Answers to our Mega- Music Quiz

Thanks again to Christian (Year 2) for once again helping us out with this week’s quiz. There were four rounds (each of ten questions). So there is a maximum of 40 marks. Elliot (Year 6) top scored with 39 out of 40 (and then self-corrected to get the ‘Verdi’ answer second time round. Declan (working very effectively alongside his grandparents) came second!

ROUND 1

Use the picture clues to work out the name of the ten composers.

  1. Mozart

2. Beethoven

3. Schumann

4. Mendelssohn

5. Bela Bartok

6. Chopin

7. Tchaikovsky

8. Verdi

9. Schubert

LOOK AT THE CHARACTER ON THE RIGHT!

10. Grieg

ROUND TWO- NAME NINE FAMOUS BANDS AND ONE FAMOUS SINGER USING THESE PICTURE CUES.

  1. The Rolling Stones

2. One Direction

3. Spice Girls

4. Boyzone (not Girls Not-Aloud)

5. Bruno Mars

6. Green Day

7. Coldplay

8. Goo Goo Dolls

9. Little Mix

10. Fleetwood Mac

ROUND THREE: NAME THE FOLLOWING TEN MUSICALS FROM THE PICTURE CLUES:

  1. Matilda

2. Wicked

3. Hamilton

4. Lion King

5. School of Rock

6. West Side Story

7. Mary Poppins

8. Miss Saigon

9. Starlight Express

10. Bugsy Malone

ROUND 4. NAME THESE TEN MUSICAL NOTATION SYMBOLS:

  1. Bass Clef

2. Dotted minim (or dotted half-note)

3. Time Signature (two beats in a bar)

4. Rest

5. C sharp

6. Crescendo

7. Staccato

8. Legato (accepted slur as an answer)

9. Key Signature – G flat major (accept e-flat minor)

10. Semi-Breve