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Classical music quiz — Arts & literature

The “Classical music” quiz — Arts & literature. It has 25 questions in five categories: Eras and masters, Opera stage, Strings and keys, Historic premieres, Forms and terms. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

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Buzzo quiz: Classical music

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Eras and masters

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    Which Italian Baroque composer, nicknamed the "Red Priest", composed the famous violin concertos "The Four Seasons"?

  2. 200

    Which Polish Romantic composer wrote almost exclusively for the piano, creating famous nocturnes and polonaises?

  3. 300

    Which Czech composer drew…

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  4. 400

    Which Italian composer bridged…

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  5. 500

    Which Austrian modernist composer…

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Opera stage

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    In the finale of which Georges Bizet opera does Don José kill the free-spirited heroine outside a Seville bullring?

  2. 200

    In which Giacomo Puccini opera does Prince Calaf solve three deadly riddles posed by an icy Chinese princess?

  3. 300

    In which Mozart opera…

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  4. 400

    Which four-opera cycle by…

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  5. 500

    Which composer reformed 18th-century…

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Strings and keys

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    Which Italian craftsman from Cremona built the world's most coveted and acoustically celebrated violins and cellos?

  2. 200

    Which Italian violin virtuoso played with such demonic speed that rumors claimed he had sold his soul to the devil?

  3. 300

    Which Florentine maker invented…

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  4. 400

    Which Hungarian virtuoso pioneered…

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  5. 500

    Which French craftsman is…

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Historic premieres

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    The 1913 Paris premiere of which Igor Stravinsky ballet caused an infamous theater riot over its jarring rhythms?

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    Which Handel suite premiered in 1717 on a barge during King George I's royal excursion along the River Thames?

  3. 300

    To which leader did…

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  4. 400

    Which 1924 George Gershwin…

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  5. 500

    In which 1952 work…

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Forms and terms

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    Which Catholic mass for the dead did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leave unfinished at his sudden death in 1791?

  2. 200

    Which Italian musical term directs performers to gradually increase the volume of the sound?

  3. 300

    Which contrapuntal musical form…

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  4. 400

    What name is given…

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  5. 500

    Which Baroque practice provided…

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