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Rock and Disco Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This artist/band created a whole character from space for their version of a concept album

a)

Pink Floyd

b)

The Beatles

c)

David Bowie

d)

Marvin Gaye

2.

Dark Side of the Moon, one of the most successful albums of all time, was a concept album about madness. What band recorded Dark Side of the Moon?

a)

Pink Floyd

b)

Led Zepplin

c)

The Beatles

d)

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

3.

This Motown artist also got in on the concept album game with their album "What's Going On"

a)

Elton John

b)

David Bowie

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

Marvin Gaye

4.

What is discotheque?

a)

A genre of dance music that comes from Europe

b)

A movie about dancing

c)

A well known venue where disco artists perform

d)

A European term for a dance club

5.

Which of these artists/bands did not make disco music?

a)

Village People

b)

Donna Summers

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

The Bee Gees

6.

Which of these bands/artists started their career to capitalize on the Disco craze?

a)

The Bee Gees

b)

Village People

c)

Gloria Gaynor

d)

Donna Summers

7.

Disco became a mainstream genre thanks to the success of the film "Saturday Night Fever." True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of these artists/bands made Beatles-inspired music before switching to Disco?

a)

The Bee Gees

b)

Village People

c)

Gloria Gaynor

d)

Donna Summer

9.

Which one these statements is NOT one of the 5 overarching characteristic of a Disco hit?

a)

The BEAT!

b)

A slow, relaxed tempo

c)

Straightforward, repetitive song forms

d)

Straitforward subject matter and lyrics

e)

Limited harmonic vocabulary

10.

Harmonic vocabulary is ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
a language made up of sounds
a term describing words in songs
notes played on the harmonica
the form of a song
how fast a song is
a combination of words used to create music
11.

While the Bee Gees initially embraced a ​ (a)   sound, they reinvented themselves as a ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
rock-oriented
country oriented
pop oriented
disco band
rock band
pop band
country band