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1. What U.S. city is known as the birthplace of jazz?
2. What band released the hit “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
3. What was Elvis Presley’s famous home called?
4. Which characteristic best distinguishes Bebop from the earlier Swing style?
5. What breathing technique allows a didgeridoo player to produce a continuous sound without pausing?
6. What component of the hurdy-gurdy acts like a continuous violin bow?
7. What are the unplayed strings on a sitar that vibrate in response to the main strings called?
8. How does the Mellotron generate its sounds when a key is pressed?
9. Where is the bow hair positioned on a traditional Chinese Erhu?
10. Which famous American polymath and Founding Father invented the Glass Armonica?
11. What objects are placed beneath the wooden bars of a Balafon to act as resonators?
12. How many holes does the pipe (flute) used in a 'Pipe and Tabor' set typically have?
13. Who is credited with adapting the African Mbira into the Western-tuned Kalimba?
14. Unlike the violin and cello, the double bass is tuned in what intervals?
15. What material is a traditional Indian Bansuri flute made from?
16. What is the primary difference between a concertina and an accordion?
17. In which island chain did the 'steel guitar' and its slide technique originate?
18. What replaces the bow in a hurdy-gurdy to create sound from the strings?
19. How does a glass harp player typically change the pitch of an individual glass?
20. What animal skin is traditionally used for the head of a West African Djembe?

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