Can you name the music?

Can you name the music?

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This piece is from Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' and it's called 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'. You might recognise it from adverts for Alton Towers.

What's this piece?

In the Doctor's Waiting Room

In the Hall of the Mountain King

In the Banqueting Hall

In the Lobby

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This is Barber's Adagio for Strings – AND it was famously used in the film 'Platoon'.

Can you name this piece?

It's the Devastatingly Sad Adagio

It's the American National Anthem

It's Barber's Adagio for Strings

It's the soundtrack from Platoon

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This piece has been used in lots of films and television programmes – but it was made famous by 'The Lone Ranger'. It's from Rossini's opera 'William Tell'

What's this piece?

The Overture from William Don't Tell

The theme tune for the Grand National

The soundtrack from the Lone Ranger

The Overture from William Tell

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This piece comes from Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' – and it appears in the final scene of both the film and stage versions of 'Billy Elliot'.

What about this one?

It's from Swan Lake

It's from Billy Elliot

It's from The Nutcracker

It's from Sleeping Beauty

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This opera aria is called 'Nessun Dorma' (which means None Shall Sleep and is from Puccini's opera 'Turandot'. It's been linked with football ever since it was used as the theme tune for TV coverage of Italia '90.

What's the piece?

La Donna è Mobile

Time to Say Goodbye

Nessun Dorma

Match of the Day theme tune

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There are two correct answers here… this piece is the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' AND it's the music used as the theme tune for The Apprentice.

Which piece does this come from?

Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

The theme tune for The Apprentice

Dragons' Den theme tune

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This is the Flower Duet from 'Lakmé', by Delibes. It's perhaps most famous as the music from a British Airways advertising campaign.

What's the name of this famous piece of music?

The Pearl Fishers Duet

The Bakers' Duet

The Blacksmiths Duet

The Flower Duet