a piece of vocal music in which the same music is repeated for each stanza of the poem?
    A: Strophic.

  • Q: Who is the composer of the opera "Eugene Onegin"?
    A: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

  • Q: What is the name of the music style characterized by the use of dissonance and atonality?
    A: Serialism.

  • Q: Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"?
    A: Johann Sebastian Bach.

  • Q: What is the name of the musical form that is structured as A-B-A?
    A: Ternary Form.

  • Q: Who was the first female composer to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music?
    A: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

  • Q: What is the term for the modification of a theme by changing its rhythms, harmonies, or melodies?
    A: Variation.

  • Q: Who composed "The Rite of Spring"?
    A: Igor Stravinsky.

  • Q: What is the term for a composition written specifically for a solo instrument and orchestra?
    A: Concerto.

  • Q: Who was the famous Baroque composer known for his "Brandenburg Concertos"?
    A: Johann Sebastian Bach.

  • Q: What is the term for the simultaneous sounding of two or more different rhythms?
    A: Polyrhythm.

  • Q: Who composed the opera "The Barber of Seville"?
    A: Gioachino Rossini.

  • Q: What is the musical term for a note that is sustained or held over several beats?
    A: Fermata.

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