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MUSIC TRIVIA

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WHAT DID EDISON INVENT IN 1878?

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THE MUSIC-PUBLISHING BUSINESS WAS CENTRALIZED IN NEW YORK CITY…WHAT WAS THIS AREA’S NICKNAME?

Tin Pan Alley

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THIS WAS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF DISSEMINATING POPULAR MUSIC UNTIL THE 1920S?

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WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC WAS AMERICA’S FIRST POP MUSIC?

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WHO IS THIS MAN?

THE FIRST TEAM WHO CAN COME TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASS AND HUM HIS BIGGEST SONG GETS 3 POINTS.

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THE SONGWRITERS OF TIN PAN ALLEY MOVED UPTOWN TO ANOTHER MANHATTAN STREET THEY WOULD MAKE FAMOUS. WHAT STREET?

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IDENTIFY THREE OF THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE 1920S THAT CHANGED MUSIC.

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WHO IS THE THIS 1930’S SCREEN STAR AND CROONER?

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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON MAINSTREAM POPULAR MUSIC BECAME STRONGER DURING THE 1920S. WHAT MUSIC BEGAN IN THIS PERIOD?

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IDENTIFY ONE OF THESE BIG BAND JAZZ LEADERS.

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A MASSIVE MIGRATION OF SOUTHERN MUSICIANS ARMED WITH ELECTRIC GUITARS LED THEM TO WHAT AMERICAN CITY?

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WHO IS THIS LEGENDARY MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO BLUES SCENE?

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WHO IS THIS MAN? HINT: HE INNOVATED HONKY-TONK OR “HARD-COUNTRY”

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WHAT NEW MUSIC STYLE WAS CREATED FROM BLENDING THE MUSIC STYLES OF COUNTRY RHYTHM AND BLUES?

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FOR WHAT IS ALAN FREED FAMOUS?

Rock N’ Roll

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IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING.

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IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SONGS.

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WHAT DETROIT RECORD COMPANY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING SONG?HINT: THE NAME OF THE RECORD COMPANY IS ALSO A NICKNAME FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT.

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WITH THE ASSINATION OF JFK, MALCOLM X, BOBBY KENNEDY, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING…BLACK MUSIC BECAME MILITANT…SOUL WAS DEAD BUT THIS NEW MUSIC STYLE EMERGED.

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FUNK WAS TOO MILITANT FOR WHITE AMERICA. THE AGGRESSIVE BASS LINES MORPHED INTO WHAT GENRE OF MUSIC?

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5 POINT QUESTION!COME TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASS AND SING A LINE FROM THE FOLLOWING BANDS

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3 POINTS TO THE FIRST PERSON TO STAND AND AIR GUITAR (WITH SOUND) THIS BAND’S MOST FAMOUS SONG.

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IDENTIFY A BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW YORK PUNK SCENE.

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IDENTIFY A BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONDON PUNK SCENE.

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THE JAM, ELVIS COSTELLO, MADNESS, THE UNDERTONES ARE ALL PART OF THIS OFFSHOOT GENRE OF LONDON PUNK.

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YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NYC SPEAK OVER PRERECORDED MUSIC. WHAT WAS THIS CALLED?

TOASTING

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RAP INNOVATORS?- GIL-SCOTT HERON - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - KOOL HERC- VANILLA ICE

Vanilla Ice

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IDENTIFY THE 4 FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AN ECONOMIC REVIVAL IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DURING THE MID-1980S.

The Music Video

MTV

The Compact Disc

The Walkman

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WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME?

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WHY WAS THIS BAND IMPORTANT?

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NAME THE ALBUM RELEASED BY THIS BAND ONLINE AND THROUGH DONATION?

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WHAT BAND WON THE 2011 GRAMMY FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR THE SUBURBS?

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WHICH CANADIAN ARTIST BECAME AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION AFTER BEING SEEN IN AN IPOD COMMERCIAL.

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WHO IS THE BIGGEST MUSIC PUBLISHER IN THE WORLD?

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10 POINTS FOR THE FIRST GROUP THAT CAN CREATE A MASH UP USING THEIR OWN MUSIC AND SOMEONE SINGING A SONG.

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5 POINTS FOR THE FIRST TEAM WHO CAN SING THE 2011 GOOGLE PHENOMENON WHO DEMOCRATIZED MUSIC…AND ANNOYED EVERY LAST ONE OF US.

Hint: think of today.