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1.	Who wrote the lyrics in the Broadway musical "Cats"?

W.H. Auden

T.S. Eliot

Cole Porter

Dylan Thomas

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2.	In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph for playing back stored sound. What was the first recording that he made?

"Mary had a little lamb"

"Danny boy"

"Row, row, row your boat"

"Happy birthday to you"

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3.	Who composed the opera "Don Carlo"?

Amadeus Mozart

Giacomo Puccini

Giuseppe Verdi

Aaron Copeland

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4.	Who was known as the Empress of the Blues?

Billie Holiday

Big Mama Thornton

Aretha Franklin

Bessie Smith

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5.	Louis Armstrong's nickname was:

Howlin' Wolf

Mishka

Satchmo

Sandman

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6.	Bird was the nickname of which famous jazz musician?

Charlie Parker

Miles Davis

Buddy Rich

John Coltrane

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7.	The first 'concept' album in rock n' roll history was:

Are you Experienced?

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The White Album

The Who Sell Out

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8.	The Oud is:

An instrument used in East Asia with a sound barely perceptible by the human ear

A stringed instrument originating in South-West Asia and North Africa

An East-African dance to complex drumbeats

A particular kind of epic opera popular in Scandinavia

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9.	What is a crescendo?

A gradual increase in volume

A gradual decrease in volume

A gradual increase in tempo

A gradual decrease in tempo

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10.	Which of the following people played a key role in the technological development of the electric guitar?

Jimi Hendrix

Les Paul

Eric Clapton

Andrés Segovia

I don't know

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