UK Culture MCQs

British Classical Music MCQs with Answers

Who composed the “Four Seasons”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Antonio Vivaldi
Answer: d) Antonio Vivaldi

Which British composer is known for “Messiah” and “Water Music?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: c) George Frideric Handel

Who composed “The Planets”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: c) Gustav Holst

Which British composer is known for “Enigma Variations?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Carmen”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Georges Bizet
Answer: d) Georges Bizet

Which British composer is known for “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Swan Lake”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which British composer is known for “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “Symphony No. 5”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gustav Mahler
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “The Lark Ascending”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “Ride of the Valkyries”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Richard Wagner
Answer: d) Richard Wagner

Which British composer is known for “A Sea Symphony”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “Symphony No. 9”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “Peter Grimes”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “The Marriage of Figaro”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gioachino Rossini
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British composer is known for “Fantasia and Fugue in G minor”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Symphony No. 40”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British composer is known for “Variations on an Original Theme” (Enigma Variations)?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Symphony No. 9” (From the New World)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: d) Antonín Dvořák

Which British composer is known for “Serenade to Music”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “The Magic Flute”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British composer is known for “The Crown of India”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Symphony No. 6” (Pastoral Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “Saint Nicolas”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Swan Lake”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which British composer is known for “A Ceremony of Carols”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Symphony No. 94” (Surprise Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Franz Joseph Haydn
d) Gustav Mahler
Answer: c) Franz Joseph Haydn

Which British composer is known for “Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “Symphony No. 25”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British composer is known for “War Requiem”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Symphony No. 9” (Choral Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gustav Mahler
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “St. John Passion”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: c) Gustav Holst

Who composed “The Nutcracker”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which British composer is known for “The Dream of Gerontius”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Symphony No. 41” (Jupiter Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British composer is known for “Requiem”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Cello Suites”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: a) Johann Sebastian Bach

Which British composer is known for “Nimrod” (Enigma Variations)?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “Symphony No. 3” (Eroica Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gustav Mahler
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “The Wasps” (Aristophanic Suite)?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: c) Gustav Holst

Who composed “Symphony No. 9” (New World Symphony)?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: d) Antonín Dvořák

Which British composer is known for “Five Mystical Songs”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “The Barber of Seville”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gioachino Rossini
Answer: d) Gioachino Rossini

Which British composer is known for “In the Fen Country”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

Who composed “Symphony No. 5”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gustav Mahler
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven

Which British composer is known for “A Hymn to the Virgin”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: b) Benjamin Britten

Who composed “Cello Concerto” in E minor?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Edward Elgar
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: c) Edward Elgar

Which British composer is known for “Ode to Death”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: a) Edward Elgar

Who composed “The Thieving Magpie”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Gioachino Rossini
Answer: d) Gioachino Rossini

Which British composer is known for “Five Tudor Portraits”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Gustav Holst
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: d) Ralph Vaughan Williams

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