Bongos

Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #524 - 3/9/11

South America

Answers

1. Born in Baranquilla, Colombia, her hits include "Underneath Your Clothes" and "Objection (Tango).": Shakira
2. Classical pianist Claudio Arrau was from what South American country?
: Chile
3. These two countries are mentioned in the lyrics of Glenn Frey's "Smugglers Blues."
: Colombia and Peru
4. This Venezuelan-American singer was all over the charts in the 90s with songs like "Vision of Love" and "Hero."
: Mariah Carey
5. Argentine musician Carlos Gardel is mostly association with what kind of music?
: Tango
6. Blame artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and Astrud Gilberto for this kind of Brazilian music...
: Bossa Nova
7.....but don't blame Elvis for this 1963 hit; it wasn't even in that style!
: "Bossa Nova Baby"
8. A 1975 disco hit for the Ritchie Family.
: "Brazil"
9. Brazilian native Laudir de Oliveira played percussion for what Becky's Island favorite band in the 70s and early 80s?
: Chicago
10. This Peruvian song appeared on Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water album.
: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
11. Years later, Paul Simon returned to South America for his Rhythm of the Saints album. What country's music was featured on that album?
: Brazil
12. Who played Evita Peron, former first lady of Argentina, in the 1996 movie Evita?
: Madonna
13. He led Brasil 66 and Brasil 77 before producing the hit "Never Gonna Let You Go" in 1983.
: Sergio Mendes
14. "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant was born in what South American country?
: Guyana
15. Surdo, cuica, caixa de guerra, tamborim, pandeiro, and reco-reco are these types of Brazilian instruments.
: Percussion
16. Brazilian composer famous for re-interpreting Bach in his "Bachianas Brasileiras"
: Heitor Villa-Lobos
17. This American singer's father was born in Ecuador - maybe she should have sung that country's anthem at the 2011 Super Bowl.
: Christina Aguilera

Bonus: This Brazilian musician's "Taj Mahal" was "borrowed" for Rod Stewart's 1979 hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy." : Jorge Ben

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