Author: Mauvin Sequeira

Q1. In what year was Jacques Offenbach born?
A. 1815
B. 1819
C. 1823
D. 1827
Answer: B. 1819

Q2. What was Jacques Offenbach’s birth name before he adopted the French version?
A. Jacob Offenbach
B. Jean Offenbach
C. Jules Offenbach
D. Isaac Offenbach
Answer: A. Jacob Offenbach

Q3. What instrument did Offenbach begin studying at age nine, which became his primary one?
A. Violin
B. Piano
C. Flute
D. Cello
Answer: D. Cello

Q1. In what year was Domenico Scarlatti born?
A. 1680
B. 1685
C. 1690
D. 1695
Answer: B. 1685

Q2. Where was Domenico Scarlatti born?
A. Rome
B. Venice
C. Naples
D. Madrid
Answer: C. Naples

Q3. Who was Domenico Scarlatti’s father, a renowned composer of the time?
A. Antonio Vivaldi
B. Alessandro Scarlatti
C. Arcangelo Corelli
D. Georg Philipp Telemann
Answer: B. Alessandro Scarlatti

Q1. In which year was Modest Mussorgsky born?
A. 1829
B. 1839
C. 1849
D. 1859
Answer: B. 1839

Q2. Where was Modest Mussorgsky born?
A. Moscow
B. Saint Petersburg
C. Karevo, Pskov Governorate
D. Kiev
Answer: C. Karevo, Pskov Governorate

Q3. What was Modest Mussorgsky’s family background primarily described as?
A. Merchant class
B. Land-owning nobility with peasant ancestry
C. Military aristocracy
D. Clerical lineage
Answer: B. Land-owning nobility with peasant ancestry

Q1. In what year was Johann Pachelbel baptized?
A. 1652
B. 1653
C. 1654
D. 1655
Answer: B. 1653

Q2. Where was Johann Pachelbel born?
A. Vienna, Austria
B. Erfurt, Germany
C. Nuremberg, Germany
D. Regensburg, Germany
Answer: C. Nuremberg, Germany

Q3. What was the profession of Johann Pachelbel’s father?
A. Composer
B. Organist
C. Wine dealer
D. Coppersmith
Answer: C. Wine dealer

Q1. What was Georges Bizet’s full birth name before he adopted his pseudonym?
A. Adolphe Alexandre Bizet
B. Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet
C. Fromental Halevy Bizet
D. Charles Gounod Bizet
Answer: B. Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet

Q2. In which city was Georges Bizet born on October 25, 1838?
A. Rome
B. London
C. Paris
D. Vienna
Answer: C. Paris

Q3. At what remarkably young age did Bizet enter the Paris Conservatoire?
A. 12 years old
B. 9 years old
C. 15 years old
D. 6 years old
Answer: B. 9 years old

Q1. In which city was Arnold Schoenberg born on 13 September 1874?
A. Berlin, Germany
B. Vienna, Austria-Hungary
C. Prague, Bohemia
D. Budapest, Hungary
Answer: B. Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Q2. Arnold Schoenberg died on 13 July 1951 in which American city?
A. New York City, New York
B. Chicago, Illinois
C. Los Angeles, California
D. Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: C. Los Angeles, California

Q3. Besides composing, what other roles did Arnold Schoenberg prominently hold?
A. Conductor and performer
B. Music theorist, teacher, and writer
C. Instrument maker and publisher
D. Librettist and stage director
Answer: B. Music theorist, teacher, and writer

Q1. In what year was Hector Berlioz born?
A. 1799
B. 1803
C. 1810
D. 1815
Answer: B. 1803

Q2. What was Berlioz’s initial academic pursuit before turning to music?
A. Law
B. Engineering
C. Medicine
D. Literature
Answer: C. Medicine

Q3. What was the profession of Hector Berlioz’s father?
A. Composer
B. Physician
C. Conductor
D. Music critic
Answer: B. Physician

Q1. In what year was Edward Elgar born?
A. 1847
B. 1857
C. 1867
D. 1877
Answer: B. 1857

Q2. What was Edward Elgar’s father’s profession, which greatly influenced his early musical exposure?
A. Piano tuner and violinist
B. Composer
C. Choir director
D. Music teacher at a conservatory
Answer: A. Piano tuner and violinist

Q3. How many siblings did Edward Elgar have, making him the fourth child in the family?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven
Answer: C. Six

Q1. In which year was Gabriel Faure born?
A. 1840
B. 1845
C. 1850
D. 1855
Answer: B. 1845

Q2. Where was Gabriel Faure born?
A. Paris
B. Rennes
C. Pamiers
D. Foix
Answer: C. Pamiers

Q3. What was Gabriel Faure’s full name at birth?
A. Gabriel Marie Faure
B. Gabriel Urbain Faure
C. Gabriel Louis Faure
D. Gabriel Henri Faure
Answer: B. Gabriel Urbain Faure