kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: music
Question: Which of these was the original name of Linkin Park?
Choices: Xero; The Snax; Good Charlotte; None of these
Answer: Xero
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Question: Which American actress did Linkin Park member Rob Bourdon date, while in high school in Calabasas, California?
Choices: Katherine Heigl; Majandra Delfino; Emille De Ravin; Shiri Appleby
Answer: Shiri Appleby
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Question: Brad Delson, the lead guitarist for the nu metal/rapcore band Linkin Park, is a fan of which one of the following pop singers?
Choices: Christina Aguliera; Britney Spears; Celine Dion; Madonna
Answer: Britney Spears
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Question: Which video did Linkin Park turntablist Joseph Hahn co-direct with famous music video director Nathan Cox?
Choices: Static Xs Cold; Foo Fighters Everlong; Korns Here to stay; Limp Bizkits Rollin
Answer: Static Xs Cold
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Question: How was the name Linkin Park chosen?
Choices: Chester used to drive by Lincoln Park.; The band used to practice in Lincoln Park.; Lincoln Park was Mikes favourite place for finding solitude.; Dave and Mike accidentally met in Lincoln Park.
Answer: Chester used to drive by Lincoln Park.
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Question: Linkin Park members Joseph, Dave, Mike, and Rob collaborated with which band to create the song Its Going Down?
Choices: Liberty X; Xero; The X-ecutioners; Static X
Answer: The X-ecutioners
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Question: Which two Linkin Park members were featured on Ademas The Way You Like It?
Choices: Chester and Joe; Brad and Mike; Phoenix and Rob; Joe and Rob
Answer: Chester and Joe
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Question: John Hammond was born to a rich family in this US city.
Choices: Shaker Heights; Chicago; Philadelphia; New York City
Answer: New York City
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Question: John Hammond began playing piano at age 4 but  switched to violin by age 8. He studied violin and viola at this Ivy League college.
Choices: Brown; Yale; Columbia; Harvard
Answer: Yale
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Question: In his  high school years, John Hammond often sneaked out of his house at night to listen to music at this famous location.
Choices: Chicagos South Side; New Yorks Harlem; Philadelphias South Street; Clevelands Beale Street
Answer: New Yorks Harlem
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Question: In 1927 John Hammond heard this performer sing. It affected his entire career.
Choices: Bessie Smith; Sarah Vaughan; Carmen McRae; Ella Fitzgerald
Answer: Bessie Smith
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Question: John Hammond spent almost his entire working life working for this record company.
Choices: AM Records; Stax Records; Motown Records; Columbia Records
Answer: Columbia Records
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Question: John Hammonds sister, Alice Duckworth Hammond, was married to this good musician, who was a friend of Johns.
Choices: Louis Prima; Mitch Miller; Glenn Miller; Benny Goodman
Answer: Benny Goodman
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Question: In 1931 John Hammond signed his first musician to his record label. What was the name of this musician?
Choices: Charlie Parker; Garland Wilson; Ben Blue; Sidney Bechet
Answer: Garland Wilson
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Question: In 1938 John Hammond was the producer of the first integrated music performance in a major US venue. What was the venue?
Choices: New Yorks Carnegie Hall; Washingtons   Kennedy Center; Philadelphias Alhambra Theater; Houstons Soft Machine
Answer: New Yorks Carnegie Hall
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Question: John Hammond was the main force in developing the career of Charley Christian. What was his main instrument?
Choices: guitar; trumpet; tenor  sax; alto sax
Answer: guitar
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Question: John Hammond heard a really fine Kansas City -based band and immediately brought the band  to  New York and signed them to his record label. Whose band did he sign?
Choices: Benny Goodman; Count Basie; Duke Ellington; Glenn Miller
Answer: Count Basie
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Question: In 1938 John Hammond organized a series of concerts that promoted Black music. What was the  name of this famous series of concerts?
Choices: From Spirituals to Swing; In My Solitude; Sweet Chariots; A Great Day in Harlem
Answer: From Spirituals to Swing
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Question: In 1961John Hammond heard this Minnesota-born harmonica player on a record session and immediately signed him to his label.
Choices: Billy Joel; Bruce Springfield; Robert Zimmerman; Elvis Costello
Answer: Robert Zimmerman
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Question: In the very early 1960s John Hammond signed a Canadian-born baritone singer/poet/author. Who is  this composer of Suzanne?
Choices: Leonard Cohen; Robert Johnston; Carl Hester; William Shatner
Answer: Leonard Cohen
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Question: In 1959 John Hammond signed to his label this Nigerian drummer who played traditional African music.
Choices: Babatunde Olatinji; Omar Hakim; Roger Biwandu; Trilok Gurtu
Answer: Babatunde Olatinji
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Question: The last musician signed by John Hammond was a young guitarist from Texas. He was famous for his use of extra heavy guitar strings. His albums included Texas Flood, Soul to Soul, and The Sky Is Crying.
Choices: Troy East; Chris Layton; Stevie Ray Vaughan; Robert Cray
Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Question: One of John Hammonds sons, John Paul Hammond, is a fine guitarist and composer. He wrote the  music to the Western Little Big Man. Who starred in this 1970 movie?
Choices: Kirk Douglas; Gregory Peck; Dustin Hoffman; John Wayne
Answer: Dustin Hoffman
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Question: John Hammond is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: John Hammond was a board member of this organization.
Choices: OAS; NAACP; American Federation of Musicians; AFL-CIO
Answer: NAACP
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Question: John Hammond never received a Grammy.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: At the time the second album of The Used came out, what three instruments could member Bert McCracken play?
Choices: Piano, guitar, and trumpet.; He can only do vocals.; Keyboard, piano, and bass.; Keyboard, piano, and trumpet.
Answer: Keyboard, piano, and trumpet.
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Question: Before joining The Used, Jepha Howard was vocalist in which band?
Choices: Unusual Itch; There was no such band.; Strange Itch; Strange Pitch
Answer: Strange Itch
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Question: When Branden Steineckert, famous as drummer of The Used, was three years old, his father committed suicide.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: During the recording of  the album In Love and Death by The Used, Kate, ex-girlfriend of band member Bert, died of an overdose.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Tina Turner born on November 26, 1939, in what state?
Choices: Tennessee; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Texas
Answer: Tennessee
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Question: What did Tina Turner go by before assuming Tine Turner as her stage name?
Choices: Little Ann; LeeAnn; Anna Bell; LaTina
Answer: Little Ann
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Question: What is the name of Tina Turners first son, born in 1958?
Choices: Craig; Ike, Jr.; Michael; Ronald
Answer: Craig
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Question: What was the name of Ike and Tina Turners band which was very successful in the 1960s and 1970s?
Choices: Tina  Ike; The Ikers; The Ike  Tina Turner Revue; The Ikettes
Answer: The Ike  Tina Turner Revue
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Question: What single by Ike and Tina Turner won a Grammy for Best RB Vocal Performance by a Duo in 1972?
Choices: I Want to Take You Higher; Come Together; Proud Mary; Nutbush City Limits
Answer: Proud Mary
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Question: Name Tina Turners debut solo album, released in 1974?
Choices: Acid Queen; They Call Me Tina; Tina Turns the Country On; My Name Is Tina
Answer: Tina Turns the Country On
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Question: Name Tina Turners autobiographical book, issued in 1986.
Choices: I, Tina; Memoirs of Tina Turner; The Real Tina; Life After Love
Answer: I, Tina
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Question: What album did Tina Turner release after her separation from Ike Turner in 1978?
Choices: Rough; Acid Queen; Tina Turns the Country On; Love Explosion
Answer: Rough
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Question: Which of these tracks was included in Tina Turners album Private Dancer from 1984?
Choices: All of these; Whats Love Got to Do with It; I Cant Stand the Rain; Lets Stay Together
Answer: All of these
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Question: Finish the lyrics of Tina Turners song The Best: And it cant be wrong, take my heart and ...
Choices: ...make it strong, baby.; .. gimme yours, baby.; ... take my soul, baby.; ... make it yours, baby.
Answer: ...make it strong, baby.
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Question: One of the following singers had a HUGE hit in 1989 called Here and Now. This was one of the biggest wedding songs of 1990.
Choices: Barry White; Isaac Hayes; Luther Vandross; Teddy Pendergrass
Answer: Luther Vandross
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Question: Which one of the following singers was in a terrible car accident resulting in him being paralyzed for the rest of his life, until his passing in 2010?
Choices: Barry White; Luther Vandross; Isaac Hayes; Teddy Pendergrass
Answer: Teddy Pendergrass
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Question: This singer gave us the hit song from 1977 called  Its Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me.
Choices: Barry White; Isaac Hayes; Luther Vandross; Teddy Pendergrass
Answer: Barry White
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Question: One of these singers had the biggest hit of his career with the Theme from Shaft. Who gave us this unforgettable classic?
Choices: Luther Vandross; Barry White; Teddy Pendergrass; Isaac Hayes
Answer: Isaac Hayes
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Question: All four of the following iconic singers have passed away. Which singer was the first to expire?
Choices: Barry White; Teddy Pendergrass; Luther Vandross; Isaac Hayes
Answer: Barry White
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Question: What year did Sublime member Brad Nowell die?
Choices: 1996; 1994; 1997; 1993
Answer: 1996
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Question: Smoke Two Joints on Sublimes 40 oz. to Freedom album is a cover of an original by Bob Marley.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What year was Sublimes first official (studio produced) album released?
Choices: 1990; 1993; 1992; 1991
Answer: 1992
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Question: Brad Nowells beloved pet, Louie Dog, can be seen in a museum in Long Beach, CA.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: NoFXs song Doornails references Brad Nowell.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The band Sublime disbanded after Brad Nowells death.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What instrument did Eric Wilson play for Sublime?
Choices: Drums; Turntables; Bass Guitar; Guitar
Answer: Bass Guitar
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Question: Sublime originally consisted of how many band members?
Choices: 5; 3; 4; 2
Answer: 3
Category: music
Question: Brad Nowell was an honor roll student in high school.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: music
Question: What is the real name of Dem Franchize Boyz member Parlae?
Choices: Sean Combs; Jamall Willingham; Maurice Gleaton; Marcus Green
Answer: Maurice Gleaton
Category: music
Question: The members of rap group Dem Franchize Boyz grew up together in what city?
Choices: New York, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri
Answer: Atlanta, Georgia
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Question: Jamall Willingham is the real name of Dem Franchize Boyz member, known as PImpin.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which Dem Franchize Boyz member finished two semesters in college with a 3.0?
Choices: Pimpin; Jizzal Man; Buddie; Parlae
Answer: Buddie
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Question: What is the title of Dem Franchize Boyz first single?
Choices: Pink Tee; White Tee; Red Tee; Black Tee
Answer: White Tee
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Question: Early in 2006, Dem Franchize Boyz had a feud with what other rap group?
Choices: Dem Franchize boyz; D.T.P; D4L; St Lunatics
Answer: D4L
Category: music
Question: What author of fine plays and screenplays stated, If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at age 22 it  would have changed  the history of music ... and  of aviation.?
Choices: David Mamet; Michael Feinstein; Eugne ONeill; Tom Stoppard
Answer: Tom Stoppard
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Question: This musician said, I dont like country music, but I dont mean to denigrate those who do. And for those people who like  country music, denigrate means put  down.
Choices: Bob Newhart; Frank Sinatra; Buddy Rich; Duke Ellington
Answer: Bob Newhart
Category: music
Question: Who rote the line If music be the food of love, play on?
Choices: Homer; Ovid; Shakespeare; Dante
Answer: Shakespeare
Category: music
Question: Who made this remark: Most rock journalism is people who cant write, interviewing people who cant talk, for people who cant read.?
Choices: Frank Zappa; Lenny Bruce; Kurt Cobain; Lou Reed
Answer: Frank Zappa
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Question: This person, often associated with Gonzo journalism, said, The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. Theres also a negative side.
Choices: Hunter S. Thompson; Jerry Lewis; Steven Wright; Lenny Bruce
Answer: Hunter S. Thompson
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Question: This talented jazz musician, who died way too young, said: Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you dont live it, it wont come out of  your horn. They teach you theres a boundary line to music. But man, theres no boundary line to art.
Choices: Charlie Parker; Jack Teagarden; Louis Armstrong; Django Rheinhart
Answer: Charlie Parker
Category: music
Question: What composer stated: Too many pieces of music finish  too long after the end.?
Choices: Igor Stravinsky; George Gershwin; Aram Shostakovitch; Randy Newman
Answer: Igor Stravinsky
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Question: What European poet made this remark: The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.?
Choices: e.e. cumings; Herman Hesse; Edmund Spencer; Heinrich Heine
Answer: Heinrich Heine
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Question: The following words regarding music were said by this great oboe player who had a popular TV show: Keep it simple, keep it sexy, keep it sad.
Choices: Mitch Miller; Lou Reed; Mitch Kupchick; Lou Rawls
Answer: Mitch Miller
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Question: What successful artist said: I dont want you to play me a riff thats going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid go out and buy a guitar and learn to play.?
Choices: Slash; Will Smith; Ozzie Osbourne; Sharon Osbourne
Answer: Ozzie Osbourne
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Question: What composer do these words belong to: Theres nothing magic about it. All you have to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.?
Choices: Johann Sebastian Bach; Aaron Copeland; Frank Zappa; John Sebastian
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Question: Who made this remark about music: Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on ones nerves-which is the same thing nowadays.?
Choices: Oscar Wilde; Ernest Hemingway; Earl Flatt; Frank Zappa
Answer: Oscar Wilde
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Question: Select the  Bob Dylan quote.
Choices: Chaos is a friend of mine.; The amount of money one needs is terrifying.; I love Beethoven, especially the poems.; Life cant be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven Sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
Answer: Chaos is a friend of mine.
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Question: What is the birth name of the person quoted here: I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
Choices: Albert King; Albert Brooks; B.B. King; Albert Einstein
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: Who said: Youre talking to someone who really understands rock music.
Choices: Tipper Gore; George W. Bush; Elvis Costello; Ozzy Osbourne
Answer: Tipper Gore
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Question: What special Grammy Award did Aretha Franklin receive in 1991?
Choices: Lifetime Achievement Award; Living Legend Award; Greatest Voices Award; Queen of Soul Award
Answer: Living Legend Award
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Question: What type of voice does blues, soul and jazz singer Etta James have?
Choices: None of these; Contralto; Soprano; Mezzo-soprano
Answer: Contralto
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Question: From 1953 to 1989, Gladys Knight was lead vocalist of this soul vocal group?
Choices: Gladys  the Knights; Gladys Knight  the Puppies; Gladys Knight  the Pips; Gladys Knight  the Pebbles
Answer: Gladys Knight  the Pips
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Question: Sade Adu was born on January 16, 1959 in this African country.
Choices: South African Republic; Morocco; Ghana; Nigeria
Answer: Nigeria
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Question: What relationship do Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston have?
Choices: None of these; Aunt and niece; Cousins; Godmother and goddaughter
Answer: Godmother and goddaughter
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Question: Chaka Khan became famous as the lead vocalist of this band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969.
Choices: Richard; Rufus; Rupert; Memphis
Answer: Rufus
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Question: Diana Ross received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best actress for portraying
Choices: Sarah Vaughan; Betty Carter; Billie Holiday; Ella Fitzgerald
Answer: Billie Holiday
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Question: With what legendary male singer did Anita Baker record the song Witchcraft in 1993?
Choices: Michael Jackson; Luther Vandross; Ray Charles; Frank Sinatra
Answer: Frank Sinatra
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Question: Why was Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette OBrien, a.k.a. Dusty Springfield, nicknamed Dusty when she was a child?
Choices: She was nicknamed after her favorite fictional character.; She had an imaginary friend called Dusty.; Her dog was called Dusty.; She was a tomboy.
Answer: She was a tomboy.
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Question: What soul female singer won three Grammy Awards for the 1972 song Killing Me Softly with His Song?
Choices: Betty Davis; Bettye LaVette; Lori Lieberman; Roberta Flack
Answer: Roberta Flack
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Question: Whats the name of the camp where it is raining in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh?
Choices: Grenada; Contata; Sonata; Regatta
Answer: Grenada
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, one of the boys friends, Joe Spivey, got poison ivy. What were they doing at the time?
Choices: hiking; wrestling; playing cards; rock climbing
Answer: hiking
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Question: What did a boy, named Leonard Skinner get in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh?
Choices: ptomaine poisoning; chlamydia; thrush and lupus; influenza
Answer: ptomaine poisoning
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Question: Who did all the counselors hate in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh?
Choices: the campers; each other; the waiters; camp nurse
Answer: the waiters
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, for some reason, the lake was filled with what?
Choices: alligators; oil slicks; piranhas; jelly fish
Answer: alligators
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Question: The head coach in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh doesnt want any what?
Choices: losers; smelly campers; sissies; smart mouths
Answer: sissies
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Question: The boy in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh did not want to scare his parents but told them his bunk mate had what?
Choices: lice and scabies; impetigo; scarlet fever; malaria
Answer: malaria
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Question: You remember Jeffery Harding? What happened to him in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh?
Choices: got lost; fell from a cliff; bit by a snake; fell in a well
Answer: got lost
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, the boy tells his parents that he hates Grenada and wants to come home. Then he got worried he could be eaten by what?
Choices: alligator; pet tiger; wolf; bear
Answer: bear
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, how long has the boy been at camp when he writes the letter?
Choices: one day; one month; forever; one week
Answer: one day
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, if Mom and Dad let him come home, the boy promises he will let this person hug and kiss him.
Choices: spinster sister; everybody; Aunt Bertha; his baby sister
Answer: Aunt Bertha
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Question: In the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, the boy promises that if his parents let him come home he wont make any noise or mess the house. With whom does he promise not to mess the house?
Choices: seven little Foys; gals and goys; dogs with toys; other boys
Answer: other boys
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Question: Since everything seems to be all right at the end of the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, what are the guys doing?
Choices: swimming and sailing; basketball and horseshoes; boating and dodgeball; sun bathing and skinny dipping
Answer: swimming and sailing
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Question: What does the boy tell his parents at the end of the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh?
Choices: he needs a nap because he has sleeping sickness; everything he said was a joke and its being published; hes going to play basketball with Michael Jordan; disregard this letter
Answer: disregard this letter
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Question: The music video to which Michael Jackson song features the scene where the tiles of the sidewalk light up at his every step?
Choices: Billie Jean; Black or White; Beat It; Thriller
Answer: Billie Jean
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Question: In what country is Michael Jacksons music video Remember the Time set?
Choices: Ancient Egypt; All of these; Medieval England; Ancient China
Answer: Ancient Egypt
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Question: The famous anti-gravity lean scene was featured on this Michael Jackson music video.
Choices: Blood on the Dance Floor; Dangerous; Smooth Criminal; Ghosts
Answer: Smooth Criminal
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Question: What kind of creature does Micheal Jackson transform into at the beginning of his music video Thriller?
Choices: A zombie; A vampire; A ghost; A werecat
Answer: A werecat
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Question: What Michael Jackson music video features scenes of war and animal cruelty?
Choices: Earth Song; Heal the World; Man in the Mirror; We Are the World
Answer: Earth Song
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Question: This music video by Michael Jackson featured notable people including John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler.
Choices: Heal the World; Man in the Mirror; They Dont Care About Us; Black or White
Answer: Man in the Mirror
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Question: Where is Michael and Janet Jacksons music video Scream set?
Choices: In a gym; In a subway; On a spacecraft; In a mental institution
Answer: On a spacecraft
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Question: What celebrated film director worked on Michael Jacksons music video to the song Bad?
Choices: Martin Scorsese; Quentin Tarantino; Steven Spielberg; James Cameron
Answer: Martin Scorsese
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Question: Where does George Wendts armchair land in Michael Jacksons music video Black or White?
Choices: In India; On the South Pole; In Africa; On the moon
Answer: In Africa
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Question: What does Michael Jackson turn into in the music video to his song Ghosts?
Choices: A black panther; A snake; A skeleton; A tornado
Answer: A skeleton
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Question: What recording group made the song Lady Marmalade popular in 1974?
Choices: Boney M.; None of these; Labelle; The Supremes
Answer: Labelle
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Question: What American rapper performed the hip hop song Lollipop in 2008?
Choices: Lil Wayne; Kanye West; 50 Cent; Lil Jon
Answer: Lil Wayne
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Question: What fruity song did The Beatles release in 1967?
Choices: Raspberry Fields Forever; Apple Fields Forever; Orange Fields Forever; Strawberry Fields Forever
Answer: Strawberry Fields Forever
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Question: What rock band released the song Hot Dog in 1979?
Choices: The Rolling Stones; Led Zeppelin; Deep Purple; Whitesnake
Answer: Led Zeppelin
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Question: The 1998 song Chocolate Salty Balls is from the soundtrack of what popular animated TV series?
Choices: South Park; Johnny Bravo; Scooby-Doo; Beavis and Butt-head
Answer: South Park
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Question: This song from a 1962 movie that received the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Choices: Days of Vodka and Roses; Days of Whiskey and Roses; Days of Wine and Roses; Days of Water and Roses
Answer: Days of Wine and Roses
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Question: From which album by the Spice Girls is the 1997 song Spice Up Your Life?
Choices: Forever; Spice Girls; Spiceworld; Spice
Answer: Spiceworld
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Question: What is the title of the traditional calypso folk song performed by by Harry Belafonte in 1956?
Choices: Watermelon Boat Song; Avocado Boat Song; Banana Boat Song; Papaya Boat Song
Answer: Banana Boat Song
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Question: What female singer recorded the swing jazz song Candyman in 2006?
Choices: Hilary Duff; Britney Spears; Christina Aguilera; Kylie Minogue
Answer: Christina Aguilera
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Question: What is the title of the song performed most famously by Billie Holiday in 1939?
Choices: Strange Fruit; Strange Grape; Strange Potato; Strange Apple
Answer: Strange Fruit
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Question: Who made this statement: Without music, life would be a mistake.?
Choices: Immanuel Kant; Friedrich Nietzsche; Groucho Marx; Karl Marx
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Question: What influential guitarist stated, If it has more than three chords, its jazz.?
Choices: Lou Rawls; Louis Costanza; Lou Reed; Louis Armstrong
Answer: Lou Reed
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Question: This composer, famous for the ballet Firebird, said, My music is best understood by children and animals.
Choices: Irving Berlin; Igor Stravinsky; Rimsky Korsakov; Petr Ilytch Tchaikivsky
Answer: Igor Stravinsky
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Question: This man, who appeared in the animated film Fantasia, said, A painter paints pictures on canvas. But a musician paints pictures on silence.
Choices: Walt Disney; Leopold Stokowski; Leonard Bernstein; Roy Hobbs
Answer: Leopold Stokowski
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Question: This prolific composer, who died way to young, said, I write as a sow piddles.
Choices: Bach; Frank Zappa; Beethoven; Mozart
Answer: Mozart
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Question: This influential musician and producer, famous also as Rashidas dad, stated, Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
Choices: Stevie Wonder; Quincy Jones; Will Smith; Frank Zappa
Answer: Quincy Jones
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Question: What saxophonist said, A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.?
Choices: Benny Golston; Benny Goodman; Benny Green; Ben Blue
Answer: Benny Green
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Question: This bandleader, who was once married to Charo, said, I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.
Choices: Xavier Cugat; Quincy Jones; Lou Reed; Carlos Santana
Answer: Xavier Cugat
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Question: About which recording group did Decca Records say this: We dont like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.?
Choices: The Rolling Stones; The Beatles; The Tremelos; The E-Street band
Answer: The Beatles
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Question: What member of the Beatles said this: Of course Im ambitious. Whats wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.?
Choices: George Harrison; Ringo Starr; John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Answer: Ringo Starr
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Question: What artist said, People deserve the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but its essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.?
Choices: Jerry Lewis; Whitney Houston; Bruce Springsteen; Frank Sinatra
Answer: Bruce Springsteen
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Question: Name the artist who said, I always felt that blues, rock n roll and country are just about a beat apart.
Choices: Leonard Bernstein; Waylon Jennings; Lou Reed; Dolly Parton
Answer: Waylon Jennings
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Question: What performer said, Its much too late  to  do anything about  rock  roll now.?
Choices: Jerry Jeff Walker; Jerry Lewis; Jerry Lee Lewis; Jerry Garcia
Answer: Jerry Garcia
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Question: Name the person quoted here: It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.
Choices: Bill Gates; Thomas Alva Edison; Albert Einstein; Jonas Salk
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: What musician said, There are more bad musicians than bad  music.?
Choices: Yitzrach Perleman; Bela Bartok; Isaac Stern; Yo-Yo Ma
Answer: Isaac Stern
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Question: This Academy Award-winning artist said, Thats a hell of an ambition, to be mellow. Its like wanting to be senile.
Choices: Ed Sullivan; Donnie Osmond; Roberta Flack; Randy Newman
Answer: Randy Newman
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Question: Select the quote by Elvis Costello
Choices: I want to do a musical movie, like Evita but with good music.; My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.; Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; its really a stupid thing to wan to do.; A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.
Answer: Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; its really a stupid thing to wan to do.
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Question: Select the quote by Garth Brooks.
Choices: Love is friendship set to music.; My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a music producer.; The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.; Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.
Answer: The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
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Question: Which of these is the first single from Jesse McCartneys debut album?
Choices: Without You; Shes No You; Beautiful Soul; Why Dont You Kiss Her
Answer: Beautiful Soul
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Question: In the early 2000s Jesse Mccartney was a member of what boy band?
Choices: None of these; Dream Street; Westlife; NSYNC
Answer: Dream Street
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Question: In 2004 Jesse McCartney started dating a girl whose first name is what ?
Choices: Katie; Syndey; Ashley; Elizabeth
Answer: Katie
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Question: Pop singer and actor Jesse McCartney was born on April 9, 1986.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Jesse McCartney guest-starred  as himself in an episode of the The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the title of Jesse McCartneys second studio album, released in 2006?
Choices: Right Where You Want Me; Good Life; None of these; Beautiful Soul
Answer: Right Where You Want Me
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Question: Does Jesse McCartney star in the TV series Summerland?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: What was the name of the character, portrayed by Jesse McCartney on the soap opera All My Children?
Choices: Adam J.R. Chandler; Adrian Sword; Mateo Santos; Leo DuPres
Answer: Adam J.R. Chandler
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Question: Does Jesse McCartney have a brother?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: In the autumn of 2005, Jesse McCartney toured Australia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the name of the 1970 documentary movie about The Beatles that received an Academy Award?
Choices: The Beatles; The Fab Four; Let It Be; Yellow Submarine
Answer: Let It Be
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Question: Which member of the Backstreet Boys left the group in June 2006?
Choices: Nick Carter; Howie Dorough; A. J. McLean; Kevin Richardson
Answer: Kevin Richardson
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Question: What is the title of New Kids on the Blocks debut album released in 1986?
Choices: Hangin Tough; New Kids on the Block; Face the Music; The Block
Answer: New Kids on the Block
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Question: How did N Sync come up with their name?
Choices: They named the band after a music shop.; They named the group after a brand of electronics.; The name of the band is a play on the letters of the members first names.; A fortune teller told them they should be named so.
Answer: The name of the band is a play on the letters of the members first names.
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Question: What term is used for the music created by The Jackson 5?
Choices: Cotton candy blues; Candy pop; Chocolate jazz; Bubblegum soul
Answer: Bubblegum soul
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Question: Which member of Irish band Boyzone passed away unexpectedly on October 10, 2009 at the age of 33?
Choices: Mikey Graham; Keith Duffy; Stephen Gately; Shane Lynch
Answer: Stephen Gately
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Question: What kind of blood relationship did the members of the Bee Gees have?
Choices: Half-brothers; Brothers; Cousins; Two brothers and a cousin
Answer: Brothers
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Question: In what country was the boy band Five, or 5ive, formed in 1997?
Choices: United Kingdom; United States; Australia; Germany
Answer: United Kingdom
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Question: What was the original name of RB boy band Boyz II Men, formed in 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Choices: Unique Attraction; New Page; New Edition; To The Right
Answer: Unique Attraction
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Question: Which member of English boy band Take That titled his debut solo album Life thru a Lens?
Choices: Mark Owen; Gary Barlow; Howard Donald; Robbie Williams
Answer: Robbie Williams
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Question: The band, Carbon Leaf, got their start at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, in 1992.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What was the first movie for which Barbra Streisand won an Academy Award?
Choices: Funny Girl; The Prince of Tides; A Star Is Born; Hello, Dolly!
Answer: Funny Girl
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Question: What is the name of Barbra Streisands album on which she worked with the Bee Gees Barry Gibb?
Choices: Barbra; Guilty; Woman In Love; Time
Answer: Guilty
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Question: For which of these American Presidents did Barbra Streisand campaign?
Choices: George W. Bush; George H. W. Bush; Bill Clinton; Barack Obama
Answer: Bill Clinton
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Question: What actor, director and producer did Barbra Streisand marry in 1998?
Choices: Ron Howard; James Brolin; Jon Peters; Elliott Gould
Answer: James Brolin
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Question: Barbra Streisand shares her birthday, April 24, with this Academy Award-winning actress, and they are known for celebrating together.
Choices: Whoopi Goldberg; Shirley MacLaine; Jane Fonda; Sally Field
Answer: Shirley MacLaine
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Question: In what popular musical film did Barbra Streisand star in 1969?
Choices: Moulin Rouge; Hello, Dolly!; Chicago; Hair
Answer: Hello, Dolly!
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Question: For what song featured on the 1976 movie A Star Is Born did Barbra Streisand win an Academy Award as a composer?
Choices: Happy Days Are Here Again; You Dont Bring Me Flowers; Evergreen; I Finally Found Someone
Answer: Evergreen
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Question: What type of causes does The Streisand Foundation, created by Barbra Streisand, support?
Choices: Womens issues; Protection of civil rights; All of these; Environmental
Answer: All of these
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Question: What is the first movie directed by Barbra Streisand, in 1983?
Choices: The Way We Were; Yentl; The Mirror Has Two Faces; The Prince of Tides
Answer: Yentl
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Question: What is the occupation of Barbra Streisands character, Rosalind Focker, in the 2004 comedy movie Meet the Fockers?
Choices: Lingerie model; Witch doctor; Sex therapist; Dog trainer
Answer: Sex therapist
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Question: When Bennie Goodman integrated jazz performances via his famous Carneigie Hall concert, this person was the pianist.
Choices: Zutty Singleton; Earl Hines; Art Tatum; Teddy Wilson
Answer: Teddy Wilson
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Question: Which great pianist was often called Fatha?
Choices: Art Tatum; Teddy Wilson; Earl Hines; Cedar Walton
Answer: Earl Hines
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Question: This jazz great lived 1919-1956. He is remembered for his virtuosity and creativity yet many called his style unjazzlike.  He was legally blind in both eyes.
Choices: Art Tatum; Teddy Wilson; Cedar Walton; Earl Hines
Answer: Art Tatum
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Question: This Texas-born pianist was born in 1934. His career took off after moving to New York around 1956. He played with Coltrane, The Jazz Messengers, Benny Golson, etc. His most famous composition is Bolivia.
Choices: Art Tatum; Cedar Walton; Earl Hines; James Johnson
Answer: Cedar Walton
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Question: Which pianistâs music does the musical Aint Misbehaving feature?
Choices: Thomas Waller; Cedar Walton; Earl Hines; Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: Thomas Waller
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Question: Born in Montreal in 1925, this musician was introduced to music as a very young child by his father. In high school he played in bands with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. At 14 he won a talent contest and that led to a job on a CBC program. From 1950-1955 he was voted the top pianist by Downbeat Magazine. Who is this great pianist?
Choices: Barnard Francis; Oscar Peterson; James P. Johnson; Cedar Walton
Answer: Oscar Peterson
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Question: This New Jersey-born pianist was one of the inventors of the stride piano style. He wrote the song Charleston which began the great dance craze of the 1920s. Who was this great musician?
Choices: Thomas Waller; Art Tatum; Lucky Roberts; James Price Johnson
Answer: James Price Johnson
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Question: He was born in North Carolina but was raised and gained fame in New York City. Who was this very influential pianist, the composer of the great tune Round Midnight?
Choices: Chick Correa; Thelonious Monk; Cedar Walton; Oscar Peterson
Answer: Thelonious Monk
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Question: This keyboardist was raised in Philadelphia and was a neighbor of pianist Bud Powell. At 17 he played with John Coltrane. Eventually he was the pianist in the great jazz group The John Coltrane Quartet. Who is he?
Choices: Thelonious Monk; McCoy Tyner; Chick Corea; Bill Evans
Answer: McCoy Tyner
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Question: She is one of the few women who have achieved great fame in jazz. This Atlanta-born pianist was already playing professionally by her teenage years. By 1941 she was staff arranger for the Ellington Orchestra. She was born Mary Elfrieda Winn Scruggs but was known as Mary Lou. By what last name did she play professionally?
Choices: Jamieson; James; Williams; Johnson
Answer: Williams
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Question: This New Jersey-born pianist began playing professionally at age 12.In the 1940s he played boogie-woogie style piano in New York City. He was the pianist in The Miles Davis Sextet.â Who is this composer of the hit All About Rosie?
Choices: Chick Corea; Jelly Roll Morton; Erroll Garner; Bill Evans
Answer: Bill Evans
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Question: Born in New Orleans around 1885, this pianist spent much of his younger years as a pimp, gambler, comedian, etc. In the late 1920s he became serious about music. He wrote many songs like London Blues and Black Bottom Stomp. He claimed to be the Originator of Jazz. Who was he?
Choices: Pops Foster; Ferdinand  Williams; Zutty Singleton; Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: Jelly Roll Morton
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Question: This Pittsburgh-born pianist was self-taught and could not really read music very well. His swinging style usually included long, beautiful runs. Despite his brilliance, most people only know him for his composition Misty.
Choices: Bill Evans; Jelly Roll Morton; Erroll Garner; McCoy Tyner
Answer: Erroll Garner
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Question: What is the title of this 1996 song?
Choices: Dont Sing; Dont Talk; Speak; Dont Speak
Answer: Dont Speak
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Question: Name the artist or group that performs this song.
Choices: Aqua; SÃ¶ren Rask; Aquarius; Lene NystrÃ¶m
Answer: Aqua
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Question: Name this 1997 song.
Choices: Angel; Arc Angels; Engel; Engler
Answer: Engel
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Question: Name the artist who performs the song from the sound clip.
Choices: Two Pac; Tupac; Tu Pac; 2Pac
Answer: 2Pac
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Question: Name the band who recorded the song from the sound clip.
Choices: BomfunkMC`s; Bomfunk; Bomfunk MS; Bomfunk MC`s
Answer: Bomfunk MC`s
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Question: Name the song from the sound clip.
Choices: Don`t Cry For Me; Don`t Cry For Me Argentina; Don`t Cry For Me Brasilia; Don`t Cry
Answer: Don`t Cry For Me Argentina
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Question: What artist or band recorded this song?
Choices: Bryan Adams; The Connells; Elton John; Connells
Answer: The Connells
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Question: In 1997, Elton John released this song as a tribute to this famous person.
Choices: Princess Diana; Princess Diadora; Queen Elizabeth; Freddie Mercury
Answer: Princess Diana
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Question: In what movie does this song appear?
Choices: The Beauty and the Beast; Cars; The Lion King; Toy Story
Answer: The Lion King
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Question: Name the artist who performs the song in the sound clip.
Choices: Gary Brooks; Garth Books; Garth Brokly; Garth Brooks
Answer: Garth Brooks
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Question: Name the Swedish band that recorded the song in the sound clip.
Choices: Rednex; Bluenex; Aqua; Abba
Answer: Rednex
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Question: Name the song.
Choices: Hit..Me Baby One More Time; Oops.. I Did`t Again; ....Baby One More Time; Everytime
Answer: ....Baby One More Time
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Question: Name the band that performed the power ballad from the sound clip.
Choices: Scorpions; Scorpio; Ramstein; The Rolling Stones
Answer: Scorpions
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Question: Name this song by Metallica.
Choices: One; For Whom the Bell Tolls; Fade to Black; Enter Sandman
Answer: Enter Sandman
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Question: What movie features this song by Brian Adams?
Choices: Titanic; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves; Don Juan DeMarco
Answer: Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves
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Question: Which of these artists did Linkin Park not do a collaboration with on their 2002 remix album Reanimation?
Choices: Motion Man; Aaron Lewis; Jonathan Davis; Kool Keith
Answer: Kool Keith
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Question: What is the name of the annual concert tour that Linkin Park started in 2002?
Choices: Warped Tour; Wild Things; Projekt Revolution; Collision Course
Answer: Projekt Revolution
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Question: Which one of these songs was not released as a single by Linkin Park?
Choices: From the Inside; Nobodys Listening; Shadow of the Day; Points of Authority
Answer: Nobodys Listening
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Question: The three founding members of Linkin Park were Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Chester Bennington.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which song by Linkin Park do these lyrics belong to?
Choices: d I/ Just wish that it didnt feel like there was something I missed; d I/ Take back all things that I said to you.; By Myself; My December; Valentines Day; Faint
Answer: My December
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Question: Which band member of Linkin Park directed the music videos for their first three studio albums?
Choices: Mike Shinoda; Brad Delson; Dave Farrell; Joe Hahn
Answer: Joe Hahn
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Question: Which of the following musicals premiered first?
Choices: No, No Nanette; Showboat; Anything Goes; Porgy and Bess
Answer: No, No Nanette
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Question: Which of the following musicals was not choreographed by Bob Fosse?
Choices: A Chorus Line; Chicago; Sweet Charity; The Pajama Game
Answer: A Chorus Line
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Question: Which of the following musicals was not set in France?
Choices: La Cage aux Folles; Les Miserables; The Phantom of the Opera; Follies
Answer: Follies
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Question: In the Cats logo, what can be seen in each of the the pupils of the cats eyes?
Choices: A Rose; Another cat; The Jellico moon; A dancer
Answer: A dancer
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Question: Who played Mame Dennis on Broadway in the musical Mame?
Choices: Carol Channing; Lucille Ball; Angela Lansbury; Bea Arthur
Answer: Angela Lansbury
Category: music
Question: How many daughters did Tevye have in the musical Fiddler on the Roof?
Choices: 2; 5; 3; 4
Answer: 5
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Question: Which of the following childrens stories is not woven into the Sondheim classic Into the Woods?
Choices: Little Red Riding Hood; Cinderella; Jack and the Beanstalk; The Princess and the Pea
Answer: The Princess and the Pea
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Question: What Southerner penned the lyrics for the musical Lil Abner?
Choices: Jerry Herman; Johnny Mercer; Hank Williams Sr.; Tennessee Williams
Answer: Johnny Mercer
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Question: What Broadway dancer/singer made a miraculous comeback to the stage in Kiss of the Spider Woman after being involved in a car accident four years earlier and subsequently being told she would never dance again?
Choices: Elaine Strirch; Gwen Verden; Donna Mckechnie; Chita Rivera
Answer: Chita Rivera
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Question: What Broadway star appearing in Sondheims Company also played a character on the TV sitcom, Alice?
Choices: Beth Howland (Alice character Vera); Linda Lavin (Alice character Alice); Polly Holliday (Alice character Flo); Vic Tayback (Alice character Mel)
Answer: Beth Howland (Alice character Vera)
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Question: Which character from the book Les Miserables was left out of the musical?
Choices: Eponine; Azelma; Gavroche; Enjolras
Answer: Azelma
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Question: In the musical version of Grey Gardens, Act 1 centers around the fictitious engagement of Little Edie Beale to what political figure?
Choices: Joseph Kennedy Jr.; Ronald Reagan; Nelson Rockefeller; Joseph McCarthy
Answer: Joseph Kennedy Jr.
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Question: Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth Cause Im Kissing You Good-bye is a song by an artist who also became known for Ahab, the Arab and Harry, the Hairy Ape. He also won a Grammy for Everything is Beautiful. Who is he?
Choices: Ray Stevens; Johnny Cash; Hank Williams Jr.; Roger Miller
Answer: Ray Stevens
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Question: Thanks to the Cathouse (Im In the Doghouse With You) was recorded on an album by this artist whose most famous song is Take This Job and Shove It. He also sang Im the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised). Who is he?
Choices: Johnny Paycheck; Travis Tritt; Waylon Jennings; Willie Nelson
Answer: Johnny Paycheck
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Question: If Fingerprints Showed Up on Skin (I Wonder Whose Id Find on You) is one of the songs on his album Easy Loving. In 1972 he won a Grammy as Best Country Male Vocalist and the Country Music Association award for song of the year which was Easy Loving. Who is this man whose name reminds you of something everybody has?
Choices: Don Knotts; George Jones; Freddie Hart; Porter Wagoner
Answer: Freddie Hart
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Question: This person was part of a group that recorded Its Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long. The super group, The Notorious Cherry Bombs, recorded an album called, funny enough, The Notorious Cherry Bombs. What country star, whos no fish out of water, was part of this group?
Choices: Reba McEntire; Vince Gill; Trisha Yearwood; Kris Kristofferson
Answer: Vince Gill
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Question: Im So Miserable Without You, Its Almost Like Youre Here was written and performed by this artist whose claim to fame is his daughter Miley and another song Achy Breaky Heart. Who is he?
Choices: Billy Ray Cyrus; Alan Jackson; Kenny Chesney; Blake Shelton
Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus
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Question: She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) was written by Tim DuBois but made popular by this co-star of Smokey and the Bandit who played Cledus Snow and sang the theme song East Bound and Down. What is his name?
Choices: Johnny Cash; Jerry Reed; Jerry Lee Lewis; Burt Reynolds
Answer: Jerry Reed
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Question: Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed was released in 1973 on an album entitled Sold American. Another rather controversial song on this album is We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You. The artist calls himself a Texas Jewboy and tends to think of his humor along the lines of Mark Twain and Will Rogers. Just who is he?
Choices: Paul Anka; Tom Jones; David Aguilera; Kinky Friedman
Answer: Kinky Friedman
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Question: Although his most famous song is Margaritaville one cannot forget another memorable song of his called My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Dont Love Jesus. If youre a member of his tropical bird group then you know his name. What is it?
Choices: Jimmy Buffett; Gene Autry; Hoyt Axton; Eddy Arnold
Answer: Jimmy Buffett
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Question: If My Nose Were Full of Nickels (Id Blow It All On You) was written and performed by this joke telling artist and his band.
Choices: Dennis Weaver; Dennis the Menace; Dennis Warner; Dennis Day
Answer: Dennis Warner