Fine Arts Academic Bowl, 2019

Cymbals and castanets were introduced into Egyptian music through contact with ______.

The headdress of King Tut is:

The first lyre recorded in Egypt was in a painting of Semitic nomads coming down to Egypt

guilds of temple singers in _ became a comm. ,which studied the official liturgical literature

(E) Which instruments are native to Egypt?

The names of almost all Egyptian instruments have been lost

The Obelisk of King Thutmose was transported by:

(E) The most highly prized instrument of Egypt was:

The style of the carvings on "The Narmer Palette Rise and Fall" reveal that:

Which instruments were depicted on an archaic seal from Ur dating from 2800 BCE?

The Standard of Ur is:

As evidenced in the porto-cuneiform tablet, _ is the most important legacy left by S. Mesopo...

In its unique continuity, ___ history gives the best picture of evolution in the field of music

In ancient Egypt, one's work was highly valued by the community.

Why is the tomb of King Tutankhamun so famous?

In the War scene on the Standard of Ur, the captives and dead enemies are:

the Funerary Mask of King Tut is inscribed with a magic spell for protection.

What is the Sumerian name of the drum meaning "The Great Bulls Hide"?

Enharmonic equivalence is the same thing as octave equivalence

in music, _______ is associated with harshness, unpleasantness, or unacceptability

A sphinx was a mythical beast with a ____ body and a man's head.

True or False: Shabti figures were owned by people from all walks of life.

(E) Which instrument has existed for five thousand years without any change?

The chromatic scale is a musical scale with thirteen pitches

In the wooden model of an army platoon, the soldiers ride chariots.

Distances in primitive music depend on:

Most shabti figures were made of stone or wood

Identify this piece:

The circular impressions on a proto-cuneiform tablet represent which of the following:

In Ancient Israel, music was performed by ___________.

The first instrument that Egyptian sources recorded is the ________.

On the whole, this figure is:

True or false: Jewish trumpets were usually found in pairs

When Ram in a Thicket was discovered, it was :

made from cypress, though exotic woods and precious metals used to decorate.

The cantors in the temples of Oriental Jews performed:

The Tell Asmar Hoard is a collection of ________ statues

Which statement best applies to Egyptian tombs?

the burnt bricks of the ziggurat are set in:

The pictures of cylinder seals illustrate religious beliefs and myths as well as daily life

(E) Egyptian artworks were often:

Law and logic, measure and reckoning are features of:

What is the term used for a shaken instrument?

The Egyptian harp was NOT enharmonic

(e) the angular harp came to Egypt from:

The ziggurat was a shrine of the moon god and ___, the patron deity of Ur.

In the New Kingdom, the Egyptian lyre in considered the main _______.

In Jewish music history, no mention, is made of professional musicians

Identify the artwork:

In ancient Egypt, when the chariot was introduced, it was:

(E) True or False: Castanets were considered properly Egyptian

Only example of major style change in Egyptian art before Greco-Roman period:

Water organ. Disputed whether or not the instrument was present and existed at this time at all

True or False: The bust of Nefertiti is extremely stylized.

this tablet has pictographs, also called ______.

Sharp means:

The chariots on the war panel of the inlaid box are rendered in great detail

because its sound recalled the God Seth,the inhabitants of Busiris and Lycopolis made no use of

Identify the piece:

The main building of the Temple at Philae was built by:

An outstanding feature of the Sumerian statues in _______.

Egyptian musicians tuned their instruments beyond:

(M) The history of higher civilizations can be traced to its beginning in Mesopotamia

The Babylonian angled harp could be played _______.

Of the votive statues of the Tell Amsar hoard (12) , ___ are male, and __ are female.

In "The Tomb Owner Hunting", the owner is depicted alongside his:

The Sumerian drum was made of

Most of the eyes on the votive statues from the Temple of Abu are made from inlays of ______.

Most ancient civilizations credited the origins of music to:

(E) What is the first Egyptian instrument recorded?

The interior chambers and passageways of Khufu's pyramids are fairly standard & traditional

The statue of King Akhenaten has exaggerated facial features: a long nose, a hanging chin, and

Merchants,soldiers,scribes,priests,craftsmen,cooks,kings,and slaves used cylinder seals

When Christ entered Jabirus' home to bring his "dead" daughter back life, he found ______

We know the authentic names of practically all Egyptian instruments because ___________.

Women used frame drums in rites connected to the worship of

At the top of Circle of Fifths, which key has no sharps or flats?

At the time of its completion, the Great Pyramid would have been:

Identify the piece:

The function of shabti figures is made clear:

True or False: the nevel (a stringed instrument) can be traced back to Moses

Each shabti doll was inscribed with a __ which specified the function of that particular figure

In the early Palestinian period, Hebrew music came in contact with worship of _______ deities.

Identify this Mesopotamian artifact

In ancient Egypt, chariots were a:

The absence of Neferatari's husband while communing with Isis indicates the Queen's __

revealed to historians that statues were made of important people in the E comm,not just kings?

Nearly all of Egypt's ancient instruments were discarded when southwest Asia was conquered

(E)True or False: The clarinet originated in Egypt

the Egyptians considered the after-life a continuation of one's earthly existence

The base of the Ram in a Thicket is decorated with a mosaic of shell, red limestone, and:

Which of the following art works depict a mythical beast?

The smallest of the Votive Statues from the Temple of Abu is made from:

The reason why pyramids currently have brick facades is ________.

Shabti figures represented:

"King in a Chariot" is a trademark of:

Which instrument was usually played at Jewish weddings?

In traditional Egyptian paintings, human faces are shown:

Which of the following works of art are notable for large eyes as a stylistic feature?

True or False: Ram in a thicket is one of a pair of figures

Jewish people refused to play this instrument during the Babylonian exile bc it symbolized joy

True or False: King Tut's funerary mask wears a headdress with stripes

Identify this Egyptian work:

The construction of the ziggurat was finished by:

An inventory of the presents offered to King Amenophis IV of Egypt lists how many horns?

"Nefertiti" is believed to have been crafted in 1345 B.C. by the sculptor:

The pair of rams in "Ram in a Thicket" more closely resembles which animal?

King Akhenaten is depicted with a distorted physique not present elsewhere in Ancient Egypt art

The LEAST likely source of information about the musical instruments of Mesopotamia is _____.

In Egyptian tomb reliefs, singers are pictured as:

Pylons mimic the hieroglyph for:

(M) Which animals would sometimes be carved in the body of the lyre?

One of the statues of King Akhenaten shows the King apparently nude and lacking genitals

the God of the Dead had his own public works projects and __ answered his call for the deceased

When Southeast Asia was conquered by the pharaohs of the 18th dynasty,the subjugated kings sent

(E) Sistrum were used by women to worship which goddess?

In the image of Nefertari and Isis, Isis is wearing ______ clothing.

Proto-cuneiform is another name for:

Which statement best applies to the relationship between Egyptian sculpture and painting?

Which is the correct timeline?

The walls of the inner chamber of the pyramid of King Unas are covered in:

The Great Pyramid was built by the pharaoh

Musical expression was rare in Ancient Israel

On the funerary mask, Tutankhamun wears:

Which types of instrument did the Mesopotamians prefer?

The Mesopotamian civilization preferred ________.

When rolled on wet clay, the cylinder seal left an impression that could prove ownership

Which of the following is considered a true masterpiece?

any harmonic set of pitches consisting of two or more notes that are heard as if simultaneous

Which statement best applies to the Egyptian temples?

The Funerary Mask of King Tut was filled with:

(e) in a relief from 3000 BC, which instrument is accompanying vintagers pressing grapes?

(M) Where were depictions of musicians found?

Egypt was strongly influenced by what?

What was the function of this structure?

The Standard of Ur was found in one of the largest royal tombs in Egypt

In the wooden Statue of Sensuret I, the king is carrying:

In the Geese of Meidum, the two geese on the edges of the piece:

On the whole, Sumerian art can be called ________.

The oval surrounding a cartouche was meant to:

The sphinx is depicted as wearing the same headdress as a Pharaoh

How many sides does a pyramid have?

Merism is a literary device used by Sumerians that uses visual parallelism. It is used on ___

The asor is most likely a:

Which is the relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale, their key sigs, etc

All Jewish melodies are composed of already-made:

What is the name of a musical scale with five notes per octave?

An idiophonic instrument is:

(E) The lyre was _____?

Why were tombs so important to ancient Egyptians?

In "The Tomb Owner Hunting", what is the animal hunting?

Musical instruments in the Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods were use principally _______.

Identify this structure

During orchestra performances, one instrument begins to attract attention, then others join?

(M) Sistra are shaped like

Musical instruments in Mesopotamia were _______.

Which of the following is one of the earliest representations of Sumerian army?

if 2 notes have the same pitch but different letter names and accidentals, they are enharmonic

A cartouche is:

The lower register of the war scene on the Standard of Ur shows:

the wooden model of an army platoon was likely intended to guard the dead in the afterlife

a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of resolution or finality

What place are we going to take this year?

in music, categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds

Why has so many Egyptian instruments been preserved over time?

Modern scholars study the music of Ancient Israel through _______.

Tombs containing a shabti for every day of the year have been discovered.

The reason for the burial of the Tell Asmar Hoard and the persons responsible for doing so:

(E) Concussion sticks were used for what?

Primitive music is:

The Ziggurat of Ur was a piece in a temple complex that served as:

Which of the following is NOT a change in the lyre in the Babylonian period?

The piece "Inlaid Box" is widely known as:

"The Tomb Owner Hunting" could most accurately be described as:

The strings of the kinnor were made from sheep gut

Pitches belonging to the same pitch class do not have octave equivalence

Another word for pyramidion is:

In a relief of the Elamic Court depicted in 650 BCE, seven harpist are doing what?

In Egyptian art, the human figures are usually depicted in a more realistic style.

Egyptians believed that pictorial reps of domestic, everyday life would secure equal afterlife

The earliest traceable melodies have:

Originally the naos systrum was _______.

A semitone is also called:

The largest of Votive Statues from the temple of Abu may be a representation of:

(e) Prehistoric vases depict female figures:

The statue of King Akhenaten has a _____ on the ruler's forehead.

Which of the following is considered the most recognizable piece associated with Egypt?

Artisans, peasants, and workmen are responsible for:

a musical scale with 12 pitches, each a semitone above or below its adjacent pitches

(E) In Egyptian cultures, the invention of the trumpet was credited to :

Pyramids were built using a large workforce achieved by the system of _ or unpaid,unfree labor

Both the hair and clothing of the Votive Statues accurately reflect Sumerian styles of the time

True or False: Ram in a Thicket was discovered in near perfect condition

Strings for instruments (specifically the kinnor) were made of:

Logogenic is music that is:

The notes F # and G ♭ are enharmonic equivalents

(M) Hollow rattles were believed to be the instruments of serious musicians

The broad collar on the mask of King Tut ends at each shoulder with a ____ the symbol of Horus.

Shepherds strumming the long-necked flute were _______.

The horns and fleece of the Ram in a Thicket are made from:

Nefertiti is made from painted:

(m) On a sumerian seal at the louvre, a sitting shepherd plays a long vertical flute while

The earliest art found in Sumer was _______.

Two ____ frame the top of the Narmer Palette.

What is a sphinx?

In the Quartzite Statue, the Chief lector/priest Padiamenope is:

A cylinder seal is found, its shape,size,material,& decorative style help identify its time.

Who founded the first official body of musicians?

In the afterlife, shabti figures were believed to work in place of the dead for the god:

It is noteworthy that Nefertari's husband, Ramses II, is _ in the scenese of Nerfertari & Isis

Dividing a stringed instrument in such a way that the string decides the scale is called:

Which of the following are the types of the pentatonic scales?

Audible time beating was known in Egypt

Lutes in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt were played _______.

The present form of the Standard of Ur is:

In the War scene of the Standard of Ur, the king is standing taller than any other on top of a:

True or False: Jewish women's music is virtually the same as the men's.

What was the name of the Greco-Egyptian water organ?

The votive statues from the temple at Abu were neatly stacked in an oblong cavity near an altar

Jewish pipe blowing may also be described as holding the power to induce a state of trance

Up until the discovery of this palette (what palette?), King Narmer was unknown to history

What is one of the steadiest elements in the evolution of mankind?

The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Gaza was topped with:

Concussion clubs were played by __________.

True or False: Queen Nefertari and Isis is a very stylized piece.

Pylons were:

Women's influence is strong in shaping the structure of melody

Which of the following represents the plural in Egyptian imager?

True or False: Most cylinder seals were made of stone.

What is the last wax method?

(E) Double clarinets are best known by what name?

____ is the Egyptian God of wisdom, credited to having written 42 books and inventing the lyre.

Identify this piece:

It is likely the Assyrians adopted the lute from the Egyptians

About 400 years after the obelisk of King Thutmose, Ramses IV added his own _ to either side.

The Ram in a Thicket's ears were made of:

In modern music A♭ and G♯ areconsidered ___________.

Both the hair and clothing of the votive statues accurately reflect ___ styles of the time.

The war scene of the Standard of Ur represented by:

A primary reason the arts flourished in Sumer was the ______.

The frame of a lyre is shaped like:

Egyptian and Sumerian vocal were likely not concerned with:

refers to an instrument contrasting with stringed instruments. likely a vertical flute.

In pyramid-building, blocks were hauled from the quarries to the building site using:

(E) The lute was exclusively played by whom?

a tremendous amount of musical have been excavated from Mesopotamia

Circular impressions alongside the pictographs on the proto-cuneiform tablet represented #s

Cylinder seals were used:

Which is TRUE about Sumerian art?

Ram in a Thicket was titled after:

The Geese of Meidum is done in painted _____.

The wooden Statue of Senusret I could be characterized as:

Shabti dolls were:

In Queen Nefertari and Isis, the figures are not making any kind of physical contact.

What are the types of harp:

Most cylinder seals were of:

To the ear, the sequence of fourths gives an impression of settling, also known as:

The melodies of Jewish tunes were passed from generation to generation:

The musical possibilities of all the vertical Egyptian flute includes all EXCEPT

"Cuneiform" means

Which piece caused the subject to become one of the most famous women of the ancient world?

_____ are the most numerous type of artifact to survive from ancient Egypt (besides scarabs)

When ____ a cylinder seal will leave an impression on clay.

Much of tomb paintings was concerned with _______.

The Great Sphinx of Giza acts as:

Sumerian harps were played in____________.

At the temple of Philae, at the main gateway, stand two Roman style _ carved from pink granite

Which instrument was referred to as "King David's Harp"?

What is an obelisk?

Jewish women accompany songs on frame drums or:

these were said to have been played when David carried the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem

Every shabti doll was hand-carved to express the task the shabti formula described.

During the Common Era, temple choirs were composed of twelve men, all between the ages of:

Pylons were symbolic in the temple as a place of:

The Temple at Philae was primarily dedicated to:

How many known types of idiophones were used between the Tigres and Euphrates?

The pictures on the cylinder seals illustrate religious beliefs and myths as well as

There are grooves cut into the side of the pylons at Philae to support:

Long after it had disappeared from everyday use, the language of worship in Mesopotamia was ___

During the Old Kingdom of Egypt(2900 – 2475 BC), the musical instruments used were ___________.

What are the figures with large eyes, often with hands clasped?

Foreign instruments made their way into Ancient Israel in the time of _______.

(e) In Iran and Assyria, the Egyptian harp is known as "an enharmonic triangular instrument"

When a note or chord moves from dissonance to consonance, it is said to have:

Bells were primarily

In the image of Queen Nefertari and Isis, the two figures can be seen:

In ancient Egypt, on the whole, art was ______.

In the wooden model of an army platoon, the soldiers are carrying ___ and shields.

The more shabti dolls one had, the more leisure time one could expect to enjoy in the _____.

What did music begin with?

What is the most disputed musical term in the Hebrew language?

Where were most instruments found?

The careful placement of the votive statues of Abu suggests that they were buried:

The proto-cuneiform tablet is made from:

As depicted in the wooden statue of Sensusret I, the king is:

In the Geese of Meidum, there are differences in the __ of the birds that breaks the symmetry

The Geese of Meidum depicts how many geese?

The idea of drawing God's attention to his worshippers by blowing a loud horn was common.

Which was an instrument of joy and happiness?

Consonance is associated with:

In which book of the Bible is the music of the last Babylonian empire referenced?

Jewish music has lived ________ years without interruption.

(E) True or False: Egyptian music was inspired by melodic impulses, rather than rhythm

The obelisks at the Temple at Philae were:

Tombs and burials were very important in Ancient Egypt. The reason was ______.

What was the primary building material used to construct ziggurats?

The heads of Egyptian clapperswere carved in the shape of allof the following EXCEPT________.

The vertical flute of Ancient Egypt was___________.

Which of the following made the subject famous for their good looks?

What is a cartouche?

True or False: Sumerian singers are usually mentioned without instruments.

The scales of Egyptian pipes depended on:

The pentatonic scale has ___.

(E) Vertical flutes are best known by their Persian name:

The more shabti dolls one could afford corresponded to one's personal wealth

On the Narmer Palette, the king is depicted:

A cartouche is...

(E) The Greek historian Plutarch compared the sound of an Egyptian trumpet to an ass's bray?

The Wooden Statue of Senusret I is:

A pyramid is essentially ______.

Tutankhamun's head cloth is:

Amongst ancient civilizations, music was placed among the phenomena of:

True or False: Late Egyptian music might be preserved in the chant of Coptic churches.

The ceiling in the inner chamber of the pyramid of King Unas is decorated with:

Which are the names of cymbals?

The key signature with three sharps is _____.

Which scale contains one or more semitones?

Pentatonic scales with semitones are called:

What was so notable about Uruk?

The distortion of the features of King Akhenaten was a common trend across Egypt

The oldest records of organized and systematized music are Sumerian and:

The Obelisk of King Thutmose I is made from:

The standard of Ur is:

The bell was often used a defense against

in music, this is associated with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability

The Ram in a Thicket features a tree covered in ______.

(M) Straight trumpets were primarily played by

an interval or mathematical ratio which is the closest and most consonant non-octave interval

True or False: The Standard of Ur survived in only a fragmentary condition

The soldiers in the wooden model of an army platoon are standing in:

The statue of chief lector-priest Padiamenope is:

What does the word "asor" mean?

(m) The sumerian name for the vertical flute is ti-gi

On the Funerary Mask of King Tut, which two animals are present on the King's brow?