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music trivia: a cappella music-multiple choice
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| First submitted | May 14, 2019 |
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1. Whose a cappella recording, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 1989 Grammys.
Todd Rundgren
Bobby McFerrin
Ben Folds
Stevie Wonder
2. What style of a cappella singing was used in the Catholic church during the 9th & 10th centuries? The Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had an album of such music in the pop charts?
Gregorian chants
Cantatas
Folk ballads
Rounds
3. What African cappella singing group was popularized in the US after collaborating with Paul Simon on the song; "Homeless" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"?
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Soweto Gospel Choir
Afrika '70
High Life
4. What singer/songwriter released his album "A Cappella" in 1985? With its lack of instruments, it contrasted with earlier albums, such as; Something/Anything or Runt.
Todd Rundgren
Elvis Costello
Lindsey Buckingham
Paul Simon
5. S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. is an abbreviation for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of what kind of a cappella singing in America?
Barber Shop Quartet
Basses & Sopranos Quartet
Bass Solo Quodlibet
Barter Shop Quartet
6. What singing group started in 1962 Brooklyn, NY, singing five-part harmonies on street-corners and subway corridors, and made their first album "Acappella" in 1970?
The Persuasions
The Penguins
The Manhattan Transfer
The Delfonics
7. What 2012 movie about collegiate a cappella singing, starred Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Elizabeth Banks (among others), and inspired 2 sequels
The Sapphires
Sing Street
Pitch Perfect
Blue Like Jazz
8. What mixed (male and female) quintet emerged from the "Sing-Off" TV show, and is well known for pop covers and Christmas albums?
The 5th Dimension
The Treblemakers
Straight No Chaser
Pentatonix
9. What 8-time Grammy winners in jazz and gospel music are famous for their 6-part a cappella harmonies?
6th Sense
6 Ways 2 Sunday
Take 6
SixPack
10. What style of polyphonic a cappella music was the most important secular form of music in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
motet
oratorio
madrigal
aria
11. All but one of these groups traditionally worship sans instrumental accompaniment. Which of these is the only one that doesn't prefer a cappella music?
The Eastern Orthodox Church (Byzantine Rite)
Old Order Mennonites
Tibetan Buddhism
The Plymouth Brethren
12. All of these hip hop elements can be a part of an a cappella song except which one of these?
breakdancing
beatboxing
rapping
sampling
13. Which of these classical choral compositions are performed a cappella?
Missa Papae Marcelli by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel
Mass by Leonard Bernstein
14. What is the original Italian translation of the term "a cappella"
very softly or quietly
In the manner of the chapel
from the top
without a leader
15. What a cappella men's choir, that formed at Indiana University, has the same name as a Thelonious Monk song?
Brilliant Corners
Pannonica
'Round Midnight
Straight, No Chaser
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3 Comments
stayc0tt
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Level 44
May 14, 2019
THe best a cappella group of all time are THE NUTMEGS. Did you ever hear of them? Check them out sometime. They started in Connecticut in 50's. Awesome!
musiclistsareus
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Level 61
May 15, 2019
You mentioned them once before, and I checked them out. I'm glad you enjoy them, but they aren't my cup of tea. I did almost use them in the quiz, though, and I do appreciate you mentioning them. I own about 7,000 recordings, but I'm always looking for my next fix.
stayc0tt
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Level 44
May 16, 2019
You are probably younger than I am. Thanks for responding.