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An #R&B quiz for a #GeneralMusic or #MusicAppreciation course in #MiddleSchool or #HighSchool.
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1
Marvin Gaye sang which of the following hits?
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
I Got the Feelin'
Superstition
Lovely Day
2
Which of the following artists initially worked with Motown Records?
James Brown
Bill Withers
Michael Jackson
Ray Charles
3
Which of the following R&B artists were blind?
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
4
This artist changed his name to this unpronounceable symbol for "love" from 1993-2000.
Prince
Rick James
James Brown
Bill Withers
5
This sub-genre of R&B sounded like Gospel music, but with non-religious themes.
Disco
Gospel
Soul
Funk
6
The Supremes have which claim to fame?
Being on the first episode of Soul Train
Jumpstarted the career of Diana Ross
Stayed together for the longest of any vocal group.
Most No. 1 hits of a Vocal Group
7
She starred in
The Wiz
and re-popularized the hit,
Ain't No Mountain High Enough.
Aretha Franklin
Tina Turner
Diana Ross
Ke$ha
8
Motown Records existed to:
Create Hit Records
Help its music "Crossover" into the White Pop charts
Bore you in General Music class.
Present Detroit with some economic diversity
9
Which R&B artist was NOT featured in the movie,
The Blues Brothers
?
Aretha Franklin
James Brown
Tina Turner
Ray Charles
10
James Brown created and solidified this sub-genre of R&B music.
Mowtown
Soul
Disco
Funk
11
Detroit was the home of which famous R&B Music Label?
Motown Records
Tooth & Nail Records
Atlantic Records
Capitol Records
12
Due to her "funky secular testifying" and passion, she is the Queen of Soul even today.
Nikki Minaj
Diana Ross
Etta James
Aretha Franklin
13
"R&B" stands for:
Rhythm & Blues
Rhymes & Blues
Rhythms & Bingos
Rhymes & Bombs
14
This rapper is half-Jewish.
Eminem
Fetty Wap
Lil' Herb
Drake
15
Bill Withers' song
I Can't Write Left-Handed
, was about a man who lost his arm in which war?
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Cold War
The Conflict in Iraq
16
Proud Mary, by Ike & Tina Turner, tells the story of what?
Ike & Tina's marriage
Driving across the USA
Cleaning plates in Memphis
Life on the river in a steamboat
17
Which is NOT a hit by Whitney Houston?
I'm Coming Out
I Have Nothing
I Will Always Love You
The Greatest Love of All
18
The Jackson Five were a 5-brother Motown group from which state?
Indiana
Illinois
Florida
Ohio
19
R&B bands generally included which instruments?
Trumpets
Clarinets
Saxophones
Trombones
20
She is from the Carribean and has done many collaborations with R&B and Pop artists.
Diana Ross
Lil' Herb
Rihanna
Nikki Minaj
