Finals: trivia

Question 1

overall best selling artist 1955 to 1984 (30 years)

Answer 1

Elvis

Question 2

best selling artist in the 70’s

Answer 2

stevie wonder

Question 3

rap origin

Answer 3

ghettos of new york /mid 70’s

Question 4

rap commercial success decade

Answer 4

late 70/ early 80’s

Question 5

mtv air date

Answer 5

8/1/81

Question 6

punk origin

Answer 6

new york/ cbgb early 70’s

Question 7

mclarens punk fashion movement

Answer 7

mid to late 70’s

Question 8

5 1970 musical styles from 70’s

Answer 8

rock theatre, punk, reggea, hip-hop, disco

Question 9

best selling record of all time as of 2003

Answer 9

The Eagles greatest hits volume 1

Question 10

assassinated in 1980 new york city

Answer 10

john lennon

Question 11

drug related deaths in early 1970’s

Answer 11

morrison, joplin, wilson

Question 12

‘53 poet, san fran artistic spokesman for the beats,

Answer 12

Allen ginsberg

Question 13

ex harvard professor, introduced LSD acid tests (punch)

Answer 13

Timothy leary

Question 14

concert promoter (fillmore) and band manager(dylon, c,s,n,y.) put psych rock in mainstream

Answer 14

Bill graham

Question 15

avant-guard manager of the beat influenced band the Velvet Underground

Answer 15

andy warhol

Question 16

atlantic owner

Answer 16

Ahmed Ertegun

Question 17

atlantic producer

Answer 17

Jerry Wexler

Question 18

atlantic records songwriters

Answer 18

leiber and stoller

Question 19

atlantic artist,

Answer 19

aretha franklin

Question 20

atlantic artist, first to successfully merge gospel, pop, r/b, early soul- I got a woman ‘54

Answer 20

ray charles

Question 21

artists of motown

Answer 21

4 tops, miracles, stevie wonder, jackson 5, smokey robinson

Question 22

founder of motown

Answer 22

berry gordy

Question 23

motown songwriters

Answer 23

dozier-holland