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Mozart Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many compositions did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart write in his lifetime?

a)

Around 1,000

b)

70

c)

500

d)

Over 2,000

2.

How many of Mozart's works were published before his death?

a)

1,000

b)

500

c)

70

d)

200

3.

Which opera did Mozart compose in just 18 days?

(a)  

4.

In what year did Mozart write his three symphonic masterpieces, Symphony Nos. 39, 40, and 41?

(a)  

5.

How long did it reportedly take Mozart to write the overture to Don Giovanni?

a)

42 days

b)

One sitting

c)

Two weeks

d)

18 days

6.

What is unique about Mozart's Organ Piece for a Clock (K. 608)?

a)

It was his last composition before his death.

b)

It remained unperformed as intended for over 191 years. 

c)

It was composed in under a week.

d)

It was the first piece to feature organ and orchestra.

7.

When was Mozart’s Organ Piece for a Clock performed as intended for the first time?

a)

1787

b)

1791

c)

1982

d)

1991

8.

What was produced to commemorate the bicentennial of Mozart’s death in 1990/91?

a)

A concert of his greatest symphonies

b)

A biography about his life

c)

A complete set of his authenticated works on CDs

d)

A museum in his honor

9.

How much shelf space is needed to store the complete set of Mozart’s works recorded by Philips Classics?

a)

6.5 feet (1.98 meters)

b)

2 feet (0.6 meters)

c)

10 feet (3 meters)

d)

1 foot (0.3 meters)

10.

How many compact discs are included in the complete recording project of Mozart’s works?

a)

200

b)

180

c)

100

d)

250

11.

What did researchers at University College, Cardiff, discover in 1970?

a)

Rats prefer Beethoven to Mozart.

b)

Rats exposed to Mozart during infancy later preferred Mozart to Schoenberg.

c)

Newborn babies enjoy Vivaldi more than Mozart.

d)

Mozart composed music influenced by animals.

12.

Which pieces of Mozart’s music were played to the experimental rats?

a)

The Magic Flute, the Fifth Violin Concerto K.219, and two unspecified symphonies

b)

The Magic Flute, Symphony No. 40, and Piano Concerto K.453

c)

Symphony No. 41, The Marriage of Figaro, and a piano sonata

d)

Two symphonies and an opera by Schoenberg

13.

How do newborn babies reportedly respond to Beethoven’s music?

a)

They cry when it is played.

b)

They enjoy it more than Mozart.

c)

They tend to sleep through it.

d)

They react similarly to Mozart and Vivaldi.

14.

What deformity did Mozart have?

a)

A slight deformity of his left hand

b)

A slight deformity of his left ear

c)

A limp in his left leg

d)

A scar on his face

15.

What inspired the principal theme of the last movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.453?

a)

A tune whistled by Mozart’s father

b)

A melody Mozart dreamed about

c)

A tune whistled by his pet starling

d)

A suggestion by Haydn

16.

What was notable about Mozart’s pet starling’s singing of Concerto No. 17?

a)

It sang the piece perfectly.

b)

It consistently sang one note wrong and held another too long.

c)

It refused to sing any of Mozart’s music.

d)

It only sang Vivaldi’s compositions.

17.

When did Mozart hold a funeral for his starling?

a)

1784

b)

1791

c)

1765

d)

1775

18.

How long did it take Ludwig von Köchel to catalog Mozart’s music?

a)

35 years

b)

10 years

c)

12 years

d)

24 years

19.

What coincidental connection is mentioned between Mozart and billiards?

a)

Mozart composed a piece for billiards players.

b)

The invention of billiards occurred 200 years before Mozart’s death.

c)

Mozart tore the cloth on Haydn’s billiard table.

d)

Mozart learned billiards from Beethoven.

20.

What were Gustav Mahler’s last words?

(a)