The Royal Quiz

In a 2014 study, researchers found that listening to a certain genre of music can affect the decision-making process. People who listened to ‘chill-inducing’ music were more generous than a group of people who listened to music they disliked or people who didn’t listen to any music at all.

We typically think of 'Fall' as the North American version of the word 'Autumn', but it was in fact in widespread usage in England until relatively recently. Originally a shortened phrase ‘fall of the leaf’, was common in England in the 17th century.

The world’s most expensive instrument is the Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin. It was sold for a record price of $15.9 million! The beautiful and costly violin was auctioned by the Nippon Music Foundation to help raise money for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.