Joseph Haydn quiz
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Which country's anthem today uses Haydn's 1797 hymn tune?
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About how many symphonies did Haydn write?
Answer: 100
Why: Besides the 104 numbered symphonies, two found later and known as A and B bring the usual total to 106.
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What did Haydn snip off a fellow choirboy as a prank?
Answer: His pigtail
Why: By then he had been a choirboy at Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral for nine years, since 1740.
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What instrument did Prince Nikolaus play in Haydn's 126 trios?
Answer: Baryton
Why: Besides its bowed strings, the baryton has wire strings that ring in sympathy and that the player plucks with the left thumb.
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Which noble family employed Haydn for nearly 30 years?
Answer: Esterházy
Why: As a house officer of the Esterházy court, Haydn wore the family's livery.
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Which stanza of the Deutschlandlied is Germany's anthem today?
Answer: The third
Why: The third stanza alone has been the anthem since 1991; from 1952 it was already the only one sung at official events.
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How old was Haydn when he first saw the sea?
Answer: 58
Why: He first saw it at Calais, crossing the Channel to England on New Year's Day 1791.
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