Question: Many soul artists sang about what movement in their music?
Answer Options: a. The Progressive Movement b. The Civil Rights Movement c. The Healthcare Reform Movement d. The Gay Rights Movement Correct Answer: b. The Civil Rights Movement
Question: Which band cut their own amplifier speakers to get a distorted fuzztone?
Answer Options: a. The Yardbirds b. The Kinks c. The Who d. Fleetwood Mac Correct Answer: b. The Kinks
Question: Which of the following were musical characteristics of Motown?
Answer Options: a. All answers are correct. b. Gospel influences evident through call-and-response vocals. c. Infectious rhythms, repeating bass lines, and even and uneven beat subdivisions. d. Sophisticated background arrangements. Correct Answer: a. All answers are correct.
Question: One common element of MOST Soul artists was:
Answer Options: a. Rockabilly background b. Jazz background c. Gospel background d. Blues background Correct Answer: c. Gospel background
Question: Skiffle refers to what style of Jazz?
Answer Options: a. Cool Jazz b. Chicago Jazz c. New Orleans Jazz d. Kansas City Jazz Correct Answer: c. New Orleans Jazz
Question: A _______________ is an expressive and elaborate melodic improvisation sung on a single syllable.
Answer Options: a. backbeat b. trumpet c. call and response d. melisma Correct Answer: d. melisma
Question: The ___________________ were one of Motown’s most famous male groups.
Answer Options: a. Beatles b. Supremes c. Teen Idols d. Temptations Correct Answer: d. Temptations
Question: Which disc jockey was taken to court in 1960 and was indicted for accepting a $2,500 bribe.
Answer Options: a. Elvis Presley b. Dick Clark c. Pat Boone d. Alan Freed Correct Answer: d. Alan Freed
Question: Which group was formed by Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Rodger Daltrey, and Keith Moon.
Answer Options: a. The Rolling Stones b. The Yardbirds c. The Who d. The Shirelles Correct Answer: c. The Who
Question: The Beach Boys belong to which genre of music?
Answer Options: a. Surf Rock b. Surf Correct Answer: b. Surf
Question: ___________________________ was a technique created by Phil Spector that involved many instruments and overdubbing.
Correct Answer: a. Wall of Sound
Question: ___________________________ is paying for airplay or other publicity.
Answer Options: a. Payola Correct Answer: a. Payola
Question: Which genre of music comprised of untrained musicians producing a raw, unrefined sound?
Answer Options: a. Garage Rock b. Garage Bands Correct Answer: b. Garage Bands
Question: Many of the teen idol hits were written by songwriters whose offices were located in which building in New York?
Answer Options: a. Brill Building Correct Answer: a. Brill Building
Question: A genre of music that developed by Liverpool and Manchester bands and featured lead and rhythm guitars, bass, and drums is called the _______________.
Answer Options: a. Merseybeat b. Mersey Sound Correct Answer: b. Mersey Sound
Question: _________________________ had short hair, wore trendy suits, rode motor scooters, and used amphetamines. The followers of The Who and to some degree the Kinks can be described as this.
Answer Options: a. Mods b. The Mods Correct Answer: b. The Mods
Question: What is the name of the organization that stands for American Society of Composers, Authors, and Poets?
Answer Options: a. ASCAP Correct Answer: a. ASCAP
Question: Garage band musicians were mostly trained musicians.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: b. False
Question: Stevie Wonder was one of the first Motown artists to earn the freedom to write and produce his own recordings.
Answer Options: a. True b. False Correct Answer: a. True