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'Fantasia' and 'Fantasia 2000' Quiz

A quiz on what should be every child's introduction to classical music appreciation...Disney's 'Fantasia' and 'Fantasia 2000'.

A multiple-choice quiz by Oddball. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Oddball

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
26,253

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1359

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Question 1 of 15

1. While the release year of 'Fantasia 2000' is easy enough, what year did the original 'Fantasia' debut? Hint

1955

1950

1940

1960

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Question 2 of 15

2. What musical presentation was featured in both films? Hint

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Nutcracker

Dance of the Hours

Pomp And Circumstance

3. In both movies, one musical piece was set aside, to all appearences, purely for laughs. In 'Fantasia', this was Ponchielli's 'Dance of the Hours', featuring dancing ostriches, elephants, hippos and crocodiles. What was the '2000' equivalent? Hint

The Pines Of Rome

The Firebird Suite

Carnival of the Animals

Piano Concerto No. 2

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Question 4 of 15

4. The works of Igor Stravinsky are represented in both movies, 'The Rite Of Spring' in the first, and 'The Firebird Suite' in the second. Who is the only other composer that shares this distinction? Hint

Beethoven

Schubert

Bach

Saint-Saens

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which composer is not represented in either film? Hint

Mozart

Shostakovich

Tchaikowsky

Respighi

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Question 6 of 15

6. What composer has the most recent music piece presented in either film? Hint

Saint-Saens

Gershwin

Elgar

Dukas

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Question 7 of 15

7. Elgar's 'Pomp And Circumstance', most noted for being played at graduation ceremonies, was used by the Disney artists (as well as Donald and Daisy Duck) in what scenario? Hint

Yo-yos and flamingos

Noah's Ark

Greek mythology

Early Earth history

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'Fantasia 2000' boasts various narrators from the world of film and music, including Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones and others. Who was the only narrator in 'Fantasia'? Hint

Walt Disney

Deems Taylor

Roy Disney

Leopold Stokowski

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Question 9 of 15

9. With one exception, each animated presentation is for one composer and one musical piece. Which movie presents two composers in the same segment?

Answer: (Write either 'Fantasia' or '2000')

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Question 10 of 15

10. Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' doubled as a tribute to what artist? Hint

George Booth

Al Hirshfeld

Jack Davis

Sergio Aragones

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which musical composition from 'Fantasia' resulted in a riot at its first performance? Hint

'Night On Bald Mountain'

'Dance of the Hours'

'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'

'Rite of Spring'

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who was the music conductor of 'Fantasia 2000'? Hint

Sir George Solti

Eugene Ormandy

Yves Abel

James Levine

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'Fantasia 2000's finale, Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite' depicted the life, death and rebirth of a forest in the personification of a wood spirit. What prompted the arrival of the Firebird? Hint

Lightning

Earthquake

Volcano

Warfare

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Question 14 of 15

14. Reportedly, the Devil in Mussorgsky's 'Night On Bald Mountain' was patterned after what famous horror film star? Hint

Bela Lugosi

Peter Lorre

Boris Karloff

Lon Chaney Sr.

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Question 15 of 15

15. Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 was the musical setting for 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', written by what famous storyteller? Hint

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm

Hans Christian Anderson

Aesop

Charles Perrault

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. While the release year of 'Fantasia 2000' is easy enough, what year did the original 'Fantasia' debut?

Answer: 1940

For the record, '2000' was released as an IMAX movie in November 1999. I personally consider the original the grandfather of the modern music video, an artistic expression of music (outside ballet) by someone other than the composer.

2. What musical presentation was featured in both films?

Answer: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Paul Dukas' tale of a magician's assistant (Mickey Mouse) attempting his own brand of magic with disastrous results. The re-release in 2000 was introduced by magicians Penn and Teller.

Answer: Carnival of the Animals

Written by Camille Saint-Saens it became a marvelous piece involving a yo-yo and a bunch of flamingoes. Liner notes for the movie state that Saint-Saens detested the music and would only allow it to be performed after he died.

Answer: Beethoven

Beethoven's Sixth ('Pastorale') Symphony is made into an homage to Greek mythology in the first film, while flying geometric figures mark his Fifth Symphony, opening the second film. While 'Paul Dukas' is also technically correct, it is for the same music and animation ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice').

5. Which composer is not represented in either film?

Answer: Mozart

Tchaikowsky's 'Nutcracker' in in the first film, Shostakovich's 'Steadfast Tin Soldier' and Respighi's 'Pines Of Rome' are featured in the second.

6. What composer has the most recent music piece presented in either film?

Answer: Gershwin

George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' is the most recent composition, premiering in February, 1924. The only other composers whose presentations were written in the 20th Century were Stravinsky ('Firebird' in 1910, later revised in 1919, and 'Rite of Spring' in 1913) and Elgar ('Pomp and Circumstance' in 1901).

However, in comparing release dates of the composition with the movie, 'Rite Of Spring' was only 17 years old when the first 'Fantasia' was released, while 'Rhapsody' was 75 when it debuted in '2000'.

7. Elgar's 'Pomp And Circumstance', most noted for being played at graduation ceremonies, was used by the Disney artists (as well as Donald and Daisy Duck) in what scenario?

Answer: Noah's Ark

I absolutely loved Donald Duck's expression when two REAL ducks got onto the Ark.

8. 'Fantasia 2000' boasts various narrators from the world of film and music, including Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones and others. Who was the only narrator in 'Fantasia'?

Answer: Deems Taylor

Joseph Deems Taylor (1885-1966) also narrated the musical documentary 'Of Men And Music' in 1951. The legendary conductor Stokowski headed the Philadelphia Orchestra for 'Fantasia'. Roy Disney made the initial introduction to '2000'. Other narrators in '2000' include Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Bette Midler.

9. With one exception, each animated presentation is for one composer and one musical piece. Which movie presents two composers in the same segment?

Answer: Fantasia

In a segment described as presenting 'both the profane and the sacred', a mountain inhabited by the Devil (Mussorgski's 'Night On Bald Mountain') gives way to an Easter morning procession (Schubert's 'Ave Maria') in the first film's finale.

10. Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' doubled as a tribute to what artist?

Answer: Al Hirshfeld

One can see many of Hirshfeld's characature portraits of actors at Sardi's restaurant in New York City. Booth was a long-time cartoonist for the 'New Yorker'. Davis and Aragones's works can be found in 'Mad' magazine.

11. Which musical composition from 'Fantasia' resulted in a riot at its first performance?

Answer: 'Rite of Spring'

Igor Stravinski experimented in many music styles. The debut of 'Rite Of Spring' in 1913 shocked so many in the audience with its rough tones, that many left the theatre in anger.

12. Who was the music conductor of 'Fantasia 2000'?

Answer: James Levine

Levine became Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Opera, the first ever given that status, in 1986 and conducted part of the 'Three Tenors' tour in 1997. In October, 2001, he became the first American director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

13. 'Fantasia 2000's finale, Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite' depicted the life, death and rebirth of a forest in the personification of a wood spirit. What prompted the arrival of the Firebird?

Answer: Volcano

Although there are no notes to support this, the aftermath of the eruption looks, to me, eerily like old photos of Mount St. Helens.

14. Reportedly, the Devil in Mussorgsky's 'Night On Bald Mountain' was patterned after what famous horror film star?

Answer: Bela Lugosi

The Hungarian star of the original 'Dracula' in 1931.

15. Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 was the musical setting for 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', written by what famous storyteller?

Answer: Hans Christian Anderson

Anderson's work has been financially beneficial for Disney...he also wrote 'The Little Mermaid'.

Source: Author Oddball

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