Q 01/05

Which Jean-Michel Jarre album, released in 1976, is widely considered his international breakthrough?

A) Oxygène

B) Équinoxe

C) Zoolook

D) Rendez-vous

Answer · why

A) Oxygène

He recorded it at home on a small budget with analogue gear such as the EMS VCS 3 and a Scully 8-track machine.

Q 02/05

In which city did Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 concert set a Guinness record for the largest outdoor audience?

A) Paris

B) Houston

C) Moscow

D) Lyon

Answer · why

C) Moscow

The concert on 6 September 1997 was reputed to have drawn about 3.5 million people.

Q 03/05

What was Jean-Michel Jarre's father, Maurice Jarre, primarily known for?

A) Film composition

B) Classical conducting

C) Avant-garde painting

D) Novel writing

Answer · why

A) Film composition

He won three Academy Awards for Best Original Score, all for David Lean films: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India.

Q 04/05

Jarre's mother, Francette Pejot, survived a concentration camp after serving in which wartime movement?

A) The French Resistance

B) The Free French Navy

C) The Polish Home Army

D) The Red Cross ambulance corps

Answer · why

A) The French Resistance

Jarre was born in Lyon in 1948; his parents separated when he was five and he was raised by his mother and grandmother.

Q 05/05

Which instrument did Jean-Michel Jarre call the 'Stradivarius of electronic music'?

A) The Fairlight CMI sampler

B) The Hammond organ

C) The Moog synthesizer

D) The Theremin

Answer · why

C) The Moog synthesizer

He made the remark about Chronologie, an album he built from 1970s analogue machines alongside a Roland JD-800 and a Kurzweil K2000.