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Hip Hop Evolution Quiz S1E1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Hip Hop largely originate?

a)

New York

b)

Los Angeles

c)

London

d)

Miami

2.

What style of music preceded Hip Hop in popular culture in the 1970’s?

a)

Disco

b)

Metal

c)

Reggae

d)

Punk

3.

What does “the Bronx was burning” mean?

a)

Houses and apartments were literally on fire

b)

The music made was “fire”

c)

Chefs were using too much chilli

d)

All of the above

4.

Which is a good description for life in The Bronx in the 1970s?

a)

Poor and crime filled

b)

Poor but chill

c)

Rich and prosperous

d)

Rich but high crime rates

5.

What music did DJ Kool Herc use for his parties?

a)

Funk & Soul

b)

Rock

c)

Hip Hop

d)

Emo

6.

What was his “technique”?

a)

Using 2 copies of the same record and dropping the needle to play the same break over and over again

b)

Scratching

c)

Winding the record back to where the break started

d)

Using DJ Software

7.

Where did the name Breakdancing or Breaking come from?

a)

People dancing over the “break” played by DJs

b)

People breaking legs with dance moves

c)

People breaking glasses on the dance floor

d)

People being exhausted and needing to take a break from dancing

8.

What role did Coke La Rock play?

a)

Spoke on the microphone to hype up the crowd

b)

Swapped records

c)

A1 B-Boy

d)

Drank Coca-Cola

9.

Afrika Bambaataa played a significant role in the social aspects of Hip Hop and The Bronx. What did he help to do?

a)

Brought gangs together to be warriors for the community instead of destructors

b)

Re-introduced a focus on the roots of African culture with Zulu Nation

c)

Ran street parties in parks to make them accessible to everyone

d)

All of these

10.

What did Grandmaster Flash do to reinvent Hip Hop DJ techniques?

a)

Touched the vinyl

b)

Drew on records with crayon to mark the break

c)

Wound the records backwards to the start of the break as a second version of record played

d)

All of these

11.

What are the three main originators become known as?

a)

The Holy Trinity

b)

The Rappers 3

c)

The Originals

d)

The Furious 5

12.

Who is understood to be the first “rhythmic rapper” (excluding early gospel examples)?

a)

DJ Hollywood

b)

DJ New York

c)

Afrika Bambaataa

d)

Coke La Rock

13.

Was DJ Hollywood known more in Hip Hop or Disco?

a)

Disco

b)

Hip Hop

14.

Who are the Furious 5?

a)

The rappers for Grandmaster Flash

b)

They sang Rapper’s Delight

c)

A famous disco group

d)

Characters in a book series by Enid Blyton