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Hip-hop quiz — Music

The “Hip-hop” quiz — Music. It has 25 questions in five categories: Roots, Behind the Decks, On the Mic, Landmark Records, Milestones. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Hip-hop

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Roots

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which New York City borough did hip-hop take shape in the 1970s?

  2. 200

    Which DJ extended percussion passages at early Bronx parties, helping shape hip-hop?

  3. 300

    What is the acrobatic…

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  4. 400

    What was the name…

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  5. 500

    Who organized the 1973…

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Behind the Decks

  1. 100

    What DJ device rotates a vinyl record under a stylus?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What technique creates rhythmic sound by moving a vinyl record back and forth under the stylus?

  3. 300

    Which young Bronx DJ…

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  4. 400

    What is the horizontal…

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  5. 500

    What did Grandmaster Flash…

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On the Mic

  1. 100

    What is rhythmic spoken delivery over a strong beat, rather than conventional singing, called?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What phrase do the initials MC traditionally abbreviate in hip-hop?

  3. 300

    What is the technique…

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  4. 400

    What term describes the…

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  5. 500

    What term describes matching…

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Landmark Records

  1. 100

    Which group recorded the 1979 hit “Rapper's Delight”?

  2. 200

    Which rock band collaborated with Run-D.M.C. on the 1986 version of “Walk This Way”?

  3. 300

    Which group recorded “Fight…

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  4. 400

    Which rapper released the…

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  5. 500

    Which duo won the…

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Milestones

  1. 100

    Which 1990 song became the first rap single to top the Billboard Hot 100?

  2. 200

    Who became the first hip-hop artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1999?

  3. 300

    Which song from 8…

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  4. 400

    Which rapper became the…

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  5. 500

    Which rapper won the…

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