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"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" was the career-defining work in the life of which Black classical composer?

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Answer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" is the first and best-known part of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's trilogy "the Song of Hiawatha" (1900). "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" in particular was well received, with Coleridge-Taylor being paid to write its sequel before the work was even heard in public.

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Which singer began her rise to superstardom actually as a dancer on a sketch-comedy television program?

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Answer: Jennifer Lopez
Before she was an accomplished singer or actress, Jennifer Lopez was actually a dancer on the Wayans Brothers' television program In Living Color during the early 1990's.

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Which music group holds the record for the best-selling album in United Kingdom history?

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Answer: Queen
Selling over six-million copies, Queen's 1981 "Greatest Hits" album is the top seller in UK history.

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In what century did Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax invent the saxophone?

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Answer: 19th Century
When Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax invented the saxophone in the mid 19th century, he intended it to be used for both orchestral and military purposes. And while it never took off as a mainstay orchestra instrument, the saxophone has been utilized regularly during the classical muiscal period in general.

Hard

The first commercial music compact disc to be sold in the United States was an album by which artist?

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Answer: Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen's 1984 classic Born in the U.S.A. was the first music CD sold commercially in American history.

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The Liberace Museum Collection, dedicated to the eccentric pianist Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919-1987), can be found in which American state?

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Answer: Nevada
Liberace established the museum in his own honor during 1979 in Paradise, Nevada. Since its inception, the Liberace Museum Collection has always been in Nevada - first in the town of Paradise and later in 2015 moved to one of Michael Jackson's former houses in Las Vegas.

Hard

A "foo fighter", upon which the famous 1990's band is named, is a term derived from which line of professionals?

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Answer: Aircraft Pilots
The term foo fighter was actually used to describe unexplained aerial phenomenon, which they sometimes thought were secret Axis weapons, by Allied aircraft pilots during World War II.

Medium

Which of the following pop music sensation hails from the African nation of Nigeria?

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Answer: Sade
Sade Adu hails from the city of Ibadan, located in the West African country of Nigeria.

Easy

"The Three Bs" (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms) are iconic classical musicians who all hail from the same country. Which country is that?

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Answer: Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms are three of the most influential musicians in Western history and as such, are credited with putting their mutual home country, Germany, "on the musical map".



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