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Junior High

Music Trivia

SJS Music

Ms. Ryan

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Here’s how the game will work

Students will be split into three teams (by my random choosing)
I am the Game Show Host and will read off a question
Each team will have a instrument to use to notify the Host (me) that they have an answer
The first team to answer the question correctly gets a point
Team with the most points wins

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Questions will be based upon

Musical notation Knowledge
Modern songs (on the radio)
Musical facts
Musical History
Randomly related to Music information

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First Question:

Name the Five Members of One Direction

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Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan

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Second Question:

Who are the artists for the song “Just Give Me a Reason?”

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Pink and Nate Ruess

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Third Question:

What year did Miranda Lambert release the song “Famous in a Small Town”?

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2007 (April)

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Fourth Question:

What Genre of Music is the following example?

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Jazz

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Fifth Question:

How does sound travel through air?

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Vibrations

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Sixth Question:

What movie does the following example come from?

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Star Wars

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Eighth Question:

What is this note called?

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Eighth Note

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Ninth Question:

What does this symbol mean?

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Fermata: To hold until Director cuts you off.

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Tenth Question:

What type of clef does soprano instruments/soprano voice play/sing in?

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Treble Clef

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Eleventh Question:

What is this instrument?

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Euphonium

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Twelfth Question:

What is this chart called?

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Circle of Fifths

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Thirteenth Question:

Who is this composer?

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Taylor Swift

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Fourteenth Question:

What comes next:

Do Re Mi Fa Sol __ __ __

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La Ti Do

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Fifthteenth Question:

What does this Kodaly hand sign represent?

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Do

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Sixteenth Question:

What instrument makes this sound?

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Flute

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Seventeenth Question:

What does Rallentando mean?

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Italian, “Slowing Down”

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Eighteenth Question:

Who wrote “Rhapsody in Blue?”

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George Gershwin

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Nineteenth Question:

Who performs “Treasure?”

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Bruno Mars

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Twentieth Question:

What type of liturgical music is named after “Saint Gregory?”

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Gregorian Chant

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Twenty First Question:

When did Ms. Ryan know she wanted to be a Music Teacher?

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When she was in Middle School

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Twenty Second Question:

How many instruments does Hunter Hayes know how to play?

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32!

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Twenty Third Question:

What is your favorite song?

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I really don’t know the answer to this one...

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Twenty Fourth Question:

What is the name of SJS’s School Song?

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On Wisconsin

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Twenty Fifth Question:

What does “staccato” mean?

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“With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others”

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Twenty Sixth Question:

Most musical terms are in what language?

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Italian

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Twenty Seventh Question:

Name this composer:

I was born in Germany in 1770
I suffered hearing loss in my early 20’s
One of my most famous works is “Ode to Joy”

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Twenty Eighth Question:

What year did the “Modern Era” of music begin?

1860 1975 1910 1845 1600

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1910

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Twenty Ninth Question:

What Ballet is the most often performed at Christmas Time?

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The Nutcracker

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Thirtieth Question:

True or False?

Studying music makes it easier to learn a second language.

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TRUE

Learning and mastering a gift improves the way the brain breaks down and understands human language, making music students more apt to pick up a second language.