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Musical Groups of Things

Guess the members of these groups related to the world of music.
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First submittedFebruary 20, 2015
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Feuding Rappers killed
in 1996-97
Tupac Shakur
The Notorious B.I.G.
 
Vocal Ranges
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Alto
Contralto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass
 
Orchestra String
Instruments
Cello
Double Bass
Harp
Viola
Violin
Spice Girl Nicknames
Baby
Ginger
Posh
Scary
Sporty
 
Longest-Running
Broadway Musicals
The Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Chicago
The Lion King
Les Misérables
 
"Three B's" Classical
Composers
J.S. Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
First Names of the Beatles
Paul
George
John
Ringo
 
Female Singers with Most
#1 Hits since 2000
Rihanna
Katy Perry
Beyonce
 
Van Halen Lead Singers
David Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar
Gary Cherone
 
Songwriting Partners of
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Oscar Hammerstein II
Four Main Seattle
Grunge Bands
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
 
Madonna Songs that Start
with "Like A"
Like a Prayer
Like a Virgin
 
Original "American Idol"
Judges
Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell
Randy Jackson
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Level 85
Feb 20, 2015
Wikipedia says that alto is a vocal range.
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Level ∞
Feb 21, 2015
Of course it is. Fixed now.
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Level 93
Feb 21, 2015
Nice one! I have one small correction, though: the famous composer was named Richard Rodgers, not Rogers.
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Level ∞
Feb 21, 2015
Fixed
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Level 55
Feb 24, 2015
Pete and Stu.
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Level 34
Mar 20, 2015
Could you please accept counter tenor?
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2015
Bill Kristol loves to talk about counter tenorism.
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Level 86
Apr 18, 2015
It's not funny kalhabamut. Countertenor is a male voice range indeed, as well as sopranist. Take this :p : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuwI6IfXYo
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Level 86
Apr 18, 2015
Well, a castrato is high-pitched because, well... but there aren't any more in our time (fortunately). Sopranists rather work their falsetto.
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2015
If by "it" you mean your stepping in to over explain something that didn't require it, thereby destroying the joke, yes, I agree, that wasn't funny at all.
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Level 86
Apr 18, 2015
I didn't even get it right, sorry. Anyway, I don't regret to have linked a Philippe Jaroussky video, he is amazing!
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Level 84
Apr 3, 2017
I dunno, I thought it was funny.
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Level 87
Apr 2, 2017
One PDQ Bach piece uses a bargain-counter tenor...
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2015
Is piccolo not the range above soprano?
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Level 67
Jul 26, 2022
not for vocal ranges. No one can regularly or proficiently sing anything higher than what we consider soprano, because after awhile, everyone is using falsetto in their really high range. Falsetto is sort of its own register, as we no longer are using our diaphragm to produce more sound.

But yes, in the flute line up:

piccolo, soprano, alto, C, bass

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Level 86
Apr 18, 2015
Nice quiz. Could you accept misérables without the article?
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Level 79
Apr 18, 2015
It's easier to just type Les Mis.
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Level 86
Apr 18, 2015
I'm a french-speaker, and we never call it "Les mis". Anyway, it's just a question of consistency, if "Phantom" and "Lion King" are accepted, then "Misérables" should be as well.
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Level 83
Jun 8, 2016
Most English speakers who know the musical will call it Les Mis. Seeing as it is most commonly performed in English, I think they are allowed to.
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Level ∞
Apr 18, 2015
Okay, it will work now sans les.
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Level 83
Apr 18, 2015
Dang it! I just couldn't get Rihanna!
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Level 79
Apr 18, 2015
Wikipedia says the male voice of countertenor is the equivalent vocal range of contralto.
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Level 67
Jul 1, 2022
But functionally, counter tenor often serves as an alto voice
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Level 78
Apr 20, 2015
I can't believe Justin Beiber isn't on the list for Female Singer with most #1 hits since 2000.
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Level 92
Apr 20, 2015
Curious, I looked at Wikipedia, and although one of Bieber's songs reached #1 in France, another in Canada, and 3(!?) others in Denmark, none reached the #1 spot in America
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Level 58
Mar 16, 2016
Couldn't get the musical sharing the same name with the city I live in. What's wrong with me?
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Level 74
Mar 29, 2016
What kind of grunge band list includes Nirvana but not Hole? Weird
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Level 58
Feb 7, 2017
The one listing the top four.
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Level 77
Sep 3, 2016
Brahms is not a classical composer. He is a romantic composer (the musical time period after the classic period).
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Level 82
Oct 31, 2016
I'm assuming classical is used in the broader, more generally understood sense, not in the more precise sense you're referring to. In the popular conception the term 'classical' covers baroque, classical and romantic as well as conceivably various other genres either side of those.
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Level 79
Oct 12, 2016
Is not Bach a baroque composer? I think the use of classical to mean orchestral is well-known. Most people would recognise both Bach and Brahms as classical, as opposed to jazz, folk, etc. I'm pretty ignorant so please do correct me if I'm wrong. Good quiz.
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Level 84
Apr 3, 2017
How do you know Bach doesn't have any money? :-)
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Level 81
Dec 12, 2016
Please accept "The Guy from Extreme" for Gary Cherone
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Level 58
Feb 7, 2017
43/48. The only one I missed and shouldn't have was Katy Perry. I got Gary Cherone, tho.
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Level 85
Jun 2, 2017
"And Who's the Other Guy That's Singing in Van Halen?" Apparently 95% of quiz takers agree with Bowling for Soup.
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Level 83
Feb 7, 2024
That song refers to Hagar, not Cherone, after David Lee Roth's replacement in 1985.
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Level 72
Nov 18, 2017
Just throwing this out there: I sang in a choir for a few years and people would just say "mezzo" for "mezzo-soprano". Don't know if it's common everywhere, though.
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Level 67
Jul 26, 2022
Technically you can use mezzo to qualify a dynamic marking also. Mezzo-piano, mezzo-forte. But you're right, in this particular context, mezzo would most certainly only refer to mezzo soprano:)
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Level 95
Feb 2, 2020
Since you include contralto as a vocal range you should also include countertenor as well. Neither are very common but as a classical music enthusiast I've heard more countertenors than contraltos.
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Level 57
Nov 15, 2020
Please, accept Richard for Ringo star. Come on.

And maybe accept "sexy spice" for Geri Halliwell?

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Level 83
Dec 23, 2022
Much as I love Brahms's music, it always feels like he's in the 'three Bs' just to make up numbers. Quite influential, but nothing close to the innovation of Beethoven and Bach.