Music Dance and Festivals Trivia

Question 1

The second plane crash behind "The Day the Music Died," in 1963 in Tennessee, killed which musicians?

Accepted Answer

Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Cowboy Copas

Question 2

Nashville, Tennessee, is called the Home of Country Music, but which cities also competed with it in the 1920s–1950s?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta and Dallas

Question 3

Bluegrass country music originated in which U.S. state in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Kentucky

Question 4

"The Day the Music Died" refers to two plane crashes. The first, in 1959 in Ohio, killed which musicians?

Accepted Answer

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper

Question 5

Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, was a patron of what music genre?

Accepted Answer

Country music

Question 6

Jazz dancing got incredibly popular in which decade?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s

Question 7

Odissi dancing was used as what?

Accepted Answer

A storytelling device for the Hindu faith

Question 8

Arabian belly dance has been around since when?

Accepted Answer

The start of recorded time

Question 9

Jazz has formal ties to what?

Accepted Answer

African dance styles

Question 10

La Tomatina was banned for quite some time between the 50s and 60s, but the government removed the ban starting when?

Accepted Answer

The 70s

Question 11

The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust is held on what date?

Accepted Answer

January 27th

Question 12

La Tomatina is a Spanish festival that started from what in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A food fight

Question 13

Mardi Gras has been a party in New Orleans since which century?

Accepted Answer

The 19th century

Question 14

Slugs can breathe (and smell) out of how many noses?

Accepted Answer

Four

Music Dance and Festivals trivia