Question: What custom in the world of classical music originates from the belief that at the premiere of a Handel's musical event, King George II did so and the crowd followed suit?
Answer: Standing during the Hallelujah Chorus of Messiah

Question: According to the lyrics of a 1931 song by Noël Coward, what is it that the Japanese don't care to do, the Chinese wouldn't dare to do and the Hindus and Argentines avoid it as they sleep firmly from twelve to one?
Answer: """go out in the midday sun"" (""Mad Dogs and Englishmen"")"

Question: In 1934 when a Broadway production As Thousands Cheer played this song, the producers were taken to court by the Hill family for using it without paying royalty as they owned the melody. What ubiquitous song?
Answer: """Happy Birthday to You"""

Question: In 1989, rocker Ted Nugent made a multi-million dollar bid to purchase what company to shut it down as he felt it's ubiquitous sounds were representative of everything "uncool" about music?
Answer: Muzak

Question: Which breakthrough hit for Queen contains the phrase "Let them eat cake", a quote often attributed to Marie Antoinette?
Answer: """Killer Queen"""

Question: When an American theater director was reading about the travels of Henry Kissinger, he came across the figure of Mao and thought "there's an opera in there." What work resulted when he proposed this idea to a composer?
Answer: Nixon in China by John Adams

Question: The phrase "it's better to burn out than to fade away" from Neil Young's classic song "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" became better known after being quoted in whose 1994 suicide note?
Answer: Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

Question: The short poem And did those feet in ancient time by William Blake that features the phrase 'dark satanic mills' is best known in what musical context?
Answer: The anthem Jerusalem

Question: In 2009, a Face to Face tour featuring Elton John and Billy Joel was promoted as '___ Man meets ___ Man.' Can you fill-in the missing words?
Answer: Rocket, Piano

Question: What is the term given to a musical that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score, examples of which are Mamma Mia! and Jersey Boys?
Answer: Jukebox musical

Question: Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac avoided black clothing to distance herself from the dark arts associations surrounding her as a result of which of the band's hit song?
Answer: """Rhiannon"""

Question: """My nickname of ___ came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into ___ as a play on words."" These are the words of which guitarist?"
Answer: Eric Clapton ("Slowhand")

Question: Which 90s concert tour consisting of female artists was named after the first wife of Adam in Jewish myth?
Answer: Lilith Fair

Question: Due to the large number of languages used in the European Union, its anthem is purely instrumental. Despite this, the German lyrics from what work of Friedrich Schiller, connected to Beethoven, are often sung when the anthem is played?
Answer: Ode to Joy

Question: What is a 'mondegreen', two examples of which are "there's a bathroom on the right" and "'scuse me while I kiss this guy"?
Answer: Mishearing of a phrase in a song

Question: Which overture written by Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by the echoes of a Scottish sea cave that he visited in 1829 and was named for it?
Answer: """Fingal's Cave"" overture"

Question: If the Julliard School is to New York, the Berklee College of Music is to which city?
Answer: Boston

Question: The Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi who is acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time was known for her rivalry with which other legendary soprano?
Answer: Maria Callas

Question: Clang! The Avedis Zildjian Company is best known for producing and popularizing what musical instruments?
Answer: Cymbals

Question: Which 1974 song made famous by the girl group 'Labelle' is most famous for its sexually suggestive chorus of 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?' that translates as 'Do you want to sleep with me (tonight)?'?
Answer: """Lady Marmalade"""

Question: Bruce Springsteen's best-selling 1985 album Born in the U.S.A. produced a record-tying string of seven top 10 singles. What two other albums produced separately by a brother and sister also share this distinction?
Answer: Michael Jackson's Thriller and Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Question: The annual music festival 'Lollapalooza' was conceived and created in 1991 by singer Perry Farrell of which band as a farewell tour for his band?
Answer: Jane's Addiction

Question: The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" is said to be the main inspiration behind the name of what current day hit singer?
Answer: Lady Gaga

Question: Which 1995 song of which the 'Bayside Boys Mix' became the best known version was ranked as the #1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of all Time by VH1 in 2002?
Answer: """Macarena"" by Los Del Rio"

Question: """Hail to the Chief"", the march primarily associated with the President of the US has verses derived from which narrative poem of Walter Scott?"
Answer: The Lady of the Lake

Question: Which American song that remains a fundamental part of a jazz musicians' repertoire has been called 'the jazzman's Hamlet' and has also been used as an NHL team name?
Answer: """St. Louis Blues"""

Question: Which enormously influential classical composer spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Hungarian aristocratic Esterházy family?
Answer: Joseph Haydn

Question: 'The Jordanaires' are an American singing group formed in 1948 best known for backing many of whose recordings?
Answer: Elvis Presley's

Question: Which 1980 supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan decided to use a word with a single 'L' instead of a double 'L' in their name because the band started in America and consisted of three Americans and only two Britons?
Answer: Traveling Wilburys

Question: Which city in Germany is famed for hosting the annual Wagner festival?
Answer: Bayreuth

Question: Which power ballad from the 1981 album Escape is the most downloaded song from iTunes that is not released in the 21st century?
Answer: """Don't Stop Believing"" by Journey"

Question: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, which song usually sung to congratulate a person is the second-most popular song following "Happy Birthday to You" in the English language?
Answer: """For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"""

Question: In vocal jazz, what is the style in which vocal improvisation is made with random syllables or even without words?
Answer: Scat singing

Question: In the 1970s, which symbol became widely known as a sign of welcome after it was the central theme of a popular song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn in which it was tied around an oak tree?
Answer: Yellow ribbon ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree")

Question: The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash that formed the folk rock/rock supergroup known as Crosby, Stills, & Nash (CSN) originally came from which bands?
Answer: Crosby - The Byrds, Stills - Buffalo Springfield, Nash - The Hollies

Question: Which musical instrument invented by the physicist Torricelli gets its name from a tradition identifying the angel who blows the horn to announce Judgment Day in Christinity?
Answer: Gabriel's horn

Question: The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager spacecraft that contains 27 selected recordings said to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Who is the most represented artist?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Question: Which 20th-century German composer is most famous for his Carmina Burana whose best-known movement is "O Fortuna" referenced in numerous movies and television commercials?
Answer: Carl Orff (1895-1982)