Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Music
- Queen guitarist Brian May is also an expert in what scientific field? Astrophysics
- What is the correct name for a metallophone with tuned keys? Glockenspiel
- Which German composer wrote the famous composition Ode to Joy which is the official anthem of the European Union? Beethoven
- In Tudor times, which English composer and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal was repeatedly fined for recusancy? William Byrd
- Peter and the Wolf is described as a “symphonic fairy tale for children”. Who composed it? Sergei Prokofiev
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.
You’re getting soft Keith – I could actually answer some of these!
Well we can’t make them all so hard that no-one stands a chance of answering! :-0