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Jazz Standards

Test your knowledge of Jazz Standards, a collection of songs that have become staples of the jazz repertoire.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was composed by Duke Ellington in 1931?

  1. Take the 'A' Train
  2. In a Sentimental Mood
  3. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  4. Sophisticated Lady
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the lyrics for the jazz standard "Summertime"?

  1. George Gershwin
  2. Ira Gershwin
  3. DuBose Heyward
  4. Dorothy Heyward
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I'm a little blackbird looking for a bluebird"?

  1. Blackbird
  2. Bluebird
  3. Bye Bye Blackbird
  4. I Got Rhythm
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was written by Jerome Kern and featured in the 1936 musical film "Swing Time"?

  1. The Way You Look Tonight
  2. Cheek to Cheek
  3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  4. All the Things You Are
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places"?

  1. I'll Be Seeing You
  2. As Time Goes By
  3. Moonlight Serenade
  4. Stardust
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1930?

  1. Georgia on My Mind
  2. Stardust
  3. The Nearness of You
  4. Skylark
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"?

  1. I'm Beginning to See the Light
  2. My Funny Valentine
  3. Blue Skies
  4. Body and Soul
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was written by Cole Porter and featured in the 1934 musical "Anything Goes"?

  1. I Get a Kick Out of You
  2. Night and Day
  3. Begin the Beguine
  4. Love for Sale
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "The world is yours, it's up to you"?

  1. Blue Skies
  2. Stormy Weather
  3. What a Wonderful World
  4. Over the Rainbow
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and featured in the 1936 musical "On Your Toes"?

  1. My Funny Valentine
  2. The Lady Is a Tramp
  3. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
  4. Blue Moon
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I've got you under my skin"?

  1. I've Got You Under My Skin
  2. The Man I Love
  3. All of Me
  4. Body and Soul
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was written by Harold Arlen and featured in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz"?

  1. Over the Rainbow
  2. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
  3. We're Off to See the Wizard
  4. If I Only Had a Brain
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter"?

  1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  2. In the Mood
  3. Moonlight Serenade
  4. Tuxedo Junction
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which jazz standard was written by George Gershwin and featured in the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess"?

  1. Summertime
  2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
  4. It Ain't Necessarily So
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the jazz standard that features the line "I'm in the mood for love"?

  1. In the Mood for Love
  2. Stardust
  3. The Nearness of You
  4. Body and Soul
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