Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall opened in Manhattan in 1891. This topic is part of Music Venues within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 26 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Carnegie Hall trivia questions
Carnegie Hall is a famous concert venue in which city?
Answer: New York City
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall opened in Manhattan in 1891.
Carnegie Hall was named after which industrialist and philanthropist?
Answer: Andrew Carnegie
Bonus fact: Carnegie financed the hall's construction.
What famous joke answer follows 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?'
Answer: Practice
Bonus fact: The line became a classic joke about musical mastery.
Who was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
Answer: Judy Garland
Bonus fact: Judy Garland became the first female Album of the Year winner for Judy at Carnegie Hall.
Which album made Judy Garland the first woman to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?
Answer: Judy at Carnegie Hall
Bonus fact: Judy at Carnegie Hall won Album of the Year at the 4th Grammy Awards.
Messiah is a work by which composer?
Answer: George Frideric Handel
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall’s Data Lab ranks this work No. 3 in its historical list, with 379 recorded performances.
Which music term means the speed of music?
Answer: tempo
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall defines tempo as the speed of music.
Which music term means a fast tempo marking?
Answer: presto
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall lists presto as a fast tempo marking.
Who composed Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64?
Answer: Felix Mendelssohn
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall’s Data Lab ranks this work No. 16 in its historical list, with 281 recorded performances.
Pictures at an Exhibition is a work by which composer?
Answer: Modest Mussorgsky
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall’s Data Lab ranks this work No. 21 in its historical list, with 266 recorded performances.
Which composer wrote Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Eroica?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall’s Data Lab ranks this work No. 14 in its historical list, with 283 recorded performances.
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 is a work by which composer?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonus fact: Carnegie Hall’s Data Lab ranks this work No. 6 in its historical list, with 326 recorded performances.