Entry Exam For the BBC Sympathy Orchestra--Viola Players
The pass mark is 10% but be careful--over 45% and you are overqualified.


Who wrote the following:

a) Beethoven's Symphony No. 6
b.) Fauré's Requiem
c) Wagner's Ring Cycle

[5 pts.]

Tschaikovsky wrote 6 symphonies including Symphony no. 4. Name the other five.
[5 pts.]

Explain ``counterpoint'' or write your name on the reverse of the paper.
[10 pts.]


Which of the following would you tuck under your chin?
a) a timpani
b.) an organ
c) a 'cello
d) a viola

[1 pt.]

Can you explain ``sonata form''? (Answer yes or no.)
[5 pts.]


Which of the following literary works was made the subject of a Verdi opera?

a) First among Equals -- Jeffrey Archer
b.) Macbeth -- William Shakespeare
c) Noddy and Big Ears -- Enid Blyton

[5 pts.]

Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 harpsichord sonatas for which instrument?
[5 pts.]


Arrange the following movements in order of speed, starting with the slowest first.

a) Quickly
b.) Slowly
c) Very Quickly
d) At a Moderate Pace

[4 pts.]

Where would you normally expect to find the conductor during a performance?
[5 pts.]


Which of the following wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream?

a) Des O'Connor
b.) Mickey Mouse
c) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
d) Terry Wogan

[5 pts.]


Which of the following is the odd one out?

a) Sir Colin Davis
b/) Andrew Davis
c) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
d) Desmond Lynam

[5 pts.]


Arrange the following words into the name of a well known Puccini opera.

Bohème, La

[5 pts.]

Within five minutes, how long is Chopin's Minute Waltz?
[5 pts.]


From which of the following countries did Richard Strauss come?
a) Venezuela
b.) Sri Lanka
c) Germany
d) Japan

[5 pts.]

For what town were Haydn's ``Paris'' Symphonies written?
[5 pts.]


Which is the odd one out?

a) Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet -- Tchaikovsky
b.) Romeo and Juliet -- Berlioz
c) Romeo and Juliet Ballet -- Prokofiev
d) Ten Green Bottles -- anon.

[5 pts.]


From which song do the following lines come?

``God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen.''

[5 pts.]


Spell the following musical terms.

allegro
rallentando
crotchet
pizzicato
intermezzo

[5 pts.]

Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?
[5 pts.]


Arrange the following letters to form the abbreviation for a well known British broadcasting corporation.

C, B, B.

[5 pts.]

I only got 30%!!

At least I'm not overqualified! That would be awful!

I actually don't know the answer to

Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?
[5 pts.]



Well done Choddy - You are deffintley suited to be a Viola Player

One thinks one is over-qualified................................

Stick to Clarinet and Sax and Piano then

Trust me, I will!!!!!

Yay, I got 44%

Car Expert

some of the questions are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy

Really - I find them quite hard

Where did you find these questions Ben ?
They are so hard , I hardly knew any answers...

http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/music/

I remember posting this ages ago when I got it off an email - I don't think anyone then did that well either



Is that serious or sarcastic? Hard to tell on an internet forum...

I am not sure - I think the answer might be Tosca ??

Please tell me if I am wrong

Hmm, I think you should go and check that!

Thank you -

Stop COPYING my threads and websites!!!

Sorry

Good Website innit?

Lmao!!



Definitely over-qualified... But then - I wouldn't wanna be a viola player anyway!!

Alto clef... * shudders *

Only some?!

I wondered what I was doing wrong with my organ playing...