Music for the Masses (quiz night)
Encyclopedia
Music for the Mission was a quiz
night held annually in Hobart
, Tasmania
, Australia
between 2003 and 2010. In 2007 it attracted 1,324 participants, making it at that time the largest single-venue quiz
or trivia night ever held, according to Guinness World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx). Until 2008 it was titled Music for the Masses.
/trivia night, contested by teams of up to 10 people. It was first held in 2003, and was an annual event until 2010. Content covered all branches of music, although the main focus is on music of the past 40 years. Each round of the quiz was named after a famous song or song lyric.
Music for the Mission featured live performances from a number of local professional performers and guest artists, as well as the use of video, audio and image clues. The 2010 event also featured a live house band, Lincoln le Fevre & The Insiders. There were 8 rounds of 12 questions, for which teams provided written answers like "Dr. Phil" or "walruses". Average prize pool over the past 5 years of the event was A$80,000.
and attracting a sell-out crowd of 1,195 participants. In 2007, at the same venue, the capacity was lifted to 145 tables and 1,324 participants. In 2008 the same venue was again sold out, while the 2009 event again attracted more than 1,250 participants. From 2004 to 2007 the event's major sponsor was Vodafone
. In 2008 the major sponsor was Telstra
, while the 2009 event was sponsored by Max Employment and the final event in 2010 by Charlotte Peterswald Property Management.
champion, David Walch.
2004 - Skullduggery
2005 - Imbibo Ergo Sum
2006 - Imbibo Ergo Sum
2007 - Spotless Minds
2008 - Unstoppable Sex Machine
2009 - Bad Case Of Loving Ewes
2010 - Unstoppable Sex Machine
Lucky Number (songs and acts with numerical references)
Oh Carol, A Hymn To Her (Christmas carols and hymns)
The Weird Al Show (the best of "Weird Al" Yankovic
)
Guitar Man (great guitar performances)
Noughty Boy (songs from 2000–2007)
Rockin' All Over The World
(songs with geographical references)
People
(songs about, referencing or dedicated to real people)
(songs about or referencing dogs)
Classic (classical music and other famous non-rock music)
Fame (celebrity guests performing their favourite songs)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1988) - title taken from the lyric from Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Five Years
(songs from 2003–2008)
I'm A Little Bit Country, I'm A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll (country music
and country-rock)
Long, Long Way to Go
(long songs and the acts that perform them)
Calling Elvis
(songs about, referencing or dedicated to Elvis Presley
)
I Still Call Australia Home
(Australian music)
Body Language (songs with a non-English language component)
Jailhouse Rock (songs about jail)
Father's Day
(songs about fatherhood)
Jesus Is Just Alright
(songs & bands referencing religion)
Wish You Were Here (artists who didn't live to see 40)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1989)
Just the Two of Us (duets & collaborations)
I've Got The Music In Me
(songs performed in non-traditional ways by the house band)
The Sound Of Silence
(famous music videos without the sound)
Tutti Frutti (songs about fruit)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1990)
Step Back In Time
(a musical journey from 2010 to 1580)
The Final Countdown (songs with links to the numbers 12-1)
Quiz
A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...
night held annually in Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
between 2003 and 2010. In 2007 it attracted 1,324 participants, making it at that time the largest single-venue quiz
Quiz
A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...
or trivia night ever held, according to Guinness World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx). Until 2008 it was titled Music for the Masses.
Overview
Music for the Mission was a music quizQuiz
A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...
/trivia night, contested by teams of up to 10 people. It was first held in 2003, and was an annual event until 2010. Content covered all branches of music, although the main focus is on music of the past 40 years. Each round of the quiz was named after a famous song or song lyric.
Music for the Mission featured live performances from a number of local professional performers and guest artists, as well as the use of video, audio and image clues. The 2010 event also featured a live house band, Lincoln le Fevre & The Insiders. There were 8 rounds of 12 questions, for which teams provided written answers like "Dr. Phil" or "walruses". Average prize pool over the past 5 years of the event was A$80,000.
History
The inaugural event in 2003 attracted 300 participants, selling out the venue. In 2004 a move to a bigger venue produced a crowd of 570 participants, while the 2005 event sold out that venue with 820 participants. In 2006 another venue move occurred, moving to the Derwent Entertainment CentreDerwent Entertainment Centre
Derwent Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose arena and is the primary venue, in Hobart, for large indoor functions/events. It was constructed in 1989 and is situated in between the waterfront of the River Derwent, the Brooker Highway and Tattersalls Park.Between 1989 and 1996, it was the home of...
and attracting a sell-out crowd of 1,195 participants. In 2007, at the same venue, the capacity was lifted to 145 tables and 1,324 participants. In 2008 the same venue was again sold out, while the 2009 event again attracted more than 1,250 participants. From 2004 to 2007 the event's major sponsor was Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
. In 2008 the major sponsor was Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
, while the 2009 event was sponsored by Max Employment and the final event in 2010 by Charlotte Peterswald Property Management.
Organisation
All funds raised at Music for the Mission were donated to the Hobart City Mission http://www.hcm.asn.au/ for use in their charitable programmes in Tasmania. The event was organised by The Quizzer of Oz, and MCed by former Sale of the Century (Australian game show)Sale of the Century (Australian game show)
$ale of the Century was an Australian game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 – 29 November 2001. Tony Barber hosted an early version of Sale of the Century under the title of Temptation from 1970–1976, and was also the initial host of Sale, replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991...
champion, David Walch.
Winning teams
2003 - Skullduggery2004 - Skullduggery
2005 - Imbibo Ergo Sum
2006 - Imbibo Ergo Sum
2007 - Spotless Minds
2008 - Unstoppable Sex Machine
2009 - Bad Case Of Loving Ewes
2010 - Unstoppable Sex Machine
2007 Round Titles
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1987) - title taken from the lyric from Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLucky Number (songs and acts with numerical references)
Oh Carol, A Hymn To Her (Christmas carols and hymns)
The Weird Al Show (the best of "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
)
Guitar Man (great guitar performances)
Noughty Boy (songs from 2000–2007)
Rockin' All Over The World
Rockin' All Over The World
Rockin' All Over the World is the tenth studio album by the British band Status Quo, released 1977. It is the first of their records to be produced by Pip Williams. It was released in November 1977, and reached #5....
(songs with geographical references)
People
People
People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:* as the plural of person or a group of people People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:*...
(songs about, referencing or dedicated to real people)
2008 Round Titles
Walking The DogWalking the Dog
"Walking the Dog" is a Rufus Thomas song. It was released on his 1963 album Walking the Dog. It was his signature hit and also his biggest, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1963 and remaining on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks...
(songs about or referencing dogs)
Classic (classical music and other famous non-rock music)
Fame (celebrity guests performing their favourite songs)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1988) - title taken from the lyric from Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Five Years
Five Years
"Five Years" is a song written by David Bowie and released in 1972. It was the opening track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars....
(songs from 2003–2008)
I'm A Little Bit Country, I'm A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll (country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and country-rock)
Long, Long Way to Go
Long, Long Way to Go
"Long, Long Way to Go" is a 2003 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their X album.-CD:# "Long, Long Way to Go"# "10 X Bigger Than Love"# "Now "# "Long, Long Way to Go "-DVD:...
(long songs and the acts that perform them)
Calling Elvis
Calling Elvis
"Calling Elvis" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and performed by Dire Straits. It first appeared on the final studio album by the band, On Every Street . It was released as the first single from that album, peaking at number 21 in the United Kingdom, and was included on the 2005 compilation The...
(songs about, referencing or dedicated to Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
)
2009 Round Titles
Dancin' In The Street (50 years of Motown)I Still Call Australia Home
I Still Call Australia Home
"I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written and performed by Peter Allen in 1980. In it, Allen sings of Australian expatriates' longing for home.It has been used to suggest Australian patriotism and nostalgia for home...
(Australian music)
Body Language (songs with a non-English language component)
Jailhouse Rock (songs about jail)
Father's Day
Father's Day
Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...
(songs about fatherhood)
Jesus Is Just Alright
Jesus Is Just Alright
"Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is....
(songs & bands referencing religion)
Wish You Were Here (artists who didn't live to see 40)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1989)
2010 Round Titles
One Hit (One hit wonders)Just the Two of Us (duets & collaborations)
I've Got The Music In Me
I've Got the Music in Me
"I've Got the Music in Me" is a song by The Kiki Dee Band, released in 1974. It was written in 1973 by Bias Boshell, Kiki Dee Band's keyboardist....
(songs performed in non-traditional ways by the house band)
The Sound Of Silence
The Sound of Silence
"The Sound of Silence" is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in February 1964 by Paul Simon in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. An initial version preferred by the band was remixed and sweetened, and has become...
(famous music videos without the sound)
Tutti Frutti (songs about fruit)
It Was 20 Years Ago Today (the best of 1990)
Step Back In Time
Step Back in Time
"Step Back in Time" is a dance-pop, disco song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman for Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue's third album, Rhythm of Love .-Background:...
(a musical journey from 2010 to 1580)
The Final Countdown (songs with links to the numbers 12-1)