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1.Whose a cappella recording, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 1989 Grammys.
Todd Rundgren
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Stevie Wonder
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Ben Folds
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Bobby McFerrin
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2.What style of a cappella singing was used in the Catholic church during the 9th & 10th centuries? The Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had an album of such music in the pop charts?
Folk ballads
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Cantatas
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Gregorian chants
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Rounds
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3.What African cappella singing group was popularized in the US after collaborating with Paul Simon on the song; "Homeless" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"?
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Afrika '70
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High Life
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Soweto Gospel Choir
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4.What singer/songwriter released his album "A Cappella" in 1985? With its lack of instruments, it contrasted with earlier albums, such as; Something/Anything or Runt.
Lindsey Buckingham
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Elvis Costello
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Paul Simon
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Todd Rundgren
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5.S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. is an abbreviation for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of what kind of a cappella singing in America?
Barter Shop Quartet
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Barber Shop Quartet
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Bass Solo Quodlibet
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Basses & Sopranos Quartet
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6.What singing group started in 1962 Brooklyn, NY, singing five-part harmonies on street-corners and subway corridors, and made their first album "Acappella" in 1970?
The Delfonics
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The Persuasions
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The Penguins
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The Manhattan Transfer
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7.What 2012 movie about collegiate a cappella singing, starred Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Elizabeth Banks (among others), and inspired 2 sequels
Pitch Perfect
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The Sapphires
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Blue Like Jazz
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Sing Street
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8.What mixed (male and female) quintet emerged from the "Sing-Off" TV show, and is well known for pop covers and Christmas albums?
Straight No Chaser
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The 5th Dimension
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Pentatonix
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The Treblemakers
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9.What 8-time Grammy winners in jazz and gospel music are famous for their 6-part a cappella harmonies?
6 Ways 2 Sunday
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6th Sense
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SixPack
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Take 6
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10.What style of polyphonic a cappella music was the most important secular form of music in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
aria
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madrigal
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oratorio
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motet
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11.All but one of these groups traditionally worship sans instrumental accompaniment. Which of these is the only one that doesn't prefer a cappella music?
The Eastern Orthodox Church (Byzantine Rite)
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Old Order Mennonites
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Tibetan Buddhism
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The Plymouth Brethren
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12.All of these hip hop elements can be a part of an a cappella song except which one of these?
rapping
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sampling
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breakdancing
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beatboxing
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13.Which of these classical choral compositions are performed a cappella?
Missa Papae Marcelli by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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Mass by Leonard Bernstein
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The St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel
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14.What is the original Italian translation of the term "a cappella"
without a leader
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In the manner of the chapel
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very softly or quietly
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from the top
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15.What a cappella men's choir, that formed at Indiana University, has the same name as a Thelonious Monk song?
THe best a cappella group of all time are THE NUTMEGS. Did you ever hear of them? Check them out sometime. They started in Connecticut in 50's. Awesome!
You mentioned them once before, and I checked them out. I'm glad you enjoy them, but they aren't my cup of tea. I did almost use them in the quiz, though, and I do appreciate you mentioning them. I own about 7,000 recordings, but I'm always looking for my next fix.