The University of Maryland at College Park

School of Music
Trombone Studio Class 2020
Matthew Guilford, Instructor

76 Trombone-Related Trivia Questions

(multiple choice: circle A, B or C)
1. A shofar, one of the most ancient A) 1920’s
wind instruments is derived from: B) 1970’s
A) a conch shell C) 1890’s
B) a ram’s horn
C) a calf’s bone 11.Bass clef is also known as the:
A) C clef
2. Brass is an alloy of: B) F clef
A) bronze & tin C) Bb clef
B)copper & zinc
C) gold & copper 12.The axial-flow valve is also known
as the:
3. The trombone is: A) Greenhoe valve
A) a conical instrument B) Thayer valve
B) an ovate instrument C) Hagmann valve
C) a cylindrical instrument
13.The song 76 Trombones was
4. A modern tenor trombone is written for this musical:
pitched in: A) The Book of Mormon
A) Bb B) Cats
B) C C) The Music Man
C) F

5. Troy Andrews is the real name of:

A) Slide Hampton
B) Pedal-tone Pete 14.On a Vincent Bach Model 42G, the
C) Trombone Shorty “G” refers to:
6. The German word for trombone is: A) Giardinelli
A) basun B) gold brass
B) buccina C) general
C) posaune 15.Former principal trombone with
7. An alto trombone is pitched in: the Munich Philharmonic:
A) Bb A) Abbie Conant
B) Eb B) Angela Merkel
C) F C) Susan Addison

16.A modern symphonic tenor

trombone bell is:
8. The rotary valve was invented A) 8.5” in diameter
around: B) 9.5” in diameter
A) 1820-1840 C) 6” in diameter
B) 1900-1920
C) 1880-1890 17.This trombonist and bandleader’s
plane disappeared in 1944:
9. The inner slide of a trombone is A) Jack Teagarten
composed of: B) Tommy Dorsey
A) brass C) Glenn Miller
B) silver
C) nickel 18.Yellow brass has more:
A) zinc in the alloy
10. The in-line double-valve bass B) gold in the alloy
trombone first appeared in C) lead in the alloy
production:
19.A cimbasso is:
A) an early tuba
B) a valved brass instrument used
in operas of Verdi & Puccini
C) a cinnamon gelato
20.In bass clef, top line A sounds at:
A) 440 cycles per second
B) 220 cycles per second
C) 110 cycles per second
21.The 2B SilverSonic was a
trombone manufactured by:
A) Conn
B) Holton
C) King
22.In Bartok’s Concerto for
Orchestra, the glissandi in
Mvmt. IV for bass trombone
and 2nd trombone represent:
A) death
B) a Bronx cheer or raspberry
C) two bears
23.Toby Oft is principal
trombonist of the:
A) Buffalo Philharmonic
B) Boston Symphony
C) Portland Symphony
24.Jazz trombonist Steve Turre is
also known for his playing on:
A) harmonica
B) Alp horn
C) conch shells
25.Ferdinand David was a
contemporary of:
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Felix Mendelssohn
C) J.S. Bach
26.The first major symphony
scored with 3 trombones:
A) Beethoven-Symphony #5
B) Schumann-Symphony #1
C)Haydn-Symphony #104
27.Trombone manufacturer based
in Bremen, Germany:
A) Thein
B) Haag
C) Frankenbone
28.This composer’s trombone
concerto received the 1993
Pulitzer Prize for Music:
A) John Corigliano
B) John Adams
C) Christopher Rouse
29.Bill Watrous is:
A) Trombonist of the Empire
Brass
B) A jazz trombonist and
soloist
C) A trombone mouthpiece
maker
30.Jazz trombonists frequently
paired on recordings of the
1960’s:
A) J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
B) Steve Turre & Slide
Hampton
C) Glenn Miller & Jack
Teagarten
31.Sordino” means:
A) “play with sourness”
B) mute in Italian
C) slide in Italian
32.Man known as Mr. Bass
Trombone:
A) Charles Vernon
 B) Raymond Premru A) New York
C) George Roberts B) Virginia
C) Indiana
33.Trombonist Johannes Rochut
transcribed the vocalises of: 40.The term for playing and
A) Guiseppe Verdi vocalizing simultaneously:
B) Marco Bordogni A) cantabile
C) Vladislav Blazhevitch B) multiphonics
C) double-buzzing
34.Trombonist in the rock group,
“Chicago”: 41.Arthur Pryor was trombone
A) Jim Pugh soloist with the :
B)Mike Davis A) John Phillip Sousa Band
C) James Pankow B) Goldman Band
C) Paul Whiteman Band
35. Groundbreaking jazz
trombonist/arranger : 42.“Lassus Trombone” was
A) Sonny Liston composed by:
B) Peggy Lipton A) John Phillip Sousa
C) Melba Liston B) Henry Fillmore
C) Julius Fucik

43.This trombonist plays left

handed:
A) Kid Ory
36.“Tailgate trombone” refers to:
A) playing with the slide B) Jimmy Knepper
C) Slide Hampton
pointed downward
B) a New Orleans Dixieland 44.This composer played the
style of playing with glissandos trombone rather badly:
and smears A) Anton Bruckner
C) playing in positions 5 thru 7 B) Richard Strauss
exclusively C) Edward Elgar
37.Symphonic work featuring a 2nd 45.Founder of the International
trombone solo: Trombone Association:
A) The Pines of Rome-Respighi A) Thomas Everett
B) La Gazza Ladra Overture- B) Christian Lindberg
Rossini C) Ralph Sauer
C) Russian Easter Overture-
Rimsky-Korsakov 46.Immediate precursor to the
modern trombone:
38.This trombonist often tours A) ophicleide
with the Rolling Stones: B) buccina
A) Mike Davis C) sackbut
B) Bill Reichenbach
C) Mick Trigger 47.Composer who first
championed use of the
39.Vincent Bach Mt. Vernon contrabass trombone:
trombones were produced in: A) Gustav Mahler
 B) Richard Wagner 55.Actor who portrayed Glenn
C) Edgard Varese Miller in the movie, “The Glenn
Miller Story”:
48.NY Philharmonic trombone A) Jimmy Stewart
section of the 1940’s & 1950’s: B) Marlon Brando
A) Pulis, Van Haney & C) Ernest Borgnine
Ostrander
B) Alessi, Finlayson & Harwood 56.Bass trombonist with the
C) Friedman, Crisafulli & Cincinnati Symphony (1952-
Kleinhammer 1985) A) Danny
Glover B)
49.Emory Remington was Dorothy Ziegler
trombone professor at: C) Betty Glover
A) Oberlin
B) Juilliard 57.Language in which the word
C) Eastman for paperclip is synonymous
with trombone:
50.# of trombones in Beethoven’s A) French
Symphony #6: B) Dutch
A) one C) Russian
B) two
C) three

51.Instrument that IS scored in

Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of
Spring”:
A) bass trumpet
B) contrabass trombone
C) euphonium
52.The diaphragm is:
A) abdominal muscles
B) muscle that separates the
chest cavity from the abdomen
C) membrane surrounding the
lungs
58. Principal trombone in the
Milwaukee Symphony (2020):
A) Vanessa Fralick
B) Amanda Stewart
C) Megumi Kanda
59.Embouchure is the French
word pertaining to the:
A) nose
B) mouth
C) chin

53.“I’m Getting Sentimental Over
You” was a trombone solo
made famous by:
A) Frank Rosolino
B) Bobby Burgess
C) Tommy Dorsey
54.The 1st significant trombonist
of the Be-Bop era was:
A) Harold Betters
B) J.J. Johnson
C) Jiggs Whigham
60.A normal range for human lung
vital capacity is:
A) 3 to 5 liters
B) 1 to 2 liters
C) 8 to 9 liters
61.Arnold Jacobs was:
A) a British composer
B) a trombone player
C) a tuba player and pedagogue
62.Approximate decibel level of
the trombone:
A) 60-70 dB
 B) 85-114 dB
C) 120-150 dB
63.Adolph Herseth was:
A) Principal trombonist of the
Berlin Philharmonic
B) Principal Horn of the
Cleveland Orchestra
C) Principal trumpet of the
Chicago Symphony
64.In performing the Sequenza V
by Luciano Berio, the trombone
soloist is summoned to play the
role of:
A) Canio, the clown from “I
Pagliacci”
B) Grock, a famous European
clown
C) Iago, the villain from
“Othello”
65.“Morceau de Concours” is the
French term for:
A) concerto
B) sonata
C) competition piece
66.The term vibrato refers to:
A) an oscillation of pitch for
expression
B) vibration of sound caused by
extreme volume
C) the written text of an opera
67.The alto and tenor clefs are
both:
A) C clefs
B) Bb clefs
C) G clefs
68.The ability to sustain tone(s)
while inhaling through the
nose is called:
A) long tones
B) Alexander Technique
C) circular breathing
69.The bore size of a brass
instrument refers to:
A) the inner diameter of the
inner slide
B) the size of the mouthpiece
rim
C) the length of the instrument
70.Musical term found at the
beginning of Wagner’s “Ride of
The Valkyries”:
A) Langsam
B) Pesante
C) Lebhaft
71.Jazz trombonist who’s specialty
was plunger playing:
A) Al Grey
B) Joel Grey
C) Carter Brey
72.This bass trombonist has
played in the orchestras of
Baltimore, San Francisco,
Philadelphia and Chicago:
A) John Engelkes
B) Charles Vernon
C) Blair Bollinger
73.This composer of the movies
soundtrack to “The Godfather”
also wrote a trombone
concerto:
A) Miklos Rosza
B) Nino Rota
C ) Bernard Hermann
74.Three trombones accompany
Sarastro in a famous bass aria
from this Mozart opera:
A) Fidelio
B) Don Giovanni
C) The Magic Flute
75.Jazz trombonist who
specialized in multi-phonics:
A) Wankel Albertsdorf
B) Royce Landon
C) Albert Mangelsdorff

76.Symphony with no parts for

trombone:
A) Mahler-Symph. #4
B) Mendelssohn-Symph. #5
C) Schumann-Symp. #1