Daily challenge · 2 October 2026
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Question 1
In a typical pop song, what is the name for the section that returns between verses and usually carries the main hook?
- A Bridge
- B Chorus
- C Coda
- D Intro
The chorus is the recurring section that often contains a song’s central hook.
Question 2
What does the musical term “a cappella” mean?
- A Performed without instrumental accompaniment
- B Performed at a very slow tempo
- C Sung by two alternating choirs
- D Played entirely on percussion
A cappella singing uses voices without instrumental accompaniment.
Question 3
Which jazz musician was nicknamed “Satchmo”?
- A Duke Ellington
- B Louis Armstrong
- C Miles Davis
- D Charlie Parker
“Satchmo” was a well-known nickname for trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong.
Question 4
In which city is Sun Studio, the recording studio founded by Sam Phillips?
- A Nashville
- B Memphis
- C New Orleans
- D Chicago
Sun Studio is in Memphis, Tennessee.
Question 5
Which producer is especially associated with the “Wall of Sound” recording technique?
- A George Martin
- B Phil Spector
- C Quincy Jones
- D Joe Meek
Phil Spector developed and became closely associated with the densely layered “Wall of Sound” approach.
Question 6
What was the birth name of singer and pianist Nina Simone?
- A Eunice Kathleen Waymon
- B Roberta Joan Anderson
- C Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien
- D Florence Leontine Mary Welch
Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon.
Question 7
The Bayreuth Festival is devoted chiefly to the works of which composer?
- A Richard Wagner
- B Richard Strauss
- C Gustav Mahler
- D Carl Maria von Weber
The festival in Bayreuth, Germany, was established to present Richard Wagner’s stage works.
Question 8
Which instrument is played by moving the hands near its antennae without touching it?
- A Ondes Martenot
- B Theremin
- C Clavichord
- D Musical saw
A theremin is controlled by the performer’s hand movements near its antennae.
Question 9
Which composer developed the twelve-tone method of composition?
- A Claude Debussy
- B Arnold Schoenberg
- C Igor Stravinsky
- D Béla Bartók
Arnold Schoenberg developed the twelve-tone method, organizing compositions around ordered series of the twelve notes.
Final question
Who recited the vocal part at the 1912 Berlin premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”?
- A Mary Garden
- B Albertine Zehme
- C Lotte Lehmann
- D Martha Mödl
The vocal part was delivered by Albertine Zehme, for whom Schoenberg composed the work.