01. Ravel's «Boléro» was written in 1928 as ...
A - Film music
B - Opera overture
C - Ballet music
02. The «Boléro» is a masterpiece, but unfortunately it contains no music: Who said that?
A - Ravel himself
B - Ravel's contemporary Igor Stravinsky
C - A music critic from «Figaro»
03. To whom is the work dedicated?
A - Ravel's brother Edouard
B - The dancer Ida Rubinstein
C - Ravel's pupil Maurice Delage
04. «Help, a madman!» a woman is said to have shouted at the Paris premiere of the «Boléro». What was Ravel's reaction?
A - He replied: «Crazy yourself!»
B - He began to cry
C - He commented laconically: «She understood me»
05. Who conducted the first recording of the work?
A - Ravel himself
B - Bruno Walter
C - Arturo Toscanini
06. And who conducted the first performance in the Tonhalle Zürich in 1932?
A - Ravel himself
B - Bruno Walter
C - Volkmar Andreae
07. Which instrument that does not belong in a classical symphony orchestra plays in the «Boléro»?
A - accordion
B - saxophone
C - castanets
08. How many times does the snare drum repeat the same rhythmic motif?
A - 72 times
B - 169 times
C - 1032 times
09. How many repetitions of the theme are there before something else comes?
A - 18
B - 36
C - 54
10. And what happens then?
A - The rhythmic motif sounds backwards
B - The key of C major tips to E major
C - There is a big flute solo
11. Parisian researchers explained the structure of the «Boléro» in a 2002 study with ...
A - damage to the left hemisphere of the brain
B - a particularly pronounced erotic fantasy
C - Tourette's syndrome
12. In which sport did a duo with the «Boléro» win an Olympic gold medal?
A - ice dancing
B - synchronised swimming
C - ski ballet
13. Which actress owes the role of a lifetime to «Boléro»?
A - Ornella Muti
B - Halle Berry
C - Bo Derek
14. Which rock band used material from «Boléro»?
A - Deep Purple, «Child in Time»
B - Pink Floyd, «Money»
C - Queen, «Bohemian Rhapsody»
15. The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich has already played the «Boléro» outside the hall. When and where?
A - 2013, at a flash mob in the main station
B - 2017, on a boat trip with sponsors
C - 2021, at a Zoom action during Corona
16. A bolero is a Spanish dance. And what else?
A - A Spanish pastry
B - The jacket of the Spanish national costume
C - A talisman
17. If you ask for boleros at the market, you get ...
A - Sweets with almonds and honey
B - Beans
C - Apples
18. Which composer besides Ravel wrote a Boléro?
A - Frédéric Chopin
B - Claude Debussy
C - Georges Bizet
