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1. What nationality is Jiri Belohlavek, who conducted both the First Night and the Last Night of the 2007 Proms?
 
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
 
 
2. The original idea for the series of performances came from which concert manager?
 
Robert Naylor
Robert Nelson
Robert Newman
Robert Nolan

He had previously been a professional bass singer
 
 
3. The first concert was performed at which hall in August 1895?
 
Cadogan Hall
Royal Festival Hall
Queen's Hall
Wigmore Hall

Queen's Hall was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1941
 
 
4. The Proms are now named after which famous conductor?
 
Sir John Barbirolli
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Sir Henry Wood

He remained virtually in sole charge of the Proms until 1941
 
 
5. The duty of acting as conductor at the Last Night of the Proms is usually undertaken by the Principal Conductor of which orchestra?
 
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 
 
6. Which London park hosted the first Proms in the Park concerts in 1996?
 
Green Park
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Victoria Park
 
 
7. Jerusalem is traditionally sung at the Last Night of The Proms. Which poet wrote the words?
 
William Blake
Rupert Brook
Robert Graves
John Milton

They form a preface to his long dramatic poem Milton
 
 
8. Which popular Proms conductor was known as 'Flash Harry'?
 
Sir Adrian Boult
Colin Davis
Sir Charles Groves
Sir Malcolm Sargent
 
 
9. In which year did the BBC first broadcast the concerts on radio?
 
1923
1925
1927
1929
 
 
10. In 1966, which orchestra became the first foreign orchestra to perform at the Proms?
 
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Moscow Radio Orchestra
Orchestra della Scala, Milan
 
 
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