Summer Music Academy Jeopardy

Musical Instruments

100

This is a bass instrument that uses its slide to change pitch.

Trombone

200

This metallic percussion instrument is name after its rudimentary shape.

Triangle

300

This mallet percussion instrument has a peddle that lets notes ring.  It's used a lot in smooth jazz.

Vibraphone

400

Hey diddle, diddle!  This instrument is traditionally used in bluegrass and country music.

Fiddle

500

This member of the woodwind family has a piercing sound like an oboe, but is lower in pitch.  Has a famous solo in the second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.

English Horn

American Cities

100

This city was once the place where immigrants first arrived from countries abroad at Ellis Island.  Also known for lady liberty.

New York City

200

This city houses the liberty bell and is where the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Philadelphia

300

This city is known for the film industry and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Los Angeles

400

This city, south of Lake Eerie, is known for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Cleveland

500

This city is known for a fire that devastated its infrastructure in the late 19th century, but is now widely viewed as a beacon of architectural design.

Chicago

Gen Z Slang

100

Made popular by the game "Among Us," this term is used when something is shady or amiss.

Sus

200

This term means to lie.

Cap

300

Used as a confirmation or "yes."

Bet

400

This term means to tell someone about your drama.

Spilling the Tea

500

This term means outdated, or not at all trendy.

Cheugy

Mascots

100

He's the Bobcat mascot of Ohio University.

Rufus

200

This yellow mouse creature is the face of the Pokemon Company.

Pikachu

300

He's on the box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.  He's Great!

Tony the Tiger

400

He's known for his famous Kentucky Fried Chicken

Colonel Sanders

500

This wealthy man is the mascot of Monopoly.

Rich Uncle Pennybags

Composers

100

Famous for Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Symphony No. 40.  His famous Requiem was unfinished at his death.

Mozart

200

The opening motif of his 5th Symphony is perhaps the most recognizable of classical music.

Beethoven

300

This composer is famous for film scores such as "Star Wars," and "Indiana Jones."

John Williams

400

This Romantic era Czech composer moved to the United States in 1892 and wrote music inspired by the sounds of America.

Dvorak

500

This American Composer is known for his works "Appalachian Spring" and "Fanfare for the Common Man."

Aaron Copeland