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
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The _________________ guitar has 42 strings and is named after Pablo Picasso.
Chinese Gamelan
Electric
Pikasso
Acoustic
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The Wintergatan Marble Machine consists of ___________ steel marbles.
2,000
10,000
5,000
20,000
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This instrument is made of brass and is played using a slide:
Violin
Clarinet
Fluba
Trombone
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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
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The _______________ baschet is played with wet fingers.
Cristal
Glass
Metal
Plastic
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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
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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
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The ______________ has real peacock feathers on it.
Singing Ringing Tree
Mayuri
Cristal Baschet
Sea Organ
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The _____________ has no true origin but is composed of many instruments played in Indonesia.
Gamelon
Panpipe
Guitar
Cristal Baschet
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This instrument was banned in Scotland and used the inside of animals to make the sack that holds air.
Gamelon
Bagpipe
Hurdygurdy
Sea Organ
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The _______________________ was made and inspired by the architect Alfred Hitchcock. It was made in Croatia.
Theremin
Cannon
Sea Organ
Marble Machine
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The ________________________ is made to look like a snake.
Panpipe
Gamelon
Fluba
Copper Serpent
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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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Benjamin Franklin invented this instrument.
Hurdygurdy
Singing Ringing Tree
Glass Harmonica
Violin
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The _______________________ was played by Elvis Presley and B.B. King (whose instrument was named Lucille).
Guitar
Glass Harmonica
Fluba
Bagpipes
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The ______________ was originally called the sackbut.
Trombone
Flute
Theramin
Clarinet
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The ______________________ can kill you with over 10,000 volts! This was invented in 2007.
Glass Harmonica
Zeusaphone
Guitar
Bagpipe
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This instrument was popular for about 200 years and was created in France.
Piano
Cornett
Guitar
Susaphone
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The _____________ weighs about 20 pounds and is designed like a flugelhorn.
Clarinet
Fluba
Organ
Sea Organ
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