Hip Hop Quiz

1. Hip Hop Quiz Old School Golden Age Mainstream Millennium Characteristics of hip hop $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

2. Where did hip hop music come from? Hip hop as music and culture was formed in South Bronx in New York in the 1970s 1 - $100

3. 1 - $200 • Who is called the father of hip hop? • DJ KoolHerc

4. 1 - $300 • What is widely regarded as the first hip hop song? • Rapper’s delight (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang

5. 1 - $400 • Name the four elements of hip hop culture • MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing and graffiti writing

6. 1 - $500 • What is known as the first song in hip hop with an element of social criticism? • “The Message” (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

7. 2 - $100 • The members of this group said that they were “Proud to Be Black”. What is the name of the group? • Run-DMC

8. 2 - $200 • The rapper Ice-T wrote a rap song whose title was the name of a movie as well. What is the name of the song? • Colors

9. 2 - $300 • This rapper from the golden age called himself a “Microphone Fiend”. What is his name? • Rakim

10. 2 - $400 • These boys proved that it was possible for white rappers to achieve success in hip hop. • Beastie Boys

11. 2 - $500 • During the golden age, a new rap genre emerged that talked about crime and life in the ghetto among criminals. What is the name of this genre? • Gangsta rap

12. 3 - $100 • There was a fight between two parts of the USA that also created two new genres. Mention the name of these two genres. • East Coast rap and West Coast rap

13. 3 - $200 • Name at least three female rappers from the female movement in rap during the mainstream period. • Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill, Lil’ Kim, The Lady of Rage, Mia X and Missy Elliot

14. 3 - $300 • This famous producer and former member of N.W.A launched the career of Snoop Dogg and Eminem. • Dr. Dre

15. 3 - $400 • “Just ‘cause you’re in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow / But oh, that’s a thought, my own revelation”. Who wrote these lines and what is the name of the song? • 2Pac: “Brenda’s Got a Baby”

16. 3 - $500 • Who rewrote the ten commandments from the Bible and made them into a song about drug-dealing and what is the name of the song? • Notorios B.I.G.: “Ten Crack Commandments”

17. 4 - $100 • This girl doesn’t like lookin’ as niggas • Nicki Minaj

18. 4 - $200 • Eve’s song “Love is Blind” is an example of figurative language. What is the term called that Eve uses? • Personification

19. 4 - $300 • The weather plays an important role in the music video “Stan”. What kind of weather do we find in the video? • Thunder, lightning and rain.

20. 4 - $400 • The line “Back out the tomb bitch” uses a common literary stylistic device in rap. What is the name of the term? • Alliteration

21. 4 - $500 • How does Kenye West end his song “Black Skinhead”? • God! God! God! God!

22. 5 - $100 • Explain the term braggadocio? • The rapper underlines his own qualities and insults and ridicules his opponents.

23. 5 - $200 • Rappers often engage in verbal fights. What is this called? • Battling or signifying

24. 5 - $300 • The line “I go to work like a boxer” is an example of figurative language. What is it called? • Simile

25. 5 - $400 • “The music is movin, you need to be catching up”. This is an example of figurative language. What is it called? • Personification

26. 5 - $500 • “I turned off more lights than Teddy Pendergrass” What is it called when you use this kind of exaggeration? • Hyperbole

27. Final Jeopardy • What is the nickname of Eminem’s character in the movie 8 Mile • B-Rabbit