Music Quiz

Vaudeville was also known as

• variety

• rag

• boogie woogie

• swing

• miniature

A cue sheet for a vaudeville performance helped a musician to

• identify his position on stage

• determine the amount to get paid

• determine what music to play

• prepare for audience outbreaks

• know the beginning of a recording session

Which instrument was MOST likely to be part of small theater groups in the nineteenth century?

• organ

• banjo

• trumpet

• viola

• accordion

One early filmmaker used the term "coffee grinder" to describe

• vaudeville music

• film theaters

• camera projectors

• production crews

• orchestra cues

Where did the FIRST public film screenings occur?

• Rome

• Paris

• Stockholm

• Brussels

• Berlin

Which film was included as part of the Lumière display at the Paris Exposition of 1900?

• Metropolis

• The Jazz Singer

• Voyage dans la lune

• The Sprinkler Sprinkled

• L'assassinat du Duc de Guise

Why was the Cinématographe MOST suitable for filming outdoors?

• It was portable.

• It was powered from solar energy.

• It could be combined with live music.

• It produced high-resolution images.

• It did not require film.

The FIRST public film screenings featured

• political speeches

• a gardener on the job

• local circus performances

• mountainous scenery

• a moving train

Which film was purported to have caused panic in the audience?

• Voyage dans la lune

• L'assassinat du Duc de Guise

• Metropolis

• The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station

• The Sprinkler Sprinkled

Which term describes music performed at specific moments in a movie?

• cue

• role

• riff

• sonata

• motive