True or False: Music

Explication : TRUE! Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) is universally known as "The King" of rock.

Explication : FALSE! The transverse flute is a wind instrument from the woodwind family.

Explication : TRUE! Beethoven began losing his hearing around age 26 and was almost completely deaf for the last 10 years of his life.

Explication : FALSE! Rap was born in the Bronx, New York, USA in the late 1970s.

Explication : TRUE! Composed in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle, it has been the national anthem since 1879.

Explication : FALSE! A quartet (from Latin quatuor = four) is made up of 4 musicians.

Explication : TRUE! Michael Jackson (1958-2009) is known worldwide as "The King of Pop".

Explication : FALSE! The piano is a struck string instrument (keyboard percussion).

Explication : TRUE! Bob Marley (1945-1981) was born in Nine Mile, Jamaica and remains the global icon of reggae.

Explication : FALSE! The harp is a plucked string instrument.

Explication : TRUE! The violin has 4 strings tuned in fifths: G, D, A, E.

Explication : FALSE! Madonna Louise Ciccone is American, born in Bay City, Michigan in 1958.

Explication : TRUE! ABBA was formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid.

Explication : FALSE! An octave contains 8 notes (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C). The word comes from Latin "octavus" = eighth.

Explication : TRUE! Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) was the iconic lead singer and co-founder of Queen.

Explication : FALSE! While it requires precision, the triangle is relatively simple. The most difficult instruments include the violin, oboe, or French horn.