Pop Culture: Music, Arts, and Sports Quiz

What is pop culture often comprised of?

• A collection of thoughts, ideas, attitudes, perspectives, and images preferred by the mainstream population

• Only music and movies

• Scientific theories

• Historical events

Which of the following is NOT a common pop culture category?

• Sports

• Fashion/clothes

• Economics

• Technology

What was one of the first truly American forms of popular music?

• Hip-hop

• Ragtime

• Rock and roll

• Electronic

Which city is NOT associated with the development of ragtime music?

• Chicago

• St. Louis

• New Orleans

• None of the above

Who was an early rock and roll star from the United States?

• Elvis Presley

• Michael Jackson

• Madonna

• Bob Dylan

What type of music developed in the 1970s in African American communities in the South Bronx?

• Hip-hop

• Jazz

• Blues

• Country

Which artist is known for painting the desert plants and landscapes of the American Southwest?

• A. Y. Jackson

• Jean-Michel Basquiat

• Norman Rockwell

• Georgia O'Keeffe

Which sport was invented in Canada?

• Basketball

• American football

• Ice hockey

• Baseball

Which book is based on the author's life growing up in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago?

• The House on Mango Street

• None of the above

• In the Year of the Boar

• In the Skin of a Lion

What is the most multicultural sport according to the text?

• Soccer

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Ice hockey