FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 18 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bolero

Perhaps Ravel's most popular piece, "Bolero" was a work inspired by a commissioning from the famous dancer Ida Rubinstein, who wanted a piece for the ballet. After several false starts arranging others' themes, Ravel decided to use his own short theme and repeat it many times, reorchestrating and gradually increasing its intensity each time.

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Answer: Peter Gabriel

While all four choices were once part of a band and then went solo, it's Peter Gabriel who fronted for Genesis. Bill Idol was in the band Generation X (or Gen X near the end), Gerry Rafferty was in Stealer's Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle") and Gary Wright was in Spooky Tooth.

Question by player mike32768

Answer: Punk

Punk bands of the 1970s often created very short, very fast-paced songs that were stripped down, sometimes political, and often aggressive. New wave bands kept some of the elements of punk, but mixed them with the lighter side of pop. Punk songs were stripped bare, created using just vocals, drums, a guitar, and a bass; new wave bands incorporated synthesizers and other elements of electronic music, too.

Question by player AcrylicInk

Answer: Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam was born as Steven Demetre Georgiou in England in 1948 to Greek Cypriot parents. As Cat Stevens, he enjoyed considerable chart success in the UK and the US in the 1960's and 70's. He converted to Islam, and changed his name, in 1978.

George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London in 1963, also from a Greek Cypriot background.

Question by player Huw27

Answer: Range of hills in Scotland

The Lammermuirs (An Lomair Mōr in Gaelic) are a range of hills in south-east Scotland. Donizetti's opera is based on Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "The Bride of Lammermoor". There are two ranges of hills in New Zealand (Lammermoors and Lammerlaws) named after the Scottish hills. The etymology of Lammermuirs is uncertain.

Question by player chabenao1

Answer: South Pacific

"South Pacific" was written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who also wrote "Oklahoma" and "The King and I", among many others. It was written in 1949 and tells the story of love during World War II in the "South Pacific".

Question by player nyirene330

Answer: Play out the entire song

Scientists such as Professor James Kellaris found that 99 per cent of us get lyrics, a tune or an advertisement jingle "stuck" in the brain, for a few minutes or even for days at a time. Singing out the entire melody often breaks it up. It seems that Mozart knew this.

A melody anyone left unfinished drove him bananas. He would race to his piano and play the whole thing out. Other suggestions are sing a different song, get busy, and chew gum. Or, just accept your fate. You have "repetunitis". Your brain is singing to itself over and over, like an itch.

Question by player Godwit

Answer: La cucaracha

The title refers literally to the cockroach, but this type of 'corrido,' or folk ballad, often contains historical, social, or political commentary.

Question by player Lochalsh

Answer: George Harrison

The Wilburys were Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and George Harrison. They released their first album in 1988.


Question by player krtrpain

Answer: Michael Trent Reznor

Though known simply as 'Trent Reznor' to most people, his full name is Michael Trent Reznor - he goes by Trent to avoid confusion with his father, who is also named Michael.

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