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Violin quiz

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  1. 1 Easy

    What is the carved curl at the top of a violin's neck called?

    Answer: Scroll

    Why: Scrolls usually trace a logarithmic spiral, though not the golden spiral that many books claim they follow.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which violinist was rumoured to have made a pact with the devil?

    Answer: Niccolò Paganini

    Why: The rumours outlived him: partly because of them, the Church refused him a Catholic burial, and he was not buried until 1876.

  3. 3 Hard

    Whose violin playing gave French a phrase for a hobby?

    Answer: Ingres

    Why: Ingres was no mere dabbler: from 13 to 16 he played second violin in the orchestra of Toulouse's Capitole.

  4. 4 Easy

    Where did the violin first appear?

    Answer: Italy

    Why: The earliest known pictures of violins, painted in northern Italy around 1530, show them with only three strings.

  5. 5 Medium

    What kind of glue holds most of a violin's joints?

    Answer: Hide glue

    Why: Hot water releases hide glue so a luthier can open a violin, while PVA must be cleaned off before a joint is reglued.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who wrote the Devil's Trill Sonata?

    Answer: Giuseppe Tartini

    Why: Its mature style leads scholars to date the sonata to as late as the 1740s.

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