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Instrument Knowledge- Tuba - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 22 times
- The average score is 6 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What instrument family is the tuba a member of? | Brass | 95%
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| And what key is the tuba's music written in? | C | 84%
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| How many valves does a typical beginner tuba have? | 3 | 63%
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| What is the name of the marching version of the tuba, which was named after an American composer nicknamed "The March King?" | Sousaphone | 63%
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| What key is the tuba most often pitched in? | B flat | 53%
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| What other member of the above instrument group is similar to the tuba but is higher-pitched, covering the tenor and baritone ranges? | Euphonium | 47%
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| The word "tuba" is derived from what language's word for "trumpet?" | Latin | 42%
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| What American singer and musician, often called the "Queen of Soul," famously played the tuba in high school? | Aretha Franklin | 37%
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| The theme song of what Christian movie franchise produced by Big Idea Entertainment, of which one of the movies is titled Gideon: Tuba Warrior, involves one of the above instruments being played by a cucumber? | VeggieTales | 26%
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| What American tubist, despite childhood illness and asthma impairing his lung capacity, spent much of his career with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is considered by some to be the GOAT of tuba playing? | Arnold Jacobs | 11%
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| Which instrument, the name of which is thought to be derived from the Italian words for "bass horn," and developed in 19th-century Italy from the serpent, is occasionally used instead of the tuba in orchestral repertoire? | Cimbasso | 11%
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| In Prussia in 1835, Wilhelm Wieprecht and Johann Moritz invented an instrument largely considered to be the forerunner to the modern tuba. What did they call it? | Basstuba | 5%
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| The tuba has what type of bore, similar to horns? | Conical | 5%
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| What 1975 animated movie starring Dick Van Dyke is about a young tuba who sets off on a quest to find a song of his own? | Tubby the Tuba | 5%
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| The tuba is considered to be a member of what group of instruments initially developed by a Belgian inventor and musician? | Saxhorn | 5%
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