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music trivia: a cappella music-multiple choice - Statistics
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| 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 | 100%
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| 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 | 100%
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| What mixed (male and female) quintet emerged from the "Sing-Off" TV show, and is well known for pop covers and Christmas albums? | Pentatonix | 100%
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| What 2012 movie about collegiate a cappella singing, starred Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Elizabeth Banks (among others), and inspired 2 sequels | Pitch Perfect | 100%
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| Whose a cappella recording, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 1989 Grammys. | Bobby McFerrin | 50%
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| 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 | 50%
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| Which of these classical choral compositions are performed a cappella? | Missa Papae Marcelli by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | 50%
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| What a cappella men's choir, that formed at Indiana University, has the same name as a Thelonious Monk song? | Straight, No Chaser | 50%
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| What 8-time Grammy winners in jazz and gospel music are famous for their 6-part a cappella harmonies? | Take 6 | 50%
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| 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? | Tibetan Buddhism | 50%
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| 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 | 50%
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| What is the original Italian translation of the term "a cappella" | In the manner of the chapel | 0%
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| What style of polyphonic a cappella music was the most important secular form of music in the 16th and early 17th centuries. | madrigal | 0%
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| All of these hip hop elements can be a part of an a cappella song except which one of these? | sampling | 0%
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| 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 | 0%
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