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A name of a musical instrument is hidden in each of these phrases or sentences.
1. Which arm on Icarus held this instrument?
2. Man wearing kepi a novice player.
3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient instrument.
4. Educator Gandhi played Bach.
5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard.
6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade.
7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument.
8. Urban joke played on instrument.
9. Angelic playing with arpeggios.
10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed instrument.
1. Which arm on Icarus held this instrument?
2. Man wearing kepi a novice player.
3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient instrument.
4. Educator Gandhi played Bach.
5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard.
6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade.
7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument.
8. Urban joke played on instrument.
9. Angelic playing with arpeggios.
10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed instrument.
Answer
1. harmonica2. piano
3. lyre
4. organ
5. ocarina
6. piccolo
7. cello
8. banjo
9. harp
10. lute
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Expertly crafted and outstanding contribution to the site! I especially liked your selection of instruments .. no kazoo? Great job!!
i got some of them, but please let us know what the following instruments are like, I never heard of them: lyre, ocarina.
i loved it! i got all of them! this was a really fun teaser, thanks!
This teaser was not only fun to do but complex to the brain. Everybody need that once in a while.
Very good teaser and very creative as well. Difficult but fun and enjoyable - makes the brain wake up and think!
good job made me think a bunch
at first i was bummed that i didnt get 3, 5, and 10 but when i looked at the answer and i had no idea what the instruments were anyway. great teaser though!
i cant belive you didnt put in the best instrument ever, the clarinet!
Hoorah, that was fun. *suda something other...YAY! CLARINET!*
Except a couple of instruments I never heard of,got them all.Fun excerising for the brain.Thanks.
I sure had loads of fun with this really awsome teaser! Keep them coming as i enjoyed trying my hand at it a lot.
fun fun fun! I think this was my favorite teaser yet!
Got 'em all except lyre. I'd forgotten that was an instrument but I think I remember now it's the shape of a lyre bird's tail? Made me think. Good teaser, thanks.
nice quiz . keep up the good work
Without a doubt this is one of the tougher teasers. Great job, well thought out and put together. Really enjoyed this one.
that was great!! oi really enjoyed it!
I liked it but got it easily. But a rebus or riddle stumps me almost always. I'm good at words but little else, I guess
that was cool, I, unfortunately, never heard of an ocarina, although I picked that combo of letters out. thanks
A lyre, if I remember correctly, is small stringed instrument played by bards. I can't recall if it looks more like a hard or a guitar though. Just much smaller and easier to transport.
An ocarina, which I only know from Zelda of the same name. A small wind instrument, looks like a conch shell.
An ocarina, which I only know from Zelda of the same name. A small wind instrument, looks like a conch shell.
This was one of the tougher teasers I got 8 of them
I knew what a lyre was but missed it & one I have never heard of explained above. Thanks.
EXCELLENT JOB!
I knew what a lyre was but missed it & one I have never heard of explained above. Thanks.
EXCELLENT JOB!
Hi Lordmikel -- What is a Conch Shell for the Ocarina?????
Thanks.
Thanks.
Great teaser!!! I had all but one right. I don't know what an orcarina is. Thanks for posting. It was so much fun.
Monday~
Monday~
great teaser, i couldnt get lyre, but really fun!!!
ya, i only knew what an ocarina was from zelda
Aww, c'mon, where's the trumpet?
Posted on funtrivia.com on Aug 5, 2004. (By username: Minch.)
It really could be you that posted it; but I'm not sure. I'm sorry for accusing you if you are the actual author.
I'm sorry for the mini-rant but plagairism really irks me. (again, my apologies if you are the true author - but there's a big chance that you aren't)
I just checked - other of her teasers are from funtrivia.com.
The different things on funtrivia are from different usernames - so now I'm almost positive this is plagairized.
I know for a fact that people who have multiple accounts on funtrivia are banned - so you must not have posted all the different quizzes on funtrivia.
This really is unacceptable and is against Braingle rules.
10/10 ... my kind of Teaser!
I think a lyre is the type of stringed instrument that you see played by cherub angels.
And, can you believe that the ocarina is sometimes called a "sweet potato"?
I think a lyre is the type of stringed instrument that you see played by cherub angels.
And, can you believe that the ocarina is sometimes called a "sweet potato"?
I missed lute and had never heard of an ocarina...but good teaser!
Got 8 out of the 10 .Really enjoyed it.
9/10 isn't bad. I didn't even think of lute, but i like that you used ocarina in there. Good job!
Well 8 out of 10 at least. That was fun!
Not too easy, but not too hard. Enjoyed this one.
Good one!
That was fun! I liked the pun in #3 (Note: In Greek mythology, Orpheus was often associated with the lyre.)
Fun teaser. I found them all except # 3. I know all the instruments, I just could not find it. Lots of fun
Not a bad teaser, I would have written the sentences a LITTLE better, but this is fun and easy
However... If TRILLIONAIRE is correct about the plagiarism thing... not good.
However... If TRILLIONAIRE is correct about the plagiarism thing... not good.
10/10 #5 was tricky, I couldn't remember is it was ocarina or carina. I guessed right.
Not my type of teaser. I would rather look for a needle in a haystack.
Fun teaser - challenging! Thanks!
Got them all after a good bit of work-had fun!
Got them all after a good bit of work-had fun!
FINALLY I got them all. Fun, challenging teaser.
I've heard of an ocarina, but have no idea what it is. Thanks for posting!
I've heard of an ocarina, but have no idea what it is. Thanks for posting!
6 years, and aging memory, later....still got 'em all
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got them but it took a little time.
I enjoyed this more than I thought at the start. There is enough variety that everyone should take a moment to find the solution on at least one. The phrases seemed awkward at first, but since they all felt the same it became kind of trademark quirky cute by the end.
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