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1. In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," what gift arrives on the first day? Answer: A partridge in a pear tree
2. How many golden rings are in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? Answer: Five
3. In "Frosty the Snowman," what brings Frosty to life? Answer: An old silk hat
4. In "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," what kind of weather makes Santa ask for Rudolph's help? Answer: Fog
5. In "Deck the Halls," what plant decks the halls? Answer: Holly
6. In "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," what dessert do the singers ask for? Answer: Figgy pudding
7. In "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," how many times does Santa check his list? Answer: Twice
8. In "Winter Wonderland," what do they build in the meadow? Answer: A snowman
9. In "The Nutcracker," which king leads the army that fights the Nutcracker? Answer: The Mouse King
10. Who composed the music for the ballet "The Nutcracker"? Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
11. In "The Nutcracker," who rules the Land of Sweets? Answer: The Sugar Plum Fairy
12. In what language was "Silent Night" first written? Answer: German
13. In "Good King Wenceslas," on which feast day does the king look out? Answer: The Feast of Stephen
14. In "The Christmas Song," what is roasting on an open fire? Answer: Chestnuts
15. Which song about old friends do people sing at midnight on New Year's Eve? Answer: Auld Lang Syne
16. Which Scottish poet wrote down the words to "Auld Lang Syne"? Answer: Robert Burns
17. Which country does the song "Auld Lang Syne" come from? Answer: Scotland
18. What does "auld lang syne" mean in plain English? Answer: Old times, or days gone by (word for word, "old long since")
19. In "Auld Lang Syne", the singers promise to take a cup of what? Answer: Kindness
20. How many strings does a standard guitar have? Answer: Six
21. How many strings does a violin have? Answer: Four
22. How many keys does a standard piano have? Answer: 88
23. What family of instruments does the trumpet belong to? Answer: Brass
24. What family of instruments do drums belong to? Answer: Percussion
25. What Italian word tells a musician to play loudly? Answer: Forte
26. What musical term means gradually getting louder? Answer: Crescendo
27. Who composed The Four Seasons? Answer: Vivaldi
28. Who composed the opera The Magic Flute? Answer: Mozart
29. Who composed the ballet Swan Lake? Answer: Tchaikovsky
30. Which composer wrote his Ninth Symphony after he had gone almost completely deaf? Answer: Beethoven
31. Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach
32. Who composed "Ride of the Valkyries"? Answer: Richard Wagner
33. Who composed the oratorio Messiah, with its "Hallelujah" chorus? Answer: Handel
34. Who composed the opera Carmen? Answer: Georges Bizet
35. In what country was the composer Chopin born? Answer: Poland
36. What is the highest female singing voice? Answer: Soprano
37. In "do re mi", what note comes after mi? Answer: Fa
38. What is the person who directs an orchestra with a baton called? Answer: Conductor
39. What is the largest and lowest string instrument in an orchestra's string section? Answer: Double bass (contrabass)
40. What brass instrument changes notes with a long slide? Answer: Trombone
41. What instrument linked with Scotland is played by squeezing a bag of air? Answer: Bagpipes
42. What long wooden wind instrument comes from Aboriginal Australia? Answer: Didgeridoo
43. What small four-stringed instrument is linked with Hawaii? Answer: Ukulele
44. What term means singing with no instruments? Answer: A cappella
45. What musical term means playing notes short and detached? Answer: Staccato
46. What style of music was born in New Orleans around the start of the 20th century? Answer: Jazz
47. What is the national anthem of the United States called? Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner
48. In "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", what is the star like in the sky? Answer: A diamond
49. In "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", what five letters end the first line? Answer: E-I-E-I-O
50. In the children's song, what climbed up the water spout? Answer: The itsy bitsy spider (or incy wincy spider)
51. What symbol raises a note by a half step? Answer: Sharp
52. Who composed the piano piece "Clair de lune"? Answer: Claude Debussy
53. Who composed "Rhapsody in Blue"? Answer: George Gershwin
54. In Peter and the Wolf, what instrument plays the duck? Answer: Oboe
55. What family of instruments does the saxophone belong to? Answer: Woodwind
56. What is a solo song in an opera called? Answer: Aria
57. What ballroom dance in three-four time is linked with Vienna? Answer: Waltz
58. In "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", life is but a what? Answer: Dream
59. In the nursery song, what bridge is falling down? Answer: London Bridge
60. In "Yankee Doodle", what did he call the feather in his cap? Answer: Macaroni

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Five from this list: How many keys does a standard piano have? (88) Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? (Johann Sebastian Bach) What is the largest and lowest string instrument in an orchestra's string section? (Double bass (contrabass)) What is the national anthem of the United States called? (The Star-Spangled Banner) What family of instruments does the saxophone belong to? (Woodwind)

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