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1
What band was the first to play on all 7 continents?
Metallica
Queen
The Beatles
Rascal Flatts
2
What was the original first line of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" before it was edited?
I'm sitting by a pool in Beverly Hills dreaming of...
I'm sitting in my car dreaming of...
I'm waiting at a brown ski lodge dreaming of...
I'm shopping at the mall in NYC dreaming of...
3
In what year digital music downloads create more profit than CD sales in the US?
2015
2012
2014
2013
4
Music therapy is often prescribed to what kind of patients?
stroke patients
cancer patients
heart attack patients
eating disorder patients
5
Rapper NoClue is the World's Fastest Rapper. How many syllables can he say in 1 second?
8
19
5
14
6
The Ocarina, a musical wind instrument, is also known as what?
the sweet potato
the music pebble
the twinkie
the whistle box
7
Which country has more heavy metal bands per capita than any other country in the world?
Finland
China
Brazil
USA
8
In 1975, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first to do what?
be recorded to a cassette tape
create a record
create a pop music video
be burned onto a CD
9
Which composer was 5 years old when he wrote his first piece of music?
Beethoven
Sousa
Mozart
Bach
10
Warner Music collected over $2 million in royalties in 2008 for public usage of what song?
ABC Song
Happy Birthday
Viva la Vida
I'm Yours
11
Michael Jackson bought the rights to what band's music in 1985 for $47.5 million?
The Monkees
Metallica
Blood Sweat & Tears
The Beatles
12
What is the world's best selling musical instrument?
guitar
trumpet
piano
harmonica
13
Jimmy Kimmel played what instrument?
cello
saxophone
clarinet
tuba
14
What 1 sound do you hear in John Cage's song titled "4 minutes and 33 seconds"?
tapping violin bows
blowing air through instruments with no authentic tones
silence
saxophone squawking
15
Which ear is better at listening to music?
left
right
16
What changes to mimic the music you listen to?
your brain
your eyesight
your heartbeat
your ears
17
For every $1000 of music sold, how much does the average musician make?
$23.40
$13.50
$100
$54.99
18
What does learning a musical instrument improve?
all of these
auditory discrimination skills
fine motor skills
reasoning skills
19
During a performance in the Sydney Opera House, what fell from the stage onto a cellist?
a chicken
a singer
a backdrop
a pig
20
What have studies proven that listening to heavy metal music can do?
causes fish to float to the top
causes bears to sleep longer
causes termites to eat wood faster
causes foxes to run farther
21
What is the name of a song you can't get out of your head?
earpup
ear tune
earworm
ear biscuit
22
Whose armonica invention was so popular that Mozart & Beethoven composed music for it?
Robert Schumann
Benjamin Franklin
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
23
How does the British Navy use Britney Spears music?
for dance breaks during long shifts
to boost morale during wartime
to scare off Somali pirates
to soothe their babies to sleep
24
What can music help severely brain-injured patients do?
understand language they hear
wake up from a coma
be able to speak again
recall personal memories
25
Which fact applies to Bruce Springstein's "Born in the USA" album?
last record made in the US
last cassette tape made in the US
first pop video created in the US
first CD pressed in the US
26
In 2015, what did astronaut Chris Hadfield do from space for the first time?
organized a live symphony concert on the space station
streamed a video concert live from space
made a musical instrument from moon rocks
recorded the first album entirely from space
27
What band instrument did Gwen Stefani and Celine Dion play in school?
clarinet
f horn
trumpet
flute
28
Your favorite song is probably your favorite because you associate it with what?
your birthday
an emotional event in your life
a favorite food
your daily routine
29
Which term was first used in 1937?
compact disc
pop artist
LP (long-playing) record
disc jockey
30
The song Jingle Bells was originally written for what holiday?
Christmas
Halloween
New Year's Day
Thanksgiving
