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100

Who was the lead singer of the rock band Queen?

Freddy Mercury

100

Which Baroque composer wrote music for orphaned girls?

Antonio Vivaldi

100

Which is the only population an MT-BC needs special training to work with?

NICU patients

100

Which neurotransmitter is released and which is reduced, making a "musical high" possible?

Dopamine is released and cortisol is reduced

100
On which day of the year is International Piano Day celebrated?

The 88th day of the year, or March 29th (or 28th on leap years)

200

Which country artist started the Imagination Library?

Dolly Parton

200

Which female composer resumed her career as a touring pianist after the death of her husband?

Clara Wieck Schumann

200

Name the four Bruscia music therapy approaches.

Recreative, Receptive, Compositional, and Improvisational

200

Which hormone is responsible for why we can bond through music?

Oxytocin

200

What is the oldest known instrument?

The flute

300

What is the title of Harry Styles' newest album?

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 

300

Who is Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto dedicated to?

His therapist, Dr. Nikolai Dahl

300

How many internship sites can you apply to at a time?

Four

300

Name one of the brain areas that researchers have discovered to be generally larger in musicians?

Corpus callosum, motor cortex, auditory cortex, cerebellum, or Broca's area

300
For how much did the most expensive instrument ever sold, a Stradivarius violin, sell for?
$15.9 million
400

Which two of the four Beatles members are still alive?

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

400

Which Impressionist composer never married or had children but instead lived with many Siamese cats and wrote feline-inspired pieces, such as the Meowed Duet?

Maurice Ravel

400

Name one type of standardized documentation method that might be used by an MT-BC.

DAP notes, SOAP notes, or Narrative

400

Music strengthens the link between the left and right hemisphere, called...

The corpus callosum

400

Guitar picks were originally made from the shell of which animal?

Turtle/tortoise

500

This famous 80s rock band lead singer's son married Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown nearly 2 years ago. (Hint: the rock band's name is also their family name)

Jon Bon Jovi's 

500

Which composer supposedly only ate white foods, according to his own memoir?

Erik Satie

500

How many out of the 130 questions, or what percentage, do you need to get correct in order to pass the music therapist board certification exam?

97/130, or 74.6%

500

Because of what psychological theory of pain does music act as a natural pain reliever? 

The Gate Control Theory of Pain

500

Which instrument of the brass family had specialized versions of it commissioned by Wagner?

The tuba

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