All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

George Martin
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All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

George Martin
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mathematical relationship between middle A, the octave above middle A, and the octave below middle A on a standard piano?
(a) The notes vibrate respectively at 220, 440, and 110 hertz.
(b) The notes vibrate respectively at 220, 440, and 880 hertz.
(c) The notes vibrate respectively at 440, 880, and 220 hertz.
(d) The notes vibrate respectively at 440, 880, and 1600 hertz.

2. The title of the book and of Chapter 4 is a pun on what Beatles song?
(a) "All You Need Is Tears".
(b) "Love Is All You Need".
(c) "All You Need Is Love".
(d) "Ears Are All You Need".

3. What was unusual about the piano-playing skill of Irving Berlin, according to George Martin?
(a) He could only play in G flat.
(b) He could only play with his eyes closed.
(c) He could only play his own compositions.
(d) He could not play the piano without accompaniment.

4. Why did George Martin ultimately agree, in 1976, to score the "Sergeant Pepper" film featuring the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton?
(a) His wife reminded him that if someone else did the job, he wouldn't be there to defend the music's integrity.
(b) The Beatles asked him to do it.
(c) The Bee Gees asked him to do it.
(d) He desperately needed money.

5. At the end of Chapter 1, who offered George Martin a job?
(a) Sidney Harrison.
(b) Oscar Preuss.
(c) Eric Harrison.
(d) Peter Ustinov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does George Martin refer to as his fairy godfather?

2. George Martin explains that, in 1954, what was true about singer/songwriters?

3. What password did the Beatles invent, to warn each other about dubious fans approaching?

4. In the recording industry, what does the acronym ADT stand for?

5. By the end of Chapter 3, what was George Martin's job at Parlophone?

(see the answer key)

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