Test your knowledge of Manx music with another fun quiz by Culture Vannin

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1. Composers Harry and Haydn Wood had another very musical brother. What was his name?

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2. Jackie Kermode from Port Mooar was well known for performing which dance?

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3. Who was known as the ‘Mother of Manx music’?

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4. Who wrote the “Fantasia on Manx National Melodies”, recently performed by young saxophonist Joshua Brown?

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5. Which Manx act won the Trophée Loïc Raison at the Lorient festival in 2008?

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6. What is the proper name of the singer “Phillie the Desert”?

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7. Which elusive tune had Bill Pheric heard from the ‘little people’ when he was walking home late at night across Druidale?

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8. Who collected the tune, “Kiaulleaght Kiune” from Mrs Clague of Dalby?

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9. What does “Cur Shaghey yn Geurey” (AKA Step Dance) mean?

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10. Which band represented the Isle of Man at the Pan-Celtic Song Contest in Ireland with original Gaelic song, “Manannan Mac y Leirr”?

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