Pub Trivia

10

What is the term for music gradually becoming louder?

18

The modern opera, Porgy and Bess, was written by whom, and takes place in which city?

9

Although this musical instrument has 20 strings, only 6 or 7 of them are plucked. The other 13 or 14 simply vibrate to give resonance. What instrument is this?

2

Famous for his beret, be-bop sunglasses, and his trumpet whose horn points diagonally upward toward the heavens, who was this jazz all-star who died in 1993?

12

Which Italian composer wrote The Barber of Seville, and who is the title character?

19

Which song features the words, "Newspaper taxis appear on the shore"?

12

Before the Beatles formed their own record label, Apple Records, in 1968, they had most of their hits on one record label in Britain and a different label in the U.S.. Can you name these two record labels?

18

As a result of patriotism during the Gulf War, in 1991 Whitney Houston had an unlikely musical hit when she recorded what song?

2

RCA and Columbia were the first two recording companies to produce music records made from what tough, flexible, shiny plastic?

18

This popular music style combines French, Caribbean and blues musical styles. It is frequently played on guitar, accordion, and washboard, and originated in Louisiana. What is it called?

15

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770 in which of these cities? Berlin, Bonn, or Berne?

10

The first names of these 20th century American jazz pianists and bandleaders were William and Edward, but they were better known by their noble nicknames. Who were they?

10

The key of C major can be played on a piano entirely on the white keys, needing no sharps or flats. What minor key can be played using the same all-white keys, with no sharps or flats?

10

In the Beatles' song, Michelle, what was the line sung in French?

6

In 1893, inspired by the view from atop Pikes Peak, Katharine Lee Bates, Massachusetts educator and author, wrote a song that begins, "O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain." What's the title of that song?