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General Knowledge

This is the General Knowledge Questionnaire, similar to the one given to all applicants to the Guild.

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Question 1: Singing judges adjudicate
Musical accompaniment
Bad taste
Emotional effect
Non-singing time
Vocal quality
Balance and blend
Question 2: All judges adjudicate the non-singing time
Question 3: Singing judges award marks in the range 0-200 for each song while Music and Presentation judges award marks in the range 0-100
Question 4: The D level scoring range is
Question 5: Common Ground elements include
Preservation of the Barbershop style
Costume
Singing in tune
Entrance and exit
Vocal quality
Vocal range and tessitura
Suitability of the music to the performer
Question 6: The Chairman of Judges has the power to disqualify a contestant
Question 7: A contestant provides the finest performance you would ever expect to witness, but a judge will still reserve 10 marks because there is bound to be something better eventually.
Question 8: Assuming the most often heard arrangements, which (if any) of the following are NOT barbershop.
South Rampart Street Parade
Basin Street Blues
What A Wonderful World
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Imagination
There Goes My Heart
If (A Picture Paints A Thousand Words)
The Lord's Prayer
Don't Blame Me
Question 9: The Music judge is primarliy concerned with the music as it is written so two performers singing the same arrangement are very likely to get similar Music scores
Question 10: A song is nothing more than a vehicle used by performers to show off their skills on stage and gain applause and/or medals in contest.