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area to plunder for material because there's such a broad variety
of information you can ask about. As well as actually playing people
the music and asking them what it is, you also have the opportunity
to ask who sung what, when it was sung and one of my favourite takes
on the music round is to ask people lyrics. The easier these are
to recognise the better but you don't want to make the quiz question
too easy. The best thing to do is to pick a very famous pop song
and read the line in a way which scans totally differently to the
original, thereby throwing people off the scent.
You can look at who did cover versions as well as famous facts about
the people who sand the song, so it can as much be a famous person
round. There's always material for a music quiz question in whatever
is in the charts at the moment and you'll be surprised how many
people you might think are perhaps a little old to know the charts
actually pick up random fragments of information. Similar younger
people aren't all totally ignorant to classical music either, although
as with all rounds, if you're worried about excluding large chunks
of your audience then stick to the well known stuff.
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Who has knocked Band Aid 20 off the
UK number 1 singles spot? Steve Brookstein
Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? Rossini
Nickelodeon was the original name for what? Jukebox
What would you do if you found the instruction 'Da
Capo' on a piece of music ? Repeat from the beginning.
Who were the last winners for the UK in the Eurovision
Song Contest? Katrina and the Waves
Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the
lowest? (Contralto)
Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"?
Rossini.
What is the thin piece of wood used to support the
strings on a violin or similar instrument? bridge.
In which year did Elvis die? 1977.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died
at the same age. What was it? 27
In music, how is James Jewel Osterberg better known?
Iggy Pop
Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? Jamie
Oliver
Which singer is or was nicknamed The Boss? Bruce Springsteen
In music, what is a note if it is neither sharp nor
flat? natural.
A film star & musician, born on Jan.8th. 1947,
how is David Robert Jones better known? David Bowie.
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