Question 1
What is the title of the musician who leads an ensemble from the podium?
- Conductor
- Concertmaster
- Soloist
- Composer
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Conductor
Music · Classical & Stage
Orchestras trivia quiz
How well do you really know Orchestras? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 120 Orchestras questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the Orchestras questions cover
- American Orchestras
- Concert Cities
- Conducting
- Dynamics
- Famous Ensembles
- French Baroque
- Instrument Families
- Mendelssohn
- Percussion
- Period Performance
- Theodore Thomas
- American Founding
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Question 2
Which bowed instrument is the largest and produces the lowest notes in a standard ensemble?
- Cello
- Double bass
- Viola
- Violin
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Double bass
Question 3
Which woodwind instrument commonly uses a single reed and has a cylindrical black body?
- Bassoon
- Flute
- Clarinet
- Oboe
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Clarinet
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a Orchestras match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Orchestras questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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