Can You Pass Classical Music 101?

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Question 1/10

Classical music frequently features the violin family of instruments, which includes the ____.

Guitar
Piccolo
Cello
Trumpet

Question 2/10

Maybe you've joined in a sing-along to Handel's "Messiah," but during what holiday would you enjoy that festive singing?

Halloween
July 4th
Valentine's Day
Christmas

Question 3/10

Maybe he was living vicariously, but Mozart composed the opera "Don Giovanni" based on what legendary ladies man?

Don Juan
Hugh Hefner
Ron Burgundy
Leonardo DiCaprio

Question 4/10

Which of these is a musical composition primarily for an instrumental soloist, most often a keyboard instrument?

Cantata
Fugue
Opera
Sonata

Question 5/10

You might walk down the aisle to the world-famous "Wedding March", which he composed for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Henry Purcell
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
Edward Elgar

Question 6/10

Franz Schubert composed "Ave Maria" in 1825, but what singing sensation recorded her own version of it for her "I Am... Sasha Fierce" album?

Kesha
Alicia Keys

Beyonce
Lady Gaga

Question 7/10

The soundtrack of this iconic 70s film features "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco instrumental that samples Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

"The Godfather"
"Star Wars"
"Saturday Night Fever"
"Dirty Harry"

Question 8/10

This Bugs Bunny hunter sang "Kill the Rabbit" to the melody of Wilhem Richard Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries".

Wile E. Coyote
Elmer Fudd
Foghorn Leghorn
Yosemite Sam

Question 9/10

Michael Jackson featured Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" as a prelude in what song from the movie "Free Willy"?

"Billie Jean"
"Off the Wall"
"Thriller"
"Will You Be There"

Question 10/10

Leonard Bernstein conducted the New York Philharmonic and also composed songs like "Maria" for this modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet.

"Phantom of the Opera"
"West Side Story"
"An American in Paris"
"Wicked"

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