Listen to this week's lesson about the origins of the ukulele and then take the online quiz.
Your lesson this week: Origins of the ukulele - from Madeiran guitar to Hawaiian icon.
Your teacher is Steve Roberts from the Blue Mountains Ukulele Club.
Listen to the podcast and then take this week's Self Improvement Quiz.
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1.In 1879, immigrants from which archipelago reportedly entertained Honoluluans with nightly street concerts?
c) Tierra del Fuego
2. Santo, Nunes and Dias were primarily what type of tradesmen?
d) Cabinet makers
3.What was an early name for a four-stringed Madeiran guitar?
4.Which is a common translation for the word ukulele?
a) Flying fox
b) Angry ant
c) Jumping flea
d) Busy bee
5.Which author's step-daughter wrote the only known first-hand account of the Hawaiian king playing the ukulele?
a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
b) Mark Twain
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Who along with his sons Leonardo and Julius started a production company claiming to have invented the ukulele?
a) Jose do Espirito Santo
b) Manuel Nunes
c) Augusto Dias
d) King David Kalakaua
7. Which expo is historically credited with popularising the ukulele and Hawaiian music on the mainland?
a) The Great Exhibition of 1851
b) Columbian Exposition of 1893
c) Exposition Universelle of 1900
d) Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915
8.In the early 20th century, ukuleles began to be manufactured en masse with which affordable material?
c) Koa wood
Answers: 1.b) 2.d) 3.a) 4.c) 5.d) 6.b) 7.d) 8.a)
Next week: Time in the ancient world with Dr Anne Rogerson from the University of Sydney.