Hip Hop Quiz Characteristics Old School Golden Age

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

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

1 - $200 n Who is called the father of hip hop? n DJ Kool Herc

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

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

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

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

2 - $200 n 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? n Colors

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

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

2 - $500 n 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? n Gangsta rap

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

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

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

3 - $400 n “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? n 2 Pac: “Brenda’s Got a Baby”

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

4 - $100 n This girl doesn’t like lookin’ as niggas n Nicki Minaj

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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