Different Drums

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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"? Elizabeth Alexander Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Robert Frost

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? musket truncheon espontoon baton

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"? Jesu Bambino A Poor Boy's Gift Carol of the Drum The Newborn King

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

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 Copper Tinker-toys Shellacked papier mache

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

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