Grammy's Jeopardy!

Grammy History

100

The Year the first Grammy awards were held

What is 1959?

The first Grammy Award Ceremony took place on May 4, 1959

200

The amount of money given to Grammy Winners for their prize.

What is $0?!

300

What a Grammy trophy is made of

Grammium, a type of Zinc Alloy, then plated in 24k Gold.

400

Former Presidents of the United States who have won a Grammy

Who are Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama?

All won Grammy's for their Audio books. 

500

The album that was the first to win album of the year in 1959

What is The "Music from Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini?

Artists

100

The first Grammy winner who never formally learned how to read sheet music

Who is Frank Sinatra?

200

The artist with the most Grammy nominations in history

Beyonce

300

The artist to win the most Grammy's in one night

Michael Jackson, with 8 wins. What a thriller!

400

This Rock Band never won a Grammy, despite their mainstream, global success

Queen

500

The most highly decorated EGOT Winner

Quincy Jones

Record and Rewind

100

Which famous, Grammy winning song, featuring A Capella vocals, was recorded in one single take?

Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

200

A style of pop music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases, originating in the US in the 1950s.

What is "Doo Wop"?

300

The time of the average recorded song in the 50's and 60's

What is 2 minutes and 30 seconds

400

The first phrase to be recorded by Thomas Edison on the Phonograph.

What is "Mary Had A Little Lamb", recorded in 1877

500

"The Chipmunk Song" won Best Recording For Children in the very first Grammy awards. How was the song recorded to make the voices high pitch?

using a tape recorder to slow his voice down to half speed, then playing it back at normal speed to create the high-pitched, squeaky voices

Music Theory

100

A sequence of single notes that combine pitch and rhythm

What is a Melody?

200

The number of steps in a typical scale

8

300

The middle note on a piano.

What is Middle C?

400

the combination of simultaneously playing musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions, creating pleasant sound.

What is HARMONY?

500

The word for playing short or "spiky" notes

What is Stacatto?

Finish The Lyric

100

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy...

"When skies are grey"

200

Hey Jude, Don't make it bad...

 "Take a sad song and make it better"

300

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket...

"Save it for a rainy day"

400

Are we a pair? Me here at last, on the ground, you in mid air...

"Send in the clowns"

500

Cause when you worry your face will frown

and that will bring everybody down...

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"