Mastermind Club
Quiz 2021
Number 12
Music
Set by Isabelle Heward
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1 Which English composer acted as an unpaid amanuensis to Delius from 1928?
Eric Fenby
2 Which BBC radio programme, first broadcast in 1955, has the theme tune ‘At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal’?
Top of the Pops
3 The Hoboken catalogue covers the body of work of which composer?
Joseph Haydn
4 Which 1980s group had members which included Peter Skellern, Julian Lloyd Webber and Mary Hopkin?
Oasis
5 Which conductor, the BBC’s director of music, established the BBC Symphony Orchestra?
Adrian Boult
6 Which singer-songwriter has, in 2021, released re-recorded versions of their own albums ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’?
Taylor Swift
7 Who composed the 19th century piece ‘The Skaters’ Waltz’?
Emil Waldteufel
8 A nominee for Academy Award for Best Original Song, ‘Georgy Girl’ has lyrics written by which British actor?
Jim Dale
9 Which piece of music by Prokofiev has been used as the theme for the British series ‘ The Apprentice’?
Dance of the Knights
10 By what name is the Belgian musician Roger Francois Jouret better known? The 1977 song with which he is most closely associated actually had no input from him
Plastic Bertrand
11 After Borodin’s death, which of his operas did Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov complete ?
Prince Igor
12 Which BBC television programme had the opening theme ‘I Wish I Knew’ by Billy Taylor?
The Film Programme
13 What is the missing one-act opera Il tabarro, ???, Gianni Schicchi?
SuorAngelica
14 The operetta ‘The Chocolate Soldier’ was based upon what play?
Arms and the Man
15 Which Australian ballet dancer played the Child Catcher in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’?
Robert Helpmann
16 Which Sheffield band has released albums entitled ‘Hysteria’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Octopus’?
Human League
17 Which American composer wrote ‘Different Trains’ in 1988?
Steve Reich
18 What is the professional name of the singer born Alecia Beth Moore?
Pink
19 Which brass instrument was played by Bix Beiderbecke?
Cornet
20 Which song, an Academy Award winner for Best Original Song for the film ‘Selma’, was recorded by Common and John Legend?
Glory
21 The Americans call it a quarter note, how is it usually known in Britain?
Crotchet
22 When Shostakovich composed a full orchestral score for the 1931 Soviet film ‘Alone’, which instrument, patented in 1928, was used in the score?
Theremin
23 Which collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan was also known as ‘The Gods Grown Old’?
Thespis
24 Better known as one half of a television detective pairing, he co-wrote a number of songs with Tommy Steele and Lionel Bart including ‘Little White Bull’ and ‘A Handful of Songs’. Who was he?
Mike Pratt
25 In which city is Teatro di San Carlo the world’s oldest continuously active venue for opera? Naples
Naples