LA Phillllllllly Cheesesteak
José Ángel Salazar
True or false: students who take music classes score lower on tests than students who don't.
FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SCORE HIGHER!!!!
Fun fact: Listening to music can improve physical performance in sports.
What month was Jackie Robinson born in?
January, 31st 1919.
True or false: Giraffes are 30x more likely to be struck by lightning than humans.
True!!!!!!!!! (poor guys, not their fault they're so tall)
What music instrument family do the accordion and the harmonica belong to?
A. Percussion family
B. Idiophones family
C. Free-reed aerophone family
D. Strings family
C. Free-reed aerophone family!
What are the two names of the organ at the LA Phil?
2. "French Fries"
True or false: Music can help plants grow faster.
True!
Plants grow faster with music primarily because
sound waves produce vibrations that stimulate plant cells, boosting metabolic activity, nutrient transport, and photosynthesis.
What was invented in Pasadena in 1926?
A. The cheeseburger
B. Headphones
C. The flip-flop
D. Rosin
A. The cheeseburger was invented in Pasadena in 1926 at The Rite Spot.
What is the top speed a hippo can run in short bursts?
A. 15mph
B. 20mph
C. 25mph
D. 30mph
D. 30mph!!! Where their average running speed is 19-22mph.
How long did Miss Nevarez know how to play saxophone before teaching saxophone to an orphan in Romania when she was 20 years old?
A. 2 months
B. 2 weeks
C. 2 days
D. 2 minutes
D. 2 minutes..........like no joke. My friend who was a really good sax player taught me how to hold it, make a sound, and set an embouchure (mouth on a mouthpiece) 2 minutes before teaching a young Romanian child who was an orphan.
What year did the LA Phil start?
(1900-2000)
1919
True or False: Non-musicians rarely hear music in their dreams.
TRUE!
Trader Joe's
What is the largest rodent?
The Capybara
What is Mr. Hakeem's real last name?
Mr. Hakeem's full name is Hakeem Halloway.
Approximately how many pieces of wood does it take to make a standard violin?
(1-100)
70 pieces!
What does "Pasadena" mean?
Crown of the Valley
What animal is known as "nature's engineers"?
Beavers!
What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
Venus
Which composer composed the violin concerto?
Mendelssohn
How long is the longest officially released song in the world?
The longest officially released song in the world, called “The Rise and Fall of Bossanova,” is 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds long.
What famous movie was the Gamble House here in Pasadena?
Back to the Future
How fast is a Galapagos tortoise?
(Range 0.00-1.00pmh)
.16mph :'-)
What is the name of the plastic tip on a shoelace called?
An "aglet".