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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #42 - 12/12/01

Roll Over, Beethoven!

Answers

1. "Roll Over Beethoven and tell" who "the news?": Tchaikovsky
2. What British band included violins and cellos as part of the regular instrumentation?
: Electric Light Orchestra
3. Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" both borrow themes from what Russian composer?
: Sergei Rachmaninoff
4. What pop singer recorded "My Secret Passion: The Arias," an album of operatic melodies, in 1998?
: Michael Bolton
5. What was Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band's only Number 1 hit?
": A Fifth of Beethoven"
6."1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records" what?:
" Rock Me Amadeus"
7. Sebastian Bach was the lead singer of what metal band?
: Skid Row
8. This 1965 hit by the Toys borrowed its melody from Bach.
:"A Lover's Concerto"
9. Whose classical compositions include "Liverpool Oratorio" and "Standing Stone?"
: Sir Paul McCartney
10. A prominent Dutch-American guitarist named his son Wolfgang, after Mozart. What is Wolfgang's last name?
: Van Halen
11. Bach's "Bourree" for flute was recorded by what band?
: Jethro Tull
12. What band's third album was a rock version of Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhibition?"
: Emerson, Lake and Palmer
13. Speaking of Mussorgsky, which Saturday Night Fever song borrowed from his "Night on Bald Mountain?"
: "Night on Disco Mountain"
14. Who conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, of "Hooked On Classics" fame?
: Louis Clark
15. What Beatles song is supposedly based on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" played backwards?:
"Because"
16. What was the name of Apollo 100's 1972 instrumental, which they based on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring?"
: "Joy"
17. What piano-playing superstar just released an album of his own classical compositions - played by another pianist?
: Billy Joel

Bonus: When Luciano Pavarotti cancelled out the 1998 Grammy Awards at the last minute, who stepped in at the last minute to perform "Nessun Dorma" ?: Aretha Franklin

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