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Interesting Instrument Quiz

Quiz by Hannah Gadd Ardrey

Grade 9-12
Social Studies
Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards

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  • Q1

    The _______ _________ was made my John Mathias in London, England. It has two horns on it, one small and one large.

    Electric Guitar

    Fluba

    Stroh Violin

    Glass Harmonica

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  • Q2

    The _________________ guitar has 42 strings and is named after Pablo Picasso.

    Chinese Gamelan

    Electric

    Pikasso

    Acoustic

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  • Q3

    The Wintergatan Marble Machine consists of ___________ steel marbles.

    2,000

    10,000

    5,000

    20,000

    10s
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  • Q4

    This instrument is made of brass and is played using a slide:

    Violin

    Clarinet

    Fluba

    Trombone

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  • Q5

    The ___________ was created in the 12th and 13th centuries in China and was also found in the United States and Great Britain. This instrument can be heard in Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture".

    Chinese Gamelon

    Cannon

    Bagpipe

    Sea Organ

    10s
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  • Q6

    The _______________ baschet is played with wet fingers.

    Cristal

    Glass

    Metal

    Plastic

    10s
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  • Q7

    Three hundred and twenty-two pieces of steel in total make up the ______________ _____________ _____________.

    Singing Ringing Tree

    Metal Woodwind Tower

    Sea Bass Organ

    Glass House Theatre

    10s
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  • Q8

    In Russia, the ________________ were a women's instrument. In China, this instrument was shaped to look like a wing of a phoenix.

    Flute

    Stroh Violin

    Panpipe

    Cristal Baschet

    10s
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  • Q9

    The ______________ has real peacock feathers on it.

    Singing Ringing Tree

    Mayuri

    Cristal Baschet

    Sea Organ

    10s
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  • Q10

    The _____________ has no true origin but is composed of many instruments played in Indonesia.

    Gamelon

    Panpipe

    Guitar

    Cristal Baschet

    10s
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  • Q11

    This instrument was banned in Scotland and used the inside of animals to make the sack that holds air.

    Gamelon

    Bagpipe

    Hurdygurdy

    Sea Organ

    10s
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  • Q12

    The _______________________ was made and inspired by the architect Alfred Hitchcock. It was made in Croatia.

    Theremin

    Cannon

    Sea Organ

    Marble Machine

    10s
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  • Q13

    The ________________________ is made to look like a snake.

    Panpipe

    Gamelon

    Fluba

    Copper Serpent

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  • Q14

    The _____________________ is the only instrument that you can play without touching. 

    It was considered the first electrical musical instrument. It was made by accident because the man who made it tried making a gas meter.

    Cristal Baschet

    Theremin

    Singing Ringing Tree

    Mayuri

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  • Q15

    Benjamin Franklin invented this instrument.

    Hurdygurdy

    Singing Ringing Tree

    Glass Harmonica

    Violin

    10s
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  • Q16

    The _______________________ was played by Elvis Presley and B.B. King (whose instrument was named Lucille).

    Guitar

    Glass Harmonica

    Fluba

    Bagpipes

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  • Q17

    The ______________ was originally called the sackbut.

    Trombone

    Flute

    Theramin

    Clarinet

    10s
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  • Q18

    The ______________________ can kill you with over 10,000 volts! This was invented in 2007.

    Glass Harmonica

    Zeusaphone

    Guitar

    Bagpipe

    10s
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  • Q19

    This instrument was popular for about 200 years and was created in France.

    Piano

    Cornett

    Guitar

    Susaphone

    10s
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  • Q20

    The _____________ weighs about 20 pounds and is designed like a flugelhorn.

    Clarinet

    Fluba

    Organ

    Sea Organ

    10s
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    Delete

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