9 of Spades

in 2013 the rock band _______________ played concerts in all 7 continents (including Antarctica)

• U2

• the Rolling Stones

• Metallica

• Coldplay

none of _________________ could read or write music and they never understood music theory

• the Beatles

• One Direction

• Red Hot Chili Peppers

• twenty one pilots

the British Navy, sailing off Africa's east coast, blasted songs by _____________ to scare Somali pirates (who strongly dislike Western culture and music)

• Motorhead

• Billie Eilish

• Bruno Mars

• Britney Spears

Canadian _______________ spent 144 days in the ISS, recording an album there called 'Space Sessions: Songs for a Tin Can'

• Christine Sinclair

• Steve Nash

• Chris Hadfield

• Wayne Gretzky

_____________ has the most metal bands per capita, with 53 metal bands per 100,000 people (ten times the number for UK or US)

• Denmark

• Sweden

• Norway

• Finland

music helps:

• snakes to slither faster

• fish to swim faster

• chickens lay eggs faster

• plants grow faster

famous saying: music is . . .

• a universal language

• soothing recreation

• strong brain food

• good for the soul

one study in Barcelona found that about _______ % of people feel nothing toward music

• 10

• 5

• 15

• 1

singing in a group is soothing and raises one's spirits and mood by releasing ____________ and reducing stress-causing cortisol

• phosphor

• nitrogen

• oxytocin

• calcium

in 1893 the Hill sisters wrote "Happy Birthday" for their kindergarten class, and royalties for playing the song have made the owners of the copyright $__________ per day ($2 million per year)

• 50,000

• 500

• 150

• 5,000