The Apollo Theater: Harlem, NY

The first female to win Amateur Night at the Apollo was...

• Josephine Baker

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Billie Eilish

• Diana Ross

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Billy Mitchell, also known as “Mr. Apollo,” has been the tour director at the Apollo Theater for HOW LONG?

• over 15 years

• over 25 years

• over 35 years

• over 55 years

One unique thing about the Amateur Night performances at the Apollo Theater is _________.

• the audience plays a role in judging the performers

• the performers perform behind a curtain so the audience can't see them

• there is no audience and the acts are judged by other performers

• the performers have to pay to be able to play at the Apollo Theater

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Billy Mitchell, the tour director of the Apollo Theater, started working at the Apollo by _______.

• running errands for performers when he was 15 years old

• being discovered as a performer himself

• being a part of the construction crew that rebuilt the Apollo

• mistakenly being hired because they thought he was someone else

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When the Apollo first opened in 1914, its original purpose was ________.

• showing the first motion pictures

• an all-white burlesque show

• to showcase African American talent

• an illegal gambling house

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The Apollo theater is named after _____________.

• Percy Apollo, the second owner of the Apollo Theater

• The Apollo spaceship, which was said to be able to travel the farthest in space

• Anton Apollo Ohno, Olympic speedskater

• Apollo, the Greek god of sun, entertainment, and poetry

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At the end of the Harlem Renaissance, the Apollo theater became a place of racial integration, featuring performances by world-renowned performers such as ___________.

• Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson

• Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker

• Metallica and The Strokes

• Nipsey Hussle and Nipsey Russell

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On the stage at the Apollo Theater, Amateur Night performers touch the ________ in hopes the audience will be favorable to them.

• Heisman Trophy

• Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

• First dollar bill earned at the Apollo

• Tree of Hope

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Facts about the Acts: _____________ had his final on-stage performance at the Apollo Theater in 2002.

• Nas

• Michael Jackson

• Michael Bolton

• Ray Charles

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Facts about the Acts: _________ was the first drag performance in Harlem, NY in the 1960s.

• RuPaul's Drag Race

• Raja Gemini

• the Jewel Box Review

• the Gem Review

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