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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Mozart and Salieri were bitter rivals, and Salieri likely poisoned him.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

No evidence supports poisoning; Salieri admired Mozart. The myth comes from Pushkin's play and the film 'Amadeus'.

2.

Mozart composed his Requiem as a secret commission from a mysterious gray-cloaked stranger.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The stranger was Count Walsegg, who wanted to pass the work off as his own. Mozart took the job, not knowing who paid.

3.

Mozart died a pauper and was buried in a mass grave with no mourners.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

He had debts but wasn't destitute; his burial was a standard Viennese communal grave, not a pauper's pit.

4.

Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of 8, before he could properly hold a quill.

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✓ TRUE

He composed Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major in 1764–65, around age 8 or 9, with help from his father Leopold.

5.

Mozart's full baptismal name includes 'Amadeus,' but he rarely used it in daily life.

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He was baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; 'Amadeus' is a Latin translation of Theophilus, used occasionally.

6.

Mozart had a pet starling that could whistle part of his Piano Concerto No. 17.

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He bought a starling in 1784 that sang a phrase from his concerto; Mozart even wrote a playful funeral poem for it.

7.

Mozart was the first composer to write a piece entirely in the key of F-sharp major.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

He used F-sharp major sparingly; earlier composers like Bach used it. Mozart's famous work in that key is rare but not first.

8.

Mozart once wrote a piece that included a part for a trained dog to howl along.

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In his 'Musical Joke' (Ein musikalischer Spaß), he satirically included parts for untrained performers, but no dog—he did compose a piece for a mechanical organ.

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