February Quiz Questions

This year we’re beginning each month with five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. They’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers, so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as have a bit of fun.

February Quiz Questions: Music

  1. Which Renaissance composer wrote a madrigal entitled El Grillo?
  2. What was the name of the band formed by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton & Ginger Baker?
  3. Who composed a piano piece called the Golliwogg’s Cakewalk?
  4. Part of which Christopher Smart work was set to music by Benjamin Britten?
  5. Which astronomer is name-dropped in Bohemian Rhapsody?

Answers will be posted in 3 weeks time.