Q 01/05

Which cartoon duo won an Oscar for The Cat Concerto, set to Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2?

A) Sylvester and Tweety

B) Tom and Jerry

C) Heckle and Jeckle

D) Pixie and Dixie

Answer · why

B) Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry won Best Animated Short for it, their fourth Oscar in a row. Tom is the concert pianist, and Jerry, who lives inside the piano, keeps di...

Q 02/05

Which word, coined by poet Heinrich Heine, names the fan frenzy at Franz Liszt's 1840s concerts?

A) Lisztomania

B) Lisztophilia

C) Pianomania

D) Virtuosomania

Answer · why

A) Lisztomania

Lisztomania began in Berlin, where admirers fought over his gloves and handkerchiefs and kept his cigar stubs as souvenirs. Heine's word arrived more ...

Q 03/05

Which opera composer became Franz Liszt's son-in-law by marrying his daughter Cosima in 1870?

A) Giuseppe Verdi

B) Charles Gounod

C) Richard Wagner

D) Georges Bizet

Answer · why

C) Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner was less than two years younger than his new father-in-law. Liszt disapproved of the affair, broke off contact for years and learned of...

Q 04/05

Franz Liszt was born in a Kingdom of Hungary village that now belongs to which modern country?

A) Slovakia

B) Serbia

C) Croatia

D) Austria

Answer · why

D) Austria

Austria took over the village of Doborján, now called Raiding, when western Hungary was handed over after the First World War. The house where he was ...

Q 05/05

Which European capital renamed its international airport after Franz Liszt for his 200th birthday?

A) Budapest

B) Vienna

C) Bratislava

D) Prague

Answer · why

A) Budapest

Budapest had called the airport Ferihegy, after the surrounding neighbourhood, until the 2011 bicentenary. Its three-letter code is still BUD.