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Now Listen While I Play My Green Tambourine Quiz

The tambourine is an ancient instrument which has been played in everything from temple worship to hard rock. This quiz will jingle your memory as you answer questions about tambourines throughout music history.

A multiple-choice quiz by ertrum. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ertrum

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
275,684

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
635

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The tambourine is an ancient hand drum. What sets it apart from other hand drums, such as the bongo, bodhran or djembe? Hint

two drumheads

snares

no drumhead

jingles

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Question 2 of 10

2. The tambourine was played in Bible times. Which book of the Bible mentions the tambourine? Hint

All of these

Exodus

Genesis

Psalms

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Question 3 of 10

3. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky uses the tambourine as a part of the driving beat at the end of the "Russian Dance" in which famous ballet and the suite derived from it? Hint

Swan Lake

The Nutcracker

Romeo and Juliette

Cinderella

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which Stravinsky ballet is a tambourine dropped on the floor as the Moor beheads the hero? Hint

The Rite of Spring

Pulcinella

The Firebird

Petroushka

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Question 5 of 10

5. Maurice Ravel uses many instruments in "Bolero". However, tambourine is not one of them.

True

False

6. What is the name of the band that Steeleye Span alumni Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick formed, which features tambourine on the song "The Foxhunt"? The band is unusual because it includes trumpet and trombone alongside the more common folk instruments. Hint

Silly Wizard

Brass Monkey

Horselips

The Chieftans

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ian Anderson and his merry men, better known as Jethro Tull, used a tambourine in the quiet part of one of their songs. The title of that song answers the question "What will make you feel much better?" Hint

A Pint of Ale

Songs From the Wood

Heavy Horses

A Lovely Maid

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Oregon band, The Shins, use a tambourine in the opening of their song "Sea Legs". On which album was this song released? Hint

Oh Inverted World

Fighting in a Sack

Chutes too Narrow

Wincing the Night Away

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Drop a dime before I walk away
Any song you want I'll gladly play
Money feeds my music machine
Now listen while I play
My green tambourine" Who sang these lyrics? Hint

The Cowslips

The Lemon Pipers

The Lovin' Spoonful

The Mothers of Invention

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Question 10 of 10

10. Bob Dylan released his song, "Mr. Tambourine Man" in 1965, shortly after the Byrds' version of the same song had been released. Which, if either, of Bob Dylan's or the Byrds' versions of the song has a tambourine as part of the instrumentation? Hint

Neither has tambourines in them

Bob Dylan's version

The Byrds' version

Both have tambourines in them

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The tambourine is an ancient hand drum. What sets it apart from other hand drums, such as the bongo, bodhran or djembe?

Answer: jingles

The jingles, discs of metal set into the sides of the tambourine, set it apart from other drums. Tambourines may be made with our without drumheads, though the ones used in orchestras typically have a single drumhead.

2. The tambourine was played in Bible times. Which book of the Bible mentions the tambourine?

Answer: All of these

In Genesis, Laban, Jacob's father-in-law, complains that Jacob had fled his household without saying anything. "Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps?" (Genesis 31:22 NIV)
In Exodus, Miriam, Moses' sister, took a tambourine and sang
"Sing to the LORD,
for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider
he has hurled into the sea." (Exodus 15:21 NIV)
The tambourine appears in four Psalms: 68, 81, 149, and 150.

3. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky uses the tambourine as a part of the driving beat at the end of the "Russian Dance" in which famous ballet and the suite derived from it?

Answer: The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky was fond of "unusual" orchestra instruments, and used the harp and celeste, along with the tambourine in "The Nutcracker". "The Nutcracker" suite, which was performed before the ballet was, became much more popular than the ballet, though the ballet has been gaining in popularity as a Christmas tradition.

4. In which Stravinsky ballet is a tambourine dropped on the floor as the Moor beheads the hero?

Answer: Petroushka

The Moor, carrying an axe, chases Petroushka across the stage, and finally catches and beheads him.

Stravinsky's "Petroushka" was first composed in 1911, then revised in 1947. It was one of the three ballets, along with "The Firebird" and "The Rite of Spring" that Stravinsky composed for Serge Diaghilev's "Ballets Russes".

Thanks to TabbyTom for reminding me of this.

5. Maurice Ravel uses many instruments in "Bolero". However, tambourine is not one of them.

Answer: True

Ravel's "Bolero", which was first performed in 1928, has parts for saxophone in addition to the usual instruments of the orchestra, but does not include tambourine.

Answer: Brass Monkey

Brass Monkey had a three year life span, from 1984 to 1987, during which time they recorded two LPs. They then reunited in 1997. Their 2004 album, "Flame of Fire", was the band's fifth.

Answer: Songs From the Wood

"Songs From the Wood" was the title track of Jethro Tull's 1977 album, which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

8. The Oregon band, The Shins, use a tambourine in the opening of their song "Sea Legs". On which album was this song released?

Answer: Wincing the Night Away

The Shins were originally called Flake Music.

"Wincing the Night Away" was released in January, 2007, and entered the US Billboard charts at number two.

9. "Drop a dime before I walk away Any song you want I'll gladly play Money feeds my music machine Now listen while I play My green tambourine" Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: The Lemon Pipers

The Lemon Pipers' "Green Tambourine" reached number one on the US Billboard charts in 1968. "Green Tambourine" was written by Paul Leka and Shelly Pinz.

Answer: The Byrds' version

Dylan uses tambourines in other songs, like "Like a Rolling Stone", "Maggie's Farm", or "Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35". But he didn't on "Mr. Tambourine Man".

"Mr. Tambourine Man" is listed twice in "Rolling Stone's" list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Byrds' version is number 79, while Dylan's version is number 106.

Source: Author ertrum

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