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The Myanmar Police Band is a military/police band formation affiliated with the Myanmar Police Force.
Answer: True
The Myanmar Police Band is explicitly identified as a military/police band formation affiliated with the Myanmar Police Force.
The Myanmar Police Band is the only militarized marching band within the Myanmar Armed Forces.
Answer: False
The Myanmar Police Band is described as 'one of several militarized marching bands within the Myanmar Armed Forces,' indicating it is not the sole such formation.
The Burmese name for the Myanmar Police Band is 'ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ တီးဝိုင်း'.
Answer: True
The flashcard explicitly provides the Burmese name for the Myanmar Police Band as 'ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ တီးဝိုင်း'.
The Myanmar Police Band is primarily based in Yangon.
Answer: True
The Myanmar Police Band is explicitly stated to be based in Yangon.
What is the primary affiliation of the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: The Myanmar Police Force
The Myanmar Police Band is a military/police band formation that is part of the Myanmar Police Force.
Where is the Myanmar Police Band primarily based?
Answer: Yangon
The Myanmar Police Band is primarily based in Yangon.
What is the Burmese name for the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: 'ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ တီးဝိုင်း'
The Burmese name for the Myanmar Police Band is 'ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ တီးဝိုင်း'.
The Myanmar Police Band holds the distinction of being Myanmar's oldest brass band.
Answer: True
The Myanmar Police Band is recognized as Myanmar's oldest brass band, a distinction explicitly mentioned in the source material.
The Myanmar Police Band was founded in 1948, the same year Myanmar achieved independence.
Answer: False
The Myanmar Police Band was founded in 1945, three years prior to Myanmar achieving independence in 1948.
The initial recruits for the Myanmar Police Band were exclusively Burmese soldiers.
Answer: False
The initial recruits for the band were Indian soldiers and Gurkhas from Nepal, not exclusively Burmese soldiers.
The primary duty of the initial recruits for the Myanmar Police Band was to perform during flag-raising ceremonies.
Answer: True
The primary duty of the initial recruits was indeed to perform during flag-raising ceremonies.
The newly formed band initially consisted of 240 recruits who received their training in Yangon.
Answer: False
The initial band consisted of 13 recruits trained in Mandalay, not 240 recruits trained in Yangon.
The initial trained recruits were sent to various towns to expand the band's capabilities by training other uniformed musicians.
Answer: True
The trained recruits were indeed sent to different towns to train other uniformed musicians, thereby expanding the band's capabilities.
What historical distinction does the Myanmar Police Band hold within Myanmar?
Answer: It is the oldest brass band.
The Myanmar Police Band is recognized as Myanmar's oldest brass band.
In what year was the Myanmar Police Band founded?
Answer: 1945
The Myanmar Police Band was established in 1945.
Who were the initial recruits for the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: Indian soldiers and Gurkhas from Nepal
The initial recruits for the Myanmar Police Band were Indian soldiers and Gurkhas from Nepal.
What was the primary duty of the initial recruits of the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: Performing during flag-raising ceremonies
The primary duty of the initial recruits was to perform during flag-raising ceremonies.
How many recruits formed the initial Myanmar Police Band, and where were they trained?
Answer: 13 recruits, trained in Mandalay
The initial band consisted of 13 recruits who received their training in Mandalay.
The Myanmar Police Band was established in 1945, how many years before Myanmar achieved independence from the British Empire?
Answer: Three years
The Myanmar Police Band was founded in 1945, three years before Myanmar gained independence from the British Empire.
U Ba Tin led the Rangoon Armed Police Band for approximately one decade.
Answer: False
U Ba Tin led the Rangoon Armed Police Band for nearly three decades, not approximately one decade.
Under U Ba Tin's leadership, the Rangoon Armed Police Band consisted of 35 members.
Answer: True
Under U Ba Tin's leadership, the Rangoon Armed Police Band indeed consisted of 35 members.
Major U Myo Kyi, the current director of the Myanmar Police Band, is the son of U Ba Tin.
Answer: True
Major U Myo Kyi, the current director, is confirmed to be the son of U Ba Tin.
Major U Myo Kyi assumed the directorship of the band in 1977.
Answer: False
Major U Myo Kyi assumed the directorship in 1997, not 1977; he joined the band in 1977.
Major U Myo Kyi became director during the period of military rule under the State Peace and Development Council.
Answer: True
Major U Myo Kyi became director in 1997, a period explicitly noted as military rule under the State Peace and Development Council.
Major U Myo Kyi learned to play the saxophone before the clarinet.
Answer: False
Major U Myo Kyi learned to play the clarinet in 1974 and subsequently learned the saxophone, indicating the clarinet was learned first.
Major U Myo Kyi joined the Myanmar Police Band when he was 18 years old in 1977.
Answer: True
Major U Myo Kyi joined the band in 1977 at the age of 18, as stated in the source.
Major U Myo Kyi expanded the band's public profile by personally providing background music for films and radio broadcasts.
Answer: True
Major U Myo Kyi expanded the band's public profile through his personal contributions of background music for films and radio broadcasts.
The famous movie 'Sone Yay' for which Major U Myo Kyi provided background music was released in 1997.
Answer: False
The movie 'Sone Yay,' featuring Major U Myo Kyi's background music, was released in August 1990, not 1997.
Who was U Ba Tin's role in the Rangoon Armed Police Band (RAP)?
Answer: Its band director for nearly three decades
U Ba Tin served as the band director for the Rangoon Armed Police Band for nearly three decades.
How many members did the Rangoon Armed Police Band have under U Ba Tin's direction?
Answer: 35
Under U Ba Tin's leadership, the Rangoon Armed Police Band consisted of 35 members.
Who is the current director of the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: Major U Myo Kyi
Major U Myo Kyi is identified as the current director of the Myanmar Police Band.
In what year did Major U Myo Kyi assume the directorship of the band?
Answer: 1997
Major U Myo Kyi assumed the directorship of the band in 1997.
What was the political administration in power when Major U Myo Kyi became director?
Answer: The State Peace and Development Council
Major U Myo Kyi became director in 1997, during the period of military rule under the State Peace and Development Council.
Which instrument did Major U Myo Kyi learn to play first in 1974?
Answer: Clarinet
Major U Myo Kyi learned to play the clarinet in 1974, prior to learning the saxophone.
At what age did Major U Myo Kyi join the Myanmar Police Band in 1977?
Answer: 18
Major U Myo Kyi joined the band in 1977 when he was 18 years old.
How did Major U Myo Kyi contribute to expanding the band's public profile?
Answer: By personally providing background music for films and radio broadcasts
Major U Myo Kyi expanded the band's public profile by personally providing background music for films and radio broadcasts.
What was the title of a famous movie for which Major U Myo Kyi provided background music, released in August 1990?
Answer: 'Sone Yay'
The famous movie for which Major U Myo Kyi provided background music, released in August 1990, was 'Sone Yay'.
The Myanmar Police Band is a company-sized organization comprising 120 musicians.
Answer: False
The Myanmar Police Band is a battalion-sized organization with 240 musicians in total, not a company-sized organization of 120 musicians, although C Company does have 120 members.
The marching band format of the Myanmar Police Band is modeled after British and Malaysian military traditions.
Answer: True
The marching band format of the Myanmar Police Band is explicitly stated to be modeled after British and Malaysian military traditions.
Since 1997, the Myanmar Police Band has regularly performed at military parades and official receptions.
Answer: True
Since 1997, the Myanmar Police Band has consistently performed at military parades and official receptions.
The Myanmar Police Band is organized into three companies: A, B, and C.
Answer: True
The Myanmar Police Band is indeed organized into three companies: A, B, and C.
C Company of the Myanmar Police Band has 42 members.
Answer: False
C Company of the Myanmar Police Band has 120 members, while A Company has 42 members.
A Company of the Myanmar Police Band is responsible for performing at significant national ceremonies like Armed Forces Day.
Answer: True
A Company is specifically tasked with performing at significant national ceremonies, including events such as Armed Forces Day and Independence Day.
How many musicians comprise the Myanmar Police Band in total?
Answer: 240
The Myanmar Police Band is a battalion-sized organization comprising 240 musicians in total.
Which military traditions influenced the marching band format of the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: British and Malaysian
The marching band format of the Myanmar Police Band is modeled after British and Malaysian military traditions.
Since what year has the Myanmar Police Band consistently performed at military parades and official receptions?
Answer: 1997
Since 1997, the Myanmar Police Band has consistently performed at military parades and official receptions.
Into how many companies is the Myanmar Police Band organized?
Answer: Three
The Myanmar Police Band is organized into three companies: A, B, and C.
Which company within the Myanmar Police Band has 120 members?
Answer: C Company
C Company of the Myanmar Police Band is specified as having 120 members.
What are the primary performance responsibilities of A Company within the Myanmar Police Band?
Answer: Performing at significant national ceremonies
A Company is primarily responsible for performing at significant national ceremonies, such as Armed Forces Day and Independence Day.
What types of events do B and C Companies of the Myanmar Police Band typically perform at?
Answer: Smaller-scale events like graduation ceremonies
B and C Companies are generally responsible for performing at smaller-scale events, such as graduation ceremonies.
The Myanmar Police Band made its first international trip in 2017 to Singapore.
Answer: False
The band's first international trip was in 2006 to Malaysia, not in 2017 to Singapore.
During its first trip abroad in 2006, the Myanmar Police Band performed alongside 10 other bands from ASEAN.
Answer: True
During its first international trip to Malaysia in 2006, the Myanmar Police Band performed with 10 other bands from ASEAN.
The International Police Band Concert was first hosted by the Myanmar Police Band in 2006.
Answer: False
The Myanmar Police Band hosted the International Police Band Concert for the first time in 2017, not in 2006.
The International Police Band Concert hosted by the Myanmar Police Band in 2017 took place in Kyauktada Township.
Answer: True
The International Police Band Concert hosted by the Myanmar Police Band in 2017 indeed took place in the Kyauktada Township.
The Myanmar Police Band performs annually in the International Police Band Concert with police bands from Vietnam and Singapore.
Answer: True
The Myanmar Police Band participates annually in the International Police Band Concert, performing with police bands from Vietnam and Singapore.
When and where did the Myanmar Police Band undertake its first international trip?
Answer: 2006, Malaysia
The Myanmar Police Band made its first international trip in 2006 to Malaysia.
With which international organization's bands did the Myanmar Police Band perform during its first trip abroad?
Answer: ASEAN
During its first trip abroad in Malaysia in 2006, the Myanmar Police Band performed alongside 10 other bands from ASEAN.
What significant international event did the Myanmar Police Band host for the first time in 2017?
Answer: The International Police Band Concert
In 2017, the Myanmar Police Band hosted the International Police Band Concert for the first time.
In which township did the International Police Band Concert take place when Myanmar hosted it for the first time?
Answer: Kyauktada Township
The International Police Band Concert, hosted by Myanmar for the first time in 2017, took place in the Kyauktada Township.
With which countries' police bands does the Myanmar Police Band perform annually at the International Police Band Concert?
Answer: Vietnam and Singapore
The Myanmar Police Band performs annually with police bands from Vietnam and Singapore at the International Police Band Concert.