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These musical instrument trivia questions tell the history of instruments in four rounds: flutes and the oldest instruments, Mesopotamia to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance to the synthesizer, and names and classification.
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Musical instruments trivia questions and answers in four rounds
The flute trivia questions open the pack: bone flutes from Slovenia, Germany and China. From Mesopotamia to the Middle Ages has the lyres of Ur, the Roman tibia and the carnyx of the Celts. From the Renaissance to the synthesizer ends with samplers and MIDI. Names and classification sorts chordophones from membranophones.
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Tap a choice to check it; the reason and the article it was read in appear with the answer. After the first ten questions the card offers Print question sheet, and More options there holds Topic, for one round.
Questions and answers
What are some easy trivia questions about instruments?
What is a person who plays an instrument called? Which Greek god is said to have invented the pan pipes? Which instrument took the lute's place from about 1750? The answers are an instrumentalist, Pan and the guitar.
What is the oldest musical instrument?
A flute. The Divje Babe flute, a pierced bone found in Slovenia in 1995, is disputed; bone flutes from the Swabian Alps of Germany, 30,000 to 37,000 years old, are more commonly accepted as the oldest known.
Are there guitar and drum questions?
A few. The guitar comes up where it replaces the lute and where it is built for left-handed players, and drums among the first instruments of all. Most questions are about flutes, lyres, organs and classification.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Musical instrument, which every question links. No maker's brand, living player or song title is asked.