
Interesting Instrument Quiz
Quiz by Hannah Gadd Ardrey
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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
10s - Q2
The _________________ guitar has 42 strings and is named after Pablo Picasso.
Chinese Gamelan
Electric
Pikasso
Acoustic
10s - Q3
The Wintergatan Marble Machine consists of ___________ steel marbles.
2,000
10,000
5,000
20,000
10s - Q4
This instrument is made of brass and is played using a slide:
Violin
Clarinet
Fluba
Trombone
10s - 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 - Q6
The _______________ baschet is played with wet fingers.
Cristal
Glass
Metal
Plastic
10s - 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 - 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 - Q9
The ______________ has real peacock feathers on it.
Singing Ringing Tree
Mayuri
Cristal Baschet
Sea Organ
10s - Q10
The _____________ has no true origin but is composed of many instruments played in Indonesia.
Gamelon
Panpipe
Guitar
Cristal Baschet
10s - 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 - Q12
The _______________________ was made and inspired by the architect Alfred Hitchcock. It was made in Croatia.
Theremin
Cannon
Sea Organ
Marble Machine
10s - Q13
The ________________________ is made to look like a snake.
Panpipe
Gamelon
Fluba
Copper Serpent
10s - 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
10s - Q15
Benjamin Franklin invented this instrument.
Hurdygurdy
Singing Ringing Tree
Glass Harmonica
Violin
10s