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Satie Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about one of my favourite composers, Satie.

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

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Author
elizabethmc

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,969

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Satie's first name?

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. True or false: Satie's father was a composer.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. How long did Satie spend at the Paris Conservatory? Hint

four years

one year

six months

two months

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Question 4 of 10

4. Satie only had one known relationship in life, a six-month love affair, with Suzanne Valadon. Which of these occupations was not one of Valadon's? Hint

Dancer

Model

Painter

Trapeze Artist

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Question 5 of 10

5. How old was Satie when he wrote his 'Gymnop�dies'? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many 'Gnossiennes' did Satie write? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these films has not featured a piece of music by Satie? Hint

Along Came Polly

About Schmidt

What Lies Beneath

Chocolat

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Question 8 of 10

8. Satie wrote a ballet called 'Parade'. Which of these items was not used as a musical instrument? Hint

Typewritter

Rattle

Foghorn

Spoons

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Satie's last compostion called? Hint

Suite d'Archi danses

Cin�ma: Entr'acte Symphonique

Alice au Pays de Merveilles

La Veille du combat

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which year did Satie die? Hint

1925

1927

1934

1940

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Satie's first name?

Answer: Erik

Erik Satie was born in Honfleur in Normandy on 17th May 1866.

2. True or false: Satie's father was a composer.

Answer: True

Satie's mother was also a composer.

3. How long did Satie spend at the Paris Conservatory?

Answer: one year

He was 17 when he spent a year at the Paris Conservatory.

4. Satie only had one known relationship in life, a six-month love affair, with Suzanne Valadon. Which of these occupations was not one of Valadon's?

Answer: Dancer

Valadon ended the relationship with Satie, leaving him with 'nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness'.
See http://www.af.lu.se/~fogwall/article5.html

5. How old was Satie when he wrote his 'Gymnop�dies'?

Answer: 22

When Satie was introduced to the famous Chat Noir cabaret, he didn't want to be known as a musician, and called himself a Gymnopediste.

6. How many 'Gnossiennes' did Satie write?

Answer: 6

The 'Gnossiennes' were originally written for solo piano.

7. Which of these films has not featured a piece of music by Satie?

Answer: Along Came Polly

'Along Came Polly' feautured a piece of music by Beethoven, but none by Satie.

8. Satie wrote a ballet called 'Parade'. Which of these items was not used as a musical instrument?

Answer: Spoons

Strange but true! Satie used many unconventional musical instruments in this piece which he composed between 1916 and 1917.

9. What was Satie's last compostion called?

Answer: Cin�ma: Entr'acte Symphonique

'Cin�ma: Entr'acte Symphonique' translates to 'Cinema: Between Symphonic Act'. It was written by Satie in 1924.

10. In which year did Satie die?

Answer: 1925

Satie died in Paris on 1st July 1925, aged 59.

Source: Author elizabethmc

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