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Different Drums

Created by socalmiguel

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Different Drums game quiz
"The drum has a global cultural significance that far surpasses its use as a mere musical instrument. This quiz explores ten different drums and drummers culled from our universal cultural heritage."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which American author wrote: "If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away"?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Elizabeth Alexander
    Robert Frost
    Henry David Thoreau


2. The Drum Major of the 3rd U. S. Infantry Regiment "Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps" does not carry the traditional mace of a drum major. Which does he or she carry?
    espontoon
    baton
    truncheon
    musket


3. Which was the name of a type of drum likely used by a medieval drummer?
    Dulcian
    Dulcimer
    Rebec
    Tabor


4. Which was the original title of the classic Christmas carol "The Little Drummer Boy"?
    Carol of the Drum
    The Newborn King
    A Poor Boy's Gift
    Jesu Bambino


5. Written as a novel in 1956 and adapted to film in 1973, "Bang the Drum Slowly" was a story about which?
    Recycling
    War
    Baseball
    Music


6. The 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song" (filmed 1961, Universal ) brought a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical to which actress?
    Sandra Oh
    Miyoshi Umeki
    Nancy Kwan
    Reiko Sato


7. The first type of drum to be used in orchestral performances over 300 years ago was the "timpani" or "kettle drum". The body or base of a timpani is constructed of which material?
    Mahogany
    Shellacked papier mache
    Tinker-toys
    Copper


8. In the performance of traditional Japanese "Gagaku" or classical Imperial court music, which was the drum?
    Sho
    Koto
    Taiko
    Biwa


9. Who was Aiken Drum?
    A Dallas Cowboys quarterback
    A German metaphysicist
    A sore drummer
    A Scottish brownie


10. In 1963, as the body of President John F. Kennedy was transported by horse-drawn caisson from the White House to the Capitol Rotunda to lie in state, which other instrument was played during the solemn procession in addition to muffled drums?
    The bagpipes of The Black Watch, Royal Regiment of Scotland
    The fifes of the Marine Band
    The bugles of the Navy Band
    No other instruments were played


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