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1. Instrument
Jeopardy
General Music Class

2. Wood-
Orchestra Strings Brass Percussion
winds
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

3. Orchestra
(100)
♫ The orchestra is made
up of four instrument
families.
Info True or False?
True

4. Orchestra
(200)
♫ What is the name of
the person who directs
the orchestra?
Info Answer:
The conductor

5. Orchestra
(300)
♫ What instrument family
is featured in an
orchestra and not in a
Band?
Info Answer:
Strings

6. Orchestra
(400)
♫ The average modern
orchestra has 90
members.
Info True or False?
True

7. Orchestra
(500)
♫ Where did the first
orchestra begin?
Answer:
Info
Egypt

8. Strings
(100)
♪ What are the 4 main
string instruments of the
orchestra?
Answer:
Info
Violin, Viola, Cello
and Double Bass

9. Strings
(200)
♪ What is the highest
pitched instrument in
the string family?
Info
Answer:
Violin

10. Strings
(300)
♪ The bodies of string
instruments are made of
wood and are hollow or
solid?
Info Answer:
Hollow

11. Strings
(400)
♪ The string section
makes up more than
half of the orchestra.
True or False?
Info
True

12. Strings
(500)
♪ What is the only
string instrument that
has pedals as well as
several strings?
Info Answer:
Harp

13. Woodwinds
(100)
♫ Woodwinds are all
made of wood.
True or False?
False
Info

14. Woodwinds
(200)
♫ You have to blow
into a woodwind
instrument in order to
produce a sound.
Info
True or False
True

15. Woodwinds
(300)
♫ What is the small piece
of wood-like material that is
used to produce sound on
some woodwinds?
Info Answer:
A Reed

16. Woodwinds
(400)
♫ What is the lowest
pitched woodwind
instrument of the
orchestra?
Info
Answer:
Bassoon

17. Woodwinds
(500)
♫ What woodwind
instrument plays the
tuning note at the
beginning of a concert?
Info
Answer:
Oboe

18. Brass
(100)
♪ All brass instruments
have a mouthpiece and
a bell.
True or False?
Info
True

19. Brass
(200)
♪ What lip technique is
used to produce sound
on a brass instrument?
Answer:
Info
Buzzing

20. Brass
(300)
♪ What is the only
brass instrument that
has a slide instead of
valves?
Info
Answer:
Trombone

21. Brass
(400)
♪ The brass section is
the softest in the
orchestra.
True or False?
Info
False

22. Brass
(500)
♪ What is the name of the
metal or plastic cone-shaped
object used by brass players to
soften the sound of their
instrument?
Info Answer:
A Mute

23. Percussion
(100)
♫ Sound is produced on
percussion instruments by
striking or shaking.
True or False?
Info
True

24. Percussion
(200)
♫ What is the instrument
that produces a
loud, crashing sound?
Answer:
Info
Cymbals

25. Percussion
(300)
♫ What is the lowest
sounding type of drum?
Answer:
Info
Bass Drum

26. Percussion
(400)
♫ What percussion
instrument looks like a
large xylophone and is
played with soft mallets?
Info
Answer:
Marimba

27. Percussion
(500)
♫ All percussion instruments
are untuned.
True or False?
Info
False To
Final
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28. Final
Jeopardy

29. Final Jeopardy
♫ What is the one instrument
in the orchestra that can be
part of either the string or the
percussion family?
Info
Answer: NYS Music
Standards
Piano

30. New York State
Music Standards