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Unusual Time Signatures
Historical Pieces
WHO SANG IT? (Disney)
MUSICALS
100

Located in between of Drumheller Fountain and red square, this hall is named after this notable alumni.

What is Mary Gates Hall?

100

There are this many beats in a 3/32 time signature.

What is three?

100

This piece from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is famous for its frantic tempo and uninterrupted chromatic sixteenth note runs.

What is "Flight of the Bumblebee"?

100

A whole new world!

Who are Jasmine and Aladdin?

100

This musical featured Judy Garland who played the part of Dorothy.

What is the Wizard of Oz?

200

A main actor in the U.S version of the office.

Who is Rainn Wilson?

200

This note gets the beat in a time signature of 19/4

What is a quarter note?

200

This Beethoven symphony has the iconic "Ode to Joy" section within it.

What is Symphony No. 9?

200

Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to work we go!

Who are the Seven Dwarves?

200

What musical movie has the song, "It's a Hard Knock Life?"

What is Annie?

300

This famous Martial Artist attended the University of Washington and was in the Drama major.

Who is Bruce Lee?

300

In this Percy Grainger piece, the third movement contains rapidly shifting time signatures.

What is Lincolnshire Posy?

300

This famous piece plays over as the titular character Peter Gynt enters the troll kings castle in one of Henrik Ibsen's plays. 

What is "In the Hall of The Mountain King"?

300

I've got no strings to hold me down.

Who is Pinocchio?

300

This musical featured two rival gangs.

What is West Side Story?

400

A renowned child book author who graduated in 1939.

Who is Beverly Cleary?

400
This seminal 80's action movies main theme has the time signature 13/16.

What is Terminator?

400

This William Grant Still piece was the most played piece of American classical music between 1931 and 1950.

What is "Symphony No.1" / "Afro American Symphony"

400

Be Our Guest.

Who are enchanted kitchen people? (Mrs. Potts, Lumière, Cogsworth, etc.)

400

This 50's based musical was released in 1971 and received a movie adaptation in 1978.

What is Grease?

500

Although they did not graduate from UW, this legendary Jeopardy contestant attended the university for some time.

Who is Ken Jennings?

500

A time signature of 6/5 or 4/10 are examples of this category of time signatures.

What are irrational time signatures?

500

The four note opening motif of this song is very popular in modern pop culture and has had various modern covers.

What is Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

500

They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch.

Who is Ursula?

500

This musical is the longest running Broadway musical.

What is the Phantom of the Opera?

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