| Rank | Nationality | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | United States | Leonard Bernstein | 82%
|
| 4 | Austria | Herbert von Karajan | 70%
|
| 8 | Italy | Arturo Toscanini | 57%
|
| 6 | United Kingdom | Simon Rattle | 53%
|
| 3 | Italy | Claudio Abbado | 47%
|
| 7 | Germany | Wilhelm Furtwängler | 37%
|
| 9 | France | Pierre Boulez | 26%
|
| 15 | Netherlands | Bernard Haitink | 25%
|
| 14 | Hungary | George Szell | 25%
|
| 18 | United Kingdom | Colin Davis | 20%
|
| 5 | Austria | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 18%
|
| 19 | United Kingdom | Thomas Beecham | 18%
|
| 12 | United Kingdom | John Barbirolli | 17%
|
| 11 | United Kingdom | John Eliot Gardiner | 17%
|
| 17 | Russia | Yevgeny Mravinsky | 13%
|
| 10 | Italy | Carlo Maria Giulini | 10%
|
| 1 | Austria | Carlos Kleiber | 9%
|
| 20 | Australia | Charles Mackerras | 9%
|
| 13 | Hungary | Ferenc Fricsay | 9%
|
| 16 | France | Pierre Monteux | 7%
|