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Name That Looney Tune! Trivia Quiz

My first exposure to classical music came from the "Looney Tunes", watching the expert fusion of animation and music. Do you remember some of these musical pieces?

A multiple-choice quiz by Caseena. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Caseena

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,356

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
353

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Elmer's going to "kill the wabbit!" In "What's Opera, Doc?" Elmer sings these words to which piece by Richard Wagner? Hint

Night on Bald Mountain

The Flying Dutchman

The Ride of the Valkyries

Greensleeves

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Question 2 of 10

2. The story element of Bugs dressing as Brunhilde and distracting a pursuer to the tune of Wagner's "Tannhauser" overture was not new to "What's Opera, Doc?" He did it before in which wartime cartoon? Hint

Falling Hare

Hair-Raising Hare

Herr Meets Hare

Little Red Riding Rabbit

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Question 3 of 10

3. "A Corny Concerto" parodies "Fantasia" by setting humorous stories to classical music. In the first segment, Porky and a dog hunt for Bugs in a forest; it ends with Porky thinking Bugs has been shot, only to have Bugs reveal...he's alive and wearing a ballerina costume. What composition is this story set to? Hint

Poet and Peasant

Children's Corner

Daphnis et Chloe

Tales from the Vienna Woods

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Question 4 of 10

4. The second portion of "A Corny Concerto" features an animal story set to Strauss' "Blue Danube." How do the animals sing along to the melody? Hint

"Moo moo, moo moo"

"Quack quack, quack quack"

"Oink oink, oink oink"

"Bark bark, bark woof"

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Largo al Factotum" appears in "One Froggy Evening" and "Long-Haired Hare." The aria contains the "Figaro figaro figaro" lyrics that appear in many cartoons. Which opera does it come from? Hint

The Marriage of Figaro

Carmen

The Barber of Seville

Orpheus in the Underworld

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Question 6 of 10

6. What cartoon tells the story of the "The Three Little Pigs" set to Brahms' Hungarian Dances? Hint

Pigs in a Polka

Porky Chops

The Turn-Tale Wolf

Blitz Wolf

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Question 7 of 10

7. Bugs and Daffy hosted a television special in the 1970s that put which set of musical pieces to animation? Hint

The Carnival of the Animals

The Nutcracker Suite

The Planets

The Four Seasons

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Question 8 of 10

8. The men at Warner Brothers seem to have been fond of this particular composition: they used it in "Rhapsody Rabbit," "Rhapsody in Rivets," "Back Alley Oproar," and the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Hint

Canon in D

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Etude Op. 10 No. 3

Bohemian Rhapsody

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which musical cartoon are the following words sung to the melody of opera?

"How dooooooooooooooo?
Welcome to my shop, let me cut your mop, let me shave your crop!
...There, you're nice and clean,
Although your face looks like it might have gone 'tru' a ma-chine." Hint

Back Alley Oproar

Stage Door Cartoon

Show Biz Bugs

Rabbit of Seville

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the man largely responsible for the coordination of music and animation in the "Looney Tunes"? Hint

Carl Stalling

I. Freleng

John Williams

Giacomo Puccini

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Elmer's going to "kill the wabbit!" In "What's Opera, Doc?" Elmer sings these words to which piece by Richard Wagner?

Answer: The Ride of the Valkyries

This cartoon marks one of the few, if not the only, times when Elmer gets the better of Bugs Bunny. But of course, "What did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?" "Ride of the Valkyries" also appears famously in the beach bombing scene in "Apocalypse Now."

Answer: Herr Meets Hare

He makes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and somehow ends up in the Black Forest being chased by Hermann Goering. This cartoon marks the first time Bugs says that he should have turned left at Albuquerque.

Answer: Tales from the Vienna Woods

Even the dog's sniffs and sobs are aligned to the music of Johann Strauss II. Oddly, it's Porky who hunts Bugs, not Elmer. That's probably because Elmer is the conductor who has a problem with his formal attire.

4. The second portion of "A Corny Concerto" features an animal story set to Strauss' "Blue Danube." How do the animals sing along to the melody?

Answer: "Quack quack, quack quack"

A family of swans swims along, quacking the "song." A duck tries to join the family but is chased away until he saves them from a vulture.

5. "Largo al Factotum" appears in "One Froggy Evening" and "Long-Haired Hare." The aria contains the "Figaro figaro figaro" lyrics that appear in many cartoons. Which opera does it come from?

Answer: The Barber of Seville

You may remember the frog singing these lyrics by Rossini: "Largo al factotum della citta, largo! La la la la la la la LA!" The MGM cartoon "Magical Maestro" also features the aria. This cartoon is often censored for depictions of racial stereotypes of Chinese and blackface singers.

6. What cartoon tells the story of the "The Three Little Pigs" set to Brahms' Hungarian Dances?

Answer: Pigs in a Polka

It uses numbers 5, 6, 7, and 17. Every single action is matched to the music, from house building, to the wolf sneaking up on the pigs, to dancing, to the pigs finally defeating the wolf. No wonder it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.

7. Bugs and Daffy hosted a television special in the 1970s that put which set of musical pieces to animation?

Answer: The Carnival of the Animals

Bugs and Daffy have their usual antagonism, as Daffy seems to have trouble pronouncing the composer's name, Camille Saint-Saens, and Bugs corrects him. One of the more famous pieces is "The Swan." "Fossils" contains some of the same music as Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre."

Answer: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt wrote this composition. In "Rhapsody in Rivets," a construction company builds a skyscraper to the music. Daffy and Donald play it on dueling pianos in "Who Famed Roger Rabbit," and Bugs plays it solo in "Rhapsody Rabbit." Chopin's "Etude Op. 10 No. 3" has been used in numerous anime, including "La Corda d'Oro," "Princess Tutu," "Baccano," "Fullmetal Alchemist," and as the basis for the theme music of "Gankutsuou."

9. In which musical cartoon are the following words sung to the melody of opera? "How dooooooooooooooo? Welcome to my shop, let me cut your mop, let me shave your crop! ...There, you're nice and clean, Although your face looks like it might have gone 'tru' a ma-chine."

Answer: Rabbit of Seville

This cartoon is based on the overture from Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." Elmer chases Bugs onto an opera stage; Bugs becomes the barber and dances with scissors, builds a fruit salad on Elmer's head, plays the piano on Elmer's scalp, marries Elmer, and drops him into a cake that says, "Marriage of Figaro." I wonder what the cartoon audience must have been thinking.

10. Who is the man largely responsible for the coordination of music and animation in the "Looney Tunes"?

Answer: Carl Stalling

According to the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" DVDs, he had access to the entire Warner Brothers orchestra, which gave the music a very grandiose sound. In addition to classical and opera, he added in popular music and common tunes of the time. He liked to use music whose titles described the action, and could expertly combine different types of music and sound effects to supplement and enhance the action of the cartoon.

Source: Author Caseena

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