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Music Legends
1. Who was the original lead singer of the band AC/DC?
2. By what honorific nickname was the legendary opera singer Maria Callas known?
3. Ella Fitzgerald was a pioneer of which jazz vocal technique that involves improvising with nonsense syllables?
4. Niccolò Paganini was a legendary master of which musical instrument?
5. Louis Armstrong's primary instrument, which he used to revolutionize jazz improvisation, was the:
6. Which Sam Cooke song became an iconic anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement?
7. Frédéric Chopin is primarily known for composing music for which single instrument?
8. Nirvana's 'Nevermind' (1991) is credited with bringing which music genre into the mainstream?
9. Mahalia Jackson is widely known as the 'Queen' of which music genre?
10. Billy Joel's signature song 'Piano Man' was inspired by his time working at which type of establishment?
11. From which planet did the eccentric jazz legend Sun Ra claim to have originated?
12. In 1965, Martha Argerich won which prestigious piano competition, launching her international career?
13. David Byrne was the lead singer and chief songwriter for which influential New Wave band?
14. Django Reinhardt revolutionized jazz guitar despite having only how many fully functional fingers on his fretting hand?
15. Joan Baez famously performed at which historic 1963 event alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
16. James Brown's signature 1968 song 'Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud' became an anthem for which movement?
17. Which ground-breaking 1957 Broadway musical did Leonard Bernstein compose the music for?
18. In Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf,' which instrument is used to represent the character of the bird?
19. Gloria Estefan gained international fame as the lead singer of which group?
20. Lang Lang is a world-renowned virtuoso of which musical instrument?