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. You can also subscribe to Self Improvement Wednesday by
copying this address into your podcast application: 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 h