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First submitted	December 17, 2012
Times taken	215,969
Average score	75.0%
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Level 69

Nov 2, 2010

Great quiz. I once went to a restaurant in Seattle and guess what they had....a sitar player.

Level 91

Nov 2, 2010

THAT'S A FIDDLE!

Level 44

Nov 20, 2012

Fiddles don't generally have chin rests.

+16

Level 40

Dec 24, 2019

A fiddle is the same thing as a violin

Level 76

Aug 27, 2020

They are the same instrument but fiddlers sometimes replace the arched bridges with flatter bridges so they can more easily play multiple strings at once. (At least that's what my Suzuki violin teacher told me. Anyone want to hear my Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?)

Level 34

Nov 13, 2021

A fiddle is a violin with an attitude.

Level 28

May 1, 2011

20/20 - the alphorn held me up. I kept imagining the Ricola commercials until it came to me, lol

Level 44

Mar 23, 2018

LMAO me too

Level 76

May 21, 2018

I tried alps horn - so close.

Level 67

May 22, 2018

Couldn't think of it - I tried matterhorn.

Level 61

Nov 8, 2019

Please accept Ricola!!!! :D

Level 17

Feb 27, 2022

I was seriously held up by the tuba, as I play a euphonium - that is, an exact replica of a tuba, but smaller - and I completely forgot tuba's exist. I even tried baritone! Euphoniums are easier to carry but play slightly higher notes, but I believe they still go the basic B-flat, C, D, E-flat, and F scale.

I just reminded myself I need to practice, thanks, rambling!

+29

Level 54

May 2, 2011

Don't know why I was so sure the alphorn was a didgeridoo haha.

Level 49

Oct 8, 2012

I did too!!

Level 19

Mar 18, 2022

Same I was thrown for a helluva loop when I found out it was an Alphorn

Level 8

Apr 13, 2012

Great quiz

Level 16

May 9, 2012

19/20 couldn't get alphorn. Also a bagpipe would be a bag with one pipe sticking out of it.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

EHm no... there would be atleast 3 pipes, one to blow in one for the melody and (atleast) one for a continuous tone.

Level 45

Aug 29, 2020

They meant 'bagpipe' would mean a singular pipe sticking out of the bag, and the correct form would be plural 'bagpipes'. (But I have no idea if singular bagpipes have to be plural, I'm just correcting misunderstandings)

Level 15

Jun 9, 2012

what's the difference between a sitar and a keytar?

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

besides the names looking similar there really is no similarity. A sitar is a stringed instrument like a guitar or lute. A keytar has keys and is basicly a keyboard/sythesizer you can strap on just like you can with a guitar. Basicly just a more portable keyboard/sythesizer.

Level 14

Jun 13, 2012

ha i got all exepct the alphorn and the lute. i knew it was in the ricola commercials though. :)

Level 54

Aug 9, 2012

missed the alphorn. I thought it was a didgeridoo. oh well.

Level 71

May 31, 2016

For Long-distance calls?

Level 67

Dec 17, 2016

Didgeridoo??? Ah, no.

Level 44

Nov 20, 2012

Mouth organ and harmonica are synonymous.

Level 79

Nov 28, 2016

Mouth organ is more general. Harmonica is specific. All Harmonicas are Mouth Organs, but not all Mouth Organs are Harmonicas.

Level 79

Nov 28, 2016

Four years later...

Level 36

Aug 29, 2020

Four more years later...

Level 28

Dec 16, 2021

one year after that...

Level 37

May 29, 2022

Another one year after that...

Level 62

Aug 1, 2022

2 months after that...

Level 58

Aug 8, 2022

Should still accept mouth organ after all these years.

Level 28

Jan 20, 2023

165 days later...

Level 51

Feb 4, 2023

Agree that mouth organ should be accepted. It is as close to harmonica as kettle drum (which was accepted) is to timpani.

Level 41

Dec 17, 2012

Please accept 'Oud' for 'Lute'

Level 63

May 20, 2018

Oud shouldn't be accepted. If you look closely at the picture, you'll see the instrument has frets on the fingerboard, which means it's a lute. An oud does not have frets.

Level 73

Aug 27, 2020

With all due respect, kiwirage, but even with 20/20 eyesight I could barely see those frets even as I enlarged the image. I think Oud has a decent argument here, given that the picture is not clear enough. Both instruments are very closely related anyway, like the violin here which could also pass perfectly for a Viola to the untrained eye.

Level 43

Nov 1, 2021

wouldn't it be a mandolin? maybe I'm just dumb but that's what I first thought and it was wrong....

Level 24

Dec 29, 2012

dont play any instruments, hate music, but still got 15/20 WOOT!

+17

Level 69

Dec 24, 2019

you hate music? like all music? you might be the only person I have ever heard say that in my entire life. Music has such a strong connection to the brain that it's almost an instinct to like music.

Level 79

Aug 27, 2020

I think, and hope, they hate playing musical instruments, reading music, singing, etc... I can't imagine they hate listening to all types of music.

Level 35

Nov 14, 2020

my mom kinda hates music (she does listen to 90s romantic ballads hahah, but she doesnt really anything else) i dont understand how, she has a terrible terrible musical ear tho

Level 17

Feb 28, 2022

ah, the classic "I hate music"

Said by all (or at least four people I know of) and then they proceed list the types of music they like

I used to hate music and now I sing/hum constantly. I've developed good pitch/vocal range too! :)

Level 32

Mar 2, 2014

Could you accept zampona for the pan flute?

Level 12

Mar 19, 2014

can we please except 'pan' for pan flute?

Level 24

Dec 1, 2014

Pan is greek god of nature.

Level 21

Feb 22, 2016

it is also the instruments abbv.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

Never heard of that, could be though, but would be the first time I hear of it. To me it sounds like calling bagpipe bag or alphorn alp, weird

Level 41

May 16, 2014

Very good quiz!

Could please accept "syrinx" as an alternative for Pan flute? It was the original Greek name, and according to Wikipedia it is considered synonymous also in English. Thank you (:

Level 33

Jun 19, 2018

I agree. I did say 'pan flute' after 3 different spellings of syrinx.

Level 73

Jul 31, 2022

Can we accept goat man flute since the instrument is often seen being played by goat men in Greek mythology?

Level 62

Aug 1, 2022

*Satyr. Not goat man, satyr.

Level 46

Jun 18, 2014

20-20 with 1:53 left and I dont play in band, and I'm 13

Level 36

Apr 5, 2019

Now you're 18 and see how pointless this comment was.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

Probably not, cause I think most of the people that post their time are a lott older.

Level 75

Jul 23, 2014

I'm sure the instrument you call a "lute" is actually an oud.

Level 57

Aug 20, 2014

You should accept the English name MOUTH ORGAN for harmonica.

Level 21

Sep 4, 2014

Because I thought that gong was too obvious an answer I tried tam-tam several times before finally trying gong.

Level 65

Sep 4, 2014

Fiddle should be accepted for the violin because they are the same instrument just played differently.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

I found this quote and rather liked it:How do you make a violinist quit playing?

take away the sheet music.

How do you make a fiddler quit playing?

put sheet music in front of him.

Also like : The difference is; people clap after a violin song but during a fiddle song.

Level 79

Aug 27, 2020

*song* - Twoset trigger alert

Level 42

Nov 6, 2014

Accept "sax" for "saxophone"?

Level 59

Nov 12, 2014

Could you accept alpine horn please? Good quiz (apart from that!)

Level 32

Dec 20, 2014

I got them all with over 3 minutes left without cheating and i'm only twelve

Level 63

Aug 27, 2020

You're 17 now.

Level 17

Dec 28, 2014

I play French Horn!!!

Level 61

Jan 17, 2015

Possibly zampona for pan flute.

Level 21

Feb 15, 2015

That was so easy! Then again i really like instrumental music and have played multiple instruments: flute, piccolo, clarinet, tenor saxophone, french horn, trumpet, trombone, drum kit and orchestra bells

Level 24

Mar 10, 2015

100%, though I thought I got some help from the quizmaster.

Alpine Horn

Kettle Drum

Steel Drum

& Pan Pipes all accepted

Well done nscout9 for spotting the valves on the trombone

Level 52

Apr 23, 2015

Might want to accept mouth organ for harmonica, too. Cool quiz! :)

Level 44

May 13, 2015

can u PLEASE accept maraca for maracas? i tried to spell it multiple ways and wasted like a whole minute trying to guess how to spell it

Level 25

May 15, 2015

Can you accept 'pianoaccordion' for 'accordion'?

Level 67

Dec 17, 2016

It is not a piano accordion, as it has no keys. It is a pushbutton accordion.

Level 65

Jul 31, 2022

Maybe it's changed, but the one pictured today is a piano accordion, which is still not accepted as an answer.

Level 21

May 21, 2015

please accept "maraca" for "maracas"

Level 45

Nov 5, 2015

I'd like to see a #2 of this quiz! As sequels typically do, it could include some slightly more difficult instruments (euphonium, oboe, bassoon, marimba, snare drum, cello, etc.) while also including some simpler ones that would normally go on #1 (flute, triangle, xylophone, trumpet, recorder, etc.). There could even be a Musical Instruments #3 with some even harder instruments (vibraphone, melodica, English horn, contrabassoon, celeste, flugel horn, cornet, etc.). It'd be cool! :D (and there's a bunch of ideas to work with right there!)

Level 44

Nov 28, 2015

Only thing I couldn't get was alphorn (I always knew them as "Swiss horns"). Otherwise, EASY. College music diploma and a lover of classical and world music.:P

Level 76

Dec 23, 2015

mouth organ isn't being accepted..

Level 64

Jan 22, 2016

Ugh, for some reason I thought they were called Macaras.

Level 37

Aug 18, 2016

I played the alphorn once

Level 49

Sep 11, 2016

you should accept other spelling for maracas I tried moraccas morracas and morraccas

Level 20

Nov 19, 2016

Damn it! I typed in French Organ for French Horn *facepalm*. And how I didn't get accordion, I don't know. I did watch The Wiggles when I was a little kid, so I should have gotten that.

Level 18

Dec 6, 2016

can you accept marakkas, marrakkas, marrakas, marakas, marraccas, maraccas, marracas,

Level 67

Dec 17, 2016

Good try.

Level 18

Dec 6, 2016

easy 100% 2:22 left

Level 74

Dec 17, 2016

Now I realize that I should have played the Alphorn in my high school band just to be that guy.

Level 42

Dec 17, 2016

ahh the Harmonica.. Hillary's least favourite instrument

Level 71

Jun 13, 2017

On the top of Everest it's difficult to get the breath to play one, and your lips freeze on the metalwork.

Level 44

Mar 2, 2017

The percussionists in my high school band insist that it is "tympani". Is this correct, spelling it with a "y"?

Level 68

May 20, 2018

I've seen both used, guess it depends on who you ask.

Level 53

May 21, 2017

When I type in Ricola I'd like to see Alphorn light up. Humor!

Level 65

Jul 31, 2022

😂 I tried Ricola too, after Swiss horn didn't work.

Level 47

Jun 20, 2017

I think "alps horn" should be an acceptable alternative to "alphorn"

Level 22

Oct 9, 2017

Can you accept mouth organ for harmonica?

Level 72

Oct 21, 2017

Technically, the name for the gong is the tamtam - accept this please

Level 71

Jan 18, 2018

Actually the accepted definition of a TAM-TAM is a flat-faced gong of indefinite pitch. In other words, it does not have a boss/dome/nipple/ cupola at it's centre and may or may not have a turned over rim and has not been tuned to a specific pitch. This GONG shown has a cupola at centre:

Level 62

Nov 1, 2017

Steelpan? You are just playing with me, right...?

Level 10

Jan 7, 2018

Zounds, Hogan! Our mule has run away!

Level 71

Jan 18, 2018

Like mixed questions? try Mal's General Knowledge 31 ......here it is

Level 84

Nov 5, 2019

Excellent quiz, Malbaby. Lots of cool nuggets in there. I hope a few will stick with me.

Level 75

Apr 4, 2018

Also accept mouth organ?

Level 68

May 20, 2018

Can you accept "squeeze box" for accordion? It's what it's commonly called in the UK.

Level ∞

May 20, 2018

Okay

Level 76

May 21, 2018

Somebody's got to say it...this quiz needs more cowbell.

Level 56

May 21, 2018

I'm in total shock that I got alphorn. That was a complete guess. I tried Swiss horn first.

Level 66

May 21, 2018

I know it's not the correct English spelling, but since you tend to be somewhat lenient on spelling mistakes, could you accept “accordeon” for “accordion”? It's spelled with e in lots of languages, and I personally spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I did wrong.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

I had the same issue, I really couldnt figure out what the problem was. I ended up looking for the translation, which I usually dont and was surprised to see it written with an i.

Level 29

Sep 11, 2018

why do you not accept rondador for the panflute. yes, it is a panflute but because the lengths go up and down it's specifically a rondador so that's what i wrote first.

Level 18

Apr 24, 2019

finished with 1:57 left

Level 48

Apr 29, 2019

I only got timpani because I typed in "kettle drum" thinking that's what the steelpan was called.

Level 20

May 22, 2019

accordion is different to a piano accordion. the picture you have is a piano accordion.

Level 66

Jun 11, 2019

I thought it was a midwinterhorn. When it wasnt accepted I was surprised for a few seconds, somehow I managed to manufactur alphorn. (Which i was surprised it took, cause I felt like I was making it up)> I guess the different is in size, alphorns are longer than midwinter horns, that is the only difference.

I wonder what the cut-off length is, when it stops being a midwinter horn and when it starts being an alphorn. Wasnt able to findo info about it ( though I sure it is out there somewhere)

Level 72

Jul 21, 2019

pan's flute? anyone? that's the correct name and you know it

Level 65

Aug 28, 2020

Sure it is. It was the flute used by Pan ;-) please accept the s

Level 17

Sep 2, 2019

great quiz

Level 84

Nov 5, 2019

My uncle blew his liver out playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" on an alphorn. :-)

Level 68

Mar 27, 2020

For maracas I tried Rattle, shake shake, shaker...

Level 16

May 28, 2020

i thought the violin was a cello and the tuba was a baritone cause I cant see the size lol

Level 51

Jun 15, 2020

Accept Tam-Tam for Gong?

Level 36

Jul 7, 2020

20/20 on the first try babyyyyy

Level 67

Aug 27, 2020

Thank you for accepting oud for lute! Nice surprise!

Level 72

Aug 27, 2020

Very enjoyable quiz! Although I'm not sure you should accept "horn" for "French horn". Many kinds of horns exist, some of which are actually on this very quiz.

Level 32

Aug 1, 2022

Actually "horn" is definitely the preferred name by players of the (French) horn -- some get quite irate if you say "French" horn. The term is still in use among e.g. jazz players, who call everything that's blown a "horn" so they need to differentiate.

Level 46

Aug 28, 2020

I completely forgot Clarinet. Squidward would be so disappointed.

Level 29

Feb 18, 2021

2:28

Scoring

You scored 17/20 = 85%

This beats or equals 66.2% of test takers

The average score is 15

Your high score is 17

Level 51

May 27, 2021

Soooo.... what in the world is a Timpani?

Level 88

Jul 31, 2022

It's a musical instrument.

Level 86

Sep 22, 2022

it's also known as a kettledrum.

Level 63

Aug 9, 2021

Can you accept 'Trumbone'?

Level 27

Oct 25, 2021

That is incorrect spelling, I would not expect the Quiz-Master to add many wrong, and uncommon misspellings.

Level 54

Dec 12, 2021

I put slide trombone (what they were called in the band in Australia) and it didn't work. Weird.

Level 63

Dec 14, 2021

Please accept mouth organ for harmonica.

Level 57

Oct 28, 2022

That's hilarious lmao

Level 26

Jan 9, 2022

alphorn was confusing

.. flugel horn?

Level 91

Jan 18, 2022

Look up flugel horn - it doesn't look anything like an alphorn.

Level 91

Jan 18, 2022

Why are bagpipe and accordion listed in a musical instrument quiz?

Level 27

Feb 28, 2022

Completed in 34 seconds!

Level 60

Aug 1, 2022

Whoops - this quiz was featured today for "uncommon instruments awareness day," and since I didn't read the title of the quiz I assumed it was supposed to only include uncommon instruments, so I never even tried "guitar", "violin", or "clarinet." Got lute, sitar, and steelpan though.

Level 17

Dec 1, 2022

3:08 to spare

Level 16

Mar 21, 2023

can you make euphonium another word for tuba?

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