Q 01/05

In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of instruments, what type of instrument is a drum?

A) An idiophone

B) An aerophone

C) A chordophone

D) A membranophone

Answer · why

D) A membranophone

A membranophone. The system sorts instruments by what vibrates: a drum sounds through its stretched membrane, while a cymbal, whose whole body rings, ...

Q 02/05

Which Nirvana drummer went on to front Foo Fighters as singer and guitarist?

A) Taylor Hawkins

B) Dave Grohl

C) Chad Smith

D) Travis Barker

Answer · why

B) Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl. Foo Fighters began as his one-man project: in October 1994 he recorded the debut album in about a week, playing nearly every instrument hi...

Q 03/05

On modern drums, the head is held on by a rim tightened by screws known as what?

A) Tension rods

B) Bearing edges

C) Lugs

D) Drum keys

Answer · why

A) Tension rods

Tension rods. Each one screws into a lug on the shell, and turning them tightens or slackens the head, which is how a drum is tuned.

Q 04/05

Drums made with the skin of which animal have been found at Neolithic sites in China?

A) Water buffalo

B) Mountain goat

C) Alligator

D) Sika deer

Answer · why

C) Alligator

Alligator. The earliest such drums come from Dawenkou culture sites in eastern China, where alligators probably then lived along the coast, with the h...

Q 05/05

The ornate bronze Dong Son drums were made by a Bronze Age culture in which modern country?

A) Vietnam

B) Indonesia

C) China

D) Thailand

Answer · why

A) Vietnam

Vietnam. The Dong Son people of the Red River region were seafarers who traded across Southeast Asia, which is why their bronze drums have turned up a...