WorksheetsThe Apollo Theater: Harlem, NY
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The first female to win Amateur Night at the Apollo was...
Josephine Baker
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Eilish
Diana Ross
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
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
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
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
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
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
Facts about the Acts: _____________ had his final on-stage performance at the Apollo Theater in 2002.
Nas
Michael Jackson
Michael Bolton
Ray Charles
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
