Here are some questions to accompany the first 55 minutes of Disney’s “Fantasia 2000″ DVD

“Fantasia 2000”

Questions are in same order as the DVD …

1) What instrument does the presenter want to play?

2) What family of instruments is playing while hundreds of whales fly through the air?

3) At the end of the jumping whales, what type of drums are playing?

4) Every minute or so, one instrument plays solo (= on its own) … what instrument is it?

5) When the skater makes a “$” sign with his skate blades, what is the solo instrument?

6) Next, the orchestra plays Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto number ________  .

7) What jumps out of a box?

Is the music happy or grumpy when you see the Jack-in-the-box?

9) Carnival of the Animals starts with pink flamingos and music with trills (= wobbly bits).   TRUE   or   FALSE  ?

10) The sorcerer’s apprentice is what kind of animal?

11) What instrument family plays as the sorcerer makes a bat shape out of steam (before the butterfly)?

12) The music for the Sorcerer’s Apprentice is ALL soft and slow.   TRUE   or   FALSE ?

13) When the broom FIRST walks, what instrument family is playing?

14) What happens when Mickey breaks the broom?

15) Pomp and Circumstance music starts with which instrument?

16) When the ark opens, a choir joins in.      TRUE   or   FALSE