Accordion Knowledge Quiz – Test the Details

Cyrill Demian of Vienna patented an instrument called the accordion in 1829, and this accordion knowledge quiz squeezes through its global journey. Learn how bellows push air across free reeds, piano versus button accordions, the bandoneon in Argentine tango, Cajun and zydeco music in Louisiana, French musette and Mexican norteño.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Demian
Who patented the accordion in Vienna in 1829?
Reeds
What makes sound inside an accordion?
Bellows
What part does the player squeeze and pull?
Bandoneon
Which accordion relative is central to tango?
Piazzolla
Which Argentine bandoneon player created nuevo tango?
Zydeco
In which US state did zydeco develop?
Musette
Which country's musette style features the accordion?
Norteño
Which Mexican music style features the accordion?
Types
What does a piano accordion have on its right side?
Castelfidardo
Which Italian town is a historic accordion-making center?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who patented the accordion in Vienna in 1829?
Answer: Cyrill Demian
It had buttons for chords.
Q2: What makes sound inside an accordion?
Answer: Free reeds vibrated by air
Bellows push the air.
Q3: What part does the player squeeze and pull?
Answer: The bellows
Direction can change the note.
Q4: Which accordion relative is central to tango?
Answer: Bandoneon
It came from Germany.
Q5: Which Argentine bandoneon player created nuevo tango?
Answer: Astor Piazzolla
Libertango is famous.
Q6: In which US state did zydeco develop?
Answer: Louisiana
It uses accordion and washboard.
Q7: Which country's musette style features the accordion?
Answer: France
It filled Paris dance halls.
Q8: Which Mexican music style features the accordion?
Answer: Norteño
German immigrants influenced it.
Q9: What does a piano accordion have on its right side?
Answer: A piano-style keyboard
Button accordions use buttons.
Q10: Which Italian town is a historic accordion-making center?
Answer: Castelfidardo
It has an accordion museum.

Accordion Knowledge Quiz – The Squeezebox's Journey

The accordion is a free-reed instrument: squeezing and pulling the bellows pushes air across metal reeds that vibrate to make sound. Cyrill Demian patented an instrument called the accordion in Vienna in 1829.

Accordions come in piano and button types, with bass buttons on the left side. Italian towns like Castelfidardo became major manufacturing centers, and immigrants carried the accordion around the world, where it took on many local styles.

In Argentina the related bandoneon became central to tango, and Astor Piazzolla created nuevo tango. The accordion drives Louisiana's Cajun and zydeco music, French musette in Paris dance halls and Mexican norteño, influenced by German immigrants.

What This Quiz Teaches

Musicians and world music fans will enjoy these questions.

Who patented the accordion
What makes its sound
Which instrument drives tango
Where zydeco developed
Which Italian town makes accordions

Did You Know?

The concertina is a smaller relative.
Weird Al Yankovic plays accordion.
Polka uses accordion.
Clifton Chenier was the King of Zydeco.
Accordions can weigh over 10 kilograms.