If you find you have some spare time, have a go at this music quiz that we attempted a few weeks ago, with 3 rounds themed around colours, numbers, and animals. Answers are below.
Round 1 – Colours
- Who had a yellow submarine?
- What colour were the onions that Booker T and the MGs sang about?
- Who found themselves in a purple haze?
- What colour was Bobby Vinton’s velvet?
- What colour were Sting’s fields?
- What colour was Dido’s flag?
- What vehicle did Joni Mitchell sing about, and what colour was it?
- Rudolph had a red nose, but can you name the other 8 reindeer?
Round 2 – Numbers
- How many days did the Beatles think there was in a week?
- According to Simon and Garfunkel, how many ways are there to leave your lover?
- The Four seasons liked remembering O What a Night in December in what year?
- How far did the Proclaimers walk?
- What year of summer did Bryan Adams like to reminise about?
- In the Twelve Days of Christmas, how many times throughout the song would you sing the line “5 gold rings”?
- What age were the Beatles looking forward to being?
- Which orchestra performed 150 times in 2018?
- How many symphonies did Beethoven compose?
- How many planets are set to music in Holst’s Planet Suite?
Round 3 – Animals
- Who wrote a Carnival of the Animals?
- What animal did Peter meet in Prokofiev’s Orchestral work?
- Which insect did Rimsky-Korsakov immortalise in music?
- Which winged creature did the Beatles sing about?
- Survivor rocked out to the Eye of the …
- What kind of soldier did Bob Marley and the Wailers sing about?
- What did grandma get run over by?
- Which animal was ascending in Vaughan William’s piece?
- Which mythical creature did Stravinsky compose a ballet about?
- In the carol “Infant Holy”, which animals are lowing?
Answers:
Round 1 – Colours
- The Beatles
- Green
- Jimi Hendrix
- Blue
- Gold
- White
- Yellow taxi
- Dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, comet, cupid, donner, blitzen (1point for 1-4 correct, 2 for 5-7, 3 for 8)
Round 2 – Numbers
- 8
- 50
- 1963
- 1000 miles
- 1969
- 8
- 64
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- 9
- 7
Round 3 – Animals
- Saint-Saens
- A wolf
- Bumblebee
- Blackbird
- Tiger
- Buffalo
- A reindeer
- Lark
- Firebird
- Oxen