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This club meets on Wednesdays at lunch in the music room! :)
Music Exec
Which famous composer gradually became completely deaf?
Ludwig van Beethoven
How many different chromatic pitches are there in the span of an octave in typical Western music?
12
What show happens every summer in Parliament Hill, and what is it about?
The Sound and Light Show - Northern Lights, and it is about Canadian history
What is widely regarded as the first civilization?
Ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia
Which grade came 3rd place in the 2022 Battle of the Grades?
Grade 9s
Which famous composer made the famous ballet The Nutcracker?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
What note is a major seventh above G#?
F double sharp
What is the population of Ottawa?
994,837
What type of instrument is the oldest known instrument ever found?
Flute
What dessert was made at this year's leadership camp?
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Which composer created the famous ‘Four Seasons’?
Antonio Vivaldi
Which composer is a Catholic saint, and is one of very few from the Medieval era whose pieces have survived?
Hildegard von Bingen aka St. Hildegard
Who is Ottawa’s largest employer?
The federal government
When did anatomically modern humans appear on Earth?
200,000 years ago
What date is the last day of school this year?
June 28
Why was Franz Schubert nicknamed “Little Mushroom”?
He was extremely small in stature
What is the form of the first movement of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
Sonata Form
What is Ottawa named after?
Algonquin word adawe – which means to trade
How short was the shortest war?
38 minutes
This signature Halloween event usually hosted by our beloved student council takes place in the basement.
Bell Haunted House
Until what age did Alexander Glazunov live in his mother’s house?
His forties
What is the name of a section of a fugue where entries of the subject are layered in multiple voices in quick succession?
Stretto
Name 6 of the 9 museums in Ottawa.
Canadian Museum of History, Canadian Children’s Museum, Canadian Postal Museum, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian War Museum, Canadian Science and Technology Museum, and the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum
About how many assassination attempts did Fidel Castro survive?
Over 600