1. Which composer's ninth symphony is nicknamed, "From the New World"? Vaughan Williams Mahler Shostakovich Dvorak

2. The first three of this composer's nine symphonies have evocative titles: "A Sea Symphony"; "A London Symphony"; "A Pastoral Symphony". Which composer is it? Dvorak Vaughan Williams Shostakovich Mahler

3. This composer's ninth, premiered in 1824, is nicknamed the "Choral" Symphony. Who is the composer? Schubert Mozart Haydn Beethoven

4. Shostakovich's ninth is a far more light-hearted work than, for example, his fourth, fifth, eighth or tenth. How many symphonies did he go on to write in total? 15 14 16 13

5. Here's a difficult one (unless you're an organist!). This French composer, with the given names, Charles-Marie Jean Albert, wrote a "Symphonie pour orgue" no.9, nicknamed, "Gothique". Who is the composer? Messiaen Alkan Widor Franck

6. Here's another tricky one. Which Russian composer--of the popular ballets, "Raymonda" and "The Seasons" and concertos for violin and saxophone that are often performed--seemingly succumbed to the 'Curse of the Ninth' and only managed to complete one movement of his final, ninth, symphony? Glazunov Rachmaninov Borodin Khatchaturian

7. This Austrian composer wrote symphonies numbered one to nine but also wrote a Symphony no.0 and another work refered to as Symphony no.00. Who is the composer? Mahler Bruckner Haydn R. Strauss

8. This composer of at least 104 (!) symphonies is considered the 'Father of the Symphony'. He wrote his rarely heard ninth (in C Major) in 1762. Who is it? Haydn Dittersdorf Mozart Stamitz

9. Not including an unfinished tenth, Gustav Mahler wrote a total of nine symphonies. True or False? True False

10. The numbering of Schubert's symphonies is very confusing. His last numbered symphony, by most standard conventions, is the ninth "Great". However, one symphony is 'missing'. Which is it? third sixth seventh fifth