Brass Band Brain Buster



1. What is another name for an Eb tuba?

Tubby
Sackbut
Bombardons
Stritchorn

2. A word used by Gevaert to describe the cornet.

Fab
Devine
Stultifying
Boorish

3. What do you call a copper and zinc alloy?

Silver
Brass
Nickel
Tin

4. Italian name for soprano cornet?

Cornettino
Sopriano
Cornetto
Screechiano

5. Ancient name for a trombone?

Saschorn
Slidhorn
Armbone
Sackbut

6. What is a junior office of a calvery troop called?

Lachy
Hornette
Drummer
Cornet

7. In what year was Sousa born?

1918
1890
Wish he hadn't
1854

8. Major F.J. Ricketts pen name?

Alford
Sousa
Bogey
Milford

9. Composer's name that wrote some of the first music for tuba?

Sousa
Puccini
Verdi
Berlioz

10. A name for the tubes inserted in trumpets to change their pitch.

Crooks
Shanks
Pitchers
Valve pipes