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Can you name the musical instruments pictured below?
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First submittedDecember 17, 2012
Times taken224,803
Average score75.0%
Rating4.48
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johnnyaitch
+7
Level 70
Nov 2, 2010
Great quiz. I once went to a restaurant in Seattle and guess what they had....a sitar player.
dwo
+4
Level 92
Nov 2, 2010
THAT'S A FIDDLE!
BlendedCow
+6
Level 44
Nov 20, 2012
Fiddles don't generally have chin rests.
ElephantGreen
+16
Level 40
Dec 24, 2019
A fiddle is the same thing as a violin
ander217
+9
Level 75
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?)
cherylsteele1964
+5
Level 33
Nov 13, 2021
A fiddle is a violin with an attitude.
delky06
+9
Level 28
May 1, 2011
20/20 - the alphorn held me up. I kept imagining the Ricola commercials until it came to me, lol
PacoGee
+2
Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
LMAO me too
ander217
+3
Level 75
May 21, 2018
I tried alps horn - so close.
Tummykong
+5
Level 67
May 22, 2018
Couldn't think of it - I tried matterhorn.
jennywren21
+9
Level 61
Nov 8, 2019
Please accept Ricola!!!! :D
StanleyPortable
+4
Level 18
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!

pcarron
+32
Level 54
May 2, 2011
Don't know why I was so sure the alphorn was a didgeridoo haha.
kiki94
+3
Level 49
Oct 8, 2012
I did too!!
YatoTheMacho
+1
Level 20
Mar 18, 2022
Same I was thrown for a helluva loop when I found out it was an Alphorn
raquette2012
+1
Level 8
Apr 13, 2012
Great quiz
Nobody
+2
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.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 65
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.
Arii78
+6
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)
harrypotterlover
+1
Level 15
Jun 9, 2012
what's the difference between a sitar and a keytar?
Sifhraven
+9
Level 65
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.
alk17
+1
Level 14
Jun 13, 2012
ha i got all exepct the alphorn and the lute. i knew it was in the ricola commercials though. :)
aliberti68
+2
Level 54
Aug 9, 2012
missed the alphorn. I thought it was a didgeridoo. oh well.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
May 31, 2016
For Long-distance calls?
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Dec 17, 2016
Didgeridoo??? Ah, no.
BlendedCow
+5
Level 44
Nov 20, 2012
Mouth organ and harmonica are synonymous.
Walacama
+2
Level 80
Nov 28, 2016
Mouth organ is more general. Harmonica is specific. All Harmonicas are Mouth Organs, but not all Mouth Organs are Harmonicas.
Walacama
+3
Level 80
Nov 28, 2016
Four years later...
Jetquizzr
+4
Level 36
Aug 29, 2020
Four more years later...
FMFbest
+2
Level 28
Dec 16, 2021
one year after that...
thewonderkid
+2
Level 39
May 29, 2022
Another one year after that...
Shamooski19
+1
Level 64
Aug 1, 2022
2 months after that...
Neil
+2
Level 59
Aug 8, 2022
Should still accept mouth organ after all these years.
artemis222
+1
Level 28
Jan 20, 2023
165 days later...
rich75
+1
Level 53
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.
zoidberg
+3
Level 41
Dec 17, 2012
Please accept 'Oud' for 'Lute'
kiwirage
+1
Level 62
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.
TomatosRaafatos
+3
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.
lovelynerd16
+1
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....
ayad217
+1
Level 24
Dec 29, 2012
dont play any instruments, hate music, but still got 15/20 WOOT!
tom88
+17
Level 71
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.
Walacama
+2
Level 80
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.
rochi
+1
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
StanleyPortable
+2
Level 18
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! :)

athollgoon
+1
Level 32
Mar 2, 2014
Could you accept zampona for the pan flute?
OzlandGaming
+1
Level 11
Mar 19, 2014
can we please except 'pan' for pan flute?
WhittleMario
+1
Level 24
Dec 1, 2014
Pan is greek god of nature.
Louisea52
+1
Level 21
Feb 22, 2016
it is also the instruments abbv.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
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
Tinu
+1
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 (:

DavidCheater
+1
Level 35
Jun 19, 2018
I agree. I did say 'pan flute' after 3 different spellings of syrinx.
Dimby
+2
Level 75
Jul 31, 2022
Can we accept goat man flute since the instrument is often seen being played by goat men in Greek mythology?
Shamooski19
+1
Level 64
Aug 1, 2022
*Satyr. Not goat man, satyr.
Dimby
+1
Level 75
Jun 16, 2023
Fine, "goat person". And don't call me satyr.
joe12345
+1
Level 45
Jun 18, 2014
20-20 with 1:53 left and I dont play in band, and I'm 13
ashleighs
+7
Level 36
Apr 5, 2019
Now you're 18 and see how pointless this comment was.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
Probably not, cause I think most of the people that post their time are a lott older.
Jerry928
+1
Level 75
Jul 23, 2014
I'm sure the instrument you call a "lute" is actually an oud.
Roger77024
+1
Level 57
Aug 20, 2014
You should accept the English name MOUTH ORGAN for harmonica.
Lucy240
+2
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.
scobykat
+1
Level 64
Sep 4, 2014
Fiddle should be accepted for the violin because they are the same instrument just played differently.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 65
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.

ddddan
+1
Level 80
Aug 27, 2020
*song* - Twoset trigger alert
Nyneve922
+1
Level 41
Nov 6, 2014
Accept "sax" for "saxophone"?
Rozzi
+2
Level 60
Nov 12, 2014
Could you accept alpine horn please? Good quiz (apart from that!)
williamsw21
+2
Level 32
Dec 20, 2014
I got them all with over 3 minutes left without cheating and i'm only twelve
KingEureka
+6
Level 63
Aug 27, 2020
You're 17 now.
wesichi
+3
Level 33
Sep 6, 2023
he's 20 years old. time flies
QuizPUNK130
+2
Level 17
Dec 28, 2014
I play French Horn!!!
Moosefight
+1
Level 60
Jan 17, 2015
Possibly zampona for pan flute.
3mma
+1
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
ianb23ss
+1
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

akwildrose
+1
Level 52
Apr 23, 2015
Might want to accept mouth organ for harmonica, too. Cool quiz! :)
wildcat101a
+1
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
samrogerson
+3
Level 25
May 15, 2015
Can you accept 'pianoaccordion' for 'accordion'?
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Dec 17, 2016
It is not a piano accordion, as it has no keys. It is a pushbutton accordion.
Zupity
+1
Level 66
Jul 31, 2022
Maybe it's changed, but the one pictured today is a piano accordion, which is still not accepted as an answer.
xXeLeCtRoNiXx
+1
Level 21
May 21, 2015
please accept "maraca" for "maracas"
GeneralWaffle64
+1
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!)
JBrommit
+1
Level 54
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
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Dec 23, 2015
mouth organ isn't being accepted..
Carry
+1
Level 63
Jan 22, 2016
Ugh, for some reason I thought they were called Macaras.
Chargerfan007
+1
Level 36
Aug 18, 2016
I played the alphorn once
tommo1d
+1
Level 51
Sep 11, 2016
you should accept other spelling for maracas I tried moraccas morracas and morraccas
ChaosQuizzer
+1
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.
glue
+1
Level 17
Dec 6, 2016
can you accept marakkas, marrakkas, marrakas, marakas, marraccas, maraccas, marracas,
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Dec 17, 2016
Good try.
glue
+1
Level 17
Dec 6, 2016
easy 100% 2:22 left
bluesdjben
+1
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.
JohnOfili
+1
Level 41
Dec 17, 2016
ahh the Harmonica.. Hillary's least favourite instrument
Malbaby
+2
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.
JBlouw1850
+1
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"?
fromaj
+1
Level 69
May 20, 2018
I've seen both used, guess it depends on who you ask.
Magarara
+2
Level 54
May 21, 2017
When I type in Ricola I'd like to see Alphorn light up. Humor!
Danno
+1
Level 67
Jul 31, 2022
😂 I tried Ricola too, after Swiss horn didn't work.
SpicyPhil
+1
Level 47
Jun 20, 2017
I think "alps horn" should be an acceptable alternative to "alphorn"
maxxxxxi
+1
Level 22
Oct 9, 2017
Can you accept mouth organ for harmonica?
stylus
+1
Level 74
Oct 21, 2017
Technically, the name for the gong is the tamtam - accept this please
Malbaby
+1
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:
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 63
Nov 1, 2017
Steelpan? You are just playing with me, right...?
snoke001
+1
Level 10
Jan 7, 2018
Zounds, Hogan! Our mule has run away!
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jan 18, 2018
Like mixed questions? try Mal's General Knowledge 31 ......here it is
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Nov 5, 2019
Excellent quiz, Malbaby. Lots of cool nuggets in there. I hope a few will stick with me.
Jerry928
+1
Level 75
Apr 4, 2018
Also accept mouth organ?
Seasnails
+2
Level 68
May 20, 2018
Can you accept "squeeze box" for accordion? It's what it's commonly called in the UK.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 20, 2018
Okay
ander217
+3
Level 75
May 21, 2018
Somebody's got to say it...this quiz needs more cowbell.
tuzdayschild
+1
Level 56
May 21, 2018
I'm in total shock that I got alphorn. That was a complete guess. I tried Swiss horn first.
sulfuratus
+1
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.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
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.
fish1
+1
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.
TheAmazingSquid
+1
Level 18
Apr 24, 2019
finished with 1:57 left
bridog8456
+1
Level 47
Apr 29, 2019
I only got timpani because I typed in "kettle drum" thinking that's what the steelpan was called.
melbas
+1
Level 20
May 22, 2019
accordion is different to a piano accordion. the picture you have is a piano accordion.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
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)

JoanSR
+1
Level 73
Jul 21, 2019
pan's flute? anyone? that's the correct name and you know it
zakatan
+1
Level 65
Aug 28, 2020
Sure it is. It was the flute used by Pan ;-) please accept the s
nbagalore
+1
Level 17
Sep 2, 2019
great quiz
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 84
Nov 5, 2019
My uncle blew his liver out playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" on an alphorn. :-)
roadrage
+1
Level 68
Mar 27, 2020
For maracas I tried Rattle, shake shake, shaker...
Rockton
+1
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
NeilV
+1
Level 51
Jun 15, 2020
Accept Tam-Tam for Gong?
rlevingston
+1
Level 35
Jul 7, 2020
20/20 on the first try babyyyyy
slug
+1
Level 68
Aug 27, 2020
Thank you for accepting oud for lute! Nice surprise!
TheCrusher
+2
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.
Rinaldo
+2
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.
NTND
+3
Level 46
Aug 28, 2020
I completely forgot Clarinet. Squidward would be so disappointed.
syphus590
+1
Level 28
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

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GeoJosh
+1
Level 51
May 27, 2021
Soooo.... what in the world is a Timpani?
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 88
Jul 31, 2022
It's a musical instrument.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 87
Sep 22, 2022
it's also known as a kettledrum.
QuizApe
+1
Level 66
Aug 9, 2021
Can you accept 'Trumbone'?
Imbadatthis
+2
Level 28
Oct 25, 2021
That is incorrect spelling, I would not expect the Quiz-Master to add many wrong, and uncommon misspellings.
Ninor
+1
Level 56
Dec 12, 2021
I put slide trombone (what they were called in the band in Australia) and it didn't work. Weird.
jf15
+1
Level 63
Dec 14, 2021
Please accept mouth organ for harmonica.
Azerk
+1
Level 62
Oct 28, 2022
That's hilarious lmao
ellencharles
+1
Level 25
Jan 9, 2022
alphorn was confusing

.. flugel horn?

stevediverse
+2
Level 91
Jan 18, 2022
Look up flugel horn - it doesn't look anything like an alphorn.
stevediverse
+1
Level 91
Jan 18, 2022
Why are bagpipe and accordion listed in a musical instrument quiz?
Imbadatthis
+1
Level 28
Feb 28, 2022
Completed in 34 seconds!
freehuggs
+1
Level 61
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.
bossmamma
+1
Level 18
Dec 1, 2022
3:08 to spare
mierre
+1
Level 25
Mar 21, 2023
can you make euphonium another word for tuba?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 66
Aug 21, 2023
For alphorn at first it looked like he was playing golf with a really large club
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