Music Trivia and Answers

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Hard

Which pop music duo held a free concert in New York City's Central Park in 1981 that attracted about half a million fans?

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Answer: Simon & Garfunkel
"The Concert in Central Park", which attracted a whopping half-a-million spectators, featured the short-lived reunion of Simon & Garfunkel after the pair had disbanded approximately a decade earlier.

Medium

How many basic groups of instruments are present in a typical symphony orchestra?

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Answer: Four
The four musical groupings in a typical symphony orchestra are the woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings.

Easy

The Grateful Dead's highly-devoted fanbase are known as what?

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Answer: Deadheads
Rock musicians are known for having the most-loyal fanbases of all genres of music, and amongst these none are more distinguishable than the Grateful Dead's Deadheads, who were known to travel from city-to-city following the band.

Medium

Which music legend was sentenced to six years in prison in 1988?

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Answer: James Brown
James Brown received a six-year sentence in May of 1988 for a number of charges, most notable perhaps being leading police on a car case through two states, though he only spent two years in prison for the charges.

Medium

Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3" was originally dedicated to which historical figure?

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Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven's highly esteemed "Symphony No. 3" (1802-1804) was originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte. However, due to financial considerations, he later rededicated it to a nobleman.

VeryHard

Which of George Frideric Handel's coronation anthems has been sung at the coronation of every British monarch since 1727?

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Answer: "Zadok the Priest"
Originally composed by Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727, "Zadok the Priest", based on the anointing of Solomon as king in the Biblical book of 1 Kings, has been recited at the coronation of every British monarch since.

Medium

Which famous rock star named his son after Mozart?

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Answer: Eddie Van Halen
Since 2006, Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen, named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has served as the bass guitarist for his family's ultra-popular rock group, Van Halen.

Hard

Celebrated Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) was married to which 20th Soviet opera singer?

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Answer: Galina Vishnevskaya
Despite getting married reportedly only four days after they met in 1955, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012) remained so until Mstislav's death in 2007.

Medium

In 2015, a song by which artist became the only song to have sold over a million downloads in just a single week?

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Answer: Adele
With over 1.1 million copies sold during its debut week, Adele's "Hello" reigns well above the second track on the list - Flo Rida's "Right Round" - for the song to sell the most downloads in a single week.



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