Music Theory & Terms
Describes notes that are sharply detached or separated from the others when played
What is staccato?
Between 2019 and 2023, approximately 25% of United Methodist Church congregations disaffiliated over this issue
What is homosexuality? [more specifically, the denomination’s policy on ordaining gay clergy and performing gay marriages]
Year of the first Woodstock festival
When is 1969?
A butterfly carries the majority of its taste receptors on this body part
What are its feet?
The mnemonic commonly used for remembering the seven coordinating conjunctions
What is FANBOYS?
A continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes
What is a glissando?
Group that reserves the Lord's Supper for the 144,000
What are the Jehovah's Witnesses?
Lucille Ball's real-life husband, who portrayed her on-screen husband, Ricky Ricardo, in the hit television series I Love Lucy
Who is Desi Arnaz?
The year the iPhone (1st generation) was released
When is 2007?
The term for a verb that requires a direct object
What is a transitive verb?
The clef a viola plays in
What is the alto clef?
The Wesleyan teaching that a Christian can reach such a state of holiness that he or she ceases to sin in this life
What is Christian Perfection or Entire Sanctification?
The most-watched TV episode broadcast ever, drawing 51.15 million viewers in 1983
What is the series finale of MAS*H? ("Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen")
This song was the first to ever be performed in outer space
What is "Happy Birthday"?
The grammatical term for a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Major key with B♭, E♭, and A♭
What is E♭ major?
A dispute over this portion of the Nicene Creed is associated with the break in communion between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church that occurred during the Middle Ages
What is the Filioque?
The title track of The Beatles' debut studio album, released in 1963
What is Please Please Me?
The electric razor was invented in this country in 1928
What is the United States?
A grammatical error in which two independent clauses joined only by a comma
What is a comma splice?
The interval between an F and A
What is a major third?
The LDS doctrine describing the process by which members can be exalted and possibly become gods themselves
What is Eternal Progression?
The Disney World park EPCOT, originally conceived by Walt Disney as a futuristic, utopian city, is an acronym for this [guessing at least 3/5 words is enough to get the points]
What is the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow?
TIME magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006
Who is you?
The word "swimming" in the sentence "Swimming is good exercise" is this type of verbal.
What is a gerund?