Grammy Awards quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What instrument is the Grammy Award trophy shaped like?

   Answer: Gramophone

   Why: Every statuette is handmade by John Billings in Ridgway, Colorado, and each one weighs about five pounds.

2. 2 Medium

   Who won the first ever Grammy for Album of the Year?

   Answer: Henry Mancini

   Why: The winning album was his jazz score for the TV detective series Peter Gunn, which topped the US album chart for ten weeks.

3. 3 Hard

   Which conductor held the record for the most Grammy wins by any individual until 2023?

   Answer: Georg Solti

   Why: Solti won 31 Grammys, 24 of them with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which he led as music director from 1969 to 1991.

4. 4 Easy

   Which US President won a Grammy for the album Dreams from My Father?

   Answer: Barack Obama

   Why: He was still a US senator when he won in 2006, and a second Grammy followed in 2008 for The Audacity of Hope.

5. 5 Medium

   Which Grammy category did the Muppets win in 1979 and 1980?

   Answer: Best Children's Recording

   Why: The category had already gone to the album Sesame Street in 1971, eight years before The Muppet Show won it.

6. 6 Hard

   What was the original proposed name for the Grammy Award?

   Answer: Eddie

   Why: A 1959 mail-in contest settled it instead: Jay Danna of New Orleans won 25 records for suggesting Grammy, short for gramophone.