People
Idioms
Music
Vocabulary
Word Forms
100
I am the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Who is Gustavo Dudamel?
100
This is when you faint from pain or too much alcohol.
What is "to black out"?
100
This is the nickname of Mozart's Symphony No. 38.
What is The Prague Symphony?
100
This is something that makes you want to laugh.
What is comedy?
100
humility is the noun. The adjective form is ...
What is humble?
200
I wrote my most famous oratorio in only 24 days.
Who is Handel.
200
This idiom means "things were better when we were young."
What is "the good old days?"
200
This is another name for conductor.
What is maestro?
200
This is a period of 10 years.
What is a decade?
200
comedy is often performed by a stand up ______
What is a stand up comic?
300
I am the program annotator the the New York Philharmonic. You have watched several of my videos this year.
Who is James Keller?
300
This idiom means "to keep control over something or someone" (Think: cooking rice)
What is "keep a lid on them."
300
This is the use of lots of adjacent half steps in music.
What is chromaticism?
300
This is a space where music or theater can be performed.
What is a venue?
300
A person who founds an organization is the ________
What is the founder?
400
We loved The Marriage of Figaro so much that Mozart wrote us a symphony as a "thank you" present.
Who are the people of Prague?
400
This idiom means to relax and be uninhibited.
What is "let your hair down"
400
This is the government-supported system of music education in Venezuela.
What is El Sistema?
400
This is what we call things that are NOT sacred.
What is secular?
400
A libretto is written by a __________
What is a librettist?
500
I wrote the libretto for the Messiah.
Who is Charles Jennings?
500
This idiom means that you are very sad, usually because a lover was not true to you.
What is heartbreak or heartbroken?
500
This is a dramatic sacred work, not based on the Mass. There are no costumes or sets.
What is an oratorio?
500
These are the people who travel or hang out with a famous person.
What is an entourage?
500
The past tense of find is found. The past tense of found is ___________
What is founded?
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