1. 'Papa' Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies; Beethoven, only 9 (but what groundbreaking ones they were and are!) ... how does Mozart stack up as a symphonist?

2. One of Mozart's instantly recognizable compositions is a short suite for string orchestra (no. 525 of his 600-odd compositions) originally called Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. What does this title mean?

3. There is fairly good evidence that Mozart wrote his very first piece at the age of 5 (before you probably started school). What sort of piece was it?

4. Wolfgang made an early start as a composer and performer ~ being taken on tour at a tender age by his father Leopold, to perform with his young sister. What was her name?

5. One of Mozart's most famous operas contains the name of an instrument. Which of these is the title?

6. While still in his mid-teens, Mozart went to Rome and visited the Vatican to hear the famous Ash-Wednesday anthem Miserere Mei ('Have mercy on me') in its setting by Allegri ~ this, of course, over a century before recording or broadcasting were invented. How many times did he listen to it in performance before writing it down, complete, from memory?

7. Anywhere vaguely appropriate that they think they can sell them, Austrian shops and stalls will offer you souvenir Mozart-kugeln ~ confectionery in a form reminding us of one of Mozart's hobbies. What are they?

8. Mozart's was obviously a highly unusual mind at the creative and craftsmanly levels: along with this genius came at least one 'behavioral flaw' for which there is ample evidence in his letters and some music, and in the diaries of others who had met him. Since Mozart's own day, this occasional and usually non-deliberate behavior has been identified and named by psychologists. What is the condition now officially called?

9. In which Austrian city was Mozart born?

10. When Mozart died in 1791 he left behind an uncompleted requiem (a large work for voices and orchestra, in sacred honor of someone who has died). What happened at the first performance?