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Music of Carnival

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is NOT a type of music indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago?

a)

Calypso

b)

Reggae

c)

Rapso

d)

Chutney Soca

2.

The Mighty Spoiler, Lord Wonder, Atilla the Hun and Lord Beginner were:

a)

Rap Artists

b)

R&B Artists

c)

Calypsonians

d)

Dancers

3.

Who is the Father of Rapso?

a)

The Mighty Sparrow

b)

3 Canal

c)

Brother Resistance

d)

Lancelot Layne

4.

Which of these artists combined Calypso and Indian rhythms to create Soca?

a)

Garfield Blackman

b)

Sonny Mann

c)

Lord Kitchener

d)

Nailah Blackman

5.

The Steelpan is the only instrument invented in which century?

a)

18th century

b)

22nd century

c)

19th century

d)

20th century

6.

Which artist is credited with naming the genre Chutney Soca?

a)

Drupatee Ramgoonai

b)

Machel Montano

c)

Lord Shorty

d)

Mungal Patesar

7.

True or False?

Rapso music was considered uncommercial and was ignored by record companies.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of these artforms was called the ‘poor man’s newspaper’?

a)

Chutney Soca

b)

Calypso

c)

Rapso

d)

Hip hop

9.

By the 1980’s Garfield Blackman became disenchanted with what others did to the music he created.

True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of these instruments is NOT used in Chutney Soca?

a)

Dholak

b)

Guitar

c)

Harmonium

d)

Harpsichord