Soul/Motown/ 1967 Detroit Formative Pre-Quiz

What year did the Detroit Riot occur?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Where did the riot begin and why?

• Accumulated Repression b y police/ Blind Pig Raid

• Fire

• Fight with the police

• Someone threw a firebomb into a police department

Who started Motown and when? (a)  

• Smokey Robinson
• Barry Gordy
• Berry Gordy
• Marvin Gaye

What was the name of th house band that played on most Motown recordings for almost 12 years? (a)  

• The Van Dykes
• The Funk Brothers
• The Motown Band
• The Detroit Expereince

Who were the BIG FOUR?

• White Detroit Firemen

• White Detroit Detectives who droive black neighborhoods and threatened people

• Black Detroit Cops

• White Detroit police who rode four deep with shotguns hanging out the window

What record company was originally named Satellite Records, and was founded in Memphis in 1957 by Jim Stewart, initially operating in a garage. (a)  

• STAX
• MOTOWN
• BLUE NOTE
• REPRISE

Who is this? (a)  

• Little Richard
• James Marshall Hendrix
• Eric Clapton
• Les Paul

Who is this? (a)  

• Curtis Mayfield
• Greg Hines
• Donny Hathaway
• Teddy Pendegrass

Who is this?

• James Brown

• Teddy Pendegrass

• Sam Cooke

• Marvin Gaye

Who is this?

• Wilson Pickett

• Sam Cooke

• Marvin Gaye

• Smokey Robinson