Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Brainbowl Study > Entertainment > Flashcards

Entertainment Flashcards

1
Q

What American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer was the leader of the first Black American band to play in Carnegie Hall?

A

William “Count” Basie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker’s best-selling book, The Color Purple?

A

Whoopi Goldberg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What Black actress won a Academy Award for her supporting role in the movie Ghost?

A

Whoopi Goldberg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

The Best Supporting Actress award for this 1990 thriller/fantasy film went to a comedienne who had a one-woman show on Broadway in the mid-1980s. Who is she?

A

Whoopi Goldberg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, “The Greatest Love of All’, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody’?

A

Whitney Houston

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Classic blues singers, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Alberta Hunter, were women who came out of what performance tradition?

A

Vaudeville

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Who is the award-winning recording/performing/video artist who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?

A

Vanessa Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

A

Training Day

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Harry Belafonte became the first black to receive an Emmy for what show in 1959?

A

Tonight with Belafonte

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The Guinness Book of World Records lists what Michael Jackson album as the best selling album of all times?

A

Thriller

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What was Chubby Checker”s longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts?

A

The Twist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time?

A

The Supremes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

The first rap song to achieve commercial success was
“Rapper”s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979?

A

The Sugar Hill Gang

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Dionne Warwick had numerous hits on the Billboard music charts. Say A Little Prayer and I’ll Never Love This Way Again went gold. She recorded Then Came You with a popular male group and it went gold as well. What is the name of the group?

A

The Spinners

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

In the 1920s the Lindy Hop was made famous at this Harlem dance venue.

A

The Savoy Ballroom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Name the group who performed the 1970s hit Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A

The Platters

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?

A

The Oprah Winfrey Show

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

James Bland wrote “Oh Dem Golden Slippers” which is the theme song for what group?

A

The Mummers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

In what TV series was a character named “Buckwheat” one of the stars?

A

The Little Rascals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

In what motion picture did Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson teach
Shirley Temple the famous Stair Dance?

A

The Little Colonel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, who recorded the song “Twist and Shout”?

A

The Isley Brothers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Name three dance steps from the Disco era?

A

the Hustle, the Bump, and the Bus Stop

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

“Boogie Wonderland” was Earth, Wind & Fire”s only Disco song. What was the name of the group of ladies that sang with them on this record?

A

The Emotions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in what New York entertainment club?

A

The Cotton Club

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?

A

Teddy Riley

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

In 1941, what jazz piece performed by Duke Ellington and his orchestra became an instant hit?

A

Take the A Train

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

On the TV series Magnum, P.I., what was Roger Mosely”s nickname?

A

T.C.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Who was the second black woman to be crowned Miss America?

A

Suzette Charles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

In his role in the movie Guess Who”s Coming to Dinner, Sidney Poitier practiced what profession?

A

Surgeon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What was the first record company to market rap music to the national audience?

A

Sugar Hill Records

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Alice Walker advised what movie director during the film production of her best selling book, The Color Purple?

A

Steven Spielberg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Who became Hollywood”s first Black millionaire actor?

A

Stepin Fetchit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Actress Nichelle Nichols is best known for her role in what television series?

A

Star Trek

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

What is MC Hammer”s real name?

A

Stanley Kirk Burrell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in what film?

A

Sounder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

What will be the longest, continuously running, first-run syndicated television program until at least 2016?

A

Soul train

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

In 1989, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees included The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and this gospel quartet that once featured Sam Cooke. What is the name of the gospel group?

A

Soul Stirrers

38
Q

What was the name of the music and dance television show hosted by Marilyn McCoo?

A

Solid Gold

39
Q

These artists helped create the Funk music style were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Name the group.

A

Sly & the Family Stone

40
Q

During Paul Robeson”s appearance in Emperor Jones, he was asked to whistle, but he did what instead?

A

Sing

41
Q

What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?

A

Saturday Night Live

42
Q

What was Louis Armstrong”s nickname?

A

Satchmo

43
Q

What multi-faceted entertainer and 1960s star of Broadway’s Golden Boy began his career on the vaudeville stage at age three?

A

Sammy Davis, Jr.

44
Q

Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House?

A

Sammy Davis, Jr.

45
Q

The popular sitcom Amos ‘n’ Andy originally aired as a radio program with what name?

A

Sam ‘n’ Henry

46
Q

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, who recorded the number one 1957 hit “You Send Me”?

A

Sam Cooke

47
Q

This hip-hop mogul has a record label, clothing line, beverage and movie production companies. He initiated the careers of LL Cool J and Will Smith. Who is he?

A

Russell Simmons

48
Q

What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the
mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?

A

Run-DMC

49
Q

In 1986, Dexter Gordan was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in what film?

A

Round Midnight

50
Q

What actor and stand up comedian warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near death experience?

A

Richard Pryor

51
Q

What is Little Richard’s given name?

A

Richard Pennington

52
Q

For what type of music was Bob Marley famous?

A

Reggae

53
Q

What was John Elroy Sanford”s stage name?

A

Redd Foxx

54
Q

Howard Rollins received an Oscar nomination for what movie?

A

Ragtime

55
Q

What is the stage name of female rapper and actress Dana Owens?

A

Queen Latifah

56
Q

In 2003 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chicago. Who is she?

A

Queen Latifah

57
Q

Which rap artist founded Flavor Unit Records and Management that handles rap and new-style rhythm and blues groups?

A

Queen Latifah

58
Q

In what 1984 movie did artist Prince have a starring role?

A

Purple Rain

59
Q

Name the hip-hop group that created the theme song “Fight the
Power” to Spike Lee”s film Do The Right Thing.

A

Public Enemy

60
Q

What instrument did Count Basie play, while leading his group
“The Count Basie Orchestra”?

A

Piano (or organ)

61
Q

What musical instrument did Nat King Cole play?

A

Piano

62
Q

What is the name of Debbie Allen”s sister who appeared on the Cosby Show?

A

Phylicia Rashad

63
Q

Bill Cosby, Will Smith and Kobe Bryant were born in “the city of brotherly love.” What is the name of the city?

A

Philadelphia

64
Q

What song has become Count Basie”s theme song and was later recorded by many different music groups?

A

One O”clock Jump

65
Q

What was the name of the famous jazz band Louis Armstrong joined in Chicago in 1922?

A

Oliver”s Creole Jazz Band

66
Q

In 1950 Sidney Poitier made his film debut in what movie?

A

No Way Out

67
Q

Who was the first Black American master of ceremonies of a nationally televised show?

A

Nipsey Russell

68
Q

The Cotton Club, The Savoy, and Small”s Paradise were major among what type of social venue during the Harlem Renaissance?

A

Nightclubs

69
Q

In what city was Louis Armstrong born?

A

New Orleans

70
Q

Who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for “Unforgettable”, a musical tribute to her late father?

A

Natalie Cole

71
Q

What was the name of the first successful TV variety show starring a Black American?

A

Nat King Cole Show

72
Q

Initially popular with his jazz trio, he shifted to mainstream pop music and achieved international acclaim along with a bit of criticism for that shift and for playing segregated clubs in the South. Name this popular entertainer whose variety show aired in 1956.

A

Nat King Cole

73
Q

Influenced by pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines, he was interested in music early on and played piano and sang in the church choir.
His first hit was “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, based on one of his father’s sermons. Name him.

A

Nat King Cole

74
Q

Who was the star of the 1977 movie The Greatest?

A

Muhammad Ali

75
Q

Originally dubbed Tamla Records in 1959, what highly successful record company did Berry Gordy, Jr. incorporate in 1960?

A

Motown Records

76
Q

What is the music-related nickname of Detroit, Michigan?

A

Motown

77
Q

What was “Ma” Rainey”s nickname?

A

Mother of the Blues

78
Q

Which rapper known for such albums as Black on Both Sides began rhyming at age nine in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York?

A

Mos Def

79
Q

The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin recorded how many albums?

A

More than 50

80
Q

For what film did Halle Berry win an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001?

A

Monster”s Ball

81
Q

What is the name of the singer-dancer who performed the
“Moonwalk” in the 1980s?

A

Michael Jackson

82
Q

Who played the role of the Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wiz?

A

Michael Jackson

83
Q

What pop rock star devoted much of his life and music to his belief that “children are our future”?

A

Michael Jackson

84
Q

In 1984, what Black American singer won eight Grammy Awards?

A

Michael Jackson

85
Q

What movie is based on the events of the life of Navy master diver Carl M. Brashear?

A

Men of Honor

86
Q

In 1912, W.C. Handy, father of the blues, published what song, one of the first to be published on sheet music?

A

Memphis Blues

87
Q

Who is called the “queen of hip-hop soul?”

A

Mary J. Blige

88
Q

Who was the female lead singer of 5th Dimension, a popular group of the 1960s and 1970s?

A

Marilyn McCoo

89
Q

What early 20th century artist was the first blues singer to have a recording contract?

A

Mamie Smith

90
Q

What actor played the role of Bill Cosby”s son Theo on The Cosby Show?

A

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Brainbowl Study (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions