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This city on the Mississippi River is famous for Beale Street, the historic home of blues music.
Difficulty: Easy- New Orleans
- St. Louis
- Memphis
- Baton Rouge
This Russian composer wrote The Nutcracker, a ballet performed every Christmas season worldwide.
Difficulty: Medium- Igor Stravinsky
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
This talent scout for Victor Records discovered the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers at the 1927 Bristol Sessions.
Difficulty: Hard- Ralph Peer
- Art Satherley
- Don Law
- Frank Walker
This classical form featuring tutus, pointe shoes, and graceful movements originated in Italian Renaissance courts before flourishing in France and Russia.
Difficulty: Easy- Ballet
- Modern dance
- Jazz dance
- Ballroom dance
This boy band sang "I Want It That Way" and became the best-selling boy band of all time.
Difficulty: Medium- NSYNC
- One Direction
- New Kids on the Block
- Backstreet Boys
This 1966 single by The 13th Floor Elevators, often credited as the first psychedelic rock song, featured lead singer Roky Erickson's distinctive vocal style and electric jug.
Difficulty: Hard- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Slip Inside This House
- Roller Coaster
- Fire Engine
This Southern U.S. region, known for its fertile soil and cotton fields, is considered the birthplace of the blues.
Difficulty: Medium- The Appalachian Mountains
- The Mississippi Delta
- The Florida Everglades
- The Texas Panhandle
This 14th-century French composer and poet was the leading figure of the Ars Nova movement and wrote the first complete polyphonic mass.
Difficulty: Hard- Guillaume de Machaut
- Philippe de Vitry
- Francesco Landini
- Jacopo da Bologna
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