Statistics for Musical Instruments

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Smallest member of the orchestral strings family	Violin	95%
Keyboard instrument often found in churches	Pipe Organ	93%
Stringed instrument most often tuned to E-A-G-D	Double Bass	86%
The instrument played by Emmanuel Pahud	Flute	84%
Woodwind instrument invented in the classical era and favoured by Mozart	Clarinet	83%
Instrument invented by Adolphe Sax	Saxophone	82%
A smaller, higher pitched instrument similar to ^	Piccolo	76%
Family of instruments including marimba and guiro	Percussion	75%
Brass instrument with a large, often detachable bell and rotary valves	French Horn	59%
Keyboard instrument commonly featured in Baroque music, precursor of the piano	Harpsichord	59%
Percussion instrument often tuned to tonic and dominant in Classical music	Timpani	50%
Instrument of Australian origin, a wooden tube	Didgeridoo	44%
A double reed instrument pitched a perfect fifth below the oboe	Cor Anglais	43%
Family of instruments which can play 'spiccato'	Strings	42%
Medieval woodwind instrument used as a soloist in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2	Recorder	27%
Member of the double reeds family which transposes down an octave	Contrabassoon	26%
Famously plays the ostinato in Ravel's Bolero	Snare drum	18%