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Music Genre Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which musical genre originated as an expressive folksong in narrative verse with text typically about love?

a)

Maracatu

b)

Ballad

c)

Apala

d)

Afrobeat

2.

Who is known as the 'Philippine Queen of Bossa Nova'?

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Madonna

c)

Sitti Navarro

d)

Bob Marley

3.

Which musical genre is dominated by bass guitar and drums, strongly influenced by traditional mento and calypso music?

a)

Reggae

b)

Blues

c)

Cumbia

d)

Samba

4.

What is the name of the African drum shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands?

a)

Apala

b)

Maracatu

c)

Marabi

d)

Djembe

5.

Which dance and music originated in Brazil, with three steps to every bar?

a)

Cumbia

b)

Reggae

c)

Samba

d)

Maracatu

6.

What are percussion instruments that are either struck with a mallet or against one another called?

a)

Chordophones

b)

Idiophones

c)

Membranophones

d)

Lamellaphones

7.

Which instrument produces sounds from the vibration of strings?

a)

Idiophones

b)

Chordophones

c)

Aerophones

d)

Membranophones

8.

What is the South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s that evolved into 'African Jazz' called?

a)

Reggae

b)

Afrobeat

c)

Samba

d)

Marabi

9.

Who is known as 'The King of Pop'?

a)

Bob Marley

b)

Sitti Navarro

c)

Madonna

d)

Michael Jackson

10.

What is the term used to describe the fusion of West African with black American music?

a)

Reggae

b)

Apala

c)

Afrobeat

d)

Maracatu

11.

Which musical genre is a popular courtship dance with European and African instrumentation and characteristics?

a)

Ballad

b)

Blues

c)

Cumbia

d)

Samba

12.

What is the method where the second musical phrase acts as a direct commentary on or response to the first called?

a)

Maracatu

b)

Afrobeat

c)

Apala

d)

Call and Response

13.

Which instrument has vibrating animal membranes used in drums?

a)

Membranophones

b)

Idiophones

c)

Chordophones

d)

Lamellaphones

14.

What is the musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan called?

a)

Reggae

b)

Afrobeat

c)

Apala

d)

Maracatu

15.

Which dance and music has a lively and rhythmical feel with three steps to every bar?

a)

Blues

b)

Reggae

c)

Cumbia

d)

Samba